Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Full Garden – Part Shade

MNL has partnered with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and the Lawns to Legumes program to design pollinator gardens to help create habitat for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee.  Our Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Full Gardens are available in Full Sun, Part Shade, and Rain Garden options.   Larger than our regular kits, all Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Full Gardens come with six plants of 12 different species for a total of 72 native perennials!  We suggest planting these gardens in a 100 square foot area.

This garden is designed for areas of your yard with filtered sunlight and shade and is a perfect fit for the Native Pocket Plantings in the Lawns to Legumes program. We designed this collection to have multiple flowering species in all of the bloom seasons and to contain flowers that are of high priority and super foods for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee.

Species information:

Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: purple, Summer

Tall Anemone (Anemone virginiana)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: white, Summer

Field Pussy Toes (Antennaria neglecta)  –  Height: 6-12″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun  Bloom: white, Spring

Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: red, Spring

Canada Milk Vetch (Astragalus canadensis)  –  Height: 36-48″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: white, Spring to Summer

Long Beaked Sedge (Carex sprengelii)  –  Height: 18-24″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: green, Summer

Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)  –  Height: 36-48″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: tan, Summer

Big Leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)  –  Height: 12-24″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: part shade, full shade  Bloom: purple, Fall

Purple Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)  –  Height: 48-84″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: white, Summer

Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom:  white, Summer

Lindley’s Aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: blue Fall

Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: white, Fall