THE MONARCH GARDENER WILL RE-OPEN IN MID MAY 2023 

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING POLLINATORS! 

I HAVE BEGUN UPDATING MY NURSERY STOCK SPREAD SHEET  FOR UP TO DATE GERMINATION AND PLANT RELEASE INFO. 

​Questions: contact me at themonarchgardener@gmail.com

NO NEONICS OR OTHER CHEMICALS ARE EVER USED. ​

A little bit about my 'nursery': I am a backyard grower, I don't have a giant nursery yard, staff or store at my home. I started out only growing butterflyweed and swamp milkweed, and over the years, by popular demand, I now grow nearly 100 species of native plants and milkweeds. Most of what I grow are propagated from seeds from my own property. What I can't collect onsite I order as organic seeds from native nurseries. Sometimes I have 50 of a species, sometimes I have 2. I grow what I love and what I see pollinators actively using, and of course milkweed. LOTS of milkweed! Water, sunshine and compost are the only things used on my plants. I never, ever, use chemicals, organic or conventional. Even organic insecticides can kill beneficial insects and pollinators. 

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Every plant is hand-raised personally by me.                                     Hamilton Nursery Stand 2021

My 'nursery' is my home in a quiet neighborhood, but starting in early May I am back partnering with Asbury Gardens, an organic vegetable seedling grower in Hamilton and will be selling out of her location. My Friday/Saturday hours vary as the season progresses but they will be kept up to date on my home website page here. Below is a planned availability, you can see up-to-date species, inventory and ID links online here. 

Plants are first year seedlings to two-year-old plants: 

​Species underlined are linked to ID pages with photos

MILKWEEDS: $4-$8
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Seeds collected in Essex county
Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) Limited
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Seeds collected in Essex county
Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) 

NATIVE NECTAR PERENNIALS: $4-$8
Bugbane/Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) -shade

Blue Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) 
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) Seeds collected in New England

Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)

Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) 

Canada windflower (Anemone canadensis) -shade

Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) -shade

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)-Seeds collected in Essex county
Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)-shade
Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) -shade
False blue indigo (Baptisia australis) limited
Yellow Wild Indigo (​Baptisia tinctoria) 

White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) -Seeds collected in Essex county 

Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) -shade

Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) 
Hay-scented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) - shade, very limited
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) -Seeds collected in Massachusetts

Joe-pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) 
Sweet joe-pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum)-shade

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Blanket Flower (Galliardia sp.)

Bottle Gentian (Gentiana clausa) 
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Ox-eye sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) 
Blue flag iris (Iris veriscolor) 

Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) -shade
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)Seeds collected in Essex county

Sundial Lupine (Lupine perennis) 
Beebalm (Monarda didyma) 
Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) limited
Spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata)  

Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum) 

Black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta)

Three-lobed Coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba)

Canada Burnet (​Sanguisorba canadensis) Seeds collected in Essex county
Silverrod (Solidago bicolor) Seeds collected in Essex county

Wreath Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) Seeds collected in Essex county / -shade

Early goldenrod (Solidago juncea) Seeds collected in Essex county 

Grey goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) Seeds collected in Essex county 

Downy Goldenrod (Solidago puberula)

Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago ordora) 

Rough Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) Seeds collected in Essex county

Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) Seeds collected in Essex county

Showy Goldenrod (Solidagio speciosa)
Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) Seeds collected in Essex county/ -shade

New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

Tall meadow rue (Thalictrum pubescens) Seeds collected in Essex county

Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) Seeds collected in Essex county

New York ironweed (Veronia noveboracensis) 

Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)-shade
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)​-shade

Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders (​Zizia aptera) -shade

NATIVE GRASSES: $4-$6

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Seeds collected in Essex county

River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)

American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) - Seeds collected in Essex county 

NATIVE SHRUBS:  $10-$22

Serviceberry (Amelanchier ssp) -New for 2023! 

New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) - Seeds collected in Essex county 

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - New for 2023!

Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Beach plum (Prunus maritima) - Seeds collected in Essex county 

Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)- New for 2023!

Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba) 

NATIVE VINES: $8-$16

Virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana) 

Hempweed (Mikania scandens.) Seeds collected in Essex county

The following are new for 2023 and I am hoping to offer pending germination:​​​​

Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes (​Antennaria plantaginifolia) -Seeds collected in Essex county

Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) -shade

Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)

Eastern Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) -shade

Coastal Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium dubium)

Common Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)Seeds collected in Essex county

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) -shade

Partridge-berry (Mitchella repens) Seeds collected in Massachusetts -shade

Bishop's cap (Mitella diphylla) -shade

Broad-leaved Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)

Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) 

Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)

Cream Violet (Viola striata)  

Zig-Zag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) -shade

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ANNUALS: $2 - $3

Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) 

Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) 

Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)

Sunflower (Helianthus annus) mix of colors, 5'-7' tall

Zinnia (Zinnia elegans) 

HERBS: 

Black swallowtail butterfly host plant kits!

4-pack: contains 2 bronze fennel and 2 dill plants. $5.00

2023 Nursery Info and Planned Stock

The Monarch Gardener