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If you haven’t yet started your garden, don’t fret—it’s not too late! Whether you simply haven’t gotten to it (hello, life!) or you’re contemplating a new approach or design, taking a fresh look at this quintessential summertime hobby invites a slew of questions from both beginners and more seasoned pros alike. That’s why Owatonna-based Blazing Star Gardens, which specializes in growing high-quality native plants, prioritizes education with its free designs and native plant resources—created for gardeners, by gardeners.
Although preorders are closed for 2024 and its popular premade garden kits are sold out, homeowners can support the local business at two plant sales this weekend, where plenty of 3-inch pots, 12-packs, and more will be available for purchase. Mixed quantities, varieties, and sizes are available at various prices with credit card, cash, Venmo, and checks accepted.
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Edina Wild Ones Prairie Edge Native Plant Sale
Friday, May 31, 3-7 p.m., Meetinghouse Church parking lot, 6200 Colonial Way, Edina
Lake Elmo Landscape Revival Native Plant Sale
Saturday, June 1, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rockpoint Church, 5825 Kelvin Ave. N., Lake Elmo
Find the below native plants at Friday’s Edina sale, with an adjusted list of offerings available in Lake Elmo the following day:
3-Inch Pots
- Aromatic Aster (Aster oblongifolius)
- Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- Big Leaf Aster (Aster macrophyllus)
- Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
- Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)
- Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
- Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
- Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
- Bradbury’s Monarda (Monarda bradburiana)
- Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Cream Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata)
- Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
- Fox sedge
- Fringed Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)
- Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- Grey Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
- Ground Plum (Astragalus crassicarpus)
- Heart Leaved Golden Alexander’s (Zizia aptera)
- Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
- Hoary Vervain (Verbana stricta)
- Indian Paintbrush
- Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
- Ivory sedge
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
- Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
- Large Flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
- Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)
- Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparius)
- Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Mead’s Sedge
- Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis)
- Narrow-leaved Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
- New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
- Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
- Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Pale Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
- Parasol sedge
- Pearly Everlasting
- Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
- Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
- Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
- Prairie Larkspur (Delphinium virescens)
- Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
- Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum)
- Prairie Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- Prairie Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)
- Prairie sedge
- Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)
- Prairie Violet (Viola palmata var pedatifida)
- Prairie/Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata)
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
- Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
- Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
- Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera)
- Shorts Aster (Aster shortii)
- Side Oats Grama
- Silky Aster (Aster sericeum)
- Skullcap (Scutellaria leonardii)
- Sky blue aster
- Small Fame Flower (Talinum parviflorum)
- Star Sedge (Carex radiata)
- Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
- Thimbleweed
- White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)
- Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
- Wild Bergamot/Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa)
- Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
- Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- Zig Zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
12-packs (72-cell trays)
- Blue Grama Grass
- Little Bluestem
- Meadow Blazing Star
- Prairie Dropseed
12-packs
- Big Leaf Aster (Aster macrophyllus)
- Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
- Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
- Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)
- Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
- Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
- Bradbury’s Monarda (Monarda bradburiana)
- Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- Cream Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata)
- Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
- Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea)
- Fringed Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)
- Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- Grey Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
- Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- Heart Leaved Golden Alexander’s (Zizia aptera)
- Ivory Sedge (Carex eburnea)
- Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
- Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Large Flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
- Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)
- Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparius)
- Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis)
- Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- Narrow-leaved Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
- New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
- New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
- Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Parasol Sedge (Carex umbellata)
- Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)
- Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
- Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
- Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
- Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
- Prairie Larkspur (Delphinium virescens)
- Prairie Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)
- Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
- Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum)
- Prairie Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- Prairie Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)
- Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)
- Prairie Spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata)
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
- Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
- Short’s Aster (Aster shortii)
- Skullcap (Scutellaria leonardii)
- Sky Blue Aster (Aster oolentangiense)
- Small Fame Flower
- Star Sedge (Carex radiata)
- Stiff Gentian for Bottle Gentian
- Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Zig Zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Through early June, Blazing Star’s native plants can also be purchased at Souba Greenhouse in Owatonna, only one hour south of Minneapolis. blazingstargardens.com
