Pollinator Friendly Native Plants & Seeds | 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
Native Plant Seeds
A limited number of farm grown native plant seeds.
All images are our own native 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 native 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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Images Copyright © IVazquez
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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