Support monarch butterflies at every stage of their life cycle with the Monarch Munchies collection, specially curated for the Southeastern U.S. This selection of native perennials provides essential food for monarch caterpillars and nectar for adult monarchs, ensuring they have the resources they need from summer through fall. In addition to supporting monarchs, this collection attracts bees, songbirds, and other pollinators, adding beauty and biodiversity to your garden.

What’s Included?

• Snowy Milkweed (Asclepias perennis): A critical host plant for monarch caterpillars, featuring delicate white blooms that thrive in moist, part-shade areas while providing nectar for butterflies and bees.
• Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora): A late-season nectar powerhouse, this fragrant goldenrod ensures monarchs, native bees, and migrating pollinators have the energy they need as summer transitions to fall.
• Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum): A pollinator magnet with tiny white-and-purple blooms that create a lush, meadow-like effect, offering essential late-season nectar for monarchs and other pollinators.

Why Choose the Monarch Munchies Collection?

• Supports Monarch Conservation: Provides both caterpillar host plants and nectar sources to sustain monarch populations.
• Long-Lasting Blooms: Ensures a continuous food supply from summer through fall.
• Pollinator & Bird Friendly: Attracts butterflies, bees, and songbirds, creating a biodiverse habitat.
• Drought-Tolerant & Resilient: Thrives in full sun to part shade with minimal care once established.
• Deer Resistant: Naturally unappealing to deer, allowing for undisturbed growth.
• Pollinator-Safe: Grown non-GMO and free of harmful neonicotinoids, promoting a healthy ecosystem for pollinators and wildlife.

Available in collections of nine, 18, or 27 plants to create a pollinator-rich haven in your garden.

Planting Tips:

1. Location: Select an area with full sun to part shade. Moist, well-drained soils are ideal for snowy milkweed, while sweet goldenrod and calico aster tolerate drier conditions.
2. Watering: Water regularly during the first growing season to establish strong roots. Once established, these plants are low-maintenance and drought-tolerant.
3. Maintenance: Minimal care required. There's no need to deadhead the flowers, as allowing them to go to seed provides a valuable food source for birds. Leaving the stems standing in the fall offers overwintering sites for beneficial insects. If desired, cut back the stems in late spring after pollinators have emerged. Avoid spraying pesticides that harm monarch caterpillars.

For more information on planting, view our How to Plant Your Native Plants guide and other planting tips in the Garden for Wildlife Learning Center.  

Plant the Monarch Munchies Collection and give monarchs, pollinators, and songbirds the nectar, food, and shelter they need while enjoying a beautiful, biodiverse landscape!

Shipping Range:

• AL
• AR
• FL
• GA
• LA
• MS
• SC
• TX

Zip Code Verification: Our plants are grown regionally to thrive where you live and help local wildlife. Confirm availability for your area using the zip code checker near the add to cart button above.

Returns: Due to the nature of our products, we are unable to offer order cancellations, returns or exchanges. In order to guarantee your satisfaction, all plants are covered by our 365-Day Plant Guarantee.

*To ensure your plants arrive healthy, we may delay shipments to certain areas during times of extreme temperatures, natural disasters, or other conditions that will impact the plants during transit

Sizing: At the time of shipment, our plants have a developed root mass and emerging foliage around 4-8” high.

Recommended container sizes (in width) for container planting:

• 24 In
• 36 In
• 48 In