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A showy, blue blooming plant that tolerates dry, rocky soil, and hosts a number of caterpillars! Large, showy seed pods are valuable for winter int...

The classic common milkweed- an adaptable host to monarch butterflies with fragrant flowers for you and your pollinators! Will form a colony, and r...

A shorter, white flowering milkweed that tolerates poor soil and dry conditions! Can spread rapidly in open areas, but tends to form loose colonies...

A distinctive plant with white late summer blooms that are long lasting and said to resemble the head of a cauliflower when they are tightly cluste...

A late spring bloomer and our lovely native host of the black swallowtail butterfly! A broadly appealing addition to pollinator gardens that may sp...

A relative of the royal catchfly that can tolerate some shade. Flowers are usually pink, but even a pink flowering plant can occasionally throw red...

A low growing plant whose height is made up almost entirely by bloom stalk, which are a showy dark red. The basal rosette hugs the ground and may ...

A distinctive, showy bloomer for wet areas- a clump of queen of the prairie in bloom is a sight to behold! Leaves will scorch if the roots are allo...

A.k.a. prairie milkweed. A close cousin of the better known common milkweed with a smaller stature and less of a tendency to spread. Attracts a wid...

A.k.a. spotted beebalm and dotted mint. A bee balm that tolerates dryer soils! Odd, almost tropical-looking flowers are arranged in rings undernea...

A classic fern with arching leaves that can grow to large sizes! Fairly adaptable provided adequate moisture. Do well planted alongside spring ephe...

Wild strawberries have sweet fruits that are said to be one of the tastiest wild berries,* and profuse spring flowers! Easy to grow and an excelle...

An unassuming, small flowered woodland aster that nonetheless attracts and hosts a wide variety of insects. Easily grown and reseeds well in open g...

A.k.a. wild oats, inland oats, and river oats. A lovely grass for shady areas, it’s distinctive seed heads are easily spotted and last into the win...

Estimated Height at Pickup: 1-2’, 3 gal A smaller, mounding shrub that favors edge habitats and poor, dry soil. Valuable to and highly sought after...

Estimated Height at Pickup: 2-3’, 3 gal This adaptable large shrub has bright fall color and is one of the earliest spring flowering shrubs! Its de...

A shorter sunflower with the bright yellow blooms signature to the family! One of the least competitive of the sunflowers, it may be outcompeted in...

A.k.a. sundial lupine. A distinctive and showy nitrogen fixer! Wild lupine deserves its reputation for beauty and acclaim as a host for the rare ka...

A elegant woodland plant with delicate, light blue flowers. Occasionally called blue bells, but is not to be confused with Virginia blue bells, Mer...

A hardy plant with pale purple, snapdragon-like flowers! Broadly adaptable to soil and water conditions and reseeds well. Among the most bulletproo...

A wetland plant with a long bloom time and unique pink flowers said to resemble a monkey’s face. A distinctive addition to pond edges and rain gard...

A charismatic spring ephemeral easily grown in rich, well drained soil! Distinctive blue flowers attract early bees, butterflies, and sphinx moths-...

Estimated Height at Pickup: 4-5’, 3 gal A.k.a. shadbush and Juneberry. A small, silver barked tree/bush that tolerates shade. White spring flowers ...

Estimated height at pickup: 1-2', 1 gal A.k.a. trumpet honeysuckle, woodbine. The showy, much sought after native honeysuckle vine! Blooms are red...