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.
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Carol Mountain Laurel - Shipped
Carol Mountain Laurel is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a dense mounded habit and slightly twisting, glossy dark green foliage. Showy cluste...
View full detailsCarousel Mountain Laurel - Shipped
Carousel Mountain Laurel is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a dense upright mounded habit. Its glossy deep green foliage emerges yellow-green....
View full detailsChandler Blueberry - Shipped
Chandler Blueberry is a compact fruit producing deciduous shrub with an upright habit and extra large blueberries that are firm and sweet in mid to...
View full detailsCheyenne Spirit Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
Cheyenne Echinacea is an upright free-branching native perennial with strong stems that do not need staking and grey-green foliage. The large fragr...
View full detailsChionoides Rhododendron - Shipped
Chionoides Rhododendron is a compact evergreen shrub with tidy dark green foliage. Large clusters of lightly fragrant white flowers with yellow bl...
View full detailsChristmas Fern - Shipped
Christmas Fern is a native fountain-shaped evergreen fern with loosely-packed leathery fronds and silvery-scaled young fiddleheads in spring. Bes...
View full detailsCinnamon Fern - Shipped
Cinnamon Fern is an upright deciduous fern with both sterile and fertile fronds. The fertile fronds that emerge in spring are stiff and quickly tu...
View full detailsColor Guard Adam's Needle, Yucca - Shipped
Color Guard Adam’s Needle is a nearly stemless evergreen shrub with large, slightly arching, sword-like foliage that has creamy-gold centers and da...
View full detailsCommon Pawpaw, Tall Pawpaw - Shipped
The Tall Pawpaw, scientifically known as Asimina triloba, is a species of small deciduous tree that is native to the eastern United States. It is a...
View full detailsDecadence® Blueberry Sundae False Indigo - Shipped
Blueberry Sundae False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with deep blue green foliage. Profuse blooms of indigo blue flowers cover the ...
View full detailsDecadence® Lemon Meringue Baptisia - Shipped
Lemon Meringue Baptisia is an upright native perennial with robust clover-like blue-green foliage. The raceme sporting cool lemon flowers on contr...
View full detailsDecadence® Vanilla Cream False Indigo - Shipped
Vanilla Cream False Indigo is a compact upright perennial native with foliage that emerges bronze and matures to grey green. Raceme with profuse b...
View full detailsDensa Inkberry Holly - Shipped
Densa Inkberry Holly is a dense upright evergreen shrub with spineless leathery dark green leaves. If pollinated, the inconspicuous female flowers...
View full detailsDolce® Wildberry Heuchera - Shipped
Wildberry Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a low mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage and extended bloom season. ...
View full detailsElf Mountain Laurel - Shipped
Elf Mountain Laurel is a dwarf evergreen shrub that forms a dense mound of glossy green foliage and has almost full-sized flowers despite its petit...
View full detailsEmerald Blue Creeping Phlox - Shipped
Emerald Blue Creeping Phlox is a low-growing evergreen perennial native to the eastern and central states. The dark green awl-shaped foliage is ne...
View full detailsFire Chief™ Globe Arborvitae - Shipped
Fire Chief Globe Arborvitae is a slow-growing global dwarf evergreen shrub with bright gold new growth in spring that matures to dark green and dee...
View full detailsFirst Editions® Amber Jubilee™ Ninebark - Shipped
Amber Jubilee Ninebark is an upright-spreading native deciduous shrub with vibrant 3-5 lobed lime green foliage that emerges a showy orange with ye...
View full detailsFirst Editions® Jetstream Oakleaf Hydrangea - Shipped
Jetstream Hydrangea is a dense deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves that turns a stunning orange-red in fall and has tawny-brown exfoliating ...
View full detailsFirst Editions® Tiger Eyes Staghorn Sumac - Shipped
Tiger Eyes Staghorn Sumac is ta dwarf open-spreading deciduous shrub and is noted for its brown hairs on young branches. Large golden pinnate foli...
View full detailsFoam Flower - Shipped
Foam Flower is a shade-loving semi-evergreen perennial that grows in dense clumps with semi-glossy heart shaped lobed foliage that turns reddish-br...
View full detailsFort Hill Creeping Phlox - Shipped
Fort HIll Creeping Phlox is a low-spreading native evergreen perennial with dark green awl-shaped foliage and trailing stems. The dense carpet of ...
View full detailsFothergilla - Shipped
Fothergilla is a slow-growing compact deciduous shrub with an upright mounding habit. The thick blue-green to green foliage turn showy shades of ye...
View full detailsFrosted Violet Coral Bells - Shipped
Frosted Violet Coral Bells is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The round-lobed leaves...
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