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.
Missouri 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 detailsShowy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* As the common name implies, this goldenrod blooms in an impressive plume of golden flowers. Tolerant of dry, poor soil- it will gr...
View full detailsCardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A native lobelia with showy red flowers- favored by swallowtail butterflies and hummingbirds! Adaptable to soil type, but requires...
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
*Preorder only* A shorter grass that is often planted for it’s spikey seed heads, and generally does not form dense stands. Puts on growth earlier ...
View full detailsPrairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A beautifully clumping short grass with fine, sprawling leaves. Very rarely reseeds even in garden beds, making it a prime grass fo...
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 detailsSide-oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* An adaptable, drought resistant grass with a generally small stature- the seed stalk makes up most of the height. Notable for the b...
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 detailsRough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A.k.a. button or tall blazing star. Perhaps Indiana’s most wodespread blazing star (next to dense blazing star), rough blazing sta...
View full detailsCompass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A hardy, drought resistant plant once established, though it may take multiple years to do so. With distinct, deeply lobed leaves ...
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 d...
View full detailsPurple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A shorter, drought resistant grass valued for its purple-tinted spray of seeds. Shows the best color when planted in dense, single ...
View full detailsBigleaf Aster (Eurybia macrophylla) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A shade tolerant, late summer-fall blooming aster with distinctive large basal leaves! Excellent and oft used to fill in empty unde...
View full detailsSwitch Grass (Panicum virgatum) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A dominant grass of tallgrass prairies, it’s plumes of seeds are showy in their later stages. Valuable as an insect host and for w...
View full detailsRattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A.k.a. button snake-root. At the height of their bloom, flowers are absolutely alive with pollinators! A perfect native replacemen...
View full detailsHeart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* An unassuming, small flowered woodland aster that nonetheless attracts and hosts a wide variety of insects. Easily grown and resee...
View full detailsField Oval Sedge (Carex molesta) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A.k.a. troublesome sedge. This hardy sedge is closely related to, and difficult to distinguish from, prairie oval sedge (Carex bick...
View full detailsCup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A.k.a. cup rosinweed. A taller plant with sunflower-like flowers. So called because the broad leaves hold water where they meet at...
View full detailsClustered Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A.k.a. short-toothed mountain mint. A densely clumping mint that does not spread as rapidly as some of its relatives. The light whi...
View full detailsHairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A shade loving, fuzzy-leaved native mint at home in woodlands. Grows well in full shade, but blooms the best in part sun/shade. Fl...
View full detailsIndian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* This standup grass is often planted for winter interest, as its tall seed stalks that remain upright longer into the winter than b...
View full detailsPlains Oval Sedge (Carex brevior) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A.k.a. Short-beaked sedge. This bunching sedge is closely related to, and difficult to distinguish from, prairie oval sedge (Carex...
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