Small plugs for restoration plantingsGrown from locally wild-gathered seeds
I was able to gather sufficient quantity of seeds from local, uncultivated patches of over 50 species of native plants in 2024 that am offering larger quantities of seedlings for local restoration plantings in 2025.
For small to medium scale restoration projects of up to 5000 plugs, please email me to let me know which species and quantities you have in mind and I’ll let you know how quickly I can have them ready to go. Eight weeks or more of growing-season lead time would be ideal but, for orders of up to around 2000 plugs in quantities of 100 or fewer of each individual species, I can often have them available on short notice from the end of May until mid September.
I’d be happy to discuss projects of 5000 to 20,000 plugs with sufficient lead time (generally 2 to 4 months to allow for stratification of additional seeds, if required). The plants offered through the online store are from the same seed sources so, for quantities of fewer than 50 seedlings of any given species, please place your order through the website as usual.
These are the species that I expect to be able to offer in quantity in 2025. All are gathered within 100km of Ottawa. I can provide specific information about gathering location of each species if required for your project.
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
- Calamagrostis canadensis Canada Bluejoint
- Carex brevior Plains Oval Sedge
- Carex crinita Fringed Sedge
- Carex radiata Eastern Star Sedge
- Carex sprengelii Long Beaked Sedge
- Carex vulpinoidea Fox Sedge
- Danthonia spicata Poverty Oat grass
- Glyceria canadensis Canada Mannagrass
- Juncus tenuis Path Rush
- Muhlenbergia mexicana Leafy Satin Grass
- Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting
- Anemone virginiana Thimbleweed
- Antennaria neglecta Field Pussytoes
- Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine
- Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
- Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed
- Chelone glabra White Turtlehead
- Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil
- Doellingeria umbellata Flat-Topped aster, from a dry area
- Doellingeria umbellata Flat-Topped aster, from a wet area
- Epilobium ciliatum Northern Willowherb
- Erigeron annuus Annual Fleabane
- Erigeron Philadelphicus Philadelphia Fleabane
- Erigeron strigosus Daisy Fleabane
- Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset
- Eurybia macrophylla Bigleaf Aster
- Euthamia graminifolia Grass-leaved Goldenrod
- Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye weed
- Galium boreale Northern Bedstraw
- Geum canadense White Wood Avens
- Geum laciniatum Rough Avens
- Lobelia inflata Inflated Tobacco
- Mimulus ringens Allegheny Monkeyflower
- Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose
- Physalis heterophylla Clammy Ground Cherry
- Plantago rugelii Blackseed Plantain
- Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata Lance Leaf Self-Heal
- Rudbeckia Hirta Black-Eyed-Susan
- Schisachne purpurascens Purple Wild Oat
- Solidago caesia Bluestem Goldenrod
- Solidago gigantea Giant Goldenrod
- Solidago juncea Early Goldenrod
- Solidago nemoralis Grey Goldenrod
- Solidago rugosa Rough Goldenrod
- Spirea alba White Meadowsweet (this is a thicketing shrub)
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium Heartleaved Aster
- Symphyotrichum ericoides Heath Aster
- Symphyotrichum lanceolatum Panicled Aster
- Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Calico Aster
- Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster
- Symphyotrichum puniceum Purple-Stemmed Aster
- Thalictrum pubescens Tall Meadow Rue
- Verbena hastata Blue Vervain
- Verbena urticifolia White Vervain
- Viola sororia Woolly Blue Violet
Larger project order pricing and conditions:
- $250 per tray of 200 plugs ($1.25 per plug)
- This offer is for the small plug size only, which are otherwise offered at $1.50 each
- Minimum order of 400 plants
- Minimum of 10 plants of each species
- You may include other species listed in the plant store, grown from non-local or unknown plant populations, in large project orders, based on their availability
- Orders are organized into 200 cell plug trays for pickup at the nursery
- Trays are to be returned to the nursery within one month