Where Can I Buy Native Plants?
We recommend that local genotype plant material be used for your restoration site. This insures that the plants you install will be highly adapted to your region, and this practice protects nearby wild plant populations from being overwhelmed by potentially mal-adapted genes. Therefore, we recommend that you purchase plant materials from a grower in your region.
Illinois
North
- Art and Linda's Wildflowers
- 3730 S. 59th Ave.
- Cicero, IL 60804
- 708.863.6534
- artandlindaswildflowers@hotmail.com
- http://www.artandlindaswildflowers.com
- Offers local genotype woodland and prairie plants.
- Blazing Star Nursery
- 2107 Edgewood Dr
- Woodstock, IL 60098
- 815.338.4716
- tallgrass@blazing-star.com
- http://www.blazing-star.com
- Offers prairie, savanna, and wetland plants and seeds, consulting.
- Country Road Greenhouse
- 19561 East Twombly
- Rochelle, IL 61068
- 815.384.3311
- crginc@tbcnet.com
- http://www.prairieplugs.com
- Offers containerized prairie plants.
- Enders Greenhouse LLC
- 104 Enders Drive
- Cherry Valley, IL 61016
- 815.332.5255
- Info@endersgreenhouse.com
- http://www.endersgreenhouse.com
- Offers prairie, woodland, and wetland plants.
- Gerard & Greene
- 26225 S. Woodlawn Ave.
- Crete, IL 60417
- 708.672.1201
- info@gerardandgreene.com
- http://www.gerardandgreene.com
- Landscape design specializing in the use of native plants. Offers local ecotype natives.
- Landscape Naturally, Inc.
- 1021 Janet St.
- Sycamore, IL 60178
- 815.899.7574
- Offers seeds from within 90 miles of St. Charles, and consulting for prairie restorations.
- Midwest Wildflowers
- Box 64
- Rockton, IL 61072
- Offers native wildflower seeds, books. Catalog $1.00
- The Natural Garden
- 38 W 443 Highway 64
- St. Charles, IL 60174
- 630.584.0595
- Offers seeds of prairie grasses and forbes, perennials, and woodland wildflowers. One of the largest suppliers in the Chicagoland area.
- PecaSugar Nursery
- 13002 Harrison Rd.
- Shirland, IL 61079
- 815.629.2546
- kwwinters@earthlink.net
- http://www.pecasugar.com
- Possibility Place Nursery
- 7548 W. Monee-Manhattan Road
- Monee, IL 60449
- 708.534.3988
- info@possibilityplace.com
- http://www.possibilityplace.com
- Offers native wholesale and retail trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs.
- The Prairie Garden
- 705 South Kenilworth Ave.
- Oak Park, IL 60304
- 708.386.7495
- The Propagators Private Stock
- 8805 Kemman Rd.
- Hebron, IL 60034
- Offers select perennial, wildflower and woody landscape plants.
- Red Buffalo Nursery
- 10502 Seaman Rd.
- Hebron, IL 60034
- 815.648.4838
- kaskel@mc.net
Central
- Currents Company
- Route 2, Box 176
- Wyoming, IL 61491
- 309.286.7366
- Earthskin Nursery
- 9331 NCR 3800E
- Mason City, IL 62664
- 217.482.3524
- lrnelms@fgi.net
- http://www.earthskinnursery.com
- Offers nursery grown, Central Illinois genotype prairie seed.
- Genesis Nursery
- 23200 Hurd Road
- Tampico, IL 61283
- 815.438.2220
- Offers Northwest Illinois genotypes of prairie, wetland, and savanna seeds and plants.
- Grand Prairie Friends
- P.O. Box 36
- Urbana, IL 61803
- gpf@prairienet.org
- Offers native plants each spring on Mother's Day weekend and at the Urbana Farmers' Market.
- Native Plant Materials
- 766 Bateman Street
- Galesburg, IL 61401
- Offers seeds.
- The Prairie Patch
- RR 1, Box 41
- Niantic, IL 62551
- 217.668.2409
- Prairie Dock Nursery
- 2731 County Road 100N
- Allerton, IL 61810
- 217.834.3146
- Pure Prairie Nursery
- Christine Brewer
- RR2, Box 85
- Toulon, IL 61483
- The Pure Prairie Nursery is dedicated to preserving the wild and diverse attributes of native plants. Hand collected and hand cleaned local seed..
South
- Bluestem Prairie Nursery
- 13197 E. 13th Road
- Hillsboro, IL 62049
- 217.532.6344
- bluestemnursery@yahoo.com
- Offers local genotype prairie seeds and bare-root plants. Free catalog.
- LaFayette Home Nursery
- LaFayette, IL 61449
- 309.995.3311
- info@lafayettehomenursery.com
- http://lafayettenursery.com/index.php
- Offers seeds.
