The Monarch Gardener
2024 Nursery Info and Planned Stock
THE MONARCH GARDENER IS MOVING TO NUTTER FARM IN TOPSFIELD, MA!
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING POLLINATORS!
SEEDS ARE STARTING TO GO IN THE DIRT. FOLLOW WHAT'S SPROUTING WITH MY DAILY-UPDATED NURSERY STOCK SPREAD SHEET
Questions: contact me at themonarchgardener@gmail.com
NO NEONICS OR OTHER CHEMICALS ARE EVER USED.
A little bit about my 'nursery': I started out in 2014 as backyard grower popping up sales tables at local farmers markets. I didn't have a giant nursery yard, staff or store at my home. I grew butterflyweed and swamp milkweed, and over the years, by popular demand, I now grow nearly 100 species of perennials and milkweeds native to the northeastern US, many of them are local ecotypes to Essex County, Massachusetts.. Most of what I grow are propagated from seeds from local ecotype seed plots at my own property. What I can't collect onsite, or on local properties where I have permission to collect ethically and sustainably, 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' has finally found a more permanent home at Nutter Farm in Topsfield MA. I will be open in 2024 on Fridays and Saturdays from mid-May through the end of July. I also plan to have appointment shopping for a small fee where you have all the plants, and me for advice, to yourself. I will update this page as more information is available. Below is a nursery plant list, 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)
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)**New for 2024 Seeds collected in Essex county
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) Seeds collected in New England
Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Canada windflower (Anemone canadensis) -shade
Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) -Seeds collected in Essex county
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
Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) -Seeds collected in Massachusetts
Coastal Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium dubium)
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
Flax-leaved stiff aster (Lonactis linariifolia) **New for 2024 Seeds collected in Essex county
Sundial Lupine (Lupine perennis)
Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata)
Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Broad-leaved Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
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
Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) Seeds collected in Essex county
Downy Goldenrod (Solidago puberula) Seeds collected in Essex county
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
Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) ** New for 2024
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Seeds collected in Essex county
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)- ** New for 2024 Seeds collected in Essex county
American germander (Teucrium canadense) ** New for 2024 Seeds collected in Essex county
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
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)-shade
Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders (Zizia aptera) -shade
NATIVE GRASSES: $4-$6
American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) - Seeds collected in Essex county
Big Bluestem Grass (Andropogon gerardi)
River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Seeds collected in Essex county
NATIVE SHRUBS: $10-$22
Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) - Seeds collected in Essex county
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) - Seeds collected in Essex county
Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Northern Bayberry (Morella caroliniensis) - Seeds collected in Essex county
Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Beach plum (Prunus maritima) - Seeds collected in Essex county
Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
NATIVE VINES: $8-$16
Ground Nut (Apios americana) ** New for 2024Seeds collected in Essex county
Virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana)
Hempweed (Mikania scandens.) Seeds collected in Essex county
The following are planned for 2024 -pending germination:
Common Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) Seeds collected in Essex county
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) -shade
Zig-Zag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) -shade
ANNUALS: $2 - $3
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)