Where Can I Buy Native Plants?

In the United States, a growing number of nurseries are catering to gardeners seeking to purchase native plants. Even so, not all plants labelled “native” are indigenous to your particular location. You are more likely to get truly native plants from a nursery in your region, but even so, be sure to consult range maps for your plants. Sometimes these maps can be found on nursery websites or in their catalogs, and there are also a number of helpful resources online.

A useful and easy to use search tool for discovering which plants are native to your area is the National Wildlife Federation’s Native Plant Finder, which ranks results by the number of butterfly and moth species that use the plants as hosts for their caterpillars. NWF’s Plant Finder can be accessed at: https://nativeplantfinder.nwf.org/Plants. The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center offers state-specific lists of recommended plants at: https://www.wildflower.org/collections/, and the Biota of North America Program (BONAP) has created a North American Plant Atlas which can be found at: http://bonap.net/NAPA.

Below is a sampling of nurseries around the US offering native plants by mail (feel free to suggest additional resources in the comments):

Bagley Pond Perennials (Warner, NH): https://bagleypondperennials.com

Northeast Pollinator Plants (Fairfax, VT–ships only to New England states and New York): https://www.northeastpollinator.com/

Prairie Moon Nursery (Winona, MN): https://www.prairiemoon.com/

Prairie Nursery (Westfield, WI): https://www.prairienursery.com/

Rare Roots (Mechanicsburg, VA): http://https;//www.rareroots.com

Toadshade Wildflower Farm (Frenchtown, NJ) https://www.toadshade.com