Full Spring Starter Plant List Spring 2025

These are Rain and Shine's 2025 spring starter plants, currently growing under lights in their earth-friendly peat pots.  They're available at upcoming Rain and Shine events or just drop an email or text and we can drop them to your door.

Pollinator-attracting flowers

Mexican Sunflower
Bee Balm (Panorama Red, Bergamot, Spotted)

Anise hyssop

Bee's Friend (Lacy Phacelia)

Calamintha - blue

Lavender

Borage - blue and white options

Comfrey

Purple Coneflower

Mellow Yellow echinacea

Note that lots of the other plants below also attract pollinators as well!  The ones I list as pollinator attracting are the ones that have really gone above and beyond in terms of pollinator traffic in my gardens in the past. 

Herbs

Basil 

Rosemary

Chamomile

Chives

Italian Parsley

Curled Parsley

Common Fennel

Catnip

Dill

Stevia

Terragon

Thyme

Vegetables

Green Pepper

Tomatillo

Slicer tomatoes (Brandywine, Mortgage Lifter)

Roma tomatoes

Cherry tomato

Banana Pepper

Jalapeno

Pimento

Arugala

Chinese Cabbage

Collard greens

Dinosaur kale

Bunching onion

Romaine

Poblano

Flowers 

Black Eyed Susan

Moonflower (vine)

Shasta Daisy

Viola - various colors

Pink dandelion

Petunia (red, white, purple, pink)

Alyssum

Poppy - amazing grey

Marigold

Celosia

Cockscomb

Bachelor Buttons

Gomphrena - various colors

Other :-)

Pumpkin on a Stick

Quinoa

Goji berry