Shipping Season

• SEED orders can be shipped throughout the year.
• BARE ROOT PLANT orders are shipped bare root during optimal transplanting time. Since our plants are field grown, nature sets the schedule each year as to when our digging season will begin and end. Our Minnesota climate sometimes provides us with April or October snows and/or frozen ground, heavy rains, etc. We fill all orders to the best of our ability depending on conditions beyond our control. In the SPRING, plants are normally shipped from April to mid May, with some species available until mid June. Best results can be expected, however, if transplanting is done in April.  The FALL plant shipping season usually runs through the month of October.  (Please note that we do not ship plants outside the contiguous United States.)
• POTTED PLANTS (Rain Garden / Butterfly Kits and 38 plant trays) ship early-May to late-September.
  

Delivery
We ship using USPS, UPS and Spee Dee. Since UPS and Spee Dee do not recognize Post Office Box numbers, it is important to include your street address or rural route number with your order form.

Normal UPS delivery takes 2 to 4 days within the continental United States.

If you need to receive your plant order on a certain day (Monday through Friday), please include your preferred arrival date in the 'customer notes' during the online checkout process.  We will contact you if the requested delivery dates is not feasible or if there will be an additional charge for expedited shipping.

Shipping & Handling Charges

• For PLANT ORDERS $50.00 and under: $7.50
• For PLANT ORDERS over $50.00 add 15% of the total plant cost
• For SEED ORDERS $100.00 and under: $5.00
• For SEED ORDERS over $100.00 add 5% of the total seed cost
• For POTTED PLANT (trays of 38) add $13 per tray (call for pricing on 10+ trays)
• Books, garden tags, and inoculum are postpaid within the contiguous US (shipping fee included)
  

Seed Shipments to Canada
We do not ship plants to Canada, but seeds and books are available to Canadian customers. Please be aware that seeds are occasionally held up at customs. We are unable to track these orders. Prepayment in U.S. funds is required. Postal shipping & handling charges for Canadian seed shipments are:

• For SEED ORDERS $50.00 and under: $15.00
• For SEED ORDERS over $50.00 add 30% of the total cost
  

Pick-up Orders
We are a mail order nursery and have no retail facilities, but you may pick up your order if prior arrangements are made. There is no handling charge for orders picked up at the nursery but customers must pay the 6.875% state sales tax.

State Sales Tax
Minnesota residents are required to pay 6.875% sales tax. Please note that shipping and handling charges are also subject to the 6.875% tax.

Number of Delivery Days from Prairie Moon Nursery

Please note: Delivery days do not include the day we send out your parcel, weekends, or holidays. To assure minimum time in transit we ship plants early in the week. 1 day delivery to all of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, Illinois (excludes Chicago, 606 zip codes, which is 2 day delivery), and 630-633 Missouri zip codes. * read our blog post for answers to frequently asked ordering/shipping customer questions.