Native Plants Pre-Orders Available Now! 

It's almost time for out native plants to arrive 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 28 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!

ORDER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT AS WE ANTICIPATE SOME SPECIES WILL SELL OUT!

 

Plant Pickup PLEASE READ IN FULL BEFORE ORDERING

Please read the pickup details in full BEFORE placing your order. Orders will likely be available for pickup in store the Week of May 12 (although we will reach out letting you know once they arrive and are ready for pickup). We ask that you are available to pick the plants up as soon as possible so that they can be transplanted as soon as possible.

 

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).

 

Contact: For more information about these and other events and to make a payment please contact

WBU Barrie: [email protected], (705) 726-7600
WBU Newmarket: [email protected], (905) 868-9696

 

Flowering Plants

• White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)- HP
• Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)*- HP
• Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)- HP, KS
• Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)- HP
• Wild Savory (Clinopodium arkansanum)
• Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)- HP, KS
• Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)*- HP, KS
• Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)*- HP
• Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)*
• Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)- HP
• Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)*- HP
• Dense Blazingstar (Liatris spicata)- HP
• Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)- HP
• Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)- HP
• Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)*- HP
• Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
• Oswego Tea/Beebalm (Monarda didyma)*- HP
• 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
• Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)*- HP
• Culvers Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)*- HP

Shrubs

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

Grasses

• Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)- HP