Native Plant Sale at Locust Grove Nature Center

Our Fall 2021 Native Plant Sale at Locust Grove Nature Center will be a blend of pre-order and in-person this year.  We are excited to still offer many local ecotype native plants specific to our region!  We are also offering PawPaw Trees on behalf of Meadowside Nature Center as part of the PawPaw & Pollinator Festival.

Fall Plant List will be updated here routinely along with the plant planning form so you can decide what is on your Native wish list!

In Person Sale: Sept 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun) 10am-2pm each day at Locust Grove Nature Center in Bethesda

How to Shop Locust Grove’s Native Plant Sale Pre-orders- (process has changed since last Fall)

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 LGNC Fall 2021 Plant Planning Form to select your plants (If you open with Adobe, the form will do the math for you, 16 plants or $100 minimum for preorder *please note you need to add a zero in one last item for the form to run formulas again for an accurate total)
3. Call us with your Plant Planning Form on hand during the days and hours for a Locust Grove Naturalist to confirm:
   1.  the availability of the plants you selected
   2.  your pick up time
   3.  and collect payment over the phone

All plants are limited availability. We will process each sale in the order we receive the call on scheduled days only. While we’re making every effort to keep the website inventory updated with what is available, we may run out of some species of plants quickly. The Plant Planning Form is not finalized until a naturalist 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 (and a few special species) will be reserved for the in person sale if something  is sold out in pre-orders.

For pick up Saturday Sept 11th all pre-orders must be completed  by 4pm on Sunday, Sept 5th, as follows:

You can call in to the center on one of the pre-order dates and staff will take your order, confirm availability of your plants, schedule your pickup time, and take your payment.  We hope this one step shopping will reduce the number of back and forth phone calls- please have your Plant Planning Form completed and ready when you call and we will get your order completed all in one call. The call in number for orders is on the form.

Place your order and 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 two days: Wednesday Sept 1st, and Sunday Sept 5th between 10am and 4pm only.  We will have 3 naturalists answering phones able to take your order.  If you call and do not get through, please call back about 20 minutes later or leave a message and we will call back the same day.

*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 2021 Sale- list will be live August 15th *watch for ongoing updates as we start sales* We are excited to offer the PawPaw Cultivars on behalf of Meadowside Nature Center this Fall as the Native Plant Sale becomes part of the PawPaw and Pollinator Festival!

Prices: Quarts are $7 (premium plants priced at $10), Gallons are $10 (premium plants priced at $13), 3 Gallons are $40 (3 gallon PawPaw cultivars are priced as 7 gallons), 5 Gallons are $60, and 7 Gallons are $80  *Please note that you need at least 2 PawPaws to produce fruit for cross pollination*

*7 Gallons will only be available on pre-orders*

All local Ecotypes unless otherwise noted on Plant information below.

Live Sale Update- may update again before Friday!

Herbaceous Plants & Ferns

(3 gallon PawPaw cultivars are priced as 7 gallons) *Please note that you need at least 2 PawPaws to produce fruit for cross pollination*Trees and Shrubs- 7 gallons are pre-order only, limited trees and shrubs at live sale- Fall is the best time to plant woody plants so they establish strong roots before spring!

We are updating the list below and also recommend the Native Plant for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping for the Chesapeake Bay Region (bookmark this fabulous .pdf)
We will consider a refund or exchange within a week if the plant is still in the pot and shows an issue of disease, otherwise, they leave the nursery healthy and are in your care so we hope you treat your new ‘babies’ with all the TLC that they deserve as the become homes for wildlife in your yard.Planting and care information: We recommend checking that your plant choice matches your location before you order, either using the charts below or other helpful resources.  When planting, you can give your plants the best start by digging your hole twice the size of the pot, unpotting your plant and breaking up the bottom of the root ball then planting with the soil surface level to the ground while refilling under and around with a mix of the original soil and compost (we like LeafGro as a MD recycled product).  Be sure to pat the soil in so that it is firm but not compacted and then water in to settle the soil and fill any gaps.  Native plants should be watered every 2-3 days for the first 2 weeks, then every 4-5 days for the next 2 weeks and after that just when they are looking droopy.  Most native plants settle in quickly if planted in the right conditions and are the best for low maintenance plantings.  You are responsible for properly planting and caring for your plants- we recommend planting within a week of purchase and watering or checking on them daily in a partial shade location protected from wildlife while still in pots.  Please be aware that trees and shrubs may have some cosmetic flaws- we use Integrated Pest Management and minimal sprays or treatments as our plants are grown primarily for restoration projects where they receive minimal follow-up care and need to become wild and self sufficient quickly.

Plant Information- Includes plants we have had available in Spring and Fall Native Plant Sales- please use the inventory list above for what is offered during this sale.

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

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