We sell plants in the spring (March-June) and again in the fall (September-October.) Most of our perennials are grown from seed at our nursery. Tree and shrub seedlings are sourced from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Saratoga Tree Nursery. We have also obtained some plants from wholesalers NorthCreek, New Moon, Mid Atlantic Natives, and Hardscrabble Farms.

We grow and sell our plants in topsoil rather than potting mix. We find they do well and grow strong in regular soil. The majority of our plants spend six months to a year outside before being potted in CowPots or re-used plastic pots, and offered to you for sale. Because our plants are grown outdoors rather than in a greenhouse, they are ready to be replanted as soon as you buy them.

We are open for browsing during two in-person sales, one in the spring and the other in the fall. The rest of the season, customers can place orders through our online store (opening April 30) and schedule a pick-up time at the nursery (456 Croton Ave. Cortlandt Manor, NY).

We close sales for July and August, and reopen in September for a fall season.

FORBS

Achillea millefolium - common yarrow

Actaea pachypoda - dolls’ eyes

Actaea racemosa - black cohosh

Agastache foeniculum - anise hyssop

Agastache scrofuloides - great pale purple hyssop

Allium stellatum - prairie onion

Anemone canadensis - Canadian anemone

Antennaria plantaginifolia - pussytoes

Aquilegia canadense - red columbine

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium - pale Indian plantain

Aruncus dioicus - goatsbeard

Asarum canadense - wild ginger

Baptisia australis var. minor - dwarf false blue indigo

Boltonia asterroides - white doll’s daisy

Chrysogonum virginiana - green-and-gold

Clematis virginiana - wild clematis

Coreopsis lanceolata - lance-leaved coreopsis

Coreopsis palmata - prairie coreopsis

Coreopsis tripteris - tall coreopsis

Doellengeria umbellata - flat-topped aster

Echinacea pallida - pale purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea - purple coneflower

Erigeron pulchellus - Robin’s plantain

Eryngium yuccifolium - rattlesnake master

Eurybia divaricata - white wood aster

Euthamia graminifolia - narrow leaved goldenrod

Fragaria virginiana - wild strawberry

Gillenia stipulata - Bowman’s root

Helenium autumnale - Autumn helenium

Helianthus giganteus - tall sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides - oxeye

Lobelia syphilitica - great blue lobelia

Mertensia virginica - Virginia bluebells

Monarda bradburiana - Bradbury’s monarda

Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot

Monarda didyma - bee balm

Oenothera fruticosa - sundrops

Opuntia humifusa - Eastern prickly pear

Packera aurea - golden ragwort

Penstemon digitalis - tall white beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus - hairy beardtongue

Phlox divaricata - blue wood phlox

Physostegia virginiana - obedient plant

Podophyllum peltatum - mayapple

Polemonium reptans - Jacob’s ladder

Pycnanthemum muticum - broad-leaved mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum - Virginia mountain mint

Sedum ternatum - woodland stonecrop

Sisyrinchium albidum - blue-eyed grass

Solidago caesia - blue-stemmed goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis - zigzag goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis - grey goldenrod

Solidago patula - round-leaved goldenrod

Solidago speciosa- showy goldenrod

Stylophorum diphyllum - wood poppy

Symphyotrichum laeve - smooth blue aster

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - calico aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England aster

Symphyotrichum novoborocencis - New York aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - aromatic aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum - frost aster

Thalictrum dasycarpum - purple meadow rue

Thalictrum dioicus - wood rue

Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio spiderwort

Viola sororia - common blue violet

Viola striata - cream violet

Yucca filamentosa - Adam’s needle

Zizia aurea - golden Alexanders

SEDGES

Carex albicans

Carex bicknellii

Carex cherokeensis

Carex rosea

Carex sprengellii

Carex vulpinoidea

Carex woodii

WOODIES

There will be a few shrubs and trees available including black cherry, river birch, red maple, nannyberry, blackhaw viburnum, and silky dogwood.

Many more species that are not ready yet will be available later in the season. These include milkweeds, Joe-pye weeds, ironweed, Rudbeckias, Liatris, Amsonia, blue mistflower, ferns and warm-season grasses. On-line ordering will begin during the first full week of May.

Below: spring color in the native plant garden of the NY Botanical Gardens