Buy Natives
As more people request native species, they become easier to find and identify at nurseries. The more consumers request native plants, the more this supply is likely to grow. Below is a listing of nurseries throughout the state that specialize in native species. You can also visit here to find a more complete list of landscape and nursery professionals across the state.
Appalachian Nursery, INC
1724 Clay Hill Road
P. O. Box 87
Waynesboro , PA 17268-0087
717/597 0066 phone & fax
877/743 4733
Wholesale
APPALACHIAN WILDFLOWER NURSERY
Contact: Don Hackenberry
723 Honey Creek Reedsville, PA
Phone: 717-667-6998
I established A.W.N. as a scheme to induce other people to grow most of my plants for me. It worked! Many plants that originated here are now grown far and wide in gardens private and public and in other nurseries. I want all my plants to outlive me and am confident that at least some will.
AQUASCAPES UNLIMITED, INC.
Contact: Randy Reffner
PO Box 364, Pipersville, PA 18947
Phone: 215-766-8151
E-mail: wetland@comcat.com
Professional aquatic pond service, pond management, wetland, nursery, design, installation and consultation.
Better Forest Tree Seeds
Chris Kiratzis, 13872 Alan Seeger Rd., Petersburg, PA 16669 Tel: 814/667-3666 Fax: 814/667-3134
E-mail: tuckaway1@juno.com
Conifer tree seeds. Wholesale only
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
P.O. Box 685, New Hope, PA 18938-0685 Tel: 215/862-2924 Fax: 215/862-1846
E-mail: bhwp@bhwp.org Web: www.bhwp.org
Pennsylvania native trees, shrubs, vines, herbaceous material, seeds.
Carino Nurseries
Rt.403 N., P.O. Box 538, Indiana, PA 15701 Order: 800/223-7075 Tel: 724/463-3350 Fax: 724/463-3050
Evergreen and deciduous varieties of seedlings and transplants. Grow and ship to 46 states, Canada. Fall season: 10/1 to 11/1; spring season 3/15 to 5/15.
COLLINS NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
John F. Collins
773 Roslyn Avenue
Glenside, PA 19038
Phone: 215-884-4161
E-mail: edgehillcastle@camcast.net
The variety of species grown at Collins Nursery are primarily native to the area and include American beech, black gum, American sycamore, chestnut, and shingle oak, the hickories, American chestnut sweet and yellow birch, paw paw, and umbrella magnolia.
Conard-Pyle Company
372 Rosehill Road
West Grove , PA 19390
610/869 4894
610/869 2019 Fax
Wholesale
Trees, shrubs, perennials
DOYLE FARM NURSERY
Contact: Jacquelin Doyle
158 Norris Rd., Delta, PA 17314
Phone: 717-862-3134
Web: www.doylefarm.com
Doyle Farm grows herbaceous native plants, Mid-Atlantic species mostly from seed. Woodland, meadow plants and grasses are available. Mail order, native plant sales, and yearly open houses. Paper catalog available from the wesite.
EDGE OF THE WOODS NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contacts: Louise Schaefer and Susan Tantsits
2415 Route 100, Orefield PA 18069
Phone: 610-395-3546
Email:info@edgeofthewoodsnursery.com
Web:www.edgeofthewoodsnursery.com
Opened in 2003 as a retail outlet after ten years experience operating a nursery for Wildlands Conservancy. We grow a diverse selection of plants for the home landscaper as well as for natural area restoration in the Lehigh valley.
ERNST CONSERVATION SEEDS, LLP
9006 Mercer Pike, Meadville, PA 16335
Phone: 800-873-3321
Fax: 814-336-5191
E-mail: mailto:ernstsales@ernstseed.com
Web: www.ernstseed.com
We were founded in the early 1960s to meet the need for soil conservation along our interstate highways. Since that time, we have changed with the need of the soil and water conservation industry. We are determined to provide our customers with the best native and naturalized seeds available.
Flickingers Nursery
Tom Flickinger, PO Box 245, Sagamore, PA 16250 Tel: 800/368-7381 Fax: 724/783-6528
Web: www.flicknursery.com
Bareroot pine, spruce, and fir seedlings at wholesale prices. Free catalog.
GO NATIVE TREE FARM
Contact: John Rosenfeld
2310 Chestnut View Drive
Lancaster, PA 17603
Phone: 717.399.0195
Email: gonative@voicenet.com
We grow all of our trees in containers for sale. Some are started in in-ground beds until they are a year or two old before moving them into containers. Almost all are grown from seed, and most seeds come from local seed sources. The product list contains some comments about sources.
Habitat Solutions, Inc
P.O. Box14822
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
412/853 7883
412/571 5494fax
Wholesale
trees, shrubs, bioengineering, herbaceous
Hanchars Superior Trees
Rd #1 Box 118, Mahaffey, PA 15757 Tel: 814/277-6674 Fax: 814/277-6673 Wholesale only
Heirloom Seed Project
Landis Valley Museum, 2451 Kissel Hill Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601 Tel: 717/569-0401 x202 Fax: 717/560-2147
Cultivated vegetable, herb, and ornamental seeds having historic significance from 1750-1940 in the S.E. PA region. Seeds are produced from open-pollinated, organically grown cultivars.
Heirloom Seeds
P.O. Box 245, West Elizabeth, PA 15088-0245 Tel: 412/384-0852 Fax: 412/384-0852
E-mail: mail@ heirloomseeds.com Web: www.heirloomseeds.com
Seeds only. Vegetable and flower seeds, herbs. Most originated in U.S. Place of origin is listed in catalog for many items.
Howard Nursery
Pennsylvania State Game Commission, 197 Nursery Road, Howard, PA 16841 Tel: 814/355-4434 Fax: 814/355-8094
Johnston Nurseries
RD #1 Box 100, Creekside, PA 15732 Tel: 724/463-8456 Fax: 724/465-5833 wholesale only
E-mail: seedlings@hotmail.com
Mahanoy Valley Nurseries
239 Mahanoy, Duncannon, PA 17020 Tel: 717/834-3996 wholesale only
Maple Hill Farms
P.O. Box 648, Lewisburg, PA 17837-0648 Tel: 570/524-0791 Fax: 570/524-0791 wholesale only
MEADOWBROOK FARM
Contact: Karl Rider
1633 Washington Lane, Box 3007, Meadowbrook, PA 19046
Phone: 215-887-5900
Fax: 215-886-1971
E-mail: meadow1633@aol.com
Starting with the 2001 growing season we will try to produce the native plants we grow using locally collected seed. The list is short, but growing.
MEADOWOOD NURSERY
Contact: Jan Getgood
24 Meadowood Drive, Hummelstown, PA 17036
Phone: 717-566-9875
E-mail: meadowoodnursery@comcast.net
Meadowood is primarily a wholesale nursery serving the area's non profit conservation community, but welcomes home gardeners and other retail customers by appointment. We offer native perennials, grasses, vines, ferns, aquatics, shrubs and trees. All of our plants are container-grown and nursery-propagated from seed, cuttings or divisions; none are collected from the wild.
Musser Forests, Inc.
1880 Route 119 Hwy N., P.O. Box 340, Dept. 25-99, Indiana, PA 15701 Order: 800/643.8319 Tel: 724/465-5685 Fax: 724/465-9893
E-mail: info@musserforests.com Web: www.musserforests.com
Evergreen and deciduous tree seedlings native to N.A. for climatezones 2 to 6. Offer many species suitable for wetland plantings and wildlife food. Minimum order is 10 per variety. No seeds.
Miles W. Fry & Son
300 Frysville Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522 Tel: 717/354-4501 Fax: 717/354-8423
Sells hybrid poplars and cottonwoods, annuals and perennials. wholesale only
Native and Aquatic Nursery
834 Church Road
Harleysville , PA 19438
(610) 584-6302
Wholesale and retail by appointment only
Natural Landscapes Nursery
354 North Jennersville Rd. West Grove, PA 19390 Tel: 610/869-3788 Fax: 610/869-3788
Grow plants native to the eastern U.S., from Pennsylvania south to the Carolinas. All plants grown are hardy in S.E. Pennsylvania. Specialize in small trees, variety of shrubs, native azaleas. By appt. Whole sale only
NEW MOON NURSERY, LLC
13 Ways Lane
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone: 888-998-1951
Fax: 888-998-1952
E-mail: info@newmoonnursery.com
Web: http://www.NewMoonNursery.com/
Exciting changes are happening in the ever-expanding market for native plants! James D. Brown and Octoraro Native Plant Nursery are proud to introduce the formation of New Moon Nursery. We've heard the call for more diversity; more regionally appropriate species, and simply more plants! We are ready to provide you with more plant choices..."from the water to the woods." ™
NORTH CREEK NURSERIES
Contact: C. Dale Hendricks
388 North Creek Road, Landenburg, PA 19350
Phone: 610-255-0100
Wholesale orders only.
Our mission is to propagate and market plants that develop the relationship between people and sustainable outdoor environments. We are committed to using recycled content packing materials and biodegradable "peanuts", using an aggressive Integrated Pest Management program, re- reducing water needs and chemical use.
NORTHEAST NATIVES & PERENNIALS
Contact: Carol J. Schroding
1716 E. Sawmill Rd., Quakertown, PA 18951
Phone: 215-536-1511
E-mail: NENatives_Perennials@yahoo.com
We are a small, family-owned nursery catering to the home gardener. We offer many perennials native to the Northeastern U.S., along with a selection of other popular perennials.
0CTORARO NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contact: Jim MacKenzie
6162 Street Rd., Kirkwood, PA 17536
Phone: 717-529-3160
Fax: 717-529-4099
Web: www.octoraro.com
We are a local wholesale nursery dedicated to environmental restoration activities in the mid-Atlantic region, supply plants and products for: wetland restoration, mitigation, reforestation, stream bank stabilization, dune and tidal restoration, stream side forests, natural landscapes and educational classrooms.
Perennial Gardens Greenhouse & Nursery
Contact: Steve Kidd
(717) 582-3767
1/2 mile west of New Bloomfield on Pa. Rt. 274
Native perennials, shrubs, trees, cultivars and 'old fashion' plants.
Pikes Peak Nursery
8289 Rt. 422, Hwy E., Penn Run, PA 15765 Tel: 800/787-6730 Fax: 724/463-0775
E-mail: pikespeak@stargate.net Web: www.pikespeaknurseries.net/
Pine Grove Nursery, Inc.
152 Pine Grove Nursery Rd., Clearfield, PA 16830-9154 Tel: 814/765-2363 Fax: 814/765-2363
PRIMROSE PATH
921 Dawson Rd., Scottdale, PA 15683
Phone: 724-887-6756
We do not offer for sale plants collected in the wild. We have micro propagation (tissue culture) lab and grow our own hybrids of natives. We love the plants of eastern North America
REDBUD NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
Contact: Catherine Smith
1214 N. Middletown Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342
Phone: 610-358-4300
Web: www.redbudnativeplantnursery.com
We specialize in indigenous perennials, bushes, and trees for the home gardener, land manager, and restorationist. Visit us Tuesday through Sunday to see our plant stock and much more.
ROSE FRANKLIN'S PERENNIALS & HERBS
107 Butterfly Lane, Spring Mills, PA 16875
Phone: 814-422-8968
We specialize in growing plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. May-Oct. We never sell plants removed from the wild, and do offer a few Pennsylvania natives.
Spring Haven Natives
1362 Mountain Rd, Newburg, PA 17240 (717) 423-6652
Wholesale; woodland shade plants
Strathmeyer Forests, Inc.
P.O. Box 70, 255 Ziegler Road, Dover, PA 17315 Tel: 800/345-3406 Fax: 717/292-4129
E-mail: sales@strathmeyer.com
SUGARBUSH NURSERY
Contact: Anne-Marie McMahon
4272 Morgantown Rd., Mohnton, PA 19540
Phone: 610-856-0998
Email: info@sugarbushnursery.com
Sugarbush Nursery is a small, family-owned nursery in southeastern PA specializing in native, underused, and hard-to-find herbaceous perennials. We grow and/or care for all of our plants using only organic methods, and offer organic gardening products for sale, as well. We cater primarily to home gardeners who wish to incorporate native plants into their landscapes. Our Plant Pioneer program lets home gardeners trial underused natives in their home gardens for free, in exchange for their feedback!
Superior Nursery
Mid Atlantic Natives Division
Contact:Linda Kurzmiller
12506 Susquehanna Trail South
New Freedom PA 17349
Phone:717-227-0924
www.midatlanticnatives.com www.superiornurserypa.com
Nursery propagated Northeast, Mid Atlantic (Chesapeake Bay Watershed region) native trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, herbaceous emergents. On line sales, open to the public retail & wholesale to the trade. Specialty native landscape design and installation. Native plant "collection" gardens. Reforestation, watershed, wetland, mountain, floodplain restoration services. Native plant material nursery propagated on site from seed, division, cuttings.
SYLVA NATIVE NURSERY
Contact: Mike Hollins
1683 Sieling Farm Rd., New Freedom, PA 17349
Phone: 717-227-0486
Wildflowers, wetland plants, shrubs and trees native to eastern U .S. Our mission is to promote and provide native plants for ecosystem restoration, habitat enhancement and ornamental use.
SYLVANIA NATIVES
Contact: Kathryn McGregor
Ira Way, Pittsburgh, PA
Mailing Address: 5502 Kamin Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Office Phone: 412-421-8551
Nursery Phone: 412-596-4989
Fax: 412-421-5462
E-mail: SylvaniaNatives@aol.com
We exclusively grow and sell perennials, shrubs and small trees native to Western Pennsylvania. We grow all of our own perennials and many srubs from local seed we collect in the wild. All our plants are grown outside with the seasons.
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Native Plant Propagation Center
580 Meetinghouse Rd., Ambler, PA 19002
Phone: 215-283-1330
Fax: 215-283-1497
We are a nonprofit resource to support the restoration of the native landscape on any level we can through being a source for regional native plant material and through education. All plant material is propagated from seed or cuttings.
Tilley’s Nursery/ The Waterworks/AquaTerrascapes
111 E. Fairmount Street
Coopersburg , PA 18036
610/282 4784
610/282 6069
610/282 1262 fax
Retail
water gardens, wetlands
W. Atlee Burpee Co.
300 Park Ave
Warminster , PA 18974
800/888 1447
Wholesale and retail Seeds
Water Crest Farm Nursery
290 Woodcrest Rd.
West Grove , PA 19390
Wholesale
trees, shrubs
Wetland Supply Company
194 Goodview Drive, Apollo, PA 15613 Tel: 724/727-3772 Fax: 724/727-3778
E-mail: wetplants@aol.com Web: wetlandsupply.com
Specialize in containerized and bare root native trees, shrubs, herbaceous and seed for wetland restoration, including specialty plants for passive water treatment systems, phytoremeditation systems and bioengineering. Also carry environmentally friendly biodegradable coir (coconut) matting, biologs, biodegradable pots.
YELLOW SPRINGS FARM
Contact: Catherine Renzi
1165 Yellow Springs Rd., Chester Springs, PA 19425
Phone: 610-827-9204
Fax: 888-522-5616
Web: www.yellowspringsfarm.com
Our mission at Yellow Springs Farm is to promote land stewardship through the propagation and sale of native plants of the Mid-Atlantic area.
Spring is the time for native plant sales. Check our calendar to see what is in your area.
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