The Plant store is now closed for orders.

  • I'm planning on one last round of sales toward the end of September of plants that I'll be potting up from a nursery bed I planted in the fall of 2022. I'll post the details and the time once I have the plants ready to go
  • Please see the Using the Plant Library  page  for some tips on how to make the most of the information here to select species for creating a healthy native plant community suited to the conditions of your site.
  • Please see the Plant Nursery for a photo of the different sizes/prices on offer and for information on the sizing of these seedlings and the details of the sale
  • Species that were not seeded, didn’t germinate or that are sold out are marked with an asterisk *

* ~ Peritoma serrulata, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant 

~Sold out for 2023~

Peritoma serrulata (Previously Cleome serrulata) 

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant 

  • Annual
  • Average to Dry Soils
  • Full Sun 
  • Up to 48” tall, 12” to 18” spacing
  • Summer to Early Fall Blooms
  • Thrives in Meadow and Dry Meadow Ecosystems and will grow in containers
  • Native to North America, from Manitoba west, but not to Ontario

Still new to my gardens grown from seeds sourced from Prairie Moon Nursery.

https://www.prairiemoon.com/cleome-serrulata-rocky-mountain-bee-plant-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

Also known as Spider Flower, this is the wild version of a familiar garden annual that grows to roughly 4' in height and 12" wide.

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.

Photos by USFWS Mountain-Prairie, USDI Bureau of Land Management and Andrey Zharkikh via Wikimedia Commons 


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Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
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