Mailbox garden kit

The Mailbox Bed.

Curb appeal in one afternoon.

The hottest, driest, most-looked-at four feet you own. Eight plants that take full sun and road salt, look sharp from the car, and stop needing the hose after year one.

8 plants · 4 kinds4 × 4 ft bedFull sun
$150
Same price as buying them one by one. The plan's on us.
The Mailbox Bed
What's in the box

8 plants, 4 jobs.

$14
In this kit: The center
Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Turns copper in fall. Show-off.

Prairie in a pot. Blue-green all summer, copper and wine in fall, and upright through winter snow. It is the grass that made native gardens look good.

Size2–3 ft tallShowCopper in fall, standing all winter LightfullZones3–9 PetsKeep away from nibblersWaterModerate
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$48
In this kit: Color
Rudbeckia fulgida

Black-eyed Susan 'Goldsturm'

Late-summer sunshine, on repeat.

The mailbox classic, done right. There is a reason every good mailbox bed has a clump of these. They spread politely, bloom when everything else is tired, and hold their color in full August sun.

Size2 ft tallShowLate summer into fall LightfullZones4–9 PetsKeep away from nibblersWaterModerate
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$36
In this kit: Soft edge
Nepeta × faassenii

Catmint 'Walker's Low'

A lavender cloud that rabbits ignore.

The edging plant that edits itself. Silvery leaves, a haze of blue-violet flowers, and a habit of softening every hard edge it touches. Shear it back after the first flush and it blooms again.

Size2–3 ft, wider than tallShowLate spring, again in summer LightfullZones3–8 PetsKeep away from nibblersWaterModerate
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$52
In this kit: Street side
Lavandula × intermedia

Lavender 'Phenomenal'

Handles humidity better than most of us.

Provence, but make it practical. Most lavender sulks in humid summers. 'Phenomenal' was selected because it doesn't, which is why we stock it instead of the prettier-on-paper ones.

Size2–3 ft tallShowEarly to midsummer LightfullZones5–9 PetsKeep away from nibblersWaterModerate
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The whole kit: 8 plants + the planting planShips from the growers; anything not right for your zone gets swapped for a local equal.
The planting plan

Dig here. Then here.

BackFront · path side12223344
1 · Bluestem2 · Susans3 · Catmint4 · Lavender
How to plant it

Bluestem dead center, Susans around it, lavender and catmint on the street side where reflected heat is worst. Leave a hand-width around the post for the mail carrier.

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