Native Plant Species Availability

Perennials | Grasses & Sedges | Shrubs & Trees | Aquatic Plants

(Updated July 6, 2026) Future availability date is listed next to USDA symbol – when ready for release, I’ll remove the future date. Please don’t order plants with future availability until a week before the date listed. Plants with no future date listed are ready now. For inquiries, or to place an order, please email info@goodhostplants.com with species and quantities.

JULY NOTE: The nursery will be closed from July 7 through July 22. Benito’s Hardware in Fishtown is now carrying a large selection of our plants and has many of the species in stock that I’ve marked for 3rd week of July, as well as some no longer listed. Check them out!  

Retail Plant Pricing

Most plants are in standard perennial quart size. If larger, it will be noted next to the USDA symbol.

  • Standard perennial deep quart – $8.00/ea unless noted (full tray of 18 or more = $.50 off per plant)
  • Standard perennial one-gallon – $15.00/ea unless noted
  • Shrubs/trees/vines – varies, indicated next to symbol

The following symbols indicate native plants that are recognized and recommended by individual experts and organizations as being attractive to pollinators, such as native bees, honey bees, lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), and hummingbirds, and/or serve as a larval food source (host plant) for a number of lepidoptera and other beneficial insects.

Key

1 – Xerces Society pollinator-friendly plants of the Mid-Atlantic region
2 – Best native plant genera to help wildlife based on the research of Dr. Doug Tallamy
3 – Identified as native to Philadelphia in the 1999 Fairmount Park System Natural Lands Restoration Master Plan (PDF, web archive)
4 – Approved species for Philadelphia Water Department Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) systems (PDF)

Perennials

SymbolScientific NameCommon NameKey
ANPLAntennaria plantaginifoliapussytoes2
COCO13Conoclinium coelestinumblue mistflower4
ECPUEchinacea purpureapurple coneflower1,4
ERYUEryngium yuccifoliumrattlesnake master2
EUDI16Eurybia divaricataEurybia divaricata3
EUGR5Euthamia graminifoliagrass-leaved goldenrod2,3
HEVI2Heuchera villosahairy alumroot
LISPLiatris spicatadense blazing star1,2,3,4
MOBR2Monarda bradburianaeastern beebalm2
MOPUMonarda punctataspotted beebalm2,4
OEFRGOenothera fruticosa var. glaucanarrowleaf evening primrose2
PAAUPackera aureagolden ragwort2,3,4
PYTEPycnanthemum tenuifoliumslender mountain mint1,2,3
RUFUDRudbeckia fulgida v. deamiiDeam's black eyed susan2,4
RUHURuellia humiliswild petunia4
SIVI4Silene virginicafire pink2
SOFL2Solidago flexicauliszigzag goldenrod2,3
SYCO4Symphyotrichum cordifoliumblue wood aster2,3,4
SYNO2Symphyotrichum novae-angliaeNew England aster1,2,4
VEVI4Veronicastrum virginicumCulver's root
ZIAUZizia aureagolden Alexander2,4

Grasses, Sedges, & Rushes

SymbolScientific NameCommon NameKey
ANGE (1gal $15)Andropogon gerardiibig bluestem2,3,4
BOCUBouteloua curtipendulasideoats grama2
CAPL4Carex plantagineaseersucker sedge2
SCSCSchizachyrium scopariumlittle bluestem2,3,4

Shrubs & Trees

SymbolScientific NameCommon NameKey
SANIC4 (1gal $20)Sambucus canadensisblack elderberry2,3

Aquatic

SymbolScientific NameCommon NameKey
POCO14 (2gal $20)Pontederia cordatapickerelweed2