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.
Ozark Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa)
A wild type echinacea with yellow petals that is appealing to butterflies! Prefers rocky soils, but adapts well to any soil with good drainage. Wi...
View full detailsWhite Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
Related and similar to the purple prairie clover, but with white blooms! A nitrogen fixer that easily grown in dry soils. Drought resistant and can...
View full detailsPorcupine Sedge (Carex hystericina) 2x2x3" Pot
A smaller wetland sedge named for the prickly appearance of its seed heads. Very similar in appearance to other “bottlebrush sedges” such that iden...
View full detailsWild Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
A short, hardy plant that runners vigorously and supports a wide variety of insects with its flowers. Foliage makes a low, semi-evergreen, and of...
View full detailsPurple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) 2x2x3" Pot
These adaptable milkweed sport darker flowers than similar species, and are drought resistant once established! Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade Soi...
View full detailsCommon Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus) 2x2x3" Pot
A.k.a. American bugleweed. A distinctive denizen of wetlands and floodplains, its clusters of small, white flowers attract a wide variety of polli...
View full detailsCommon Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum)
A.k.a. white blue-eyed grass. A hardy blue-eyed grass that prefers dryer, loamy soils. Flowers are small, but bloom in succession and may repeated...
View full detailsRiddell's Goldenrod (Oligoneuron riddellii) 2x2x3" Pot
A.k.a. Solidago riddellii. A lovely flat-topped goldenrod with long, narrow leaves. Like other goldenrods, it supports many different species of po...
View full detailsSweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata)
A.k.a. vanilla grass. A widespread short, unassuming, and easily grown sweetgrass! Spreads quickly (~2ft/year) by rhizomes, and may outcompete oth...
View full detailsGrass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) 2x2x3" Pot
A thin leaved goldenrod of medium height that prefers moist soils, but tolerates some dryer conditions and drought! Individual blooms are smaller t...
View full detailsOhio Goldenrod (Oligoneuron ohioensis) 2x2x3" Pot
A.k.a. solidago ohioensis. A shorter and impressively blooming goldenrod. Fairly adaptable, but favors moist soil that contains clay. Blooms roughl...
View full detailsTufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) 2x2x3" Pot
A bunching, ornamental grass that tolerates shady conditions! Foliage is semi-evergreen and may last through mild winters. May self seed in optimum...
View full detailsOzark Bluestar (Amsonia illustris)
A taller bluestar that is appealing to hummingbirds and butterflies! Tolerates significant amounts of shade, but blooms better in more sun. Shade ...
View full detailsIndian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)
A.k.a woodland pinkroot. A showy, early summer blooming shade plant popular with hummingbirds! An excellent addition to a woodland garden to shady ...
View full detailsBeak Grass (Diarrhena obovata) 2x2x3" Pot
A shorter woodland grass with attractively arched leaves and a spreading (not bunching) habit, perfect for filing out shady understory or as green ...
View full detailsWhite Tinged Sedge (Carex albicans)
A tidy shorter sedge named for the pale tips if it’s seed stalks while in bloom. Spreads by rhizome and occasionally by seed in good conditions, bu...
View full detailsAmerican Ipecac (Porteranthus stipulatus)
A.k.a. Western Indian physic. A distinctive, generally adaptable plant with gracile stems and flowers. N does not runner and reseeds sparingly, may...
View full detailsTall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)
A.k.a. American bellflower. A lovely blooming annual or biennial flower at home on the edge of woodlands or in bright understory. Does not tolerate...
View full detailsSilky Aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)
A standout aster that blooms with large, single flowers. A native of poor, rocky soils, it will adapt to most any soil so long as it is well draine...
View full detailsLarge Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
A midsized false indigo that is fuller and showier than small yellow wild indigo, but not as beefy as blue wild indigo. Fairly easy to grow and a...
View full detailsSweet Flag (Acorus americanus) 2x2x3" Pot
A wetland plant with iris-like leaves and a distinctive, subtle spadix (bloom spike). Easy to grow and colony forming in shallow standing water, bo...
View full detailsPale-spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
A delicate, somewhat short-lived lobelia easily distinguished from its cousins by its small stature and white flowers. Tolerates close proximity an...
View full detailsMeadow Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
A.k.a. Windflower. An easy to grow anemone that blooms in late spring or early summer. This member of the buttercup family forms colonies, and natu...
View full detailsButterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) 1 GAL
*Preorder only* A star member of the milkweed family with a short stature and lovely orange blooms that attract a variety of pollinators! Does not...
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