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Prairie Moon Nursery (prairiemoon.com) is an online storefront selling native seeds and plants for gardening and ecological restoration. It carries over 700 species, so it suits anyone from a home gardener planting a pollinator bed to someone restoring a larger site with native grasses and wildflowers. If you need non-native ornamentals or general landscaping supplies, this is not that kind of nursery.
What the site sells
The catalog centers on native plant material, organized so you can shop by growing conditions or by the wildlife you want to support.
Plant categories highlighted on the storefront:
- Natives for Sun — showy wildflowers for spots that are sunny at least most of the time
- Natives for Shade — woodland wildflowers for shade gardens, restorations, or a spot under a tree
- Pollinator Favorites — plants chosen to attract birds, butterflies, and bees
- Grasses & Sedges — for color, texture, and year-round cover and food for wildlife
Additional collections:
- Eco-grass — positioned as an alternative to energy-intensive turf lawns, listed with free shipping
- Spring Bloomers — early bloomers that feed the first pollinators emerging after winter
- Fall Color — fall-blooming plants that also feed migratory birds and butterflies
- Monarch Favorites — wildflowers providing nectar across spring through fall, since Monarchs need more than Milkweed
What forms the products come in
The featured products show the range of formats, from single packets to bulk mixes:
| Product | Format | Listed price |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner's Collection | 6 seed packets | $24.00 |
| Liatris ligulistylis (Meadow Blazing Star) | seed/plant, size varies | $3.50 – $450.00 |
| Pretty Darn Quick (PDQ) Seed Mix | seed mix | $22.00 – $834.00 |
| Pollinator Palooza Seed Mix | seed mix | $21.00 – $797.00 |
| Asclepias incarnata (Rose Milkweed) | seed/plant, size varies | $3.50 – $15.00 |
| Learn Native Plants Flash Cards (Upper Midwest) | educational cards | $29.00 |
| Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard (by Sharon Sorenson) | book | $25.00 |
| Prairie In Progress Sign | sign | $28.00 |
| Seed Harvesting Hook – Small | tool | $12.00 |
| Seed Mix Filler – Rice Hulls | filler | $24.00 – $38.00 |
The wide price ranges on individual species and mixes reflect different quantities or plant sizes rather than a single unit price. A dedicated Price List page is linked from the site if you need current figures.
Who it's for
The storefront's framing points to two overlapping audiences:
- Home gardeners who want native wildflowers, pollinator plants, or a low-mow alternative to turf grass
- Restoration projects that need native species in larger quantities, which is where the bulk seed mixes and filler (rice hulls) come in
The site also carries supporting items — books, flash cards, signs, and harvesting tools — so it functions as more than a seed catalog if you're learning native plant gardening as you go.
The idea behind the catalog
The storefront describes native plants as co-evolved with native insects and wildlife, depending on one another: plants feed and shelter insects, birds, and small animals, which in turn support larger predators. That's the stated reason the catalog is organized around wildlife value (pollinators, Monarchs, birds) and seasonal bloom timing rather than purely by color or plant type. If that ecological framing matches what you're after, the category structure will make sense as a shopping guide.