Native plants have grown in popularity over the years due to their climate tolerance, pest resistance, and ability to be self-sustaining. We specialize in keeping hardy native plants in stock.

"Native Plant" is a term used to describe plants that occur naturally or have existed in an area for many years ("Naturalized Native"). These plants, if planted in the proper conditions, will thrive in the natural environment with minimal care and maintenance.

Native Plants of Northwest Arkansas

(* Denotes plants usually kept in stock during planting season. Any non-stock plants are usually available within 7 days. Please visit or call for current availability.)

Trees
* Acer rubrum - Red Maple
Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple
Aesculus - Buckeye
Amelanchier - Serviceberry Asimina triloba - PawPaw Tree
* Betula nigra - River Birch
Carpinus caroliniana - Amer. Hornbeam/Ironwood
Catalpa sp. - Catalpa Tree
* Cercis canadensis ‘Oklahoma’- Oklahoma Redbud
Chionanthus virginicus - Fringe Tree
* Cornus - Dogwood - Red Twig, Flowering, Grey
Gleditisia triacanthos - Honey Locust
Hamamelis - Witch Hazel
Ilex decidua - Possumhaw
Ilex opaca - American Holly
Ilex verticillata - Winterberry
* Ilex vomitoria - Yaupon
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum Tree
* Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar
* Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia
* Magnolia virginiana - Sweet Bay Magnolia
Nyssa sylvatica - Black Gum
Ostrya virginiana - Hophornbeam/Ironwood
Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore
Pinus echinata - Short-leaf
Pine Pinus strobus - E. White Pine
* Pinus taeda - Loblolly Pine
* Quercus -Bur, Pin, Red, Shumard, Swamp White, and White Oak Sassafras albidum - Sassafras
* Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress

Vines
Bignonia capreolata - Cross vine
Campsis radicans - Trumpet Creeper
Clematis viginiana - Virgin’s Bower
* Clematis terniflora - Sweet Autumn
* Gelsemium sempervirens - Carolina Jasmine
Lathyrus latifolius - Sweet Pea
Lonicera sempervirens - Trumpet Honeysuckle
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper
Vitis raparia - Riverbank grape

Grasses
Alopecurus pratensis - Meadow foxtail
Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem
Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Bouteloua gracilis - Blue grama
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalo grass
* Carex - Sedge
Chasmanthium latifolium - Indian woodoats
Elymus canadensis - Canada wild-rye
Equisetum hyemale - Scouringrush/ horsetail
Eragrostis elliotii - Field lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes - Sand lovegrass
* Nasella - Pony Tail Grass
* Muhlenbergia capillaris - Pink Muhly Grass
* Panicum - Switch Grass
* Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
* Sporobolus heterolepis - Prai

Perennials
* Achillea - Yarrow
* Acorus - Sweetflag
* Agastache - Hyssop
* Amsonia hubrichtii - Arkansas Blue Star
* Asarum canadense - Ginger
Asclepias - Butterfly Weed
* Aster oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s favorite’ - Fragrent Aster
* Baptisia australis - Blue Wild Indigo
* Chelone - Turtlehead * Convallaria - Lily of the Valley
* Coreopsis
Dicentra eximia - Turkey Corn (Bleeding Heart)
* Echinacea paradoxa- Native Coneflower
* Ferns: Christmas, Cinnamon, Lady, Ostrich, Royal, Sensitive
* Gaura
Hypericum kalmianum - Kalm’s St. John Wort
* Kalimeris incisa ‘Blue Star’- Japanese Aster
* Liatris pycnostachya - Kansas Gayfeather
* Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
* Lysimachia nummularia - Creeping Jenny
* Lysimachia ciliata ‘Firecracker’- Fringed Loosestrife
* Monarda - Bee Balm
* Nepeta - Catmint ‘Walkers Low’
* Penstemon ‘Husker Red’
* Perovskia - Russian Sage
* Polygonatum - Solomon’s Seal
* Rudbeckia - Black-eyed Susan
* Salvia
* Solidago sp. - Goldenrod
* Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed
* Stokesia - Stoke’s Aster
* Stylophorum diphyllum - Celandine Poppy
* Tradescantia - Spiderwort
* Tiarella - Foamflower
* Verbena
Vernonia lettermanii 'Iron Butterfly' - Letterman's Ironweed

Shrubs
Aronia - Chokeberry
Callicarpa americana - Beauty Berry
Cephalantus occidentalis - Buttonbush
* Clethra - Summersweet
* Eupatorium - Joe Pye Weed
* Forsythia sp. - Forsythia
Hibiscus syriacus - Althea/ Rose of Sharon
* Ilex glabra - Inkberry
* Itea virginica - Sweetspire
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Myrica cerifera - Southern Wax Myrtle
* Physocarpus - Ninebark
Sambucus - Elderberry
* Viburnum dentatum - Arrowwood
* Viburnum nudum - Smooth witherod
Viburnum prunifolium - Blackhaw
* Yucca

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