🌿 Jumpstart Your Garden with the Starter Plant Package

Are you ready to bring color, texture, and year-round rhythm to your outdoor space — even before a full garden design? Our Starter Plant Package is designed for gardeners who want a thoughtful, beautifully balanced planting foundation that feels intentional from day one. Whether you’re just beginning your garden journey or want to refresh existing beds with a cohesive palette, this curated collection offers the perfect mix of ornamental grasses and perennials to get you growing.

Priced for accessibility and delivered right to your door in the Seattle & Eastside area, this package blends structure, seasonal bloom, and low-maintenance performance — all in 1-gallon, garden-ready plants.

🌾 1. Ornamental Grasses — 40 Plants (40% of the Package)

Grasses form the backbone of dynamic, naturalistic gardens. They provide form, movement, and texture in every season — waving elegantly in the breeze and offering winter structure once blooms have faded.

✨ Karl Foerster (10 plants)

A classic tall, upright grass with beautiful fall color and seed heads that persist through winter. It’s incredibly versatile and works well at the back of beds or as a vertical accent.

🐇 Pennisetum ‘Bunny’ (10 plants)

Soft, fluffy plumes give this grass a playful character in summer and early autumn. Its rounded form adds contrast to more linear species.

🌿 Deschampsia cespitosa (10 plants)

This tufted native grass adds fine texture and a soft, feathery movement. It helps bridge the look between perennials and sturdier ornamental grasses.

💫 Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’ (5 plants)

A refined, narrow-leaf variegated grass that brings lightness and brightness to the garden, especially when backlit by sun.

🏹 Stipa gigantea (5 plants)

Known for its tall, dramatic stems and golden oat-like flower heads, this grass makes a statement and offers great winter interest.

🌼 2. Spring Perennials — 20 Plants

These plants deliver early season blooms and set the stage for a garden that builds color as the year progresses.

💜 Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ (5 plants)

A garden favorite with soft purple blooms and aromatic foliage. It’s excellent for attracting pollinators and provides long-lasting color.

🐑 ‘Big Ears’ Lamb’s Ear (5 plants)

Velvety, silvery foliage creates contrast at the front of beds and is incredibly forgiving — both drought-tolerant and kid-friendly in the garden.

🌸 Salvia ‘Caradonna’ (5 plants)

Elegant, deep purple flower spikes rise above a neat foliage mound, giving vertical interest and supporting bees and butterflies.

💗 Geranium × cantabrigiense ‘Karmina’ (5 plants) Soft pink flowers with a mounding habit make this geranium a perfect edge plant that spills into pathways and borders.

☀️ 3. Summer Perennials — 20 Plants

These sun-loving perennials ensure your garden is in full bloom through the heart of summer.

🟠 Achillea ‘Terracotta’ (5 plants)

Warm, earthy colors and flat-topped blooms are friendly to pollinators and provide excellent cut flowers.

🌼 Coreopsis ‘Zagreb’ (5 plants)

Bright yellow flowers offer cheerful summer color and repeat blooms in sunny spots.

💙 Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ (5 plants)

Tall spires of purple flowers with aromatic foliage — an absolute magnet for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

🍊 Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ (5 plants)

Explosive orange blooms add warmth and energy to the middle season palette, bridging spring and summer.

🌇 4. Late Summer & Fall Interest — 20 Plants

This group keeps your garden alive long after midsummer, adding height and texture as days shorten.

💙 Perovskia ‘Little Spire’ (Russian Sage) (5 plants)

Airy spires of lavender-blue flowers with silvery foliage make for a glowing late-season display.

🟣 Verbena bonariensis (5 plants)

Tall, open stems with clusters of purple flowers bring a light, airy feeling and great pollinator appeal.

🍷 Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’ (5 plants)

Rich burgundy foliage and late-season blooms bring depth and drama to cooler months.

🦋 Gaura ‘Whirling Butterflies’ (2 plants)

Delicate, floating flowers dance in the breeze all season, giving a meadow-like feel to your planting. (Remember light pruning encourages rebloom!)

🤍 Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ (3 plants)

Classic white late-season blooms that brighten borders and transition beautifully into fall.

🌱 Why This Mix Works

This package is based on my signature plant matrix — carefully balancing structure, bloom progression, and year-round visual interest. It ensures that:

  • You have visual impact in every season.

  • Grasses provide backbone and winter presence.

  • Perennials bloom from spring through fall without crowding each other.

  • All plants are drought tolerant, low maintenance, and suited to Pacific Northwest gardens.

The dense plant spacing (about 2 feet apart) promotes fullness and a lush garden look from the start, while plants are establishing. After two seasons, divisions will even allow you to multiply your palette across other beds.

👉 Ready to bring your garden to life? Reserve your Starter Plant Package today and plant with confidence.

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