The Plant Store is now open 

  • REVISED DATE: The online store will reopen for orders on Friday, June 16th for pickups on June 27th and 29th and July 4th.
  • NEW DATE: The store will open on Monday, July 24th for pickups on Tuesday, August 1st
  • The fall sale will start on Wednesday, August 30th, for pickups in September after Labour Day
  • Please see the Using the Plant Library 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 page 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 for this spring are marked with an asterisk * 
  • Species without an asterisk are ones that I expect to offer in the second and/or third rounds of the spring sale, starting on May 26th and June 9th respectively. You can find more details about their availability in the individual species profiles.
  •   The Tending Tuesday pickup option for the evening of June 6th at the Just Food Farm is at this event

Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia

Wingstem

  • Moderately Wet to Average Soils
  • Sun to Shade
  • 4’ to 8’ tall, 24” to 36” spacing -taller in wet settings, spreads to form a patch
  • Late Summer to Fall Blooms
  • Ontario Native, Thrives Meadow and Wet Meadow Ecosystems and high moisture, open Woodlands

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

https://www.prairiemoon.com/actinomeris-alternifolia-wingstem-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Growing as tall as 8' and with the capacity to spread, this moisture loving species would be a striking companion species for Joe-Pye Weed and Swamp Rosemallow.

Recognized by the Xerces Society as having special value to pollinators because it supports a great diversity of bees and wasps.

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

Photos by Famartin, Cbaile19, BeckyLaboy via Wikimedia Commons 

$1.50


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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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