We sell open-pollinated seeds from native North American wildflowers, mostly for use in the Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and South, but also some in the West. We never use any chemicals in our growing and we never will.
This plant normally goes by the common name Sneezeweed, but we refuse to call it that because it absolutely does not cause sneezing and Helenium - ...
View full detailsNew England Aster is a classic garden plant for many reasons. They're gorgeous fall blooming plants that come in a dazzling variety of pinks and pu...
View full detailsLoved by humans and bees and butterflies. This is a mixed seed pack of different breeds, which will vary from year to year depending on the harvest...
View full detailsA beautiful plant with reddish-purple stems and sprays of small white flowers. An absolute powerhouse pollinator food source - it attracts the most...
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Not only does planting more densely result in more flowers for pollinators, it also provides more cover for beneficial predators like spiders. Spiders in the garden are a sign of a healthy ecosystem. We love spiders!
Rose Milkweed, also called Swamp Milkweed, isn't just our favorite milkweed in the garden, it's adaptable to many soil conditions, gorgeous, and it...
View full detailsA fantastic garden plant, Great Blue Lobelia is both beautiful and provides nectar for native pollinators in late summer. It really is funny to wat...
View full detailsWild Bergamot is one of the best pollinator plants a garden can have and one of our favorites, easily one of the high points of the year in the gar...
View full detailsOne of the best native plants for the garden. It attracts a diverse group of bees and butterflies, is sturdy and upright, and is a clumping perenni...
View full detailsA well-behaved garden plant beloved by native bees and butterflies. Beginning in May, it's one of the first wildflower plants to bloom after the sp...
View full detailsThese plants offer beautiful lavender-hued blooms in the fall and are fantastic in the garden. They do have a tendency to flop over, so it would ma...
View full detailsThis woodland Joe Pye is an amazingly versatile plant. It can take full sun or shade, wet or dry soil. It can grow up to 7 feet tall, so if you hav...
View full detailsCommon Milkweed has big, broad leaves and pretty pink globe-shaped flower clusters. In June, it draws a diverse group of pollinators. It's also rig...
View full detailsBlazing Star plants are a graceful presence in the garden, slender and vertical, they take up little horizontal space, but command the eye when in ...
View full detailsA native of western North America, but a great garden plant here in the east. Gaillardia attracts many native pollinators, but primarily bumblebees...
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There are a number of native plants that are both beautiful and provide important resources for a diverse group of insects in the local ecosystem, but few come close to matching Rose Milkweed in those categories. Also commonly called Swamp...
It's officially summer here and you can feel it in the garden. The level of insect activity has really amped up. Bees, butterflies, fireflies, wasps, and flies are zipping this way and that. Spiders wait on flowers for prey to...
If you are seeing scary looking little insects in your garden, chances are high that you're seeing the younger larval stage of insects that are strong indicators of a healthy environment. Beloved beneficial insects like lady beetles and lacewings have...
