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