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  • A banner that says "Native Plant Sale Spring 2023. A fundraiser in support of Environmental projects in London Ontario. Contains the logos of Pollinator Pathways Project, Nature London, Climate Action London, ReForest London, the Westminster Ponds Centre, and the London Environment Network. The banner has a floral background made up of perennials native to London.

  • Find beautiful, low-maintenance plants for your garden while supporting local non-profit organizations here in London.

    Order now until May 13 & Pick up your plants at the Westminster Ponds Centre on May 27th.

    Why native plants?

    There are many benefits to gardening with native plants. Native plants naturally occur in our local areas and provide food and habitat to local pollinators, insects, birds, and other wildlife. They are also well suited to our climate and soils, so they require less care in terms of watering, fertilizing, and pest control compared to exotic garden plants. And they make for beautiful, climate-friendly, water-wise gardens!

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    Cost:
    $6.50 for perennials  
    $10.00 for shrubs and vines

    Payment is due upon ordering.

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    Plants are sold as 'plugs'.


    Plug plants are grown and sold in a soft fibre liner that allows the roots to grow through - not in plastic pots. Plugs should be planted as soon as possible after purchase or kept well watered in a container until the time of planting. 

    To reduce the environmental impact of the sale, please bring your own container to collect your plants in

     

    Note that plant selection and payment are on the final page of this order form.

    All proceeds support environmental projects by these local non-profit organizations:

  • Native Plant Sale Fundraiser at the Westminster Ponds Centre by Pollinator Pathways Project, ReForest London, Climate Action London, London Environmental Network and Nature London

  • Plant Selection


    In the boxes below, select your desired number of plants. Plants are organized into the following categories:

    Shade Plants ($6.50)

    Wildflowers, ferns & sedges. All plants in this section will do well in shade. Plants that can tolerate all sun conditions (shade, part sun, or full sun) will also be found in this category, read descriptions for more information.

    Sun Plants ($6.50)

    Wildflowers, grasses & sedges. These plants all require full sun or part sun.

    Shrubs and Vines ($10.00)

    Woody shrubs, roses, and vines. Each plant will have different sun conditions, see descriptions for more information.

     

    All sales are final.

  • Make a Donation (Optional)


    You can support a healthier community by purchasing a native plant to be planted in a local community garden.

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            Sun Plants
            Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Product Image
            Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)Butterflyweed attracts Monarchs.  Have patience- I often think this flower has not survived the winter, and then it appears so best to plant in groupings so it does not get lost. It may take some attention to establish but is drought tolerant once established. Prefers sun and grows 1-2 feet high.
            $6.50CAD
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            Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea palida) Product Image
            Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea palida)An adaptable, easy to grow wildflower for your garden. The stunning blooms are long lasting throughout the summer on top of 2-4ft high stems. Highly attractive to the Monarch butterfly and other pollinators. Grows nicely alongside prairie grasses and Black-Eyed Susan.
            $6.50CAD
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            Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis) Product Image
            Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis)Native perennial bunchgrass that can grow to 5 feet high. It has erect or arching stems (culms). Leaves are waxy dull green, pointed, and are evenly distributed from the stem base to the flower spike. Blades are flat, wide (to 5/8 inch - 15+ mm), firm and usually ascending
            $6.50CAD
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            Fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) Product Image
            Fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea)1-3 ft adaptable wetland sedge that forms beautiful fine-leaved mounds, two feet in diameter. A spray of bright bronze seed heads
            $6.50CAD
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            Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Product Image
            Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)Extremely hardy, low care, and fairly pest and disease-free. Tends to be short-lived, although it may self-seed in ideal growing conditions. Flower is blue
            $6.50CAD
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            Grey headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) Product Image
            Grey headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)It grows up to five feet (1.5 m.) tall with long, strong stems that produce one bloom each. Flower is yellow
            $6.50CAD
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            Missouri Iron weed (Vernonia missurica) Product Image
            Missouri Iron weed (Vernonia missurica)typically visited by long-tongued bees, butterflies, and skippers. In the absence of these pollinators, the plant is capable of self-pollinating
            $6.50CAD
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            Scarlett beebalm (Mondara didyma) Product Image
            Scarlett beebalm (Mondara didyma)the scarlet flowers are in a compact rounded 2-4 inch head, usually single and terminal. Each flower head is subtended by a whorl of showy, red-tinged, leafy bracts. Attract humming birds and bees
            $6.50CAD
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            Showy Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Product Image
            Showy Tick Trefoil (Desmodium canadense)Showy tick trefoil grows in full to partial sun, and mid-range soil moisture (neither very wet nor very dry). It naturally occurs in open ground in moist to dry sandy conditions.
            $6.50CAD
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            Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Product Image
            Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)Prairie perennial from the mint family producing beautiful lavender blooms in mid to late summer on densely packed terminal spikes. Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Grows best in well drained loamy soils of dry to medium moisture and in part shade to full sun. Clump forming and spreads quickly by rhizomes.While the flowers are fragrance free, the foliage has an anise (licorice) scent. These leaves can be dried and used for herbal teas, jellies, salads, or potpourri. Harvest foliage when the flowers have finished blooming and the leaf oil content is highest. Native Americans used this plant medicinally.
            $6.50CAD
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            Spotted beebalm (Mondara punctata) Product Image
            Spotted beebalm (Mondara punctata)2 ft in height It is a thyme-scented plant with heads of purple-spotted tubular yellow flowers above rosettes of large white- or pink-tipped bracts. It is high in Thymol which helps by resisting mites that impact bees
            $6.50CAD
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            Smooth Oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides) Product Image
            Smooth Oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides)Also called False Sunflower, this sun loving flower is easy to grow and is a prolific self-seeder, providing lots of seedlings to share with your neighbours. Great for covering large areas and is also considered a keystone pollinator plant. Grows to 5' high.
            $6.50CAD
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            Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) Product Image
            Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)This late summer bloomer is similar to New England Aster, but shorter and with pale blue flowers, growing up to 3' in height. Asters are considered a keystone species that attracts diverse pollinators providing food well into the fall. Does best in full sun.
            $6.50CAD
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            Wild bergamot (Mondara fistulosa) Product Image
            Wild bergamot (Mondara fistulosa)Wild Bergamot grows well in many conditions and shows best in groupings. Grows to 2' - 3' tall. Flowers are a pale lavender with silvery-grey leaves and blooms throughout the summer.
            $6.50CAD
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            Shade Plants
            Blue-stem goldenrod (Solidago caesia)  Product Image
            Blue-stem goldenrod (Solidago caesia) One of the more rare goldenrod species, blooms late summer and fall. Shade tolerant. An important late season food source for bees and other insects.
            $6.50CAD
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            Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Product Image
            Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)Pearly Everlasting forms a clump that grows up to 1' - 3' tall. Tiny clusters of yellow flowers enclosed by white papery bracts (which look like petals) grace this beautiful wildflower in summer. It does prefer sun but will do well in the shade. This plant is drought tolerant and can tolerate poor soil conditions. Attracts bees and butterflies due to its showy flower.
            $6.50CAD
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            Heart leaf aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) Product Image
            Heart leaf aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)It grows up to five feet (1.5 m.) tall with long, strong stems that produce one bloom each. Flower is purple. Attracts Butterflies and bees
            $6.50CAD
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            Ivory sedge (Carex eburnea) Product Image
            Ivory sedge (Carex eburnea)Reaches a height of only six inches. The dense clumps of fine green leaves take on a spherical shape, covered with ivory-green flower tufts in early spring. The perfect lawn alternative or ground cover! Sought after for its lovely, soft foliage and short height. Found on limestone bluffs and can grow in drier, sandy soils. Adaptable to heat and drought and can handle dry conditions best in the shade. Works well for planting between stones or pavers.
            $6.50CAD
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            Large leaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) Product Image
            Large leaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)Shade tolerant aster whose name comes from the 4-8″ heart-shaped basal leaves that form a lush carpet. Pale blue blooms take the spotlight from the foliage display in late fall, attracting bees and butterflies. Prefers well-drained, moderately moist, sandy soil in part to full shade.
            $6.50CAD
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            Sweet joe pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum) Product Image
            Sweet joe pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum)Tall and shrubby, quick-growing perennial requiring little maintenance. Rose-coloured flowers bloom on tall, strong stems and last for several weeks in summer. Blooms attract dozens of butterfly species. Grows best in moist organic soil but can adapt to dryer soil conditions. Avoid overhead watering to prevent powdery mildew. Deer resistant.
            $6.50CAD
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            Turtle head (Chelone glabra) Product Image
            Turtle head (Chelone glabra)This smooth plant has tight terminal clusters of white (often lavender-tinged) tubular, 2-lipped flowers resembling turtle heads. White turtlehead, a robust perennial, usually grows 1-4 ft. tall. Its erect stems end in spikes of white to pinkish flowers, the shape of which suggests a turtle head. The leaves are elongate and arranged opposite each other along the stem.The distinctive shape of this flower is reflected in the genus name, derived from the Greek chelone ("a tortoise").
            $6.50CAD
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            Zig zag goldenrod(Solidago flexicaulis) Product Image
            Zig zag goldenrod(Solidago flexicaulis)This woodland goldenrod, with erect, somewhat zig-zag stems, bears small flower heads on short axillary stalks from the upper leaves. The plant is 8-48 in. tall with pointed, alternate, oval leaves that are coarsely toothed. This goldenrod attracts butterflies.
            $6.50CAD
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            Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) Product Image
            Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)This is one of the first perennials to bloom and provides nectar for birds, butterflies and bees in the early spring. It has attractve drooping flower heads that turn from red into yellow and can grow up to 2 ft tall. It is also deer and rabbit resistant. Prefers part sun but can grow in the shade.
            $6.50CAD
              
            Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Product Image
            Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)Shade tolerant but prefers part sun. Edible strawberry that grows to 5" high produces white or red strawberries. Makes a good groundcover and will spread a lot so provide ample space for growth.
            $6.50CAD
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            Shrubs & Vines
            New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) Product Image
            New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)SUN/PART SHADE. New Jersey-tea is a low, upright, deciduous shrub that grows to only 3 ft. tall. Pubescent leaves give the entire plant a grayish cast. Small white flowers occur in 2 in., branch-tip clusters. A low shrub with tiny white flowers in oval clusters rising from the leaf axils on the new shoots. The base is woody, while the upper portion of the plant is made up of herbaceous, spreading branches. Fall color is insignificant. The dried leaves of this nitrogen-fixing shrub make an excellent tea that was very popular during the Revolutionary War period. Smaller Redroot (C. herbaceus), with flowers in a globose cluster and narrower leaves, Small-leaved Redroot (C. microphyllus), has tiny leaves, less than 1/2 of an inch (1.3 cm) long.
            $10.00CAD
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            Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Product Image
            Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)PART SHADE/SHADE. Common buttonbush is a multi-stemmed shrub which grows 6-12 ft. or occasionally taller. Leaves in pairs or in threes, petiolate; blade up to 8 inches long, ovate to narrower, sometimes 1/3 or less as wide as long, with a pointed tip and rounded to tapered base, smooth margins and glossy upper surface, lower surface duller. Glossy, dark-green leaves lack significant fall color. Flowers small, borne in distinctive, dense, spherical clusters (heads) with a fringe of pistils protruded beyond the white corollas. Long-lasting, unusual blossoms are white or pale-pink, one-inch globes. Subsequent rounded masses of nutlets persist through the winter. Trunks are often twisted. Spreading, much-branched shrub or sometimes small tree with many branches (often crooked and leaning), irregular crown, balls of white flowers resembling pincushions, and buttonlike balls of fruit.Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. Ducks and other water birds and shorebirds consume the seeds.
            $10.00CAD
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            Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) Product Image
            Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)PART SHADE/SHADE. Northern bush-honeysuckle is a small, mound-shaped, deciduous shrub to 3 ft. Exfoliating bark reveals orange inner bark. Dark-green leaves change from yellow to red in autumn. Small, bell-shaped flowers are yellow-green at first, becoming orange or purplish-red.
            $10.00CAD
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            Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum) Product Image
            Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum)PARTSHADE/ SHADE. Low maintenance shrub that grows well in part shade and moderate moisture. Bright yellow, mid-summer blooms are extremely attractive to pollinators, especially Bumblebees. They can grow in almost any soil condition as long as it is well drained. Prune early in the spring to see new growth. Deer and rabbit resistant due to toxic substances in its tissues. Host plant for caterpillars and very attractive to a diverse set of pollinators. Bees are especially attracted to its bright yellow flowers.
            $10.00CAD
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            Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) Product Image
            Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)A suckering shrub, 3-6 ft. high and 6-12 ft. wide which forms broad patches. Five-lobed, maple-like, dark green leaves become pale yellow in fall. Large, pinkish-purple flowers occur singly or in few-flowered clusters. Fruit is a broadly rounded, red to purple berry. Canes are thornless, yellow- to orange-brown, and exfoliating. This erect, shrubby, thornless plant has rose-lavender flowers in loose clusters; new branches have bristly hairs.
            $10.00CAD
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            Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Product Image
            Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)SUN/PART SHADE/SHADE. A 3-10 ft., mound-shaped, deciduous shrub, atlantic ninebark offers spiraea-like flowers, attractive and persistent fruit pods, arching branches, yellow fall color, and exfoliating bark. An excellent shrub for borders, hedges, screening, and erosion control. It is a hardy plant with few disease or insect problems and can tolerate a wide variety of planting sites (even harsh ones).Flowers May-June
            $10.00CAD
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            Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Product Image
            Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)PART SHADE. Black elder is a loose, graceful, deciduous shrub with both woody and herbaceous branches to 12 ft. Many long stems arise from the base, arching at the top. Broad, white pith in stems and branches. Pinnately-compound leaves up to 12 inches long, opposite, consisting of a central axis with 4 to 10 usually 4 to 6, paired leaflets and a terminal one often larger. Leaflets ovate to elliptic or narrower, up to 7 inches long, with an extended tip and a broadly wedge shaped base, margins toothed except at the tip and toward the base, the teeth narrow and pointed toward the tip. Flowers white, 3/16 to 1/4 inch across, in broad, flat, conspicuous clusters up to 10 inches or more in diameter, appearing from May to July. Fruit berrylike, dark purple when ripe, 3/16 to 1/4 inch wide, edible.
            $10.00CAD
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            Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba) Product Image
            Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)SUN. A mounded, 1-6 ft. shrub with numerous, fine-textured, erect, unbranched stems. The broadly oblong leaves are shiny-green, turning golden-yellow in fall. Tiny white or pinkish flowers are arranged in elongated, terminal spikes.
            $10.00CAD
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            Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) Product Image
            Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)SUN/PART SHADE/ SHADE. A tall viburnum, occasionally growing as a small tree, 20-30 ft. tall. Slender, erect-arching branches, somewhat open at maturity, often suckering. Attractive white flower clusters, dense dark-green summer foliage, wine-red fall color, blue-black berries which persist through winter. Shrub or small tree with short trunk, compact, rounded crown of drooping branches, small white flowers in clusters, and small bluish-black fruit.When cut, the plants sprout from roots, and old branches will often arch down and take root. Songbirds, gamebirds, and mammals eat the fruit in winter.
            $10.00CAD
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            Native Plant Donation for Pollinator Garden in Kiwanis Park Product Image
            Native Plant Donation for Pollinator Garden in Kiwanis ParkYes I'd love to donate a native plant to attract beneficial pollinators to a local community garden & food forest! (Select quantity using the quantity box)
            $6.50CAD
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            Orders must be picked up on Saturday, May 27th 
            at Westminster Ponds Centre (Home of ReForest London and London Environmental Network).


            All sales are final.

            Bring your own container to collect your plants.

             

            This is a volunteer run event, with only one pick up day. All plants remaining at the end of the pick up date will be donated to this year's donation recipient. If you are unable to pick up your plants on the pick up date, please try to find someone you know who can pick them up for you. We are not able to accommodate any other pick-up times or delivery. Please arrive at your designated time. You will receive a confirmation email with instructions for pickup.

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