The Native Plant Store is Now Open Here

  • This page will remain accessible as a library page until I have all 200+ species profiles added to the new store software
  • 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.
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia, Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia

Wingstem

  • Moderately Wet to Average Soils
  • Sun to Shade
  • 4’ to 8’ tall, 24” to 36” spacing -taller in wet settings, spreads to form a patch
  • Late Summer to Fall Blooms
  • Ontario Native, Thrives Meadow and Wet Meadow Ecosystems and high moisture, open Woodlands

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

https://www.prairiemoon.com/actinomeris-alternifolia-wingstem-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Growing as tall as 8' and with the capacity to spread, this moisture loving species would be a striking companion species for Joe-Pye Weed and Swamp Rosemallow.

Recognized by the Xerces Society as having special value to pollinators because it supports a great diversity of bees and wasps.

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

Photos by Famartin, Cbaile19, BeckyLaboy via Wikimedia Commons 

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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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