The Plant Store will re-open for sales the week of May 13th, 2024 for local pickup

  • Please see the Using the Plant Library  page  for some tips on how to make the most of the information here to select species for creating a healthy native plant community suited to the conditions of your site.
  • I'm currently working on shifting the store part of this site over to more complex software that will allow for filtering by multiple plant traits and making wish lists of species you would like to order, so please bear with me when it comes to announcing the exact species offerings for 2024 (there will be lots, including some species not previously offered).
Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion
Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion
Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion
Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion
Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion
Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion

Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion

Allium stellatum

Prairie Onion

  • Average to dry soils 
  • Full sun to Light Shade
  • 14” tall, 4” to 8” wide
  • Mid to Late Summer Blooms
  • Ontario Native, Thrives Meadow and Dry Meadow Ecosystems

Still new to my gardend, grown from seeds sourced from Prairie Moon Nursery.

https://www.prairiemoon.com/allium-stellatum-prairie-onion-prairie-moon-nursery.html

For hot, sunny sites on the dry side. These are entirely unbothered by drought but don’t handle competition from taller species well.

Like most, if not all, alliums, their foliage is edible while also being unappealing to most wildlife.

Grows to around 14” in height and blooms in mid summer.

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.

Photos by Meneerke bloem and Mason Brock 

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Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting
Antennaria neglecta, Field pussytoes
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Asclepias hirtella, Tall Green Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa, Orange Butterfly Weed
Asclepias verticillata, Whorled Milkweed
Baptisia tinctoria, Small Yellow Wild Indigo
Blephilia ciliata, Downy Wood Mint
Bouteloua curtipendula, Side-Oats Grama
Campanula rotundifolia, Bluebell of Scotland
Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil
Coreopsis lanceolata, Lance-leaved Tickseed
Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie Clover
Eragrostis spectabilis, Purple Lovegrass
Erigeron pulchellus, Robin's Plantain
Fragaria virginiana, Virginia Strawberry
Gentianella quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian
Geum triflorum, Prairie Smoke
Liatris aspera, Button Blazing Star 
Liatris cylindracea, Slender Blazing Star 
Linum lewisii, Wild Blue Flax
Monarda punctata, Spotted Beebalm
Penstemon gracilis, Slender Beardtongue
Polanisia dodecandra, Clammy Weed
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, Lance-Leaved Self-Heal
Rudbeckia hirta, Black-Eyed-Susan
Schizachyrium scoparium, Little Bluestem
Sisyrinchium montanum, Blue-eyed Grass
Solidago juncea, Early Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis, Grey Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides, Upland White Goldenrod 
Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed
Symphyotrichum ericoides, Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, Sky Blue Aster
Tephrosia virginiana, Virginia Goat's Rue 
Verbena simplex, Narrow-leaved Vervain
Verbena stricta, Hoary Vervain

Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
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