The theme of this year’s Thacher Native Plant Sale is “Native plants supporting the life cycle of birds.” Here’s a list of the native plants and shrubs that will be available on May 17. You can learn more about our growers here.
Wildflowers | Grasses | Shrubs | Vines | Ferns | Trees
THACHER NATIVE PLANT SALE: MAY 17, 2025
Capital Region NY Wild Ones joins forces with Friends of Thacher State Park and the Emma Treadwell Nature Center to host a sale of native seedlings at the Pear Orchard Pavilion at the park. DETAILS
Wildflowers/Forbs
- Actaea pachypoda, white baneberry
- Actaea racemosa (formerly Cimicifuga racemosa), black cohosh
- Agastache scrophulariifolia, purple giant hyssop
- Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting
- Antennaria howellii subsp. neodioica, Howell’s pussytoes
- Aquilegia canadensis, columbine
- Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed
- Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed
- Asclepias verticillate, whorled milkweed
- Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea
- Chamaenerion angustifolium, fireweed
- Chelone glabra, turtlehead
- Desmodium canadense, showy tick trefoil
- Doellingeria umbellata, tall flat-topped white aster
- Erigeron annuus, annual daisy fleabane
- Eupatorium perfoliatum, boneset
- Eutrochium maculatum (formerly Eupatorium maculatum), spotted Joe-pye weed
- Geranium maculatum, wild geranium
- Helenium autumnale, dog-toothed daisy
- Helianthus divaricatus, woodland sunflower
- Heliopsis helianthoides, false/ox-eye sunflower
- Hibiscus moscheutos, swamp rose mallow
- Hydrastis canadensis, golden seal
- Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum, great St. John’s wort
- Liatris scariosa, blazing star
- Lilium superbum, Turk’s cap lily
- Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower
- Lobelia siphilitica, great blue lobelia
- Lupinus perennis, lupine
- Maianthemum racemosum (formerly Smilacina racemosa), false solomon’s seal
- Mertensia virginica, Virginia blue bells
- Mimulus ringens, Allegheny monkey flower
- Mitchella repens, partridge berry
- Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot/bee balm
- Packera aurea, golden ragwort
- Panax quinquefolius, American ginseng
- Physostegia virginiana, obedient plant
- Rudbeckia laciniata, cutleaf coneflower
- Senna hebecarpa, wild senna
- Solidago caesia, bluestem goldenrod
- Solidago rugosa, wrinkle-leaf goldenrod
- Solidago speciosa, showy goldenrod
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium, blue wood aster
- Symphyotrichum novae-angiae, New England aster
- Verbena hastata, blue verbena
Grasses/Gramminoids
- Bouteloua curtipendula, side-oats grama
- Panicum virgatum, switchgrass
- Schizachyrium scoparium (formerly Andropogon scoparium), little bluestem
Shrubs
- Aronia melanocarpa, black chokeberry
- Cephalanthus occidentalis, buttonbush
- Hamamelis virginiana, common witch hazel
- Sambucus canadensis, elderberry
- Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey tea
- Rubus odoratus, purple flowered raspberry
- Amelanchier aborea, serviceberry
- Rosa palustris, swamp rose
- Ilex verticillata, winterberry
Vines
- Clematis virginiana, Virgins Bower
- Lonicera sempervirens, Coral Honeysuckle
Ferns
- Osmunda regalis, royal fern
- Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum, cinnamon fern
Trees
- Prunus americana, American plum