Pollinator Friendly Native Plants | Neonicotinoid free
native plants
BUTTERFLY WEED (Asclepias tuberosa)
Perennial (Herbaceous)
Sun: Full Sun
Soil: Well drained/Sandy/Drought Tolerant
Flower: Umbel of many small flowers
Bloom time: August-September
Height: 1-2 feet
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Special: Larval host Grey Hairstreak & Monarch Butterflies
One of the Milkweeds and the most understatedly showiest of our native plants. Traditionally used as a medicinal by indigenous people. Deer resistant. Native to Maine.
AVAILABLE | Potted #1 container
All images are our own of plants in the nursery & gardens.
Our herbaceous plants are sold in
#1 standard nursery size; smaller rounds & 4.5" pots.
Native trees and woody shrubs are sold in larger pots
according to age and root requirements.
If you do not see a plant, shrub or tree listed,
We may have it in the nursery.
Perhaps it hasn't been updated on our list or
it may not be available until later in the season or
we have it as seed available for purchase later in the fall/winter.
Find our native plants for sale at the
Orono Farmers Market (Saturdays, 8am-12pm)
Bangor Farmers' Markets (Sundays, 11am-1:30pm)
from May-October.
for our market dates. We do not attend each week.
Or visit us at these special events during spring and fall
Native Gardens of Blue Hill Spring & Fall Plant Sales
and
Wild Ones Midcoast Maine/Camden Native Plant Celebration and Sale
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native plant list
Thank you for choosing native plants grown by our small acreage diversified farm, Bas Rouge Farm & Forge of Orono, Maine. We truly appreciate you as our customer and understand that there are other options for purchasing plants, whether from a native or a traditional plant nursery. We are glad you are here!
At Bas Rouge Farm & Forge, we propagate by seed, division, cuttings of plants grown in our nursery and our farm. We also purchase plugs and bare root specimens from a reputable grower. Our plants are never wild collected. It may also interest you to know that our farm grows native plants, shrubs, trees and seeds without the use of pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and neonicotinoids using organic methods. In short, our plants are pollinator safe & friendly!!
Plant Information is specific to the native specimens we grow here in our nursery. Some of the information is researched or compiled from reliable sources including the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Native Plant Trust Go Botany, and our own thorough observations when propagating, growing and harvesting in our Zone 5a garden.
If you would like to take a look at our current list please view or download using the button to the right of the screen, or if you have questions about a plant purchased from our nursery, please contact us.
I could not provide many extras or man-made luxuries, but I could give them butterflies and bees, pretty flowers and tomatoes from the vine. This was the beginning of my grower's journey."
Quote from "A Grower's Journey" by Ivonne Vazquez
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Did you know? Our plants are pollinator safe & friendly!
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