The following seedlings and mature plants will be available for you to observe or purchase during the 2009 growing season at Winterhaven Wildflowers & Native Plant Preserve. For best results, place your orders early. If there is something you want that we don't have, we'll get for you or grow it for you.

Indiana Native plants

(Please be patient while I create links for each plant to the Natural Resources Conservation Services database of US plants). 

2009 Plant/Seed list – Late Winter/Early Spring (Retail prices)

Species                 Plugs          4” pot           1-gal.

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Wildflowers

Antennaria microphylla 

(Pussytoes)             $ 3               $ 5             $ 7

Antennaria rosea    $ 3                $5              $ 7

Rose pussytoes

Apocynum cannabinum   $ 2       $ 4              $ 6

(Hemp dogbane)

Aquilegia canadensis      $ 2        $ 4              $ 6

(Wild columbine) 

Asclepias purpurascens  $ 2        $ 4              $ 6

(Swamp milkweed)

 Asclepias syriaca           $ 2         $ 4             $ 6

(Common milkweed)            

Asclepias tuberosa         $ 2         $ 4             $ 6

(Butterfly weed)            

Echinacea palida

(Pale purple coneflower) $ 2         $ 4             $ 6

Echinacea purpura

(Purple coneflower)         $ 2         $ 4            $ 6

Erigeron philadelphicus   $ 2         $ 4            $ 6

(Philadelphia fleabane)

Eupatorium perfolatium   $ 2         $ 4            $ 6

(Boneset)

Filipendula rubra             $ 3          $ 5           $ 7

(Queen of the Prairie)

Gaillardia pulchella          $ 2          $ 4            $ 6

(Indian blanket)

Iris versicolor                  $ 4          $ 6         $ 8

(Blue flag iris)  

Lupinus perennis           $ 3           $ 5        $ 7  

(Indiana lupine)

Monarda fistulosa          $ 3            $ 5        $ 7

(Wild bergamot – bee balm) 

Ratibida pinnata

(Gray-headed coneflower) $ 2   $ 4         $ 6

Rudbeckia hirta     $ 2                $ 4         $ 6

(Black-eyed Susan)

Silphium terebinthinacium    $2     $4           $6 

(Prairie dock)                 

Solidago altissima $ 2               $ 4         $ 6

(Tall goldenrod)

Solidago speciosa $ 2               $ 4         $ 6

(Showy goldenrod)             

Vernonia gigantean $ 3              $ 5         $ 7

(Tall ironweed)

Grasses

Andropogon gerardii  $ 2               $ 4         $ 6

(Big bluestem)

Bouteloua curtipendula   $ 3          $ 5         $ 7

(Sideoats grama)

Dechampsiacespitosa   $3               $5          $7(Tufted hair grass)

Elymus virginicus        $ 3               $ 5         $ 7

(Virginia wild rye)

Panicum vergatum     $ 3                $ 5         $ 7

(Switchgrass)

Sorghastrum nutans  $ 3                $ 5        $ 7     

(Indian grass)

Sporobolush.             $ 3                 $ 5        $ 7

(Prairie dropseed)

Contract growing available upon request – any species. Call: (765) 714-4288.

• 'Weeds' that benefit wildlife and/or humans
• Ambrosia trifida - Great ragweed

Call (765) 714-4288 to place an order, learn more or schedule a visit.

Black-eyed Susans burst forth from the ground.

New England aster appeared in the southweastern field in summer 2007.

Gaillardia, Indian blanket, has been native to the Midwest but only now is moving eastward from Illinois to Indiana on its own, and with a little help from people who love the bright colors and energetic bloom habit.

Wavy-leafed aster, one of many asters and members of the Asteracea family at Winterhaven Wildflowers & Native Plant Preserve in rural West Point, Ind.

 Indian grass stands tall against a sunset at Winterhaven. Indian grass makes a great nesting place for mallard ducks and other ground nesters.

 This nest was recently made by a mama mallard in a stand of Indian grass. The duck is sitting on 12 eggs.

A West Point firefighter helping with a controlled burn discovered the nest and doused it heavily with water to protect it from the fires. A controlled burn is needed to destroy cool season grasses and maintain warm season grasses.