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Order your native plant flats for PICKUP by Monday, April 29, 2024  for pickup on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Canton DPW.

Native Plant Plug Flats: 38 Michigan Native Plants, 3" Plugs

• • Each flat contains 38 Michigan native plants, featuring one species of your choice
  • Each flat is suitable for covering about 65 square feet (if planted on 18” centers)

Native Plant Triple Combo Flats: 114 Michigan Native Plants, 3" Plugs

Most urban gardens look best with fewer species planted en masse. The three flat combo is an affordable way for you to mix-and-match three species to cover a planting area of around 200 square feet. See below for suggested combinations!

• • You receive 3 flats of Michigan Native plants, a maximum of three species
  • Each flat contains 38 plugs, featuring one species of your choice
  • Each flat is suitable for covering about 65 square feet (if planted on 18” centers), for a total planting area of about 200 SF

Note on supply and availability: please be aware that we cannot guarantee supply of plants that you order, for a variety of reasons that include: weather, pests, germination difficulties, and seasonal demand. Should you place an order, and afterwards we determine the supply is not available, you will be offered full reimbursement or the option to delay your purchase into the next season. Thank you for your understanding!

Great Combinations!

Generally, we recommend 1 grass species mixed with 2 perennial species, with non-overlapping bloom periods to extend your seasonal interest. You might also consider interplanting the garden with spring ephemerals, whether native (bloodroot, trillium, etc) or introduced (tulips, daffodils, etc) to extend the seasonal interest.

Sunny, dry, medium height: Little Bluestem  |  Purple Coneflower   |   Orange Butterfly weed

Sunny, dry, medium-tall: Switchgrass   |   Rattlesnake Master   |   Showy Goldenrod

Sunny, dry, medium-tall: Indian Grass   |    Black-eyed Susan   |  Purple Coneflower

Part-Shade, dry-med, short:  Mountain Mint   |    Columbine    |     Blue Lobelia

Expected species availability for 2024 includes:

GRASSES

Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

VINES

Clematis (Clematis virginiana)

FLOWERS

Columbine (Aquilegia canadenis)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Orange Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Marsh Blazingstar (Liatris spicata)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Stiff Goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)