Native plants are the foundation of a healthy ecosystem, supporting countless species of insects, birds, animals and other plant species. Native plants also play a tremendous role in the sequestration of carbon from our atmosphere. All species listed are second year perennials, native to La Crosse, Vernon or neighboring Wisconsin counties. All plants have been grown from seed, not wild dug. Native plants can be slow to establish but provide long-term benefits with flowering generally occurring 2-5 years from germination.
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Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed
Woodland | 3-5’ | A milkweed for full to partial shade, this plant is a monarch butterfly favorite. Poke Milkweed features a globe-like bloom of white widely spreading flowers, resembling a fireworks display and prefers moderately moist to average woodlands.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed
Wetland | 1-4’ | A robust Milkweed with bright clusters of pink flowers. This species is a monarch and pollinator favorite, and prefers wet to moderate soil moisture with full to partial sunlight.
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed (milkweed)
Prairie | 1-3′ | A medium to dry soil-loving milkweed, this native to Wisconsin prairies supports monarch butterflies in addition to a nectar source for a wide variety of pollinators.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
Carex sprengelii | Long-beaked sedge
Woodland and Savanna | 1-3’ | This showy sedge forms small colonies and features conspicuous seed clusters. A great grasslike species for moderately wet to average soil moisture and full-sun to moderate shade.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower
Prairie | 2-3’ | A classic prairie species, Pale Purple Coneflower is the true Wisconsin native. This species prefers full-sun and moderate to dry soil.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Eutrochium purpuream | Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
Savanna and Woodland | 4-6’ | Sweet Joe-Pye Weed prefers moderately wet to moderately dry soil, with full-sun to moderate shade. Hundreds of pink flowers form a wide cluster.
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Liatris ligulistylis | Northern Plains Blazing Star
Prairie | 2-4’ | A mid-summer favorite for butterflies and bees, Northern Plains Blazing Star grows in moderately wet to average soil and full to partial-sun.
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Monarda fistulosa | Bee Balm (Wild Bergamot)
Prairie and Savanna | 2-4’ | Bee Balm is a wide-ranging species that can tolerate moderately wet to dry soil and partial shade to full-sun. Mature plants spread to form colonies, so be sure you plant this mint in a place where you would like to see it thrive (and dominate). The leaves are aromatic when crushed.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
Pycanthemum virginianum | Mountain Mint
Prairie | 1-4’ | Mountain Mint is a great pollinator plant, attracting a variety of interesting bees and beneficial insects. The leaves are aromatic when crushed. This wide-ranging species that can tolerate moderately wet to dry soil and partial shade to full-sun. Mature plants spread to form colonies, so be sure you plant this mint in a place where you would like to see it thrive (and dominate).
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant
Prairie | 3-10’ | Compass Plant is a robust prairie classic, prefering average to moederately dry soil and full-sun. The large conspicuous leaves often align north to south and have a hairy, sandpaper feel. Slow to bloom, this plant may take 3-8 years before flowering. Once it does a tall shoot displays whorls of yellow composite flowers, a favorite of bees ands openland birds. Some ecologists have estimated that Compass Plant can live to be 100+ years old.
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant
Wetland and Prairie | 3-8’ | Cup Plant attracts a variety of wildlife, not only for it’s large cluster of yellow composite flowers, but also for water that is trapped by large perfoliate (and cup-forming) leaves. Preferring wet to average soil and full to partial-sun, Cup Plant is a short-lived perennial, but will spread by rhizomes, forming regenerative colonies. Be sure you plant this species in a place where you would like to see it thrive (and dominate).
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Sisyrinchium campestre | Prairie Blue-eyed Grass
Prairie | 1’ | A short spring-blooming Iris, Prairie Blue-eyed Grass displays intense blue flowers that open during the day. This species grows well in average to moderately dry soils and full-sun.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem
Prairie | 1-3’ | This iconic prairie grass is clump forming, with light green to purple-blue foliage during the growing season and intense shades of reddish orange beginning fall through winter. Little Bluestem prefers average to dry soil and full to partial-sun.
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow Rue
Wetland and Prairie | 2-8’ | Purple Meadow Rue displays attractive blue-green leaves, with inconspicuous yellow flowers. Plants generally exhibit only male or female flowers on separate plants, so multiple plants are needed to re-seed. Ideal growing conditions include wet to moderate soil moisture and full to partial-sun.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
$8.00 – 1/2 gallon pot
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow Rue
Woodland | 1-3’ | An attractive species for shade and partial-sun, Early Meadow Rue displays attractive blue-green leaves, with inconspicuous yellow flowers. Plants generally exhibit only male or female flowers on separate plants, so multiple plants are needed to re-seed. Ideal soil conditions include moderately wet to moderately dry.
$5.00 – 3.5” pot
“We believe that native plants should be grown with the upmost integrity and care, using the inputs that nature intended, sunshine, living soil and rain.”
We always:
grow plants using organic methods only
start plants from seed and never use wild dug roots
grow and sell true native species, never cultivars or “nativars”
disclose the genetic origin of seed used to grow our plants
