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).

Lespedeza virginica, Slender Bush-Clover

Lespedeza virginica 

Slender Bush-Clover

  • Average to dry soils, including sandy and rocky soils
  • Partial Shade
  • 24” tall, 12” to 18” wide 
  • Summer Blooms
  • Ontario Native, Thriving in Open Woodland ecosystems, Nitrogen Fixing 

New to me, grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/lespedeza-virginica-slender-bush-clover-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

This upright legume family species has showy pink blooms in mid to late summer and is said to grow best in partial shade. They are a popular pollinator food source and some birds eat their seeds.

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

Photo by Fritzflohrreynolds via Wikimedia Commons

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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