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 A.k.a. silvery spleenwort and narrow leaved spleenwort. Despite various common names, it is currently grouped with shield ferns. Does best in rich...

A.k.a. false Solomon’s seal. A showy woodland plant whose fluffy white plume of flowers matures to colorful red berries. A good replacement for the...

A rabbit/deer resistant hyssop with a long bloom time! Flowers attract a variety of pollinators but are small and visually subtle, with only a few ...

A.k.a. Illinois bundle flower, Illinois mimosa, or prairie mimosa. An adaptable nitrogen fixer with handsome foliage, fine fern-like leaves, and di...

A.k.a. tall white aster and white field aster. An aster that thrives in poorly drained soil, but tolerates seasonally dry conditions. Like all aste...

This unique native hollyhock is known to be native to only one island in the Kankakee River! It has since been established in other locations in n...

One of Indiana’s most common orchids, it is most often found in high quality, relatively undisturbed woodlands. Leaves emerge in fall and persist t...

A.k.a. narrow-leaf or narrowleaf blue-eyed grass. A hardy blue-eyed grass that prefers average conditions and soils. Flowers are small, but bloom ...

A dainty spring ephemeral related to bleeding heart and Dutchman’s breeches! Like other ephemerals, it prefers loamy soil and a location with sprin...

This easy to grow aster relative has long lasting flowers, dense flower heads, and fuzzy foliage that gives the leaves a blue/grey appearance. Host...

A showy blooming legume and nitrogen fixer! Stays compact (2’-3’) in prairies or dense plantings with plenty of root competition, but in an open ga...

A.k.a. waterwillow. A true wetland plant, swamp loosestrife is at home in shallow water but adapts to consistently moist soils. Flowers are small b...

Estimated Height at Pickup: 2-3’, 3 gal A hardy, native fruit tree. Persimmons are some of the most energy dense fruits in the world, second only t...

A taller rush that is visibly darker in color than other local rushes. Perfect for adding visual interest to wetland plantings, filling ditches, an...

A deer resistant species that supports a variety of pollinators, including hummingbirds! Like other figworts, its flowers aren’t showy but produce ...

A.k.a. American tiger lily*. A star Midwestern lily! A slow grower that is worth the wait, it prefers moist soils but adapts to medium garden beds....

  A.k.a. windflower. A small woodland ephemeral that needs some spring sun, and shade after trees leaf out. The short lived white flowers sit on th...

A.k.a. nodding bulrush. A comparatively adaptable rush that will tolerate mesic conditions, recognizable by its flat, grass like leaves and droopin...

A woodland goldenrod at home on forest edges or in bright, dappled shade. Forms colonies with rhizomes, and spreads rapidly from seed in disturbed...

 A taller, clumping sedge with lush seed heads that can adapt to mesic conditions. The wind dispersed seeds are fluffy when they mature in the fall...

A wetland sedge that puts on obvious brown spikelets. It’s bunching habit and mildly contrasting foliage color makes it showy to some extent and ex...

If there’s remnant woodland nearby, you will find the common blue violet! This, one of our hardiest native flowers, will grow almost anywhere but ...

A native to wooded slopes and well drained wooded bottomland, it adapts well to cultivation! Does not tolerate deep shade, but tolerates bright, da...

A.k.a. wild leek*. These slow growing natives prefer dappled sun in the spring and shade in the warmer months. Flowering period is early summer, af...