Native plants currently in production at Mill Street Gardens — ready to thrive in local conditions, support pollinators, and enhance native landscapes. These selections are grown with regional ecology in mind, offering reliable performance, low maintenance, and year-round benefits for wildlife and gardeners alike. Whether you’re restoring habitat, planting a pollinator garden, or choosing resilient perennials and shrubs, this list represents dependable, locally produced native species suited to Central New York gardens.

  • Carex pensylvanica — Pennsylvania Sedge

  • Carex plantaginea — Plantain-Leaved Sedge

  • Carex rosea — Rosy Sedge

  • Carex stricta — Tussock Sedge

  • Solidago sempervirens — Seaside Goldenrod

  • Eurybia macrophylla — Bigleaf Aster

  • Solidago speciosa — Showy Goldenrod

  • Asclepias exaltata — Poke Milkweed

  • Teucrium canadense — American Germander

  • Pycnanthemum pilosum — Hairy Mountain Mint

  • Solidago ulmifolia — Elm-Leaved Goldenrod

  • Scutellaria lateriflora — Mad-Dog Skullcap

  • Penstemon digitalis — Foxglove Beardtongue

  • Anaphalis margaritacea — Pearly Everlasting

  • Verbena hastata — Blue Vervain

  • Chasmanthium latifolium — Northern Sea Oats

  • Helianthus giganteus — Giant Sunflower

  • Rudbeckia triloba — Brown-Eyed Susan

  • Rudbeckia hirta — Black-Eyed Susan

  • Solidago rigida — Stiff Goldenrod

  • Penstemon hirsutus — Hairy Beardtongue

  • Solidago rugosa — Rough Goldenrod

  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium — Heart-Leaved Aster

  • Ceanothus americanus — New Jersey Tea

  • Filipendula rubra — Queen of the Prairie

  • Primula meadia (Dodecatheon meadia) — Shooting Star

  • Boltonia asteroides — False Aster

  • Euthamia graminifolia — Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

  • Pycnanthemum tenuifolium — Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

  • Hibiscus moscheutos — Rose Mallow

  • Sorghastrum nutans — Indian Grass

  • Andropogon gerardii — Big Bluestem

  • Allium cernuum — Nodding Onion

  • Fragaria virginiana — Wild Strawberry

  • Agastache nepetoides — Yellow Giant Hyssop

  • Lespedeza capitata — Round-Headed Bush Clover

  • Scirpus atrovirens — Dark Green Bulrush

  • Acorus americanus — Sweet Flag

  • Geum triflorum — Prairie Smoke

  • Eutrochium purpureum — Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

  • Ageratina altissima — White Snakeroot

  • Solidago nemoralis — Gray Goldenrod

  • Chelone glabra — White Turtlehead

  • Eutrochium maculatum — Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

  • Scutellaria incana — Hoary Skullcap

  • Monarda fistulosa — Wild Bergamot

  • Blephilia ciliata — Downy Wood Mint

  • Desmodium canadense — Showy Tick-Trefoil

  • Euphorbia corollata — Flowering Spurge

  • Dalea purpurea — Purple Prairie Clover

  • Anemone virginiana — Tall Thimbleweed

  • Micranthes pensylvanica — Swamp Saxifrage

  • Spiraea tomentosa — Steeplebush

  • Aralia racemosa — American Spikenard

  • Doellingeria umbellata — Flat-Topped Aster

  • Clematis virginiana — Virgin's Bower

  • Panicum virgatum — Switchgrass

  • Mimulus ringens — Allegheny Monkeyflower

  • Heliopsis helianthoides — False Sunflower