MNL Build-A-Kit
$119.00
Create your very own, custom kit of 36 native plants!
Each kit comes with six plants of each species selected. If you’d like more than six of a certain species, simply choose that species more than once!
Not sure which plants to chose? Learn more about each species in the description below.
Updated March 27, 2023. See note on availability below.
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Build-A-Kit
Now you can design and create your own native habitat garden with MNL’s Build-A-Kit.
Learn more about all of our Build-A-Kit species offerings below and create your perfect native plant combination!
Out of stock species are designated as **Temporarily Unavailable**. We update this list frequently as we continue to produce plants throughout the growing season and our inventory is constantly changing. Check back often for the most current availability.
Species currently available for order but not ready for shipment are designated **Coming Soon**. Please allow extra time for delivery on any Build-A-Kit orders including this species.
Updated March 27, 2023 with projected spring species and availability. Although we anticipate the availability of all species listed, we cannot guarantee availability and some species are subject to change.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Plant Type | Moisture | Light | Height | Bloom Color | Bloom Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Forb | Dry | Full Sun Part Shade | 12-36" | White | Summer |
| Sweet Flag | Acorus americanus | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 24-72" | Green | Summer |
| Fragrant Giant Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-48" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| (Nodding Onion) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Allium cernuum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-24" | Pink | Summer |
| Prairie Onion | Allium stellatum | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 8-18" | Pink | Summer |
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | Legume | Dry | Full Sun | 12-36" | Purple | Summer |
| False Indigo | Amorpha fruticosa | Legume | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-144" | Purple/Brown | Summer |
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-84" | Purple, Yellow | Fall |
| Tall Thimbleweed | Anemone virginiana | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-40" | White | Summer |
| Field Pussytoes | Antennaria neglecta | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-16" | White | Spring |
| (Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Antennaria plantaginifolia | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-9" | White | Spring |
| (Sweetgrass) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Anthoxanthum hirtum | Grass | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 16-36" | Brown | Summer |
| Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Red | Spring, Summer |
| Prairie Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-36" | White/Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 12-60" | Pink | Summer, Fall |
| Showy Milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-36" | Pink | Summer |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-48" | Purple, Pink | Summer |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 12-36" | Orange | Summer, Fall |
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-36" | White | Summer, Fall |
| Canada Milk Vetch | Astragalus canadensis | Legume | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-48" | White | Summer |
| Side-oats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 12-36" | Tan | Summer |
| Blue Grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 8-28" | Brown, Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Prairie Brome | Bromus kalmii | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-42" | Tan | Summer, Fall |
| Blue-joint Grass | Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Tan | Summer |
| (Marsh Marigold) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Caltha palustris | Forb | Emergent, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 8-24" | Yellow | Spring |
| (Tall Bellflower) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Campanula americana | Forb | Dry, Moist | Part Shade, Full Shade | 24-60" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Bebb's Oval Sedge | Carex bebbii | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| Bicknell's Sedge | Carex bicknellii | Sedge | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 12-48" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| Plains Oval Sedge | Carex brevior | Sedge | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-40" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| Bottlebrush Sedge | Carex comosa | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-48" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| Porcupine Sedge | Carex hystericina | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 10-40" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| (Lake Sedge) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Carex lacustris | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 20-48" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| (Woolly Sedge) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Carex pellita | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 36-48" | Green, Brown | Spring, Summer |
| Pointed Broom Sedge | Carex scoparia | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 12-40" | Brown | Summer |
| Long-beaked Sedge | Carex sprengelii | Sedge | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Green | Summer |
| Awl-fruited Sedge | Carex stipata | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Brown | Summer |
| Tussock Sedge | Carex stricta | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| (Tuckerman's Sedge) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Carex tuckermanii | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Part Shade, Full Shade | 12-48" | Green | Summer |
| Fox Sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | Sedge | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Green, Brown | Summer |
| Lance-leaf Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-36" | Yellow | Spring, Summer |
| Prairie Coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 12-36" | Yellow | Summer |
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candida | Legume | Dry | Full Sun | 12-36" | White | Summer |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | Legume | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 12-36" | Purple | Summer |
| Flat-topped Aster | Doellingeria umbellata | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-84" | White | Summer, Fall |
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Drymocallis arguta | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | White | Summer |
| Narrow-leaved Coneflower | Echinacea angustifolia | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-24" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Pale Purple Coneflower | Echinacea pallida | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-36" | Purple, Pink | Spring, Summer |
| Canada Wild Rye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-60" | Tan | Summer |
| Bottlebrush Grass | Elymus hystrix | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Tan | Summer |
| Silky Wild Rye | Elymus villosus | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | Tan | Summer |
| Virginia Wild Rye | Elymus virginicus | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-48" | Tan | Summer, Fall |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-60" | White, Green | Summer |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 24-48" | White | Summer, Fall |
| Large-leaved Aster | Eurybia macrophylla | Forb | Dry, Moist | Part Shade, Full Shade | 12-48" | White, Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Grass-leaved Goldenrod | Euthamia graminifolia | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Yellow | Summer |
| Joe-pye Weed | Eutrochium maculatum | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 24-120" | Purple, Pink | Summer |
| Sweet Joe-pye Weed | Eutrochium purpureum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-48" | Purple, Pink | Summer |
| (Nodding Fescue) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Festuca subverticillata | Grass | Dry, Moist | Part Shade, Full Shade | 20-40" | Tan | Summer |
| Blanketflower | Gaillardia aristata | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-48" | Yellow/Red | Spring, Summer |
| Prairie Smoke | Geum triflorum | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 6-16" | Pink | Spring |
| Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | Forb | Moist, Wed | Full Sun | 24-60" | Yellow | Fall |
| Maximilian's Sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 36-120" | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Stiff Sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 24-60 | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Common Ox-eye | Heliopsis helianthoides | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-60" | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Prairie Alumroot | Heuchera richardsonii | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-24 | Green, Red | Spring, Summer |
| (Northern Blueflag Iris) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Iris versicolor | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Blue, Purple | Spring, Summer |
| Common Rush | Juncus effusus | Rush | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 16-48" | Brown | Summer |
| June Grass | Koeleria macrantha | Grass | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 10-24" | Tan | Summer |
| Round-headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 24-60" | White, Green | Summer |
| Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-48" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Meadow Blazing Star | Liatris ligulistylis | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-40" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Dotted Blazing Star | Liatris punctata | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-24" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Prairie Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| (Cardinal Flower ) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Lobelia cardinalis | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-60" | Red | Summer |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-48" | Purple, Blue | Summer, Fall |
| Wild Lupine | Lupinus perennis | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 8-24" | Purple | Spring |
| Winged Loosestrife | Lythrum alatum | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-48" | Purple, Pink | Summer |
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus ringens | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Purple | Summer |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-48" | Purple | Summer |
| Spotted Bee Balm | Monarda punctata | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 24-48" | White, Green, Pink | Summer |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 48-72" | Tan | Summer |
| Smooth Penstemon | Penstemon digitalis | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | White | Spring, Summer |
| Slender Penstemon | Penstemon gracilis | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-24" | Purple | Spring |
| (Large-flower Penstemon) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Penstemon grandiflorus | Forb | Dry | Full Sun | 12-40" | Purple, Pink | Spring, Summer |
| (Prairie Phlox) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Phlox pilosa | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-24" | Pink | Spring |
| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-60" | Pink | Fall |
| (Jacob's Ladder) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Polemonium reptans | Forb | Dry, Moist | Part Shade, Full Shade | 12-24" | Purple, Blue | Spring |
| Self Heal | Prunella vulgaris | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-12" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | White | Summer |
| Long-headed Coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-48" | Yellow | Summer |
| Yellow Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 36-60" | Yellow | Summer |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Sweet Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Brown-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia triloba | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | Brown, Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Hard-stem Bulrush | Schoenoplectus acutus | Rush | Emergent, Wet | Full Sun | 48-84" | Brown | Summer, Fall |
| (Three-square Bulrush) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Schoenoplectus pungens | Rush | Emergent, Wet | Full Sun | 24-60" | Brown | Summer, Fall |
| Soft-stem Bulrush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Rush | Emergent, Wet | Full Sun | 24-60" | Brown | Summer, Fall |
| Green Bulrush | Scirpus atrovirens | Rush | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 36-60" | Brown | Summer |
| Woolgrass | Scirpus cyperinus | Rush | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 36-72" | Tan | Summer, Fall |
| Early Figwort | Scrophularia lanceolata | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Green, Red | Spring, Summer |
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 60-120" | Yellow | Summer, Fall |
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 60-84" | Yellow | Summer |
| Zig Zag Goldenrod | Solidago flexicaulis | Forb | Dry, Moist | Part Shade, Full Shade | 24-48 | Yellow | Fall |
| Gray Goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-36" | Yellow | Fall |
| Upland White Goldenrod | Solidago ptarmicoides | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 12-24" | White | Summer, Fall |
| Riddell's Goldenrod | Solidago riddellii | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-40" | Yellow | Fall |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 36-48" | Yellow | Fall |
| Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-60" | Yellow | Fall |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 60-84" | Rust | Fall |
| Prairie Cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | Grass | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 60-96" | Tan | Fall |
| Meadowsweet | Spiraea alba | Shrub | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 60-96" | White | Summer |
| (Steeplebush) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Spiraea tomentosa | Shrub | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-48" | Pink | Summer |
| Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | Grass | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 24-48" | Tan | Summer, Fall |
| (Lindley's Aster) **Temporarily Unavailable** | Symphyotrichum ciliolatum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Part Shade, Full Shade | 12-48" | Blue | Fall |
| Heath Aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | White | Fall |
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-48" | Lavender | Fall |
| Calico Aster | Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 36-48" | White | Fall |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 60-84" | Purple | Fall |
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | Lavender | Fall |
| Silky Aster | Symphyotrichum sericeum | Forb | Dry | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | Purple, Pink | Fall |
| Purple Meadow Rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 48-84" | White | Summer |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-60" | Purple, Blue | Summer |
| Hoary Vervain | Verbena stricta | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun | 12-36" | Blue, Purple | Summer |
| Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | Forb | Moist, Wet | Full Sun | 36-72" | Purple | Summer, Fall |
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 48-60" | White | Summer |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | Forb | Dry, Moist | Full Sun, Part Shade | 24-36" | Yellow | Spring, Summer |
