Native Milkweed Plant Kit
We are now accepting orders for 2024! --MIDWEST PLANT REGION
MNL will be shipping the first round of plants in May or the beginning of June (dependent on growing conditions). They will send you an email containing shipping information when they have shipped it.
Make your yard into a beautiful monarch habitat! Grow milkweed: the plant that monarchs require to complete their life cycle.
This flat of 36 native milkweed plants is for orders within Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, eastern Nebraska, and a selection of zip codes in Michigan (49801, 49802, 49858, 49870, 49876, 49938). You can check to see if you live in an area where these plants can be shipped here: Plant Shipping Zones (Zip Code List)
Each kit covers a 40-60 square foot area. Best to plant in a sunny area.
Check out the MJV Guide on Creating Healthy Pollinator Habitat in the Midwest HERE for guidance.
There is a mix of 3 different milkweed species included in the kit (you will get ~12 of each species, for a total of 36 plants), and the plants could be a selection of any of these milkweed species that are native to the upper Midwest (the kits are Growers choice, and the actual contents are decided by MNL when they fulfill the kit):
- Common Milkweed
- Butterfly Milkweed
- Showy Milkweed
- Whorled Milkweed
- Swamp Milkweed
Orders are fulfilled by our partner, Minnesota Native Landscapes.
Questions about this kit? Please email info@mnlcorp.com
We recommend adding educational signage to your planting area to help your community learn why they should plant for pollinators!
You can purchase our beautiful habitat signage here:
MJV Habitat Signs
Photos by Catherine Worley, Laura Lukens, and Wendy Caldwell.