Wednesday, September 25, 2013

HOT DEALS! Final Fall Inventory HERE!

Fall is a great time to establish native grasses and wildflowers. Don't miss out on our END OF THE SEASON SALE good through October! 

GALLONS......$7.00
Single FLAT of 38 POTTED PLANTS(mix & match ANY species)......$80.00
Two FLATS of 38 POTTED PLANTS(mix & match ANY species)......$70.00
Three or more FLATS of 38 POTTED PLANTS(mix & match ANY species)......$60.00
INDIVIDUAL POTTED PLANTS(less than 38 plugs)......$4.50

At just a couple dollars a plant, these discounted flats of natives are dirt cheap! 
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Stop by our nursery for a look, too if the desire arises! Just give us a call at 515-720-8057.  
NOT NEAR THE METRO AREA? We also ship any number of flats/gallons. 
 





2013 Fall Inventory





Native Forbs(Wildflowers)






Common Name Scientific Name Potted Plant Size


Flat of 38 Gallon
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum 12 40
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum 9
Prairie Onion Allium stellatum

Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis 7 30
Pasque Flower Anemone patens wolfgangiana

Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
100
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum

Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 9 98
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa 8 8
Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata 5
Sky Blue Aster Aster azureus

Smooth Blue Aster Aster laevis 13
New England Aster Aster novae-angliae ½ 3
Silky Aster Aster sericeus 2 ½ 8
Wild Blue Indigo Baptisia australis 6 ½
White Wild Indigo Baptisia leucantha

Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia leucophaea 2 2
False Aster Boltonia asteroides

Wild Hyacinth Camassia scilloides 8 80
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia 8 3
Turtlehead Chelone glabra 3 75
Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata 10 75
White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 4
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea 20 135
Amethyst Shooting Star Dodecatheon amethystinum
75
Midland Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia
60
Narrow-leaved Coneflower Echinacea angustifolia 6 ½
Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida 1
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea 2 43
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium 9 ½ 45
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum 11
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum 8 15
Sweet Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum 4
Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata 1 ½
Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra
51
Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii 3 ½ 2
Cream Gentian Gentiana flavida

Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum 5
Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum 14 176
Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale 6 ½ 5
Rose Mallow Hibiscus laevis

Hairy Rose Mallow Hibiscus lasiocarpos ½
Southern Blue Flag Iris virginica shrevei 12 ½ 110
Button Blazingstar Liatris aspera 7 176
Meadow Blazingstar Liatris ligulistylis 7 ½ 170
Dotted Blazingstar Liatris punctata 3
Prairie Blazingstar Liatris pycnostachya 14 160
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis 5 75
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica 17 13
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica

Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens 12 70
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa 15 32
Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium 11 18
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis 11 60
Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata
101
Marsh Phlox Phlox glaberrima interior
135
Wild Sweet William Phlox maculata

Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa 2 40
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana 10 100
Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans 7 25
Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta 8
Hairy Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum pilosum 2 8
Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
3
Coneflower, Yellow Ratibida pinnata 10 58
Sweet Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa 1 110
Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba 10
Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis 14 50
Royal Catchfly Silene regia 4
Rosin Weed Silphium integrifolium

Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum ½ 5
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum 6
Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
2
Stout Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium 8
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida 3 40
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa 3 15
Spiderwort, Prairie Tradescantia bracteata 2 175
Spiderwort, Ohio Tradescantia ohiensis 15 80
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata

Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta 6
Common Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata

Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum 12 85
Golden Alexander Zizia aurea 10 80




Native Grasses






Big Blue Stem Andropogon gerardii 25 80
Side-oats Bouteloua curtipendula 9
Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis 17 38
Hairy Wood Chess Bromus pubescens 4
Prairie Brome Bromus kalmii

Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis 3
Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix 8
Silky Wild Rye Elymus villosus
95
June Grass Koeleria macrantha 1 88
Little Blue Stem Schizachyrium scoparium 45 250
Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans 16 2
Prairie Dropseed Sporobulus hereolepis 18




Native Shrubs






Lead Plant Amorpha canescens

New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus





Cultivars






Common Name Scientific Name Potted Plant Size


Tray of 38 Gallon
Daylily Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns'

Daylily Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia

Blue Catmint Nepeta recemosa 'Walker's Low'
100
Showy Stonecrop Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy'
35




Ornamental Grasses






Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
170
Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

 

Friday, September 20, 2013

Final Market Day!

END OF THE YEAR SALE!

Tomorrow, Saturday, September 21st is our final day of attendance at the Des Moines Farmers' Market for the 2013 season. Be sure to stop by and pick up some beautiful native plants at reduced prices!

GALLON POTTED PLANT......$7.00
FLAT OF 38 PLANTS......$80.00
SINGLE 4.5" deep POTTED PLANT......$4.50
PRAIRIE MAINTENANCE, GARDENING IDEAS AND ADVICE......Free

We're one stall from the corner of 2ND and COURT situated on the southside of the road! 

SEE YOU THERE!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Meet a PRAIRIE PLANT: Aster sericeus (Silky Aster)

MEET A PRAIRIE PLANT:


This fine plant is the Silky Aster, Aster sericeus. Not growing over 2-3ft in height, it thrives in poor, dry soils where most plants can't survive. 
Its flowers range from blue-violet to light purple with yellow-orange centers and bloom during the months of September and October. Silky Aster's name stems from the fine hairs on its alternating leaves that give the folliage a silvery appearance. 

This plant is a perfect rock garden candidate as it's short growing and well conditioned to handle dry sites. Shown below: Aster sericeus alongside Eupatorium perfoliatum in a narrow garden that receives only a handful of late afternoon sun daily. 

Friday, September 6, 2013

Meet a PRAIRIE PLANT: Aster novae-angliae (NEW ENGLAND ASTER)

 MEET A PRAIRIE PLANT:
New England Aster, a tall, fall bloomer of almost all prairie sites except those of the driest conditions. 
Its deep blue-ish purple to light purple flowers bloom late into the fall months! Their rich orange-yellow centers are a vital source of nectar for Monarchs prior to their southern migration to Mexico, too. Aster novae-angliae can grow to heights of 5ft or more, as it's one of the tallest of the Aster species. 

The color palate of the New England Aster complements the typical cool season orange-yellows, making it a unique and attractive garden focal point. Often, the lower leaves dry(as seen in the photo), but it is not cause for alarm as it's very characteristic of this plant; Aster novae-angliae is extremely drought tolerant, so if this plant isn't in a perfect moist-mesic soil, it will always show some signs of lower structural drying. The plant shown above was planted as an "orphan"(a throw away plant, left over from seeding but given a chance...) in one of the most inhospitable settings: into a mostly shaded, clay based soil and surrounded by crushed limestone alongside a path upon which heavy foot and small machinery traffic regularly occur, and look at it; it's still a beauty!) Long live the NEW ENGLAND ASTER!

END OF THE SEASON PLANT SALE!

The end of the extreme summer heat hasn't yet passed, but we're gearing up for cooler weather. Much of our inventory is still in need of a home! Tomorrow at the Des Moines Farmers' Market the sale starts! 

All of our flats of 38 potted plants will retail for the ridiculously low price of $80 a flat. This applies to all species in our inventory, so mixing and matching different plants is acceptable and certainly encouraged! Still wanting that butterfly garden or are there spaces in the garden that need filling?!?! Here's the chance to grab some beautiful prairie wildflowers and/or grasses at a fraction of the regular retail price.

Not only can patrons pick up the 4 inch deep plugs for a reduced price, but we will offer any of the blooming gallon sized potted plants for only $6.50! That's $2.50 off the normal price of a marture, potted plant. Since these pots can be weighty and most shoppers don't want to carry around the extra bulk while shopping in the heat of downtown, we will also offer free delivery to a vehicle(or possibly a home) anywhere in the 2 mile radius of downtown.

Wildflowers and Grasses in Bloom Include but not limited to:

Little Bluestem
Big Bluestem
Showy Goldenrod
Stiff Goldenrod
Meadow Blazing Star
Button Blazing Star
Silky Aster
Anise Hyssops
Purple Coneflower

Stop by our booth on the corner of Court Avenue and 2nd tomorrow...! Hope to share more stories of present, past and future prairie with the metro area! 

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Meet a PRAIRIE PLANT: Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)

MEET A PRAIRIE PLANT:
Eupatorium perfoliatum, a native wildflower also known as Boneset, thrives in wet conditions, but will tolerate a wide range of moisture levels. Boneset grows to a height of 2-4ft, and it's a perfect addition to any garden as its blooms attract heavy insect traffic. 

These tiny flowers have the most deliciously floral frangrance. Some of the best mid-summer days can be spent downwind from a patch of Boneset. Not only will the smell of Eupatorium perfoliatum's sweet nectar fill the air, butterflies, birds and bees will, too! 
The thick structure of the stem and leaves provide attractive texture in gardens, and because Boneset will average a height of 3ft., it can be placed almost anywhere. Shown above is Eupatorium perfoliatum on the corner of a hoop house with Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm) and Rudbekia triloba (Brown-eyed Susans).