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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Snowflake 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...
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Spice Bush is a native rounded deciduous shrub with spicy aromatic foliage and peppery scented and flavored berries. The thick light green foliage...
View full detailsStanding Ovation Little Bluestem - Shipped
Standing Ovation Little Bluestem is a native grass with upright slender blue-green leaves with tips and purple tints at the base. The foliage has ...
View full detailsSteeplebush - Shipped
Steeplebrush is a low mounding native deciduous shrub with oval sharp-toothed foliage that has dense hairy undersides and no fall color. Steeple s...
View full detailsSummer Wine® Ninebark - Shipped
Summer Wine Ninebark is a compact native deciduous shrub with a freely branching upright habit and branches that gracefully arch with age. Its 3-5...
View full detailsSummerific® Perfect Storm Hibiscus - Shipped
Perfect Storm Hibiscus is a vigorous woody perennial with a mounding habit and hardy upright stems and lobed near-black foliage with hairy undersid...
View full detailsSummersweet, Sweet Pepperbush - Shipped
Summersweet is a native deciduous shrub with dense branching and glossy dark green foliage that turns attractive shades of yellow to golden brown i...
View full detailsSwamp Rose - Shipped
Swamp Rose is a hardy native deciduous shrub with a spreading habit that often forms thickets. Its bright green leaves are pinnately compound with ...
View full detailsSweet Fern - Shipped
Sweet Fern is an upright spreading native deciduous shrub with deeply notched aromatic dark green foliage resembling a fern frond and turns a nice ...
View full detailsTater Tot® Arborvitae - Shipped
Tater Tot Arborvitae is a dwarf evergreen shrub with a dense, global habit and tidy flat splays of small aromatic fern-like foliage. Best grown fu...
View full detailsThreadleaf Blue Star, Arkansas Blue Star - Shipped
Threadleaf Blue Star is known for its feathery, thread-like leaves that create a soft, billowy texture in the garden. In late spring to early summe...
View full detailsTiny Wine® Ninebark - Shipped
Tiny Wine Gold Ninebark is a compact native deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit and bright chartreuse foliage that emerges gold and mat...
View full detailsVirginia Creeper - Shipped
Virginia Creeper is a fast-growing native woody vine that creeps along the ground as a groundcover or climbs without needing support. The saw-toot...
View full detailsVolcano® Lilac Splash Phlox - Shipped
Volcano Lilac Splash Phlox is a compact native perennial with stiff stems covered with medium green lance-shaped foliage. Clusters of highly fragr...
View full detailsVolcano® Purple with White Eye Phlox - Shipped
Volcano Purple with White Eye Phlox is a compact native perennial with stiff stems covered with medium green lance-shaped foliage. Clusters of hig...
View full detailsVolcano® Ruby Phlox - Shipped
Volcano Ruby Phlox is a compact native perennial with stiff stems covered with medium green lance-shaped foliage. Clusters of highly fragrant glow...
View full detailsWhite Catawba Rhododendron - Shipped
White Catawba Rhododendron is a rounded evergreen shrub with tidy dark green foliage. Large clusters light pink buds open to soft white flowers wi...
View full detailsWhite Fringe Tree - Shipped
Fringe Tree is a large multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree with a rounded crown. The spear-like bright green foliage turns yellow in fall....
View full detailsWhite Swan Echinacea, Coneflower - Shipped
White Swan Echinacea is a freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and dark green foliage. The large f...
View full detailsWhite Turtlehead - Shipped
White Turtlehead is a stiffly erect native herbaceous perennial with coarsely toothed dark green lace-shaped foliage. The hooded snapdragon like t...
View full detailsWinter Red Winterberry - Shipped
Winter Red Winterberry is a slow-growing upright deciduous shrub with a rounded habit and luscious dark green foliage. As a female cultivar, Winte...
View full detailsWinterberry Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' - Shipped
'Red Sprite' is a dwarf winterberry holly with a dense, rounded form, producing large, bright red berries that are especially showy against the sno...
View full detailsYork Elderberry - Shipped
York Elderberry is a compact native deciduous shrub with a more contained upright mounding habit and light green foliage. Its larger clusters of w...
View full detailsYoungstown Creeping Juniper - Shipped
Youngstown Creeping Juniper is a coniferous shrub with a dense upward spreading branches. The spiny aromatic needle-like foliage is silver-grey and...
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