Hard to Find Natives

These native plants are difficult to find for a number of reasons. The seed can be difficult to come by, they can take a very long time to reach maturity, or they can be very difficult to germinate reliably. This is enough for many nurseries to avoid them, but for this very reason I work hard to propagate them!

Showing all 12 results

  • Pasque flower and pollenator

    Pasque Flower, Anemone patens

    $15.00 – $62.00

    Pasque Flower 2.5″ pot.

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • Wood lily in bloom

    Wood Lily, Lilium philadelphicum

    $13.00 – $25.00

    We offer three packs of second season wood lilies as well as blooming age third and fourth season wood lilies. The three packs might still take two or three years to bloom. Read about my first encounter with this special plant and my efforts in growing them here. One of only two lilies native to…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • Downy Gentian in Bloom

    Downy Gentian, gentiana puberulenta

    $17.00

    Downy gentian (sometimes called prairie gentian) is a hidden gem in the world of native prairie flowers. It’s the kind of flower that is spoken of in hushed tones by the botanical crowd, its locations shared only with those deemed ready to approach it with the proper respect. Unlike other native gentians, the downy gentian…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • SOLD OUT! downy phlox in bloom

    Downy Phlox, Phlox pilosa

    $18.00

    Downy phlox can be a challenging species to germinate. After a very good first year, 2024 did not yield any germination. We will not know the availability of this product until germination trials begin in late January. Sign up above to be notified when this species comes back into stock. Downy phlox, also called prairie…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • SOLD OUT! Prairie violet in bloom

    Prairie Violet, Viola pedatifida

    $15.00

    Viola pedatifida is lovely early-season violet that can be found in drier open prairies. Not to be confused with Viola sororia (common blue violet), which spreads vigorously by both rhizome and seed, prairie violet makes a nice early season edge plant for smaller plantings that on the drier end of the spectrum. It can be…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • SOLD OUT! Hoary Puccoon growing in a ditch

    Hoary Puccoon, Lithospermum canescens

    $28.00

    Hoary puccoon remains an experimental species for us. We had a great crop grow in 2024, but have yet to being germination trials for the 2025 season. We will begin this process in early January. Once we are confident that we have germination, we will open this product up. Sign up above to be notified….

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • Blanket flower in bloom

    Blanket Flower, Gaillardia aristata

    $15.00

    Unlike the short-lived, fat, red, blanket flowers that you might find at your local garden center, gaillardia aristata is a true Minnesota native! Principally a northwestern inhabitant of the mixed grass prairies, it is a fantastic garden flower due to its bright showy flowers and exceptionally long bloom time. This species is declining in Minnesota…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • Bottle gentian in an autumn prairie

    Bottle Gentian, Gentiana andrewsii

    $12.00 – $24.00

    Finding a bottle gentian growing in the prairie is like suddenly being encountered by a bolt of lightning in the grass! Their blue is absolutely electric amidst the tans of the late summer grass. One needs to know where to look as they are not especially common. But as hard as they may be to…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • close up of an elegant prairie Larkspur

    Carolina Larkspur, Delphinium carolinianum

    $15.00

    A very uncommon plant to find in west central Minnesota. I know of only a couple sites that it grows. Carolina Larkspur is a striking plant to discover in the wild. It can stand up to four feet tall and is graced with lovely white flowers along its entire length. It prefers dry, sandy conditions…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • Downy painted cup in bloom

    Downy painted cup Castilleja sessiliflora

    $18.00

    Downy Painted Cup (also called Downy Paintbrush, Great Plains Paintbrush, Great Plains Indian-paintbrush) is an early blooming plant of dry areas with very poor soil. It is partially parasitic, attaching itself to the roots of nearby plants thereby sharing moisture and nutrients. It has very attractive spiked blossoms that bloom early in the season. Once…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • SOLD OUT! prairie turnip in bloom

    Prairie Turnip Pediomelum esculentum

    $24.00

    After an apparently lucky first year propagating prairie turnips in 2023, 2024 was a rough year. We encountered many cultivation issues that we have been working diligently to overcome. Our efforts are paying off, but due to how long these plants take to grow, it is unlikely that we will have actively growing plants for…

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
  • White beardtongue in bloom

    White Beardtongue, Penstemon albidus

    $15.00

    White Beardtongue <I>Penstemon albidus</I> is a short statured early summer flower of the dry prairies.

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

End of content

End of content