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- 1. P Landscaping with lants that are native to Indiana offer so many benefits Recommended Reading — especially in landscape design and land reclamation • The Gardener’s Encyclopedia of Wildflowers by C. Colston Burrell; Rodale Press, 1997, ISBN 0-87596-723- Plants Native and restoration. One might wonder, “Why grow anything • Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest else?” Many native plants are essentially self-sustaining and they by Carolyn Harstad; Indiana University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-253-21302-9 • Landscaping With Native Trees to Indiana seldom spread to environments where they are not welcome by Guy Sternberg; Chapters Pub. Ltd., 1996, ISBN 1881527662 —-a common problem with many exotic, non-native plants. • The Natural Habitat Garden by Ken Druse; Clarkson Potter, 1994, ISBN 0517589893 Many native species like tulip tree, hydrangea, black chokeberry, purple coneflower, cardinal flower, and • Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers by Kay Yatskievych; Indiana University Press, 2000, ISBN 0253214203 Recommended Plants ostrich fern, to name just a few, are and their Sources available in nurseries. Landscaping For More Information with Plants Native to Indiana provides These groups and organizations offer a wealth of information and a listing of plants recommended many opportunities to become involved and learn more about native plants. for landscape design and wildlife • Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society plantings. It also outlines numerous www.inpaws.org • IDNR, Division of Nature Preserves sources throughout Indiana and 402 W. Washington Street, Rm. W267 surrounding states which carry Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 232-4052 native plants. If your local nurseries www.in.gov/dnr/naturepr/index.html • The Nature Conservancy, Indiana Chapter do not stock native plants, we 1505 N. Delaware St., Ste 200 encourage you to request that they Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 951-8818 expand their product line to include www.nature.org the attractive and hearty plants native • Wild Ones–Natural Landscapers, Ltd. www.for-wild.org to the Hoosier state. Grow natives! • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guide to landscaping with native wildflowers and grasses “Indigenous plants are a www.epa.gov/greenacres • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center significant part of a region’s www.wildflower.org geographic context. In fact, Illustrations by Cheryl LeBlanc • Illustrations © Spence Restoration Nursery 1999 Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. they help define it. They have proven INDIANA NATIVE PLANT themselves capable of surviving Queen-of-the-Prairie and Wildflower Society Filipendula rubra in a landscape for millennia. What better plants can there be, if not the natives, Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea to confront the soil conditions, climate, pests, and diseases of the local areas?” Indiana Academy IDNR Division of of Science Nature Preserves Michael A. Homoya Indiana Department of Natural Resources Yellow Coneflower Division of Nature Preserves Ratibida pinnata USDA is an equal opportunity employer & provider February, 2005 Recommended Native Plants TREES The species on this list are native to Indiana and recommended for landscaping and wildlife plantings in the Sugar Maple Acer saccharum state. They have been selected because they tend to grow widely throughout the state and should do well if Red Maple Acer rubrum matched to their preferred growing conditions. River Birch Betula nigra While open-pollinated seeds of local genotype plants are preferred for native restorations, increasing Hackberry Celti occidentalis numbers of native plant cultivars are available and suitable for garden settings Redbud Cercis canadensis Green Hawthorn Crataegus viridis FLOWERING PERENNIALS Persimmon Diospyros virginiana Common Name Scientific Name Bloom Color Sun Bloom Season American Beech Fagus grandifolia Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Orange/Yellow Psun-Shade Spring Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Marsh Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Pink Sun Summer Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Orange Sun Summer Sycamore Platanus occidentalis New England Aster Aster novae-angliae Purple Sun-Psun Fall Wild Plum Prunus americana Smooth Aster Aster laevis Blue Sun-Psun Fall White Oak Quercus alba Short’s Aster Aster shortii Lavender Shade Fall Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis Blue Sun-Psun Spring Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris Yellow Sun Summer Red Oak Quercus rubra Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Purple Sun-Psun Summer Pin Oak Quercus palustris Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed Eupatorium maculatum Pink Sun Summer. Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed Eupatorium purpureum Pink P-sun Summer SHRUBS Queen-of-the-Prairie Filipendula rubra Pink Sun Summer Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea Autumn Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale Yellow Sun-Psun Fall Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Yellow Sun-Psun Summer Pawpaw Asimina tribola Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica shrevei Blue Sun-Psun Spring New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata Purple Sun Summer Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum Lavender Psun-Shade Spring Gray Dogwood Cornus racemosa Violet Lespedeza Lespedeza violacea Violet Sun Summer American Hazelnut Corylus americana Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Red Sun-Shade Summer Wahoo Euonymus atropurpureus Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Blue Psun-Shade Summer Common Winterberry* Ilex verticillata Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica Blue Psun-Shade Spring Spicebush* Lindera benzoin Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Lavender Sun Summer Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata Blue Psun-Shade Spring Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica Summer Phlox Phlox paniculata Purple Sun-Shade Summer Shining Sumac Rhus glabra Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Yellow Sun Summer Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina Green-Headed Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Yellow Psun Summer Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa Yellow Sun Summer Nannyberry Viburnum lentago Fire Pink Silene virginica Red Psun Spring Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium Royal Catchfly Silene regia Red Sun Summer American Cranberry Bush Viburnum trilobum Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Solidago caesia Yellow Sun-Psun Fall Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum americanum Grey Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis Yellow Sun-Psun Fall *dioecious plants: Have the male and female flowers Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida Yellow Sun Fall located on different, separate plants of the same species. Celandine Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum Yellow Shade Spng-Smr Thus two plants are required to house both sexes. Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum White Sun Summer Fire Pink Silene virginica FERNS Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum GRASSES GROUNDCOVERS Evergreen Shield Fern Cinnamon Fern Dryopteris marginalis Osmunda cinnamomea Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Wild Ginger Asarum canadense Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris Palm Sedge Carex muskingumensis Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides Side-Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix Common Oak Sedge Carex pensylvanica June Grass Koeleria pyramidata VINES Running Strawberry Bush Euonymus obovatus Switch Grass Panicum virgatum Woolly Dutchman’s Pipe Aristolochia tomentosa Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata Crossvine Bignonia capreolata Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans Swamp Rose Creeping Phlox Phlox subulata Virgin’s Bower Clematis virginiana Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Rosa palustris Wild Stonecrop Sedum ternatum Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
- 2. Sources for NativePlant Material NATIVE PLANT FOCUS The nurseries and businesses listed provide plants native to Indiana. Once you begin growing native plants, be sure to purchase them only from Mention of a business does not constitute a guarantee of the products or plant material that is native Percentage reputable nurseries that propagate by seed, cuttings or division. Collecting services nor does it imply endorsement over comparable businesses that are Woodland of product Trees and Grasses Wetland Shrubs Prairie Plants Plants Plants Native plants from the wild is unethical for individuals and professional businesses. not listed. For a more extensive list of sources please visit the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society’s web site: www.inpaws.org BUSINESSES SERVICES Arrowhead Alpines Tel: 517-223-3581 wholesale/retail nursery; caintainer plants or bare-root depending on plant and season; most P.O. Box 857 Fax: 517-223-8750 n/a • • • • • plans are grown from seeds, cuttings or divisions; mail order catalog available Fowlerville, MI 48836 www.arrowheadalpines.com Art Hopkins, Landscape Architect Tel: 812-372-2862 Registered Landscape Architect; residential/commercial design, consultation services include 1654 N. 475 E. Email: plant4art@yahoo.com n/a wildlife habitat, native plants, woodland understory restoration Columbus, IN 47203-9382 Beineke’s Nursery Tel: 765-463-2994 retail nursery; consultation on hardwood plantation establishment and management, specializing 513 Sharon Road 85% • • in a genetically improved black walnut species, catalog available West Lafayette, IN 47906 Blue Plant Gardens, Inc. Tel: 317-873-5390 ecological landscape design by Linda Oxenrider; services include residential and commercial 1170 Princeton Place Email: goxen@iquest.net n/a design and habitat restoration Zionsville, IN 46077 Burnham Woods Nursery Tel: 812-339-0616 6775 Hudoff Rd. 10% • • • • wholesale/retail nursery, extensive display gardens, call for hours Bloomington, IN 47408 Cold Stream Farm Tel: 231-464-5809 2030 Free Soil Road Email: cfs@jackpine.com 95% • • • • wholesale/retail nursery; specializing in plants for wildlife habitat, catalog available Free Soil, MI 49411 www.coldstreamfarm.net Country Road Greenhouses, Inc. Tel: 815-384-3311 19561 E. Twombly Fax: 815-385-5015 100% • • wholesale nursery Rochelle, IL 61068 www.prairieplugs.com Designs on Nature Tel: 574-256-2242 farmscaping, large scale prairie seeding projects, erosion control, educational outdoor labs, self 202 Lincolnway East Fax: 574-257-1966 40% • • • • • guiding trails, residential and commercial landscape design, dune and prairie restoration, mail Mishawaka, IN 46544 order catalog available Edge of the Prairie Wildflowers Tel: 765-362-0915 plugs and gallon containers of prairie plants and grasses, local genotypes, call for appointment, 1861 Oak Hill Road 100% • • landscape design services include prairie restoration, catalog available Crawfordsville, IN 47933 Enders Greenhouse Tel: 815-332-5255 wholesale/retail nursery; container-grown Midwest natives are nursery propagated, habitat 104 Enders Drive Fax: 815-968-2941 100% • • • • restoration services, catalog available Cherry Valley, IL 61016 Email: endrsnatvs@aol.com Heartland Restoration Services, Inc. Tel: 260-489-8511 wholesale nursery; suppliers of local genotype seed and custom grown plants, offers range of 14921 Hand Road Fax: 260-489-8607 100% • • • • • environmental consulting services including installation and management of native landscapes Fort Wayne, IN 46818 Email: mail@earthsourceinc.net including prescribed burns and limited herbicide applications / exotic species control of those www.earthsourceinc.net ecosystems, catalog available Hensler Nursery, Inc. Tel: 574-867-4192 P.O. Box 58 Fax: 574-867-4960 n/a • wholesale tree nursery; mail order available Hamlet, IN 46532 www.henslernurseryindiana.com Dean Hill, ASLA Tel: 317-577-1360 Registered Landscape Architect; residential and commercial design, habitat restoration, 9677 Amber Glow Court n/a consultation Fishers, IN 46038 Mark M. Holeman, Inc. Tel: 317-849-3120 7871 Hague Road Fax: 317-578-0439 30% • • • • • retail nursery; full service landscape design, installation and maintenance, landscape architects Indianapolis, IN 46256 Email: mmholeman2@aol.com on staff www.holemanlandscape.com J&J Transplant Aquatic Nursery LLC Tel: 800-622-5055 W 4980 County Road W., Fax: 715-256-0039 wholesale/retail nursery; specializing in wetland plants, landscape design services include P.O. Box 227 Email: jmalchow@tranzplant.com 100% • • • • • residential and commercial design and wetland restoration, catalog available ($3.00) Wild Rose, WI 54984 www.tranzplant.com J.F. New & Associates, Inc. Tel: 574-586-3400 wholesale/retail nursery; specializing in local genotype seed mixes, bare root and containerized 708 Roosevelt Road Fax: 574-586-3446 Walkerton, IN 46574 Email: dnew@jfnew.com 99% • • • • • plants, residential/commercial landscape design services include habitat restoration, control burning, plant/seed installation, natural systems for waste water treatment, catalog available www.jfnew.com Jasper - Pulaski State Tree Nursery Tel: 219-843-4827 service provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry; tree and 15508 W. 700 N. Fax: 219-843-6671 98% • shrub seedlings for conservation plantings, product available to Indiana landowners only, mail Medaryville, IN 47957 Email: jpnrsry@wc.ffni.com order catalog available Leescapes Garden Design Tel/Fax: 317-272-4938 8351 E. County Road 200 N. Email: crumpet@indy.net 75% • • • • • Hilary Cox, garden designer; general garden design with “English” gardens utilizing native plants Avon, IN 46123-5338 Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse Tel: 317-920-2652 of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Fax: 317-920-2672 retail nursery; native and non-native plants available, many native species may be viewed 1200 W. 38th Street n/a • • • growing on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN 46208 Marshland Transplant Aquatic Nursery Tel: 800-208-2842 wholesale / retail nursery; nursery-grown potted material and bareroot plants and seeds for P.O. Box 1 Fax: 920-361-4200 100% • • • • • restoration, consulting, contract growing, drill and plug installation services, waste water Berlin, WI 54923 treatment and water gardening, mail order catalog available Munchkin Nursery & Garden Tel: 812-633-4858 323 Woodside Drive, N.W. Fax: 812-633-4858 retail nursery; lectures and slide presentations, display garden by appointment, mail order Depauw, IN 47115-9039 Email: genebush@munchkinnursery.com 75% • catalog ($3.00) www.munchkinnursery.com Possibility Place Nursery Tel: 708-534-3988 retail nursery; specializing in native trees and shrubs indigenous to Northeast Illinois. 90% of 7548 Monee-Manhattan Road Fax: 708-534-6272 95% • • plants’ seed collected in Northern Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, catalog available Monee, IL 60449 www.possibilityplace.com Prairie Future Seed Company Tel: 414-820-0211 wholesale nursery; seeds and container plant materials, S.E. Wisconsin and N.E. Illinois P.O. Box 644 Fax: 414-325-1228 97% • • • genotypes, consultant services, educational seminars, technical support for “do it yourself” Menomonee, WI 53052-0644 Email: pfsco@execpc.com programs, installation and management, catalog available ($3.00) Prairie Nursery Tel: 800-476-9453 P.O. Box 306 Fax: 608-296-2741 custom seed mixes, residential and commercial landscape design and installation, habitat Westfield, WI 53964 Email: customerservice@prairienursery.com 100% • • restoration, plugs www.prairienursery.com Prairie Seed Source www.Ameritech.net/users/rasillon/Seed.html retail nursery; consultant services, installation, management, seed and container plants, all seed P.O. Box 83 100% • • from S.E. Wisconsin genotype, mail order catalog available ($1.00) North Lake, WI 53064-0083 Shooting Star Nursery Tel: 502-867-7979 160 Soards Road Fax: 502-867-7677 100% • • • • wholesale/retail nursery; all plants grown from seeds, cuttings or divisions, landscape design Georgetown, KY 40324 Email: shootingstarnursery@msn.com services available throughout the Cincinnati / Kentucky area, mail order, catalog available www.shootingstarnursery.com Spence Restoration Nursery Tel: 765-286-7154 wholesale/retail nursery; plants are 100% nursery propagated, landscape design services include 2220 E. Fuson Road / P.O. Box 546 Fax: 765-286-0264 Muncie, IN 47308 Email: kevin@spencenursery.com 100% • • • • floral inventories, retention basin / pond planting and design, habitat restoration, mail order catalog available www.spencenursery.com Springcreek Landscaping & Nursery, Inc. Tel/Fax: 574-722-1128 wholesale/retail nursery; residential/commercial landscape design and habitat restoration, has a 1860 N. 525 E. Email: scheidjl@iquest.net 20 % • • small amount of instock but can order more Logansport, IN 46947 Sunlight Gardens Tel: 800-272-7396 wholesale/retail nursery; additional products include ferns and vines, all plants nursery 174 Golden Lane Fax: 865-494-7086 90% • • • • • propagated, landscape design services include woodland restoration, mail order catalog Andersonville, TN 37705 Email: info@sunlightgardens.com available www.sunlightgardens.com Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries Tel: 608-897-8641 wholesale/retail nursery; plants and seeds of wildflowers, grasses and sedges, contract growing, 17921 Smith Road Fax: 608-897-8486 100% • • • • Registered Landscape Architect, residential/commercial services include planting design and Brodhead, WI 53520 Email: info@appliedeco.com installation, prairie and wetland restoration, mail order catalog available The Michigan Wildflower Farm Tel: 517-647-6010 11770 Cutler Road Fax: 517-647-6072 99% • • • • • seed producer of Michigan-area genotypes; mail order catalog available Portland, MI 49001 Email: wildflowers@voyager.net Vallonia Nursery Tel: 812-358-3621 service provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry; tree and 2782 W. Co. Rd. 540 S. Fax: 812-358-9033 Vallonia, IN 47281 Email: vallonia@hsonline.net 95% • • • shrub seedlings for conservation plantings, product available to Indiana landowners only, mail order catalog available www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/nursery Water Resources Design, Inc. Tel: 317-786-7529 landscape design services include backyard wildlife habitat, pond and wetland design and 551 Teton Trail Email: oskay@surf-ici.com 100% • restoration Indianapolis, IN 46217 Wetlands Nursery, Inc. Tel: 517-752-3492 wholesale/retail nursery; native wetland plants of Michigan-area genotypes & rescued plants, P.O. Box 14553 Email: jewel@wetlands-nursery.com 90% • wetland plant database in CD format featuring information, photographs and drawings of native Saginaw, MI 48601 www.wetlands-nursery.com wetland plants, catalog available Wildtype Design, Native Plants & Seeds Tel: 517-224-1140 wholesale/retail nursery; bare root stock only, Michigan-area genotypes, species inventory and 900 N. Every Road Email: wildtype@msu.edu 100% • • • • • site assessment, design and planning, establishment and management of native landscapes, Mason, MI 48854 www.wildtypeplants.com catalog available Woods’ Edge Farm Tel: 608-739-3527 532 Stanek Road Email: info@woodsedgefarm.com 100% • wholesale/retail nursery; all plants of Wisconsin genotypes propagated from seed or cuttings Muscoda, WI 53573-9448 www.woodsedgefarm.com Woody Warehouse, Inc. Tel: 866-766-8367 P.O. Box 259 Fax: 317-994-5494 95% • • wholesale nursery; forestry consulting services including tree plantings, management plans Lizton, IN 46149 Email: sales@woodywarehouse.com www.woodywarehouse.com