Native Plant Plugs
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Silky Dogwood
$7.00 Add to cartCornus amomum
Description: The beautiful bush is adorned with masses of white flowers in springtime; a popular plant to numerous pollinators. In the fall, these flowers give way to dark blue fruit, attractive as food by songbirds, game birds, and mammals. It can be planted as a mass planting at the edge of a wetland or pond, or as erosion control. Keeping a few inches of leaf mulch will keep moisture sequestered around the roots. Note: it is a suckering shrub so it will spread from its origin.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Forested Wetlands, moist woods, wetlands, ponds, and lake shores (FACW)
Light: Full sun to part sun.
Soil Type and Moisture: Clay, Loam, Sand. Moist to wetCharacteristics
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Period: March, April
Mature Height: 8 to 10 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and supports conservation biological control. Fruit eaten by mammals, songbirds, and game birds
Other Features: Deer Resistant, Fire TolerantSold As
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Slender Mountain Mint
$4.00 Add to cartPycnanthemum tenuifolium
Description: A small white flower producing plant that has a long blooming season, sustaining pollinators with both nectar and pollen through the early fall. It is able tolerant of fairly intense conditions and can grow in the sunniest and driest areas of your yard. Though as a mint, it can be aggressive. Crushing these thin, narrow leaves yields a sweet minty aroma. Edible leaves can be used both as flavoring and for teas. Leaves can also be used on skin to repel mosquitos. On Dr. Robert Gegear’s plant list.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Disturbed habitats, meadows, and fields (FAC).
Light: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Various moist to dry soils. Dry, Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Period: July, August, September
Mature Height: 3 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and butterflies. Special value to native bees and honey bees. Supports Conservation Biological Control.
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Switchgrass
$4.00 Add to cartPanicum virgatum
Description: This warm season grass has pretty open and branched red, or pink inflorescence that adds dash of pale yellow in the winter. clubs and spreads through rhizomes. Foliage rises like a fountain from the clump. It is best planted as a border or as a screen and pairs well with Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium spp.). Note: do not plant with smaller perennials as they will be outcompeted by Switchgrass.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Grasslands, old fields, meadows (FAC)
Light: Sun, Part
Soil Type and Moisture: Med-Wet to DryCharacteristics
Bloom Color: Green, Purplish-Red
Bloom Period: August to September
Mature Height: 6 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and mammals. Host plant for the Tawny-edged Skipper and the Delaware Skipper.
Other Features: Deer Resistant and Salt Tolerant.Sold As: each
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White Oak
$7.00 Add to cartQuercus alba
Description: One of the best trees to support butterflies and moths, this tree is one of the hardier and long-lived options for your yard. It can be used in your front yard or on a hell strip. It even tolerates black walnut! This oak is also a wildlife magnet, as it provides food sources to hundreds of birds, small mammals, and almost 500 species of butterflies and moths! And its edible to humans! Ripe to tan-to-brown acorns are edible after the tannins are leached or boiled out. They can be ground into a meal and used as a flour; good source of protein and fat. It is a host plant for the Faded Gray Geometer and Oak hairstreak.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Floodplain (river or stream floodplains), forests, swamps, woodlands (FACU).
Light: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Deep, moist, well-drained, loams and sands. Dry, Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Yellow Green (M) to Reddish Green (F).
Bloom Period: March, April, May
Mature Height: 80 to 100 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and butterflies. Acorns are hoarded by birds and rodents such as squirrels and chipmunks. Food source for pollinators. Host for Edward’s’ Hairstreak, Oak Hairstreak, and Faded Gray Geometer.
Other Features: Salt Tolerant.Sold As: each
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Wild Bergamot
$4.00 Add to cartMonarda fistulosa
Description: Often used as an ornamental, this pretty, purple perennial has distinctively aromatic foliage Attracts numerous pollinators and is a host plant for the Raspberry pyrausta moth. Leaves are edible and are oregano scented/flavored. On Dr. Robert Gegear’s plant list. Also commonly known as Bee Balm or Horse-Mint.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Grasslands, meadows, old fields, woodland edges (UPL)
Light: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Thrives in wide range of soils from acid to lime to rich to poor to sand to clay. Dry, Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Period: July, August, September
Mature Height: 4 feetWildlife: Nectar source for Golden Northern Bumblebee, Yellow-banded Bumblebee, and Half-black bumblebee.
Other Features: Anaerobic tolerant, Deer Resistant.Sold As: each