Lavender 'Munstead' (Lavandula angustifolia) $6.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Native Status: Mediterranean Native • USDA Growing Zones: 5-9 • Height: 12-18 inches • Spread: 12-18 inches

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Early to Mid-Summer • Colors: Purple • Flower Size: 2-3 inch spikes

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun • Water: Low • Soil: Well-draining, sandy • Spacing: 18 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Native Bees: Major attractor • Butterflies: Nectar source • Honeybees: Favorite plant • Beneficial Insects: Supports diversity

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Prune winter damage • Summer: Harvest flowers • Fall: Light trim • Winter: Leave foliage for protection

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

• Roses

• Sage

• Thyme

• Other Mediterranean herbs

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Compact variety • Highly fragrant • Drought tolerant • Deer resistant • Long-lived with care

💚 Finding Nectar Difference: Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides, ensuring healthy root development and safe nectar sources for pollinators. Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips: Plant in spring after frost. Excellent for borders and containers.

Lavender, scientifically known as Lavandula angustifolia, a classic perennial that will infuse your garden with its enchanting fragrance and delicate lavender-blue flowers. With its slender, silver-green foliage and soothing aroma, this lavender exudes a sense of tranquility and beauty. Growing up to 1 to 3 feet tall, it forms a lovely display of blooms, creating a stunning visual spectacle.

Lavender is a haven for pollinators, attracting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects with its nectar-rich flowers. Ideal for herb gardens, borders, and containers, this low-maintenance plant thrives in well-drained soil and full sun.

Embrace the allure of Lavender and create a pollinator-friendly haven in your garden while enjoying the delightful fragrance and beauty of these lavender-blue blooms that will add a touch of serenity and allure to your outdoor space.

Fun Facts:

• Botanical Name: Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
• Height:12-36" in
• Life Cycle: Shrub
• Color: Lavendar
• Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
• Light Requirements: Full Sun
• Hardiness Zones: 5-9
• Non-native Colorado Plant

More importantly here is what you get!

At Finding Nectar, you can purchase Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) in a 4 inch pot, grown from seed, without the use of systemic pesticides, and are nurtured in living soil. We prioritize the root health of our flowers rather than forcing them to bloom, giving them the best chance to flourish in your yard within the first year.

Here is why it's important

At Finding Nectar in Arvada, Colorado, we highly value pollinators' vital role in ecosystems and food supply. Therefore, we thoughtfully select plants, like the Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), to support them.

These nectar-rich and pollen-filled plants nourish bees, butterflies, and more. By using our pollinator-friendly species, you actively preserve essential beings and create a thriving garden. Moreover, as a dedicated nursery serving the Front Range, you can shop worry-free about climate suitability.

Join us in creating a sustainable environment for both plants and pollinators! So, choose Finding Nectar for a greener future. Act now and make a difference with Finding Nectar!

Lavender Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) | $5.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Native Status: Native to upper Midwest and Great Plains • USDA Growing Zones: 3-9 • Height: 24-36 inches • Spread: 18-24 inches

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Mid-summer to early fall (June-September) • Colors: Lavender-purple spikes • Flower Type: Upright spikes of small blooms • Fragrance: Anise-scented foliage

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun to partial shade • Water: Low to moderate, drought tolerant once established • Soil: Well-draining, average to lean soil • Spacing: 18-24 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Bees: Major nectar source for native and honey bees • Butterflies: Abundant nectar source • Hummingbirds: Attracts with tubular flowers • Beneficial Insects: Draws beneficial predatory insects

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Cut back old growth • Summer: Deadhead for continued blooms • Fall: Leave seedheads for birds • Winter: Dies back, mulch crown

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

• Echinacea

• Black-Eyed Susan

• Russian Sage

• Native Grasses

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Superior pollinator plant • Drought tolerant • Deer resistant • Edible flowers and leaves • Long blooming season

💚 Finding Nectar Difference: Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides, ensuring healthy root development and safe nectar sources for pollinators. Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips: Plant in spring or fall in well-draining soil. Excellent choice for pollinator gardens, herb gardens, and native plant collections. Tolerates poor soils and urban conditions.

Leadplant (Amorpha canescens) | $6.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Native Status: Native to North America • USDA Growing Zones: 3-9 • Height: 2-3 feet • Spread: 2-3 feet

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Early to mid-summer (June-July) • Colors: Deep purple spikes with gold anthers • Flower Type: Dense, upright spikes • Bloom Length: 4-6 weeks

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun • Water: Low, very drought tolerant • Soil: Well-draining, tolerates poor soils • Spacing: 24-30 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Native Bees: Excellent nectar source • Butterflies: Host plant for several species • Beneficial Insects: Attracts diverse pollinators • Birds: Seeds provide winter food

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Cut back old growth • Summer: No deadheading needed • Fall: Leave seedheads for wildlife • Winter: Dies back, mulch crown

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

• Little Bluestem

• Butterfly Weed

• Prairie Coneflower

• Black-Eyed Susan

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Deep tap root aids prairie restoration • Nitrogen-fixing capabilities • Silvery-gray foliage • Extremely drought tolerant • Native prairie plant

💚 Finding Nectar Difference: Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides at our Arvada, Colorado nursery (15550 Hwy 72). Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips: Plant in spring or fall. Excellent choice for xeriscaping and prairie gardens.

Lemon Grass, scientifically known as Cymbopogon flexuosus, a delightful herb that will add a burst of lemony fragrance and flavor to your garden. Also With its tall, slender stalks and feathery leaves.

This herb exudes a sense of freshness and zest. So Growing up to 3 to 6 feet tall, it forms a lovely clump of foliage, perfect for harvesting fresh lemon grass for culinary uses, herbal teas, and essential oil extraction.

Lemon Grass is a favorite among pollinators, attracting bees and butterflies with its small, inconspicuous flowers. Ideal for herb gardens, containers, and sunny locations, this versatile herb thrives in well-drained soil and full sun.

Embrace the goodness of Lemon Grass and elevate your culinary experience with the flavorful rewards straight from your garden, while supporting the well-being of pollinators in your garden ecosystem.

Fun Facts:

• Botanical Name: Cymbopogon flexuosus
• Height: 3-5 ft.
• Life Cycle: Herb - Perennial
• Color: Green
• Bloom Season: Summer
• Light Requirements: Full sun
• Hardiness Zones: 9
• Non-Native Colorado Plant

More importantly here is what you get!

At Finding Nectar, you can purchase Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) in a 4 inch pot, grown from seed, without the use of systemic pesticides, and are nurtured in living soil. We prioritize the root health of our flowers rather than forcing them to bloom, giving them the best chance to flourish in your yard within the first year.

Here is why it's important

At Finding Nectar in Arvada, Colorado, we highly value pollinators' vital role in ecosystems and food supply. Therefore, we thoughtfully select plants, like the Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), to support them.

These nectar-rich and pollen-filled plants nourish bees, butterflies, and more. Its also using our pollinator-friendly species, you actively preserve essential beings and create a thriving garden. Moreover, as a dedicated nursery serving the Front Range, you can shop worry-free about climate suitability.

Join us in creating a sustainable environment for both plants and pollinators! So, choose Finding Nectar for a greener future. Act now and make a difference with Finding Nectar!

Milkweed - Carmine, scientifically known as Asclepias incarnata, a remarkable perennial that will enchant your garden with its striking pink blooms. Also With its upright stems and lush green foliage, this milkweed variety adds a touch of elegance to any landscape. So Growing up to 3 to 5 feet tall, it forms attractive clusters of flowers, creating a stunning visual display.

Milkweed - Carmine is a vital host plant for monarch butterflies, providing essential habitat for their lifecycle. Moreover, it attracts bees and other pollinators with its nectar-rich flowers. Ideal for butterfly gardens and naturalized areas, this native plant thrives in moist, well-drained soil.

Embrace the beauty of Milkweed - Carmine and play a role in supporting monarch butterflies and other pollinators while enjoying its graceful presence in your garden.

Fun Facts:

• Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata
• Height:  Up to 40 inches
• Life Cycle: Perennial
• Color: Pink
• Bloom Season: Summer
• Light Requirements: Full Sun
• Hardiness Zones: 3-9
• Colorado Native Plant
• Native Habitat: Wetlands, Riparian zones, stream banks, ditches

More importantly here is what you get!

At Finding Nectar, you can purchase Milkweed - Carmine (Asclepias incarnata) in a 4 inch pot, grown from seed, without the use of systemic pesticides, and are nurtured in living soil. We prioritize the root health of our flowers rather than forcing them to bloom, giving them the best chance to flourish in your yard within the first year.

Here is why it's important

At Finding Nectar in Arvada, Colorado, we highly value pollinators' vital role in ecosystems and food supply. Therefore, we thoughtfully select plants, like the Milkweed - Carmine (Asclepias incarnata), to support them.

These nectar-rich and pollen-filled plants nourish bees, butterflies, and more. By using our pollinator-friendly species, you actively preserve essential beings and create a thriving garden. Moreover, as a dedicated nursery serving the Front Range, you can shop worry-free about climate suitability.

Join us in creating a sustainable environment for both plants and pollinators! So, choose Finding Nectar for a greener future. Act now and make a difference with Finding Nectar!

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) $14.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Native Status: US Native • USDA Growing Zones: 3-8 • Height: 3-4 feet • Spread: 2-3 feet

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Mid to Late Summer (July-September) • Colors: Deep rose-pink • Flower Size: 2-3 inch rounded clusters

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun to partial shade • Water: Medium to wet • Soil: Rich, moisture-retentive • Spacing: 24-30 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Monarch Butterflies: Host plant • Native Bees: Nectar source • Butterflies: Multiple species • Hummingbirds: Nectar plant

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Cut back old growth • Summer: Keep soil consistently moist • Fall: Leave some seedheads • Winter: Cut back or leave for interest

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

• Joe Pye Weed

• Cardinal Flower

• Blue Vervain

• Native Sedges

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Well-behaved clumping habit • Vanilla-scented flowers • Rain garden plant • Deer resistant • Monarch magnet

💚 Finding Nectar Difference: Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides, ensuring healthy root development and safe nectar sources for pollinators. Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips: Plant in spring. Perfect for rain gardens and moist areas.

Mountain Lupine (Lupinus alpestris) $9.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Colorado Native: Yes • USDA Growing Zones: 3-7 • Height: 18-24 inches • Spread: 12-18 inches

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Late Spring to Mid-Summer (May-July) • Colors: Blue-purple spikes • Flower Size: 8-12 inch flower spikes

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun to partial shade • Water: Moderate • Soil: Well-draining, slightly acidic • Spacing: 18-24 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Bumblebees: Primary pollinator • Native Bees: Important food source • Butterflies: Nectar plant • Beneficial Insects: Host plant

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Remove dead foliage • Summer: Keep soil evenly moist • Fall: Cut back after seed formation • Winter: Mulch lightly

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

• Columbine

• Penstemon

• Native Grasses

• Wild Geranium

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Nitrogen-fixing abilities • Beautiful palmate foliage • Self-seeding • Long tap root • Deer resistant

💚 Finding Nectar Difference: Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides, ensuring healthy root development and safe nectar sources for pollinators. Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips: Plant in spring. Don't disturb once established due to deep taproot. Excellent for mountain gardens and meadows.