NATIVE PLANTS FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE

You wouldn't necessarily think to look for native plants at your local nature store, but we strive to provide one-stop shopping for your wildlife habitat.  Native plants provide important food resources for all types of birds, butterflies and other animals in your yard. Native plant species are more adaptable to the growing conditions of our area, and thereby require less maintenance once established.

We carry a selection of shrubs and perennials that, depending on the species, produce berries for birds and other critters, provide nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinators, or act as host plants for butterflies.

Following is a partial list of our native plant selection. Please call the store at 201-599-0099 for a definitive inventory.

PERENNIALS

Asters
Attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

Bee Balm
Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

Giant Hyssop
Flowers attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.  Birds will eat seeds.

Swamp Milkweed
Flowers attract butterflies.  Host plant for Monarch caterpillars.

Butterfly Weed
Flowers attract butterflies.  Host plant for Monarch caterpillars.

False Indigo
Host plant for several species of butterflies, as well as a nectar source.

Turtlehead--Pink
Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

Joe-Pye Weed
Attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

New York Ironweed
Flowers attract butterflies, bees and other pollinators.  Birds will eat seeds.

Goldenrod
This fall-blooming perennial attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

SHRUBS

Chokeberry
Birds are attracted to the berries.

Buttonbush
A good native to replace non-native Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) as a nectar source.