Native Plants
Native plants are, in a word, local. They are plants that have been growing in a particular habitat and region, typically for thousands of years or much longer. Also called indigenous, they are well adapted to the climate, light, and soil conditions that characterize their ecosystem. Within this system, they have evolved tremendously important co-evolutionary relationships with the other plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria present, and these very complex relationships keep that particular ecosystem stable.
In Massachusetts, we consider all the plants that grew here prior to European colonization to be native.
Marsh Marigold - Shipped
Marsh Marigold is a small native marginal perennial with a mounding habit and long stalked rounded basal foliage. Bright yellow flowers resembling...
View full detailsMidnight Marvel Red Leaf Hibiscus - Shipped
Midnight Marvel is a well branching deciduous shrub with a mounding habit. The long violet maple shaped leaves turn brilliant orange in fall. The...
View full detailsMoonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis - Shipped
Moonbeam Threadleaf Coreopsis is a tidy perennial native with a mounding habit. The narrow deep green foliage is topped with daisy-like pale yello...
View full detailsNorthern Bayberry - Shipped
Northern Bayberry is a dense-branching native semi-evergreen shrub with a rounded habit. The narrow glossy grey-green foliage is aromatic when cru...
View full detailsNorthern Blue Flag Iris, Harlequin Blue Flag - Shipped
Northern Blue Flag Iris is a marginal deciduous perennial with a clumping habit. The long blue-green sword-like foliage is erect and lightly arche...
View full detailsOstrich Fern - Shipped
Ostrich Fern is a clump forming upright deciduous fern with large showy light green fronds that resemble ostrich plums. Best in part sun and moist ...
View full detailsPardon My Cerise Bee Balm - Shipped
Pardon My Cerise Bee Balm is a dwarf herbaceous perennial with upright stems and aromatic serrated dark green foliage. The full sized dark cherry...
View full detailsPatriot Highbush Blueberry - Shipped
Patriot Highbush Blueberry is a fruit-producing deciduous shrub with dark green foliage that turns shades or red and purple in fall. Clusters of p...
View full detailsPink Muhly Grass - Shipped
Pink Muhly Grass is a delicate looking ornamental grass that forms dense clumps of upright grass-like foliage. The narrow dark green foliage is to...
View full detailsPowWow® Wild Berry Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
Wild Berry Echinacea is a compact freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and deep green foliage. The...
View full detailsPrairie Dropseed - Shipped
Prairie Dropseed is a clump-forming native grass w with fine hair-like arching medium green foliage that turns shades of bronze and orange in fall...
View full detailsPrairie Winds® Apache Rose Switch Grass - Shipped
Apache Rose Switch Grass is a dramatic warm season ornamental grass with dense upright habit of narrow gray green that earns red tips in fall . Th...
View full detailsPrairie Winds® Cheyenne Sky Switch Grass - Shipped
Cheyenne Sky Switch Grass is a dwarf warm season ornamental grass with dense upright habit of narrow blue green that starts turning wine red in ear...
View full detailsPurple Coneflower - Shipped
Purple Coneflower is a coarse, hairy native perennial with an upright clumping habit with strong stems that do not need staking. The dark green f...
View full detailsPW® Decadence® Deluxe Pink Truffles False Indigo - Shipped
Pink Truffles False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with deep blue green foliage. Profuse blooms that open soft pink and transition t...
View full detailsPW® Low Scape Mound® Aronia - Shipped
Low Scape Mound Aronia is a dwarf native deciduous shrub with a low-mounding habit and tidy, glossy dark green foliage that turns brilliant red i...
View full detailsPW® Summersong™ Firefinch™ Coneflower - Shipped
Firefinch Echinacea is a compact freely branching native perennial with dense colorful red flowers that range from pinkish-red to orange-red with d...
View full detailsRaspberry Glow Mountain Laurel - Shipped
Raspberry Glow Mountain Laurel is a compact evergreen shrub that forms a dense mound of glossy, lightly waved green foliage. Showy clusters of ras...
View full detailsRaspberry Wine Bee Balm - Shipped
Raspberry Wine Bee Balm is an upright herbaceous perennial with fragrant dark green foliage. The fringe-like tubular flowers are rich raspberry-w...
View full detailsRiver Oats, Inland Sea Oats - Shipped
Inland Sea Oats is an upright grass with a clumping habit native to the rocky slopes and streams of the Eastern Coast. The bright green leaves spo...
View full detailsRoyal Fern - Shipped
Royal Fern is a tall rich green deciduous fern with broad fronds that turn yellow or bronze in fall. The spores on the Royal Fern are in showy t...
View full detailsRunning Tapestry Foam Flower - Shipped
Running Tapestry Foam Flower is a shade-loving semi-evergreen perennial with a trailing habit that grows in dense clumps of red speckled, deeply di...
View full detailsSnowflake Creeping Phlox - Shipped
Snowflake Creeping Phlox is a creeping low-growing evergreen perennial with dark green awl-shaped foliage and cascading stems. The dense carpet of...
View full detailsSpice Bush - Shipped
Spice Bush is a native rounded deciduous shrub with spicy aromatic foliage and peppery scented and flavored berries. The thick light green foliage...
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