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Patchwork Meadows

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Patchwork Meadows Greenhouse And Nursery

Our Plants

Many of the species known to be best for use in naturalizing landscapes are not readily available in the nursery trade so we growing them ourselves.  Nearly all plants used in our pollinator meadow installations are grown at Patchwork Meadows Greenhouse.  We grow over 50 species of native grasses and wildflowers from seeds and cuttings collected locally or purchased regionally.  Being able to produce our own material also helps keep project costs down and insure that the plants used in our landscapes are grown free of harmful pesticides.  Organic practices of pest control are used on all of our plants.  We also  grow in reusable flats without plastic pots, so there is less waste then when purchasing plants from a retail garden center. 

Visit Our Greenhouse

 We do not grow for public sales, but specifically for Patchwork Meadows Pollinator installations.  If you would like to see where the plants for your project are born I would be glad to have you out for a greenhouse visit.

Arrange a visit

Native Plants for SHort Grass Meadow

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Aromatic Aster

Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

  • 1.5 to 2 feet tall
  • Full sun 
  • Average to dry soil

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Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba    

  • 2 to 3 feet tall
  • Full Sun
  • Average to dry soil
  • Sort lived perennial. Reseeds

Butterfly Weed

Brown-eyed Susan

Butterfly Weed

 Asclepias tuberosa 

  • 1 to 2.5 feet tall
  • Full Sun
  • Dry soil
  • Host plant and important summer nectar souce

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Creeping Phlox

Creeping Phlox

Butterfly Weed

 Phlox subulata     

  • 6 inches tall
  • Full Sun
  • Well drained, average to dry soil
  • Spring blooming ground cover


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Dwarf Joe Pye

Creeping Phlox

Gray Goldenrod

Eupatorium dubium

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full Sun to part shade
  • Average to dry soil

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Gray Goldenrod

Creeping Phlox

Gray Goldenrod

 Solidago  nemoralis        

  • 2.5 to 3 feet tall
  • Full Sun 
  • Average soil
  • An important fall nectar source 

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Hyssop Leaf thoroughwort

Hyssop Leaf thoroughwort

Hyssop Leaf thoroughwort

 Eupatorium hyssopifolium

  • 2 to 3 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to dry soil


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Narrowleaf Ironweed

Hyssop Leaf thoroughwort

Hyssop Leaf thoroughwort

Vernonia lettermannii

  • 2 to 3 feet tall
  • Full Sun
  • Dry to average soil


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Narrowleaf Mountain mint

Hyssop Leaf thoroughwort

Narrowleaf Mountain mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 

  • 2 to 3 feet tall
  • Full Sun
  • Dry soil


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New Jersey Tea

New Jersey Tea

Narrowleaf Mountain mint

 Ceanothus americanus 

  • 8 to 10 feet tall
  • Full Sun
  • Average to dry soil
  • Benefits from a cut back in mid summer to manage height

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Purple Coneflower

New Jersey Tea

Purple Coneflower

 Echinacea purpurea 

  • 24" to 36" tall
  • Full Sun 
  • Dry to average soil

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Strawberry

New Jersey Tea

Purple Coneflower

  Fragaria x

  • 6 inches tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to dry soil

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White Yarrow

Little Bluestem

Little Bluestem

 Achillea millefolium

  • 1 to 3 feet tall   
  • Full sun
  • Dry to average soil

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Little Bluestem

Little Bluestem

Little Bluestem

 Schizachyrium scoparium     

  • 2 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Dry to average soil

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Prarie Dropseed

Little Bluestem

Prarie Dropseed

 Sporobolus heterolepis  

  • 1 to 2 feet
  • Full Sun
  • Dry soil  

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Showy Goldenrod

Spotted St. Johns wort

Prarie Dropseed

Solidago speciosa 

  • 2 to 5 feet
  • Full Sun to part shade
  • Dry to Average Soil

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Sweet Everlasting

Spotted St. Johns wort

Spotted St. Johns wort

  Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium 

  • 1 to 2 feet
  • Full Sun
  • Dry soil  

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Spotted St. Johns wort

Spotted St. Johns wort

Spotted St. Johns wort

 Hypericum punctatum

  • 1 to 3 feet
  • Full Sun to part shade
  • Dry to moist soil  

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Fewleaf Sunflower

Fewleaf Sunflower

Fewleaf Sunflower

 Helianthus occidentalis

  • 1 to 3 feet
  • Full Sun to part shade
  • Dry soil

Meadow Plants for Average Soil Site

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Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

  Rudbeckia fulgida 

  • 2 to 3 feet
  • Full sun
  • Average to dry soil 



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Blazing Star

Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

 Liatris spicata 

  • 2 to 3 feet
  • Full sun
  • Average to dry soil

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Common Milkweed

Black-eyed Susan

Rough-stemmed goldenrod

  Asclepias syriaca 

  • 2 to 3 feet
  • Full sun
  • Dry to wet soil
  • Spreads vigorously
  • Monarch host plant

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Rough-stemmed goldenrod

Rough-stemmed goldenrod

Rough-stemmed goldenrod

 Solidago rugosa 

  • 2.5 to 3 feet
  • Full sun
  • Average soil
  • Important nectar source for migrating monarchs 


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Hardy Ageratum

Rough-stemmed goldenrod

Hoary Mountain Mint

 Conoclinium coelestinum  

  • 1.5 to 3 feet
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average soil

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Hoary Mountain Mint

Rough-stemmed goldenrod

Hoary Mountain Mint

 Pycnanthemum incanum 

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average soil

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False Sunflower

New Endland Aster

New Endland Aster

 Heliopsis helianthoides 

  • 3 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to dry soil

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New Endland Aster

New Endland Aster

New Endland Aster

 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 

  • 3 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun 
  • Average soil


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Rosinweed

New Endland Aster

St. Johns Wort

  Silphium asteriscus      

  • 2 to 4 feet
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average soil

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St. Johns Wort

White Heath Aster

St. Johns Wort

  Hypericum prolificum 

  • 2 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun 
  • Average soil

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Tall garden phlox

White Heath Aster

White Heath Aster

 Phlox paniculata 

  • 2 to 4 feet
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average soil

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White Heath Aster

White Heath Aster

White Heath Aster

   Symphyotricum ericoides  

  • 1 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to dry soil

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Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

 Monarda fistulosa 

  • 3 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun 
  • Average to dry soil


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Wild Quinine

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

 Parthenium integrifolium   

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun 
  • Average to moist soil


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Muhly Grass

Wild Bergamot

Red Swtich Grass

 Muhlenbergia capillaris

  • 2 to 3 feet tall
  • Full Sun
  • Average to dry soil

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Red Swtich Grass

Red Swtich Grass

Red Swtich Grass

   Panicum virgatum 

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil

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Broomsedge

Red Swtich Grass

Broomsedge

   Andropogon virginicus

  • 2 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to moist soil

Meadow Plants for moist soil

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American Boneset

American Boneset

American Boneset

 Eupatorium perfoliatum

  • 4 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Moist soil

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Bee Balm

American Boneset

American Boneset

Monarda didyma

  • 3 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil
  • Favorite of Ruby throated hummingbird

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Swamp Milkweed

American Boneset

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil
  • Host to monarch butterfly

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Joe Pye Weed

Narrow Leaf Sunflower

Swamp Milkweed

 Eupatorium purpureum 

  • variety Gateway
  • 5 to 6 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil


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Narrow Leaf Sunflower

Narrow Leaf Sunflower

Narrow Leaf Sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius

  • 6 to 8 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to moist soil
  • Cut back mid season to manage height

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New York Ironweed

Narrow Leaf Sunflower

Narrow Leaf Sunflower

 Vernonia noveboracensis 

  • 5 to 7 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil
  •  Cut back mid season to manage height 

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Obedient plant

Short Toothed Mountain Mint

Purplestem Aster

 Physostegia virginiana  

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil
  • Favorite of native bees

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Purplestem Aster

Short Toothed Mountain Mint

Purplestem Aster

 Symphyotrichum puniceum 

  • 5 to 7 feet tall
  • Full sun 
  • Average to moist soil
  • Important nectar source for migrating monarchs

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Short Toothed Mountain Mint

Short Toothed Mountain Mint

Short Toothed Mountain Mint

 Pycnanthemum muticum 

  • 2 to 3.5 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil
  • Attracts an amazing diversity of insect pollinators

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Canadian Goldenrod

Canadian Goldenrod

Short Toothed Mountain Mint

 Salidago canadensis   

  • 4 to 5 feet tall
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average to moist soil
  • Important nectar source for migrating monarchs

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Bushy Broomsedge

Canadian Goldenrod

Bushy Broomsedge

 Andropogon glomertus 

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to moist soil
  • Showy fall color

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Virginia Wild Rye

Canadian Goldenrod

Bushy Broomsedge

 Elymus virginicus 

  • 3 to 4 feet tall
  • Full sun
  • Average to moist soil


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The plant list is under construdtion

we will be adding more (and better) photos and details  as the season goes on


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