Plant Sources

Many ANPS members not only enjoy seeing native plants in the wild but also enjoy having them in there own gardens and woodlots. There are benefits to growing natives in that most of them are well adapted to the vagaries of our climate and usually don't require near as much care as non-natives.

We don't condone collecting plants from the wild however, since this can lead to their gradual disappearance. Try to find ginseng in the woods these days!

There are nurseries which specialize in native plants. Reputable ones grow their own either from seed or by propagating them vegetatively.

The following is a list of Arkansas sources of native plants. [If you would like your nursery listed and you will certify that you don't obtain your plants from the wild please contact the webmaster.]

Pine Ridge Gardens
832 Sycamore Road, London, AR 72847
Phone (479) 293-4359
e-mail: office@pineridgegardens.com

Visit their website Pine Ridge Gardens. It has some nice photos and lots of information.

Ozark Wildflower Company is a nursery located 5 miles west of Jasper which produces over 400 species of native and nonnative perennials, shrubs and trees. All plants are seed or vegetatively propagated - no wild collecting.

Native species include Aquilegia canadensis, Aruncus dioicus, Asarum canadense, Asimina triloba, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia australis, Callicarpa americana, Callirhoe involucrata, Clematis virginiana, Echinacea pallida, Echinacea paradoxa, Echinacea purpurea, Eryngium Yuccifolium, Liatris pycnostachya, Lindera benzoin, Lobelia cardinalis, Lobelia siphilitica, Monarda fistulosa, Nyssa sylvatica, Passiflora incarnata, Rudbeckia maxima, Rudbeckia missouriensis, Salvia azurea, Sassafras albidum, Silphium perfoliatum, Stokesia laevis, Stylophorum diphyllum, Verbesina alternifolia et al.

Nonnative species include Agastache rupestris, Aquilegia caerulea, Astilbe chinensis, Buddleia spp., Campanula punctata 'rubriflora', Campanula takesimana, Caryopteris incana, Digitalis mertonensis, digitalis parviflora, digitalis thapsi, echinacea purpurea white swan, gaillardia aristata, heuchera Sanguinea, Kniphofia uvaria, Nepeta spp.,

- over 50 species and cultivars of Salvia including Salvia greggii, Salvia guaranitica, Salvia leucantha, Salvia mexicana, Salvia uliginosa, - Thalictrum dipterocapum et al.

Ozark Wildflower Co. is open to the public by appointment.