Fall Native Plant Kits
Community Supported Native Plants
This fall, select a kit based on where you will plant your plugs! Each kit is assembled with plants that will thrive in specific soil, sun, and moisture conditions. Kits will have 25 plugs of four to five different species.
We offer a diverse range of native plants. Included here are sample plant lists for each type of kit. Please note these are subject to change. Polly Hill cannot guarantee germination of every species they are growing, but will will do their best to provide you with the species included in the kit descriptions.
Order deadline:
Midnight September 24, 2023Kits will be available for pickup on Oct 4 -6 at BiodiversityWorks Headquarters
18 Helen Ave. Vineyard Haven 02568
We are delighted to be working with the Polly Hill Arboretum again to offer their local type and local grown native plant plugs.
Dry Soils & Sun Pollinator Kit
$100.00
An assortment of native perennial wildflowers that will thrive in dry soils and full sun.
List of species from which plugs will be selected while supplies last.
Click on Latin names to learn about each species.
- Sickle-leaved golden aster (Pityopsis falcata)
- Hyssop leaved boneset (Eupatorium hyssopifolium)
- Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
- Coastal Plain Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia caroliniana)
- Hairy small-leaved tick trefoil (Desmodium ciliare)
Out of stock
Dry Soils & Shade Pollinator Kit
$100.00
An assortment of native wildflowers that thrive in dry soils and shade.
List of species from which plugs will be selected while supplies last.
Click on Latin names to learn about each species.
- Downy goldenrod (Solidago puberula)
- White wood-aster (Eurybia divaricata)
- Wavy-leaved American-aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum)
- Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
- Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Out of stock
Wet Soils & Rain Garden Kit
$100.00
An assortment of wildflowers and rushes that thrive in wet conditions.
List of species from which plugs will be selected while supplies last.
Click on Latin names to learn about each species.
- Slender blue iris (Iris prismatica)
- Northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)
- Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Path Rush (Juncus tenius)
- Common vervain (Verbena hastata)
Out of stock
Highbush Blueberry
$12.00
Highbush Blueberry flowers in May, providing a spring nectar source for native insects and its fruits ripen in July.
To ensure bountiful fruiting, plant at least two. Light: Full Sun to Part Shade, Soil: Medium to Wet.
Limit – 2 per customer.
Out of stock
Withe-rod
$12.00
This prolifically fruiting shrub, and most showy of the native viburnums, is grown in medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist loams, but tolerates a wide range of soils.
Limit 2 – per customer.
Out of stock
Arrowwood
$12.00
This tall, flowering shrub is easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Once established it tolerates a wide range of soils.
Limit – 2 per customer.
Out of stock
Sweet Pepperbush
$12.00
A pollinator powerhouse, the fragrant Sweet Pepperbush prefers moist soils, but once established, it can also thrive on drier, well-drained soils.
It is shade-tolerant yet will grow in full sun.
Limit – 2 per customer.
Out of stock
Beach Plum
$12.00
Beach Plum flowers in May, providing a spring nectar source for native bees and it‘s edible, tart, cherry-sized fruits ripen in September.
To ensure cross-pollination and fruiting, plant two. Plant in FULL SUN and DRY SOIL.
Limit – 2 per customer.
Out of stock
Lawn to Meadow Kit
$100.00
A mix of grasses and wildflowers. Reduce your lawn size by creating a meadow patch! Or add these species to invigorate and diversify your existing patch.
List of species from which plugs will be selected while supplies last.
Click on Latin names to learn about each species.
- Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctora)
- Poverty grass (Danthonia spicata)
- Field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
- Long-stalked aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum)
Out of stock