Description. Name Aster, New England (Aster

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1 MEADOW GARDEN Meadow Mix As an alternative to a conventional lawn a Native Meadow requires less watering and cheical application than lawns and can provide ore wildlife habitat. We produce and grow over 200 species of native plants including, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, grasses and ferns. Please check out our Online Store for any of the native plants you see here. Category Aster novii belgii Echinacea tennessien sis fistulosu Aster novaeangliae Coon Aster, New England (Aster novaeangliae) Aster, New York (Aster novii belgi) Tennessee (Echinacea tennissiensi s) Joe Pye Weed fistulosu) Native to oist eadows, open woods, fields. Bloos in fall with violet to purple flowers. One of the showiest asters around. Fors a thick clup after a few years. A strong growing plant that needs roo to Aneone, ove. Clear white single flowers fro idspring into early suer. A robust and Aneone Meadow canadensis (Aneone copetitive plant that brightens up canadensis) woodland edges. Asclepias Butterfly Bright orange, bloos June-July with

2 Coon tuberosa Flower (Asclepias tuberosa) Aster, Aster Sooth laevis (Aster laevis) Baptisia australis Coreopsis tripteris Echinacea paradoxa Echinacea purpurea dubiu (2-3 Indigo, False Blue (Baptisia australis) Coreopsis, Tall (Coreopsis tripteris) Yellow (Echinacea paradoxa) Purple (Echinacea purpurea) Joe Pye, Three Nerved decorative pods in the fall. Drought tolerant. Attracts Monarchs. Violet flowers bloo in Fall. It has a neat habit, rarely needs staking and is very drought tolerant. Aster laevis is native to fields, dry woods and prairies. Full sun will produce the best growth but they are adaptable to a range of light conditions. The flowers are violet in color and bloo in Spring. It does prefer soil ph a bit on the acid side. It is used ost effectively in conjunction with ground covers or in the ixed perennial border. The blue-green foliage is a good backdrop for suer blooing perennials. It is the only food of the larval stage of the Wild Indigo Duskywing, a sall Eastern butterfly. Native to low woods and clearings, the bloos are light to ediu yellow in idto late suer. It akes a good back-ofthe-border or tall grass eadow addition, but deadhead it if you do not want it to spread too uch. Relatively rare in the wild and in cultivation, this coneflower is stunning in id-suer with its bright pure yellow flowers that consist of drooping petals surrounding a soft brown cone. One of the great butterfly agnets and deer resistant too. Easy to grow in average to dry, well drained soils. Large gold centers with strong petals in July and August. Easy to grow and very drought tolerant. This is a shorter version that reains vertical ore than not. Pink flowers in fall. They are excellent nectar plants and are

3 hyssopifoli u aculatu purpureu Gentiana clausa Heliopsis helianthoid es (1-3 Coon dubiu) Thoroughwo rt ') (Out of Stock) hyssopifoliu ) Joe Pye, Gateway ') aculatiu ) Joe Pye Flower (1- purpureu) Gentian, Bottle (Gentiana clausa) Sunflower, False (1-3') (Heliopsis helianthoide s) great for suer perennial borders and eadows Good nectar plants for wildlife. This is a good cluping species for sandy, dry soils, with very narrow, whorled gray-green leaves and large flat-top flowers alost a foot long. It is easily transplanted in average garden soils in a sunny spot Big and beautiful, best known Joe Pye, brings the butterflies in droves. This Joe Pye is found in thickets and open woods. It tolerates soe shade and the purple flowers in fall have a sweet odor when crushed. This perennial grows best in sun to light shade in rich soil. Its deep blue-violet flowers appear in fall, attracting large solitary bees. Bloos late in the season, providing bursts of intense colors as days begin to cool. Used best scattered in the border. This local native sunflower happily naturalizes in oist or dry conditions. Bright, 2" single, ediu gold flowers for eight weeks, peaking in July. Iagine, a self-sowing butterfly agnet that also doubles as a bird feeder in the fall. Found in flood plains, fields and at wood's edge.

4 Iris versicolor Liatris spicata Lobelia cardinalis Lobelia siphilitica Monarda didya Oenothera fruticosa Phlox aculatu 18") Coon Iris, Blue Flag ') (Iris versicolor) Gayfeather 18")(Liatris spicata) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Lobelia, Great Blue (Lobelia siphilitica) Bee Bal ') (Monarda didya) Sundrops/E vening Prirose (Fireworks) (Oenothera fruticosa) Phlox, Meadow (Phlox aculatu) Iris has a blue-violet to purple flower that bloos in late Spring. It is a very robust plant especially in shallow water, where the wide arching leaves can reach 4ft. in height. It is an excellent pond plant. Native to Pennsylvania and deer resistant. Upright spikes bloo in July and August. Adaptable to garden sites or very dry sites with poor soil. Brilliant red spikes in July and August in oist shady spots. A favorite of huingbirds. Found along strea banks, in ditches and wet eadows. Great Blue Lobelia holds its flowers in thick spikes that grow in solitary or branched inflorescences. It seeds prolifically in oist, open soils. Blue flowers bloo in late suer Bright scarlet tubular flowers are 1.5-2ft. long in dense heads. Opposite leaves are 3-5ft. long. This hairy perennial has square stes and grows 5ft. tall in wet areas, thickets and along strea banks throughout Pennsylvania. Large red flowers early June through August. A tough and reliable perennial. Well suited to hot dry sites. The stes are thin, hairy and reddish with siilar leaves. Native to the East Coast of North Aerica. Easy, dependable and a strong grower. The buds begin as red but open into bright yellow flowers in early suer. Native to oist woods and dap eadows. Bloos in suer with bright pink to lavender flowers. A carefree spreader for a oist open site. This plant will for dense stands over tie. Can be used in woodlands, borders and rock gardens.

5 Phlox paniculata Pycanthe u uticu fulgida v. fulgida hirta 18") Coon Phlox, Suer 18") (Phlox paniculata) Mint, Mountain ') (Pycanthe u uticu) Brown-Eyed Susan (1- ( fulgida v. fulgida) Black-Eyed Susan (1- ( hirta) This suer Phlox is native to fertile bottolands and eadows. It is one of the tallest of the genus. It has pink to lavender bloos in suer. The plants for stiff clups of tall stes that has pointed lance shaped leaves. The flowers are very showy. The plant thrives on evenly oist, fertile soils, but does not do well in drought. Interesting species with oval, pointed, deep green leaves and large, well-developed silvery bracts. It is soewhat drought tolerant. The bloos are white to violet and occur in id- to late suer. Mountain int is easily grown in a sunny spot. They will also grow in part shade but the flowering will be reduced. It is a great nectar plant and will attract butterflies, day-flying oths, flower flies. The foliage has a strong, clean fragrance soewhere between pepperint and oregano. This plant bloos in id-to late suer with yellow flowers with black to brown centers. They are true eadow plants that fit in nicely with ornaental grasses and cone flowers. They are also good nectar plants visited by a host of butterflies and other insect. This is easily transplanted when not in bloo. Will grow well in a range of soils but like fertile, well drained and sunny spots in the garden. They are best used in borders, eadows and assings. Much longer flowering than Black-eyed Susan, id-july to October. Six weeks after Black Eyed Susan is brown, this plant is still going strong. Bloos in id-suer. Shiny deep green foliage; Average to dry soil.

6 lacianata axia Solidago rugosa Tradescant ia ohiensis Tradescant ia ohiensis Vernonia glauca Zizia aurea (2-3 (1-3 Coon Cutleaf (1- ( lacianata) Great (2-3') ( axia) Goldenrod, Wrinkle Leaf (Fireworks) (1-3') (Solidago rugosa) Spiderwort ') (Tradescant ia ohiensis) Spiderwort (Sweet Kate) ') (Tradescant ia ohiensis) Ironweed, Upland (Vernonia glauca) Golden Alexander Flowers are light yellow green disk that bloo in suer. A stately perennial with deeply cut leaves and tall stes drooping, inforal bloos. This species will slowly spread. Native to oist prairies and forest openings. The flowers are yellow and brown and bloo in suer. It is an excellent plant for the border. It is especially fond of hot suers. A copact clup foring plant with a radiating flower for that really looks like fireworks. Prefers average to oist soil, but is tolerant of a variety of conditions. This Spiderwort of Pennsylvania provenance is a great landscape plant for hot sunny locations. Good bluish-gray foliage with flowers in blue, pink or purple fro early June to Septeber. Think of a flowering grass-like, drought-loving native perennial. Siilar to Spiderwort except this selection has bright golden-yellow foliage, and deep purple flowers which can brighten up any shady spot This ironweed likes it on the dry side. It is a butterfly favorite. It bloos in August and has a purple flower. This plant is easily cultivated in a sunny garden. Pinching back the plants in early suer will yield bushier plants with less of a tendency to lean. Used in screenings, large borders and naturalizing in eadows. Golden clusters of 3-4ft. ubels in May and June. Deep green, handsoely divided basal foliage. Wooded bottoland, strea

7 Lupinus perennis Monarda didya triloba Coreopsis tripteris Coon (Zizia aurea) Lupine (Lupinus perennis) Bee Bal, Red (Jacob Cline) (Monarda didya) Three- Lobed ( triloba) Coreopsis tripteris banks, oist eadows and floodplains.