Native Plant Sale – May 2025
Success! We almost sold out of all our plants! Lots of people came to support our plant sale today and we couldn’t be happier to have so many people in our community interested in Native plants!
Thanks to our volunteers for braving hours of chilly weather to help make this our best plant sale yet.
Shrubs
Grey Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
Key Features: Light: Full to Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 3- 8 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Key Features: Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: All Soil Type
Height: 6 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White
Berry: Black
Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Key Features: Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: All Soil Types
Height: 5-10 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White
Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Key Features: Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 6-12 Feet
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: White
Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
Key Features: Light: Full Sun to Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 3 – 6 Feet Tall and Wide
Bloom time: Mid-Summer
Flower: White
Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 3 – 6 Feet
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: White
Wildflowers
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium – Dry
Height: 18”
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Purple
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium – Dry
Height: 24”
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 5 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: White
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Light: Full Sun to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Early Summer
Flower: Purple
Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Light: Full to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 3” – 9”
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: White
Berry: White or Red
Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum )
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 12”
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Pink
Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Purple
Scarlet Beebalm/Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Red
Dotted Mint/Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Purple
Strict Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 12”
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Purple
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 6 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White or Pink
Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Early Summer
Flower: White
Grey-Headed/Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 5 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Yellow
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Yellow
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade to Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 24”
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: Red
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Light: Full Sun to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Purple
Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Yellow
False (Oxeye) Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 5 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Yellow
Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Blue
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 6 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Yellow
Wild (Beebalm) Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Purple
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Purple
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 1 -2 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Yellow
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2-5 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Yellow
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Light: Part Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 4-6 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Purple
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Orange
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Light: Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 1 Foot
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Purple
Spotted Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 6 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Pink
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
Light: Part Sun to Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 7 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Pink
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Dry Soil
Height: 1 -3 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Red
Ferns
Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) $8
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 8-30 Inches
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None
Lady Fern (Athyrium felix-femina) $8
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: Up to 3 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None
Bulblet Fern (Cystopteris bulbifera) $8
Light: Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: Up to 3 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) $8
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 4″- 6″
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) $8
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 2 -3 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) $8
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 1-2 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None
Grasses
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) $6
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 4-8 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) $6
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepsis) $6
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry to Wet
Height: 1-3 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix) $6
Light: Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Wet
Height: 3-5 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Seed Heads
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) $6
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry
Height: 6 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) $6
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Dry
Height: 3-6 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads