How To Plant Your Native Wildflowers
Native plants support native pollinator populations and therefore healthy ecosystems and farms. The WHS Organic Garden, in partnership with Planters' Choice Nursery of Newtown, is offering several native plant species for sale in the spring of 2021. This page is dedicated to providing information on how to correctly plant your native wildflowers. These resources will surely give your native wildflowers the best shot at success!
For information on site preparation and plug-planting methodology,
check out this great resource from our partners at CT NOFA:
Species-Specific Planting Guides
Learn about the spring 2021 wildflower species and where to plant them on your property below. By clicking on the photo, you can access a page of information about that plant species.
Spring 2021 Native Wildflower Species Available For Sale
Anise Hyssop - Agastache foeniculum
Beardtongue-Penstemon digitalis
Blue Vervain-Verbena hastata
Blue Wood Aster - Symphyotrichum (Aster) cordifolius
Boneset - Eupatorium perfoliatum
Coastal Joe Pye Weed-Eutrochium(Eupatorium) dubium
Common / Fall Sneezeweed - Helenium autumnale
Common Milkweed-Common Milkweed
Eastern Swamp Milkweed - Ascleius incarnata pulchara
Golden Alexander - Zizia aurea
Hyssop-Leafed Boneset-Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Joe Pye Weed - Eutrochium (Eupatorium) purpureum
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint-Pycnanthemum tenufolium
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae
New York Ironweed - Vernonia noveboracensis
Purplestem Aster-Symphyotrichum(Aster) puniceum
Red Cardinal Flower-Lobelia cardinalis
Short-toothed Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum muticum
Showy Goldenrod-Solidago speciosa
Spotted Joe Pye Weed-Eutrochium(Eupatorium) maculatum
Swamp Milkweed- Asclepius incarnata
Swamp/Rose Mallow - Hibiscus moscheutos
White Wood Aster - Eurybia (Aster) divaricata
Wild Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa
Anise Hyssop - Agastache foeniculum
Beardtongue-Penstemon digitalis
Blue Vervain-Verbena hastata
Blue Wood Aster - Symphyotrichum (Aster) cordifolius
Boneset - Eupatorium perfoliatum
Coastal Joe Pye Weed-Eutrochium(Eupatorium) dubium
Common / Fall Sneezeweed - Helenium autumnale
Common Milkweed-Common Milkweed
Eastern Swamp Milkweed - Ascleius incarnata pulchara
Golden Alexander - Zizia aurea
Hyssop-Leafed Boneset-Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Joe Pye Weed - Eutrochium (Eupatorium) purpureum
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint-Pycnanthemum tenufolium
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae
New York Ironweed - Vernonia noveboracensis
Purplestem Aster-Symphyotrichum(Aster) puniceum
Red Cardinal Flower-Lobelia cardinalis
Short-toothed Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum muticum
Showy Goldenrod-Solidago speciosa
Spotted Joe Pye Weed-Eutrochium(Eupatorium) maculatum
Swamp Milkweed- Asclepius incarnata
Swamp/Rose Mallow - Hibiscus moscheutos
White Wood Aster - Eurybia (Aster) divaricata
Wild Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa
Species-Specific Planting Guides
Learn about the spring 2021 native grass/ grass like species and where to plant them on your property below. By clicking on the photo, you can access a page of information about that plant species.
Spring 2021 Native Grasses/Grass Like Plants Species Available For Sale
Awl-Fruited Sedge-Carex stipata
Slender Rush-Juncus Tenuis
Awl-Fruited Sedge-Carex stipata
Slender Rush-Juncus Tenuis