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Please note that our plant lists for 2025 are dependent on germination and survival rates as well as other factors beyond our control. Additional species beyond what is listed may also be available. Ask us if you can't find what you are looking for. Some trees may not be available until 2026. Most of our plants are sold in medium pots to allow them to establish in your garden. This means that they may require some more tending while they are young, but will become strong mature plants quickly. 

Our prices are as follows:
  • Small pots (2.5 inch) of perennial flowers are $7.50
  • Small pots (2.5 inch) of native grasses are $7
  • Medium pots (3.5 to 4.5 inch) of perennial flowers are $12.50
  • Medium pots (3.5 to 4.5 inch) of native grasses are $12.00
  • Large pots (1 gallon) of perennial flowers are $20 
  • Large pots (1 gallon) of native grasses are $18 
  • Large pots (1 gallon) of native shrubs and trees (2 years old) are $24
  • Conetainers (deep root 10 inch) of native shrubs and trees (2 years old) are $10

Plant packs also available! Check out our online store. 

Are you looking for larger quantities? Plug trays? Plant mats? Contact us for lists and pricing. 

We sell wholesale too. Contact us for lists and pricing. 


Plants available 

Perennial Flowers

  • Anise Hyssop (agastache foeniculum)
  • Purple Giant Hyssop (agastache scrophularifolia)
  • White Snakeroot (ageratina altissima)
  • Pearly Everlasting (anaphalis margaritacea)
  • Canada Anemone (anemone canadensis)
  • Tall Thimbleweed (anemone virginiana)
  • Pussytoes (antennaria neglecta)
  • Swamp Milkweed (asclepias incarnata)
  • Showy Milkweed (asclepias speciosa)
  • Common Milkweed (asclepias syriaca)
  • Flat Topped Aster (aster umbullatus)
  • Hairy Wood Mint (blephilia hirsuta)
  • Tall Thistle (cirsium altissimum)
  • Lance-leaf Coreopsis (coreopsis lanceolata)
  • Pale Purple Coneflower (echinacea pallida)
  • Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea)
  • Common Boneset (eupatorium perfolatium)
  • Large-Leaved Aster (eurybia macrophylla)
  • Grass-Leaved Goldenrod (euthamia graminifolia)
  • Joe-Pye Weed (eutrochium maculatum)
  • Sweet Joe-Pye Weed (eutrochium purpureum)
  • Wild Strawberry (fragaria virginiana)
  • Tall Sunflower (helianthus giganteus)
  • Maximilian's Sunflower (helianthus maximiliani)
  • Stiff Sunflower (helianthus pauciflorus)
  • False Sunflower (heliopsis helianthoides)
  • Sneezeweed (helenium autumnale)
  • Blue Flag Iris (iris versicolour)
  • Meadow Blazing Star (liatris ligulistylis)
  • Dense Blazing Star (liatris spicata)
  • Cardinal Flower (lobelia cardinalis)
  • Great Blue Lobelia (lobelia siphilitica)
  • Wild Bergamot (monarda fistulosa)
  • Spotted Bee Balm (monarda punctata)
  • Hairy Beardtongue (penstemon hirsutus)
  • Foxglove Beardtongue (penstemon digitalis)
  • Obedient Plant (physostegia virginiana)
  • Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
  • Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum)
  • Long-headed Coneflower (ratibida columnifera)
  • Wild Golden Glow (rudbeckia lacianata)
  • Brown-Eyed Susan (rudbeckia triloba)
  • Early Figwort (scrophularia lanceolata)
  • Prairie Dock (silphium terebinthinaceu)
  • Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod (solidago caesia)
  • Zigzag Goldenrod (solidago flexicaulis)
  • Early Goldenrod (solidago juncea)
  • Field Goldenrod (solidago nemoralis)
  • Upland White Goldenrod (solidago ptarmicoides)
  • Stiff Goldenrod (solidago rigida)
  • Lindley's aster (symphyotrichum ciliolatum)
  • Smooth Blue Aster (symphyotrichum laeve)
  • Panicled Aster (symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
  • New England Aster (symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
  • Sky Blue Aster (symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
  • Swamp Aster (symphiotricum puniceum)
  • Blue Vervain (verbena hastata)
  • Hoary Vervain (verbena stricta)
  • Culver's Root (veronicastrum virginicum)
  • Common Ironweed (vernonia fascica)
  • Golden Alexander (zizea aurea)

Grasses & Sedges

  • Big Bluestem (andropogon gerardii)
  • Northern Sweetgrass (anthoxanthum hirtum)
  • Prairie Brome (bromus kalmii)
  • Fringed Brome (bromus cilius)
  • Canada Blue Joint Grass (calamagrostis canadensis)
  • Bebb's Sedge (carex bebbii)
  • Plains Oval Sedge (carex brevior)
  • Early Fen Sedge (carex crawfordii)
  • Purple Sheathed Graceful Sedge (carex gracillima)
  • Porcupine Sedge (carex hystericina)

  • Palm Sedge (carex muskingunensis)
  • Brown Fox Sedge (carex vulpinoidea)
  • Canada Wild Rye (elymus canadensis)
  • Bottlebrush (elymus hystrix)
  • Virginia Wild Rye (elymus virginiana)
  • ​Switch Grass (panicum virigatum)
  • Little Bluestem (schizachyrium scoparium)
  • Wool Grass (scirpus cyperinus)
  • Indian Grass (sorghastrum nutans)
  • Prairie Dropseed (sporobolus heterolepsis)

Vines

  • Virgin's Bower (clematis virginiana)
  • Virginia Creeper (parthenocissus quinquefolia)
  • Wild Grape (vitis riparia)

Shrubs

  • Red Osier Dogwood (cornus sericea)
  • Northern Bush Honeysuckle (diervilla ionicera)
  • Sweet Gale (myrica gale)
  • Common Ninebark (physocarpus opulifolius)
  • Prickly Wild Rose (rosa acicularis)
  • Swamp Rose (rosa palustris)
  • Thimbleberry (rubus parviflorus)
  • Black Elderberry (sambucus canadensis)
  • Red Elderberry (sambucus racemosa)
  • White Meadowsweet (spirea alba)

Trees (available mid to late 2025)

  • Red Maple (acer rubrum)
  • Speckled Alder (alnus incana subsp. rugosa)
  • White Spruce (picea glauca)
  • Eastern White Pine (pinus strobus)

  • Bur Oak (quercus macrocarpa)
  • Northern Red Oak (quercus rubra)
  • Eastern White Cedar (thuja occidentalis)
**Please note that our trees are typically sold as second year trees. We do not sell large potted trees. Trees are best planted when they are small and their roots are able to establish well. For this reason, we do not sell our trees after 3 years. 

Plant packs

This year, we will be selling plant packs. There are a number of different packages available.

KEYSTONE SPECIES ($50)
For dry to average soil: 3 smooth blue aster, 3 stiff goldenrod, 1 Maximilian sunflower
For average to moist soil: 3 New England aster, 3 grass leaved goldenrod, 1 tall sunflower

FOR THE LOVE PACKAGES ($75)
For the Love of Pollinators: 3 wild bergamot, 3 purple coneflower, 3 mountain mint
For the Love of Asters: 3 New England aster, 3 smooth blue aster, 3 large leaved aster
For the Love of 
Rain Gardens--3 blue vervain, 3 common ironweed, 3 flat topped aster
For the Love of Shade Gardens--3 hairy wood mint, 3 blue stemmed goldenrod, 3 large leaved aster
For the Love of Mint--3 mountain mint, 3 hairy mountain mint, 3 hairy wood mint
For the Love of Sunflowers--3 Maximilian sunflower, 3 stiff sunflower, 3 tall sunflower (not appropriate for small gardens due to the spreading nature of sunflowers)
For the Love of Butterflies--3 purple coneflower, 3 dense blazing star, 3 swamp milkweed

JUMBO PACKAGES ($125)

Dry Soil and Full to Part Sun: 3 sky blue aster (alternate smooth blue aster), 3 spotted bee balm, 3 anise hyssop, 3 pale purple coneflower, 3 little bluestem
Medium Soil and Full to Part Sun: 3 purple coneflower, 3 wild bergamot, 3 smooth blue aster, 3 anise hyssop, 3 big bluestem (alternate prairie brome or palm sedge)
Medium to Moist Soil and Full to Part Sun: 3 blue vervain, 3 swamp milkweed, 3 joe pye weed (alternate boneset), 3 New England aster, 3 big bluestem (alternate fringed brome or narrow leaved oval sedge)
Part Shade: 3 tall anemone, 3 large leaved aster, 3 blue stemmed goldenrod, 3 hairy beardtongue, 3 purple sheathed graceful sedge (alternate bottlebrush grass or virginia wild rye)

All plants are in medium sized pots. 
Our Guarantee and Return Policy
We aim to provide you with healthy plants grown in the northwestern Ontario climate, and make the utmost effort to  not sell plants that are sick, stressed, or dying. As a result, we cannot offer guarantees or refunds on plants after purchase as there are many factors beyond our control that impact the health of plants once they are in your care and in your gardens. We will, however, offer a refund if we have mislabelled a plant. Thank you for your understanding! 

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