Native Plant Sources
When purchasing plants, bring reference books to check which plants are native to your area and to check plant habitat requirements such as moisture and sunlight. Look for plants beneficial to wildlife. With rampant habitat destruction homeowners are able to help birds and butterflies, for example, by establishing a native plant oasis in their yards. For further information read native plant info by Dr. Doug Tallamy.
Avoid buying invasive plants by reading Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas before buying any plants. This booklet is down loadable online, at all Union County public libraries, and available free through link. Invasive plants reproduce rapidly, spread over large areas, and have few, if any, natural controls to prevent them from crowding out our native plants. Avoid such invasive plants as English ivy, Common daylily, butterfly bush (Buddleja species), Japanese barberry, winged burning bush, Bradford pear, Norway maple, and Periwinkle. Native alternatives for all these invasive plants are listed in the booklet.
Store hours change throughout year. Check source website or call store for current hours. A few sources offer online mail order.
- Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve - website link
New Hope 215.862.2924
Spring and Fall native plant sales, seeds available year-round. Some plants for sale other than spring and fall sale dates.
- Columbia County Conservation District Seedling Plant Sale - website link
Bloomsburg 570.784.1310
Pre-order seedlings now for April pick-up. Read our Events link for details.
- Doyle Farm Nursery - website link
Delta 717.862.3134 Small mail order nursery, may pick up plants at nursery with prior arrangement. Native perennials and grasses. Various open houses held throughout growing season.
- Engle's Farm & Greenhouses - website link
Middleburg 570.837.0432 171 Greenhouse Road
Small selection native plants including Asclepias tuberosa, butterflyweed (orange flowered milkweed plant great for monarchs).
- Ernst Conservation Seeds - website link
Meadville 800.873.3321 or 814.336.2404; specializes in native and naturalized seeds and plant material of eastern North American ecotypes, cleaned and tested to U.S. standards. Mail order.
- Go Native Tree Farm - website link
Lancaster 717.399.0195
Container-grown native eastern US trees for wholesale and retail. Family-operated small business.
- Fox Hill Gardens Nursery & Landscaping
State College 814.237.9087 1035 Fox Hill Rd.
Specializing in native and shade plants (perennials, trees, shrubs). Well displayed plants in natural setting. Landscaping division offers design, consultation and installation service. faunalea@yahoo.com
- Meadowood Native Plant Nursery - website link
Hummelstown 717.566.9875 meadowoodnursery@comcast.net
Primarily a wholesale nursery and is not open to the public, but they welcome home gardeners and other retail customers by appointment. Call or email to schedule visit. Grows over 300 species of herbaceous and woody plants most of which are native to our geographic region.
- Musser Forests, Inc. - website link
Indiana, PA 800.643.8319 info@musserforests.com, more specific email addresses at contact us site.
Nursery and mail order. Native trees and shrubs.
- Native Plants in the Landscape Conference - website link
Millersville Millersville U. Held annually in early June, 5-8 June 2008
Full conference details on brochure. General public plant sale 3:30 - 7 pm Friday and 8 am - 12 pm Saturday. Info provided to give you an idea what conference involves. Expect 2008 conference to be held approximately same time frame.
- PA Native Plant Society - website link
State College Sale each May in .
- Prairie Nursery - website link
Westfield, WI. Extensive online store for plants and seeds. Plugs well packed. 100% native plants.
- Reiff's Greenhouses
Mifflinburg 446 Strickler Rd. 570.966.2451
Small selection native plants including Amelanchier laevis, Serviceberry, Asclepias tuberosa, butterflyweed (orange-flowered milkweed plant great for monarchs), Hamamelis virginiana, witch hazel, Ilex verticillata, Winterberry holly.
- Tait Farm Foods - website link
Centre Hall 179 Tait Rd. 800.787.2716, 814.466.2386
Native plants generally displayed together.
- Yellow Springs Farm website link
Chester Springs and mail order store 1165 Yellow Springs Rd. 610.827.2014
100% native plants including ferns, grasses, shrubs, trees, wildflowers for pick-up or mail order.
Links to other gardening info on our website:
Gardening Questions and Answers
Native Plant Landscaping includes Gardening for Wildlife, Creating a Healthy Yard, Butterflies and Moths, Honeybee Alert.
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