herbivore tolerant
tolerant of herbivory – can handle being browsed by herbivores and bounces back readily
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Amethyst Shooting Star
$10.00Read moreYour wish for a beautiful native garden is granted with this amethyst shooting star!
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Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)
$8.00 – $18.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageShowy, easy-to-grow, spring blooming shrub that hosts 24 diverse species of caterpillars, provides nesting material for leaf-cutter bees, and feeds wildlife with its numerous seed pods.
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Dodecatheon meadia (shooting star)
$10.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageYour wish for a beautiful native garden is granted with this midland shooting star!
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Eastern Red Columbine
$8.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEastern columbines of all kinds! Little Lanterns is dwarf and compact, standard (available later 2025) is what you’re used to seeing.
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Lyreleaf Sage
$6.00Add to basketLyreleaf sage is the only sage known to be native to southeastern Pennsylvania. This evergreen attracts pollinators and does well in a native lawn.
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Mayapple, American Mandrake
$10.00Add to basketThis spring ephemeral groundcover has a close association with the state-vulnerable eastern box turtle, which favors its fruit and disperses it in the wild.
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Poverty Oatgrass
$6.00Add to basketOne of the top performing grasses in Cornell’s native lawn demonstration area, try replacing your exotic turf with our native Danthonia spicata.
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Purple-stem Meadow-rue
$12.00Add to basketPurple meadow-rue is one of the tallest of the meadow-rues with its purple stems, hosts 15 species of caterpillars, and isn’t particularly favored by deer.
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Running Five-Fingers
$6.00Add to basketCute yellow-flowering ground cover that doubles a native lawn alternative that can grow in a wide variety of conditions, including full sun and drought.
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Spring Beauty
$5.00 – $12.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdible spring ephemeral that provides an early food source for pollinators, including the specialist spring beauty miner.
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Sweetgrass
$6.00 – $10.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
White-tinted Sedge
$6.00Add to basketIt would seem that no matter what you throw at it, this tough little sedge can handle it.
