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available plants

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 small to 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
  • Small pots (2.5 inch) of native shrubs are $8.50
  • 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

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

Plants available in June 2025

Our plants that will be available in June 2025 are second year plants that have overwintered outside. Plants are sold in medium (3.5" or 4.5") and large (gallon) pots. Here is what we have available:
  • Anise Hyssop (agastache foeniculum)
  • Purple Giant Hyssop (agastache scrophularium)
  • Pearly Everlasting (anaphalis Margaritacea)--SOLD OUT
  • Tall Anemone/Thimbleweed (anemone virginiana)
  • Columbine (aquilegia canadensis)
  • Swamp Milkweed (asclepias incarnata)
  • Flat-topped Aster (aster umbullatus)
  • Hairy Wood Mint (blephilia hirsutus)
  • Virgin's Bower (clematis virginiana)
  • Pale Purple Coneflower (echinacea pallida)
  • Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea)
  • Large-leaved aster (eurybia macrophylla)
  • Maximilian Sunflower (helianthus maximiliani)
  • Stiff Sunflower (helianthus pauciflorus)
  • Dense Blazing Star (liatris spicata)
  • Cardinal Flower (lobelia cardinalis) (limited quantity)
  • Blue Lobelia (lobelia siphilitica)
  • Wild Monarda (monarda fistulosa)
  • Hairy Beardtongue (penstemon hirsutus)
  • Obedient Plant (physostegia virginiana)
  • Mountain Mint (pycnanthemum virginiananum)
  • Long-Headed Coneflower (ratibida columnifera)
  • Brown-eyed Susan (rudbeckia triloba)--SOLD OUT
  • Early Figwort (scrophularia lanceolata)
  • Early Goldenrod (solidago juncea)
  • Field Goldenrod (solidago nemoralis)
  • Upland White Goldenrod (solidago ptarmicoides)
  • Stiff Goldenrod (solidago rigida)
  • Smooth Blue Aster (symphyotrichum laevis)
  • New England Aster (symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
  • Sky Blue Aster (symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
  • Swamp Aster (symphyotrichum puniceum)
  • Blue Vervain (verbena hastata)
  • Culver's Root (veronicastrum virginicum)
  • Common Ironweed (vernonia fasculata)

Grasses & Sedges available in june 2025

  • Fringed Brome (bromus ciliatus)
  • Prairie Brome (bromus kalmia)
  • Plains Oval Sedge (carex brevior)
  • Purple Sheathed Graceful Sedge (carex gracillima)
  • Shining Bur Sedge (carex intumescens)
  • Palm Sedge (carex muskingunensis)
  • Narrow-Leaved Oval Sedge (carex tenera)
  • Brown Fox Sedge (carex vulpinoidea)
  • Virginia Wild Rye (elymus virginiana)

Shrubs and Trees available in June 2025

  • Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) SOLD OUT
  • Common Ninebark (physocarpus opulifolius)
  • White Meadowsweet (spirea alba)

Plant packs

This year, we will be selling plant packs beginning around the middle of July. You get 15 plants (3 of each) in 2.5" pots. Here are the options:

Dry Soil and Full to Part Sun--sky blue aster, wild bergamot, anise hyssop, pale purple coneflower, little bluestem
Medium Soil and Full to Part Sun--purple coneflower, wild bergamot, smooth blue aster, anise hyssop, big bluestem
Medium to Moist Soil and Full to Part Sun--blue vervain, swamp milkweed, joe pye weed, New England aster, big bluestem
Part Shade--tall anemone, large leaved aster, zigzag goldenrod, hairy beardtongue, virginia wild rye (alternative bottlebrush rye)

Each pack will be for sale for $100.

Plants available july onward

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)
  • Swamp Milkweed (asclepias incarnata)
  • Common Milkweed (asclepias syriaca)
  • Flat Topped Aster (aster umbullatus)
  • Hairy Wood Mint (blephilia hirsuta)
  • Tall Bellflower (campanula americana)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Hairy Beardtongue (penstemon hirsutus)
  • Foxglove Beardtongue (penstemon digitalis)
  • Obedient Plant (physostegia virginiana)
  • Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
  • Long-headed Coneflower (ratibida columnifera)
  • 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)
  • Bog Goldenrod (solidago uliginosa)
  • 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)

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. 
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. Thank you for your understanding! 

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