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'

 

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!

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. 

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! 

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).