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What: Over 35 species of native wildflowers, sedges, and ferns!• All plants are sold as pints and cost $7-8
• Native plant gardeners available for consult at the event
• Plants will be available first come, first serve
• Please BYO box or other container to carry your plants home
When: Saturday June 22, 2024. 9am until plants sell out
Where: Southport Plaza along the Lakeview Low-Line (3410 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60657)
The plant sale will feature native flowers, sedges, and ferns that are suited to our local ecosystem and especially selected for their ability to support pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. There will be a flowering perennial, sedge, or fern to fit your landscape—whether it’s sunny, shady or in between.
Final plant list is subject to growers fulfillment availability.
* Indicates Fern
** Indicates Sedge / Grass
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor
Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium albidum
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis
Canadian Milkvetch Astragalus Canadensis
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
*Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
**Curly Wood Sedge Carex Rosea
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Jacob’s Ladder Polemonium reptans
*Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina
Lanceleaf (Sand) Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Large Yellow Indigo Baptisia sphaerocarpa
**Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Nodding Wild (Pink) Onion Allium cernuum
**Northern (Prairie) Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepsis
Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya
Prairie (Sullivant’s) Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Purple Milkweed Asclepias purpurascens
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea
Pussytoes Antennaria plantaginifolia
Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Woodland / Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata
Wild Garlic Allium canadense
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis
Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis
Proceeds to benefit the Southport Neighbors Association’s Native Corner Plot Initiative
Proud recipient of the SSA#27 Community Events & Placemaking Grant. This sale aims to empower the Lakeview community to transform our neighborhood with thriving native flora.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
3410 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657-1420, United States
