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2024 UPDATES COMING SOON!
Images and descriptions used on our website are our own
and feature native plants grown in our nursery in Orono, Maine.
Our herbaceous plants are sold in #1 (gallon) pots.
Native trees and woody shrubs are sold in larger pots
according to age and root requirements.
Find our native plants for sale at the
Orono and Bangor Farmers' Markets May-October.
Or at these special events during spring and fall
Native Gardens of Blue Hill Spring & Fall Plant Sales and
Wild Ones Midcoast Maine Chapter/Camden Native Plant Celebration and Sale
Check our Calendar for details.
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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
One of the Milkweeds and the most understatedly showiest of our native plants. Traditionally used as a medicinal by indigenous people. Deer resistant.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY | #1 (gallon)
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 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 that are free 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.
We are updating our list for 2024!
If you would like to take a look at our previous years' list please view or download using the button to the right of the screen, or if you have questions about a plant purchase from our nursery, please contact us.
View or download our 2023 Plant Information List. New information for 2024 coming soon!
Quote from "A Grower's Journey" by Ivonne Vazquez
Did you know? Our plants are pollinator safe & friendly!
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