Native Plants 2025

 

Native Plants Available Now! 

Native plants have arrived in store! 🌱 Native plants provide both food and habitat for birds, butterflies, pollinators and other wildlife. They are an important link to the local ecosystem and play such a vital role in supporting our local wildlife.

This year's selection features includes 27 wildflower species, 1 native grass, and 4 native shrubs, all selected for their ecological benefits 🌱 Notably, 28 species serve as host plants (HP) for butterflies and moths, and 7 are keystone species (KS), highlighting their significant impact on the environment.

For detailed information on each species – including their ideal growing conditions (soil, light, moisture), sociability (competitive growth), flower colour, life cycle (i.e. perennial), size, and the specific wildlife they attract – please CLICK HERE to access our comprehensive plant profile catalogue. Plan your native plant garden today!

2025 Pricing:

  • Shrubs $8.50 each or 3 for $24**
  • Wildflowers and Grasses $7.50 each or 5 for $35**

**Available in-store only. Due to their perishable nature, all plants are final sale. Limit of 5 discounts per customer. Offer not valid on previous purchases. While supplies last; Sorry no rain checks. Offer valid at WBU Barrie (mywbu.com/barrie) or WBU Newmarket (mywbu.com/newmarket). Offer valid in store only. Offer valid while the plants are in stock for 2025 (no rainchecks).

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Flowering Plants

  • White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)- HP SOLD OUT
  • Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)*- HP
  • Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)- HP, KS
  • Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)- HP
  • Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)- HP, KS
  • Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)*- HP, KS
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)*- HP SOLD OUT
  • Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)*
  • Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)- HP
  • Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)*- HP SOLD OUT
  • Dense Blazingstar (Liatris spicata)- HP SOLD OUT
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)- HP
  • Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)- HP
  • Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)*- HP LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE
  • Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) SOLD OUT
  • Oswego Tea/Beebalm (Monarda didyma)*- HP LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE
  • Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata)- HP
  • Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)- HP
  • Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)- HP
  • Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)- HP
  • Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)- HP, KS
  • Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
  • Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)- HP, KS
  • Zig-zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)- HP, KS
  • Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)- HP, KS LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE
  • Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)*- HP SOLD OUT
  • Culvers Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)*- HP

Shrubs

  • Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina) SOLD OUT
  • Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)- HP LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE
  • Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)- HP LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE
  • Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)- HP

Grasses

  • Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)- HP SOLD OUT