Malcolmson Eco-Park Native Plant Sale 2026

Shrubs

Sold in 2-5 inch plugs

Grey Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
Light: Full to Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 3- 8 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White
Fruit: White Berries

Silky Dogwood (Cornus obliqua)
Light: Full to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 8- 10 Feet Tall
Bloom time: June
Flower: White
Fruit: Blue Berries

Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina)
Light: Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 2 – 5ft
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Green Fern – Brown nutlets

Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: All Soil Types
Height: 5-10 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: White

Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 6-12 Feet
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: White

Shrubby St. Johns Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
Light: Part Shade to Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 3 – 6 Feet Tall
Bloom time: Mid-Summer
Flower: Yellow

Great St. John’s Wort (Hypericum ascyron)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Moist
Height: 4–5 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Yellow

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
Light: Full Sun to Full Shade
Soil: Dry to Wet
Height: Up to 20 Feet
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: White
Fruit: Red Berries (fruit is mildly toxic)

Sweet Gale (Myrica gale)
Light: Full Sun to Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 2 – 6 Feet Tall
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Yellow

Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica)
Light: Full Sun to Full Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 6- 12 Feet Tall
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: Yellow
Fruit: Red Berries

Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium – Wet
Height: 12 Feet Tall (Fast growing)
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: White
Fruit: Black Berries (fruit is edible when cooked)

Downy Arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum)
Light: Full to Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 3-6 Feet Tall
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: White
Fruit: Purple Berries

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Light: Full to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 8”
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Red

Wildflowers

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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

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 6”
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: White
Fruit: Red Berries

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

Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Moist
Height: 3–5 Feet
Bloom time: Mid Summer
Flower: Orange

Scarlet Beebalm/Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Red

Wild (Beebalm) Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Purple

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

Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 1 Feet
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: Purple

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Red

Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Blue

Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Fall
Flower: Blue

Large Leaf Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 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

Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 2–3 Feet
Bloom time: Fall
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

Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium to Moist
Height: 4–5 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Purple

Foamflower (Tiarella stolonifera)
Light: Part Shade to Full Shade
Soil: Medium
Height: 8–12”
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: White

Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade to Shade
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 24”
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: Red

Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 2–3 Feet
Bloom time: Mid to Late Summer
Flower: White

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

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

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium to Dry
Height: 2 Feet
Bloom time:  Summer
Flower: Orange

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Pink

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

Sold in 4″ Pots

Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 8-30 Inches
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None

Lady Fern (Athyrium felix-femina)
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: Up to 3 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None

Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
Light: Part Shade to Full Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 1–2 Feet
Bloom time: N/A (Fern)
Flower: None

Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 2 -3 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None

Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Moist to Wet
Height: 3–5 Feet
Bloom time: N/A (Fern)
Flower: None

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 1-2 Feet
Bloom time: Not Applicable
Flower: None

Grasses

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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 4-8 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry
Height: 4 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads

Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepsis)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry to Wet
Height: 1-3 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads

Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
Light: Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Wet
Height: 3-5 Feet
Bloom time: Summer
Flower: Seed Heads

Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry
Height: 6 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads

Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
Light: Full to Part Sun
Soil: Dry
Height: 3-6 Feet
Bloom time: Late Summer
Flower: Seed Heads

Sedges

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Bristleleaf / Ivory Sedge (Carex eburnea)
Light: Part Shade to Full Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 8–12”
Bloom time: Spring
Flower: Green

Gray’s Sedge (Carex grayi)
Light: Part Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 3 Feet
Bloom time: Late Spring
Flower: Green

Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea)
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 2–3 Feet
Bloom time: Early Summer
Flower: Green