Spring · April to early June
Hellebore, narcissus, Virginia bluebells, wild geranium
Plant while the soil is cool and damp. Bulbs go in the previous autumn; bare-root perennials establish fastest now, before the first hot week.
Plant Guide
The plants we trust in zone 4 soil
Use this as your planting calendar. It is the same list we work from when we draw a border, so nothing here is theoretical.
Plant choices
that earn their space
Every plant we specify has already been trialled in Minnesota clay, alley heat and boulevard salt. If it will not carry its weight through a zone 4 winter, it does not make the list.
240+
Species We Plant Locally
98.4%
First-Year Survival Rate
60%
Native Plants Per Border
4a–5b
Hardiness Zones Served
7 mo
Average Bloom Window
What to plant, and when
Summer · June to August
Dahlia, zinnia, echinacea, prairie dropseed, salvia
Water deeply twice a week rather than lightly every day. Deadhead the cutting rows and leave the coneflower seed heads standing for the finches.
Autumn · September to freeze-up
Kale, chard, aster, little bluestem, allium bulbs
The best planting month in Minnesota is September. Mulch after the ground chills, not before, so voles do not move in for the winter.
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