Authentic Long Island Native Plants and Tick Prevention

​There's many ways to protect the environment in your garden designs
Get more ideas about Natural Landscaping or take a Master Naturalist course with us.

Availability

If ordering online, contact us, before placing an order.  We're just getting started for the 2021 season and need to update our plant inventories. Sorry for the inconveniance.

Pickups

Find us at the following venues. 
  • Pickup (at our nursery in Port Jefferson)  
  • Port Jefferson Farmers Market (Sundays,9-2, Harborfront)
  • Town Of Brookhaven Farmers Market (details, coming soon) ​

Native Plant Finder

Use our native plant finder below which connects that plants we grow and sell to natural landscapes. This will help you learn how well natives will do in your planting project.  By paying attention to their habitat preferences,  you can then piece why some species are shade tolerant, whether they will do well in full sun, partial shade, or full shade. And why they prefer dry soils, mesic, or wet soils.  When you click on each plant listed, we'll also provide you with bloom times, height, and tolerances to deer browsing, powdery mildew, and prolonged drought.  ​ 

Grasslands, Old Fields, Meadows

Grasslands, Old Fields, Meadows depend on disturbance and historical uses.  Variations occur in the percentage of native grasses to wildflowers, blooming times and height.   Note: wet meadows have also been classified under freshwater wetlands.  Learn more​

Short Meadow

If you want to create a low growing old field or meadow, select Butterfly Milkweed, Maryland Golden Aster, and Little Bluestem.

Tall Meadow

Taller grasses can add structure, especially on property edges, but will dominate, so coplant with tall wildflowers. ​

Freshwater

Freshwater systems are permanent or periodically flooded, with with saturated soils and plant species that are adapted to wet conditions. They can be bogs,  wet meadows, marshes, swamps, ponds, lakes, rivers.  Swamp Milkweed is tolerant of garden soil and likes sunny areas, and spreads by seeds. Joepye Weed tolerates shade and requires moist conditions, though sensitive to powdery mildew so prefers more ventilated areas. Mountain Mints also do well in wet meadows.

Coastal Environments

Marine Conservation includes protecting coastal communities. Marine habitats include: the bluffs, beaches, rocky shores, estuaries (most productive and nursery for many species), tidal wetlands, salt marsh, intertidal zones, and ocean layers. Swamp Rose Mallow grows in tidal areas, but also does well in garden soils. Common Milkweed does well at the beach, sandy, and sunny areas.  Switch Grass and Little bluestem tolerant some salt spray, and do well in dry soils. Learn more

Tick Bite Prevention

We also sell tick bite prevention for personal protection. In the preceding link, you'll learn more.
Planting Notes
  • Full Sun (6 hours or more of direct sunlight) - Partial Sun/Shade (4-6 hours of daylight)