Native Plant Sale at Locust Grove Nature Center

Our Fall Native Plant Sale at Locust Grove Nature Center will be a blend of online pre-order and distanced in-person this year.  We are excited to still offer natives to all of you who are actively gardening through the quarantine.

*The Spring Sale had outstanding interest for a limited number of plants- we suggest pre-order if you are looking for something specific*

Pre-order Period: closed- some of each plant will be available at the In Person Sale Sat & Sun

Pre-Order Pickups: September 18th (Fri), 19th (Sat), and 20th (Sun)

In Person Distanced Sale: September 19th (Sat) and 20th (Sun) 10am-2pm each day

How to Shop Locust Grove’s Online Plant Sale Pre-orders- (process has changed since Spring)

1. Visit Locust Grove’s online Native Plant Sale (See Plant inventory and Information lists below). *Please Refresh if you leave the window open to see most up to date inventory*
2. Fill out the Plant Request Form in the sidebar on the right to select your plants (16 plants or $100 minimum) and choose your preferred pick up day.
3. Once we’ve received your Plant Request Form, a Locust Grove staff person will reach out to you to confirm:
   1.  the availability of the plants you selected
   2.  your pick up date (time will be scheduled when you pay)
   3.  and collect payment over the phone

All plants are limited availability. We process Plant Request Forms in the order we receive them on weekdays only. While we’re making every effort to keep the website updated with what is available, we may run out of some species of plants quickly. The Plant Request Form is not finalized until a staff person can confirm availability for the plants you’ve requested.  Due to the logistics involved, we ask that pre-orders be for 16 plants (a flat) or $100 minimum order.  A few of each species will be reserved for the in person sale if something you wanted is sold out in pre-orders.

For pick up Friday Sept 18th,  Saturday Sept 19th, and Sunday Sept. 20th all pre-orders must be submitted  by 5pm on Tuesday, Sept 15th, as follows:

Either staff will call you for payment on a Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday or you may call in to the center on Wednesday must be paid for by 5pm on Thursday, Sept 18- *there is lag between the online form and staff confirming inventory and collecting payment over the phone*

Pay over the phone via credit card by calling Locust Grove Nature Center. Due to limited staffing at the Nature Center, we can take over the phone payments on Wednesday and Thursday September 16th and 17th between 10am and 4pm only.

*This page and inventory of each species are being updated by staff as orders come in, first come, first serve, so you will be notified if we are out of something due to orders coming in quickly back to back.

Native Plants available for Fall 2020 Online Sale- Preorder only- scheduled pickup for Plant Sale Weekend.  For Fall we will offer pre-order pickups on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Sept 18-20th and some of each plant will also be reserved for a live, safely distanced sale running Saturday and Sunday Sept 19 & 20 from 10am-2pm each day.

Prices: Quarts are $6, Gallons are $10, 2 Gallons are $25, 3 Gallons are $35, 5 Gallons are $50, and 7 Gallons are $70

All local Ecotypes unless otherwise noted on Plant information below.

Herbaceous Plants

Trees and Shrubs

Plant Information- all plants are local Montgomery County ecotype unless otherwise noted.

Botanical Name	Common Name	Needs	Height	Spread	Blooms	Attracts	Resists
Agastache nepetoides	yellow giant hyssop		4-6′	1-3′	July-Sept
			1-1.5′	3-6″	June-Aug		Drought Dry Soil Rocky Soil Black Walnut
					May-July
Anemone virginianum	thimbleweed		1-2′	1-1.5′	Apr-May		Drought, Heavy Shade, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil
Antennaria neglecta	field pussytoes		6-12″	6-12″	Apr- June		Drought, Dry Soil
Antennaria parlinii	Parlin’s pussytoes		6-12″	8-18″	Apr-June		Drought, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil
Antennaria plantaginifolia	Plantainleaf pussytoes		6-12″	8-18″	Apr-June		Drought, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil
Aquilegia canadensis	wild columbine		2-3′	12-18″	Apr-May		Rabbit, Drought, Dry Soil
Aralia racemosa	American spikenard		3-5′	3-5′	June-Aug		Drought
Arisaema triphyllum	Jack-in-the-pulpit		1-2′	12-18″	Apr-May		Heavy Shade, Wet Soil, Black Walnut
Asarum canadense	wild ginger		6-12″	12-18″	Apr-May		Heavy Shade Erosion Wet Soil
Asclepias incarnata sbsp pulchra	swamp milkweed		3-5′	2-3′	Jul-Aug		Clay Soil Wet Soil
Asclepias syriaca	common milkweed		2-3′	8-12″	Jun-Aug		Drought Erosion Dry Soil Rocky Soil
Asclepias tuberosa	butterflyweed		1-2.5′	12-18″	Jun-Aug		Drought Erosion Dry Soil Rocky Soil
Baptisia australis	blue wild indigo		3-4′	3-4′	May-Jun		Rabbit, Drought, Erosion, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil
Baptisia tinctoria	yellow wild indigo		2-3′	2-3′	May-Jun		Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil
Carex albicans	white-tinged sedge		12-18″	12-18″	May		Drought, Dry Soil
Carex laxiculmis	spreading sedge		6-12″	6-12″	May-Jun		Heavy Shade, Wet Soil
Carex platyphylla	silver sedge		8-12″	12-18″			Drought
Carex rosea	rosy sedge		1′	1′	May-Sept
Cerastium arvense	field chickweed		6-18″	1-3′	Apr-Aug		Drought, Dry Soil
Chelone glabra	white turtlehead		2-3′	1.5-2.5′	Aug-Oct
Chrysopsis mariana	MD goldenaster		1-2.5′	1-2′	Aug-Oct		drought
Clematis virginiana	virgin’s bower		12-20′	3-6′	Aug-Oct		Black Walnut
Delphinium exaltatum	tall larkspur (PA ecotype)		4-6′	1-2′	Jul-Sept
Dicentra canadensis	squirrel corn		6-12″		Apr-May	chip munks
Echinacea purpurea	purple cone flower (midwest native)		2-5′	1-2′	Jun-Aug		Drought
Eragrostis spectabilis	purple love grass		1-2′	1-2′	Jul-Aug		Drought, Black Walnut, Air Pollution
Eupatorium hyssopifolium	hyssopleaf thoroughwort		2-3′	1-2′	Jul-Sept		Drought
Eupatorium rotundifolium	round leaf thoroughwort		1-4′	2-3′	Aug-Oct
Euphorbia corollata	euphorbia		1-3′	1-2′	Jun-Oct
Eurybia divaricata	white wood aster		1-2.5′	1.5-2.5′	Aug-Sept		drought
Geranium maculatum	wild geranium		1.5-2′	12-18″	Apr-May		Rabbit, Deer, Drought
Helenium autumnale	yellow sneezeweed		3-5′	2-3′	Aug-Oct		clay soil
Helenium flexuosum	purple sneezeweed		1-3′	1-2′	Aug-Oct		wet soil
Helianthus divaricatus	woodland sunflower		2-6′	1-3′	Jul-Sept		Drought
Heuchera americana	alumroot (PA ecotype)		1-2′	12-18″	Jun-Aug		Drought
Heuchera villosa*	hairy alumroot		1.5-2.5′	1-2′	Jul-Sept
Hibiscus coccineus	scarlet mallow (VA native)		3-6′	2-3′	Jun-Sept
Houstonia caerulea	bluets		3-8″	3-5″	Apr-Jul
Hydrophyllum canadense	canada waterleaf		6-20″	1-2′	May-July
Liatris microcephala	dwarf gayfeather		1.5-2′	8-12″	July
Liatris spicata	gayfeather		2-4′	8-18″	Jul-Aug		Drought
Lillium superbum	turk’s cap lily (Gal price-rare)		4-7′	6-8″	July
Lobelia cardinalis	cardinal flower		2-4′	1-2′	Jul-Sept		Rabbit, Deer
Lobelia siphilitica	great blue lobelia		2-3′	12-18″	Jul-Sept		Heavy Shade
Lonicera sempervirens	coral honeysuckle		8-15′	3-6′	May-Jun
Lysimachia lanceolata var purpurea	lance-leaved loostrife Nativevar		1-2′	1-2′	Jun-Aug
Maianthemum racemosum	false Solomon’s Seal		2-3′	1.5-2′	Apr-May
Monarda didyma	beebalm		2-4′	2-3′	Jul-Aug		Rabbit
Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’	wild bergamot (Nativar)		2-4′	2-3′	Jul-Sept		Drought
Monarda punctata	spotted mint		1.5-2′	6-12″	Jun-Jul		Drought
Oenothera fruticosa	narrowleaf sundrops		12-18″	1-2′	May-Jun		Drought, Erosion
Packera aurea	golden ragwort		6-24″	6-18″	April
Penstemon calycosus	long-sepal beardtongue		2-3′	1-2′	Jun-Jul
Penstemon digitalis	beardtongue		3-5′	1.5-2′	Apr-June		Drought
Phlox divaricata	wild phlox		8-12″	8-12″	Apr-May		Drought
Phlox paniculata	tall phlox		2-4′	2-3′	Jul-Sept		clay
Phlox stolonifera	creeping phlox		6-12″	8-18″	Jul-Sept		Rabbit, Drought
Phlox subulata	moss phlox		3-6″	1-2′	Mar-May		Drought
Pycnanthemum incanum	hoary mountain mint (MD mtn. ecotype)		2-3′	3-4′	Jul-Sept		Drought
Pycnanthemum muticum	mountain mint		1-3′	1-3′	Jul-Sept		drought
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	narrowleaf mtn. mint		2-3′	2-3′	Jul-Sept		drought
Rudbeckia fulgida	orange coneflower		2-3′	2-2.5′	Jun-Oct		Drought
Rudbeckia triloba	brown eyed susan		2-3′	1-1.5′	Jul-Oct		Drought
Salvia lyrata	lyreleaf sage		1-2′	8-12″	Apr- Jun
Sanguinaria canadensis	bloodroot		6-8″	4-6″	Mar-Apr		drought
Sedum ternatum	wild stonecrop		3-6″	6-8″	Apr-May		Rabbit Drought
Sisyrinchium angustifolium	blue eyed grass		1.5-2′	6-12″	May-Jun
Solidago bicolor	silverrod		1-3′	1′	Jul-Oct		Drought
Solidago caesia	wreath goldenrod		1.5-3′	1.5-3′	Aug-Sept		Drought
Solidago juncea	early goldenrod		2-4′	2-3′	Jul-Aug		Drought
Solidago rugosa	wrinkle leaf goldenrod		2.5-‘3	2.5-3′	Sept-Oct
Symphotrichum laeve ‘Bluebird’	smooth aster (Nativar)		2-4′	1-2′	Sept-Oct		drought
Symphotrichum novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’	Purple Dome (Nativar)		1.5-2′	2-3′	Aug-Sept
Symphotrichum oblongifolium	aromatic aster		1-3′	1-3′	Aug-Sept		drought
Thalictrum thalictroides	rue anemone		6-8″	6-8″	Apr-May		drought
Thelypteris palustris*	eastern marsh fern		2-4′	2-3′	Apr-Sept
Tiarella cordifolia	foamflower		8-12″	1-2′	May		Rabbit, Deer
Tradescantia virginiana	spiderwort		1.5-3′	1-1.5′	May-July		Clay, black walnut
Trillium cunneatum	Sweet Betsy		1-1.5′	8-12″	Apr-May		Heavy shade
Vernonia noveboracensis	ironweed		4-6′	3-4′	Aug-Sept
Veronicastrum virginicum	culver’s root		4-7′	2-4′	Jun-Aug
Viola pubescens	downy yellow violet		6-12″	6-12″	Mar-Apr
Viola striata	striped cream violet		8-12″	8-12″	Apr-Jun
Zizia aurea	golden alexanders		1.5-3′	1.5-2′	May-Jun