Native Plant Sale

Events

Sat, May 30 2026, 10am - 4:30pm

Sun, May 31 2026, 10am - 4:30pm

Native plant sale, rows of plants in a greenhouse

Planting native plants helps support local biodiversity. Join us for a sale of Michigan-native seedlings grown and tended at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

Plants are $6 each in 4" pots.

Members shop early and receive a discount.

Carrying boxes are available for $2 each, or feel free to bring your own.

Plant List

Scientific Name	Common Name
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow
Allium cernuum	Nodding onion
Anaphalis margaritacea	Pearly everlasting
Andropogon virginicus	Broomsedge
Anemone cylindrica	Cylindrical thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana	Tall thimbleweed
Aquilegia canadensis	Columbine
Asclepias incarnata	Swamp milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly weed
Astragalus canadensis	Canada milkvetch
Campanulastrum americana	Bellflower
Campanula rotundifolia	Harebell
Carex bicknellii	Bicknell's sedge
Carex brevior	Oval sedge
Carex eburnea	Ivory sedge
Carex grayii	Gray's sedge
Chelone glabra	Turtlehead
Clematis virginiana	Virgin's bower
Coreopsis lanceolata	Lance-leaf coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris	Tall coreopsis
Dasiphora fruticosa	Shrubby cinquefoil
Doellengeria umbellata	Flat topped aster
Elymus hystrix	Bottlebrush grass
Eragrostis spectabilis	Purple love-grass
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Boneset
Euphorbia corollata	Flowering spurge
Eurybia macrophylla	Big-leaved aster
Eutrochium maculatum	Joe pye weed
Eutrochium purpureum	Joe pye weed
Gentiana andrewsii	Bottle gentian
Geranium maculatum	Wild geranium
Helenium autumnale	Sneezeweed
Heliopsis helianthoides	False sunflower
Hibiscus moscheutos	Swamp rose mallow
Lespedeza capitata	Round headed bush clover
Liatris cylindracea	Cylindrical blazing star
Liatris scariosa	Northern blazing star
Liatris spicata	Dense blazing star
Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal flower
Lobelia siphilitica	Great blue lobelia
Mimulus ringens	Monkey flower
Monarda fistulosa	Wild bergamot
Monarda punctata	Dotted horse mint
Packera papercula	Balsam ragwort
Penstemon digitalis	Foxglove beard-tongue
Penstemon hirsutus	Hairy beardtongue
Phlox pilosa	Prairie phlox
Physostegia virginiana	Obedient plant
Prenanthes racemosa	Purple rattlesnake root
Pycnanthemum virginanum	Mountain mint
Ratibida pinnata	Yellow coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta	Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia laciniata	Golden glow
Rudbeckia triloba	Brown-eyed Susan
Saururus cernuus	Lizard's tail
Schizachyrium scoparium	Little bluestem
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prarie dock
Solidago caesia	Bluestem goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis	Zig zag goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis	Grey goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides	White goldenrod
Solidago riddellii	Riddel's goldenrod
Solidago rigida	Stiff goldenrod
Solidago speciosa	Showy goldenrod
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian grass
Sporobolis heterolepis	Prairie dropseed
Symphyotrichum laeve	Smooth aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense	Prairie heart-leaved aster
Symphyotrichum shortii	Short's aster
Symplocarpus foetidus	Skunk cabbage
Thalictrum dasycarpum	Purple meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum	Early meadowrue
Tradescantia ohiensis	Spiderwort
Verbena hastata	Blue vervain
Vernonia missurica	Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum	Culver's root
Zizia aurea	Golden Alexanders