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View Past Spring Herbaceous Sale Species
We won’t know for sure what species we can source until right before the sale, but these are species we’ve carried in the past! ~100 species will be available to preorder, and 200+ species will be available Public Sale. Spring sale online preorders run Feb 2 - Apr 1. Preorder pickups are in early May, and the Public Sale runs early May - mid June at Geist Nursery.
Range Maps Courtesy Kartesz, J.T 2025. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP) [website http://bonap.org/] Chapel Hill, N.C.
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) 1 GAL
A beautifully clumping short grass with fine, sprawling leaves. Very rarely reseeds even in garden beds, making it a prime grass for landscaping. F...
View full detailsYellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) 1 GAL
A.k.a. grey headed coneflower and prairie coneflower. A tall but nonetheless delicate coneflower, it has a long bloom period and is broadly appeali...
View full detailsSpotted Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum) 1 GAL
A showy, wetland loving, comparatively short Joe-pye weed! Like other Joe-pye weeds, it is attractive to pollinators, including butterflies. Spread...
View full detailsShowy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) 1 GAL
As the common name implies, this goldenrod blooms in an impressive plume of golden flowers. Tolerant of dry, poor soil- it will grow taller in fert...
View full detailsMissouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)
A slender, showy ironweed that tolerates medium soil and minor drought. Easily grown with flowers that are attractive to many butterflies, includin...
View full detailsSunchoke (Helianthus tuberosus) 1 GAL
A.k.a. Jerusalem Artichoke. An easily grown native food crop with excellent wildlife support, sunchokes are generally adaptable as long as they hav...
View full detailsLate Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)
A deer resistant species that supports a variety of pollinators, including hummingbirds! Like other figworts, its flowers aren’t showy but produce ...
View full detailsJune Grass (Koeleria macrantha) 1 GAL
A shorter grass that is often planted for it’s spikey seed heads, and generally does not form dense stands. Puts on growth earlier than most prairi...
View full detailsYellow Pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
A shorter plant excellent for adding butterfly and pollinator support to drier woodland edges and part sun slopes. A relative of the better known G...
View full detailsCompass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) 1 GAL
A hardy, drought resistant plant once established, though it may take multiple years to do so. With distinct, deeply lobed leaves and an infloresce...
View full detailsSide-oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) 1 GAL
An adaptable, drought resistant grass with a generally small stature- the seed stalk makes up most of the height. Notable for the bright color of i...
View full detailsRough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) 1 GAL
A.k.a. button or tall blazing star. Perhaps Indiana’s most wodespread blazing star (next to dense blazing star), rough blazing star is easy to grow...
View full detailsRosepink (Sabatia angularis) 2x2x3" Pot
Public Sale Exclusive: Preorder customers gain early access during preorder pickups. A.k.a. rose gentian, marsh pink, and bitterbloom. A showy, fra...
View full detailsIllinois Bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis)
A.k.a. Illinois bundle flower, Illinois mimosa, or prairie mimosa. An adaptable nitrogen fixer with handsome foliage, fine fern-like leaves, and di...
View full detailsPurple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) 1 GAL
A shorter, drought resistant grass valued for its purple-tinted spray of seeds. Shows the best color when planted in dense, single species clumps a...
View full detailsRattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) 1 GAL
A.k.a. button snake-root. At the height of their bloom, flowers are absolutely alive with pollinators! A perfect native replacement for yucca, thou...
View full detailsBigleaf Aster (Eurybia macrophylla) 1 GAL
A shade tolerant, late summer-fall blooming aster with distinctive large basal leaves! Excellent and oft used to fill in empty understory as it for...
View full detailsSwitch Grass (Panicum virgatum) 1 GAL
A dominant grass of tallgrass prairies, it’s plumes of seeds are showy in their later stages. Valuable as an insect host and for winter habitat. Ta...
View full detailsCup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) 1 GAL
A.k.a. cup rosinweed. A taller plant with sunflower-like flowers. So called because the broad leaves hold water where they meet at the stem, where ...
View full detailsClustered Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) 1 GAL
A.k.a. short-toothed mountain mint. A densely clumping mint that does not spread as rapidly as some of its relatives. The light white/grey blush on...
View full detailsHeart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) 1 GAL
An unassuming, small flowered woodland aster that nonetheless attracts and hosts a wide variety of insects. Easily grown and reseeds well in open ...
View full detailsIndian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) 1 GAL
This standup grass is often planted for winter interest, as its tall seed stalks that remain upright longer into the winter than big bluestem. The ...
View full detailsHairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta) 1 GAL
A shade loving, fuzzy-leaved native mint at home in woodlands. Grows well in full shade, but blooms the best in part sun/shade. Flowers are small b...
View full detailsField Oval Sedge (Carex molesta) 1 GAL
A.k.a. troublesome sedge. This hardy sedge is closely related to, and difficult to distinguish from, prairie oval sedge (Carex bicknellii) and plai...
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