Ray’s Native Plants
Located in Chapel Hill, NC, I focus on growing plants native to North Carolina and the SE USA from seed.
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I plan to hold another open weekend sometime in the next few weeks.
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See my updated inventory at: https://sites.google.com/view/rayshillito/native-plant-inventory
Pollinator Garden Favorites:
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe)
Scarlet Rose Mallow (Hibiscus coccineus) - 3ft tall!
Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
Get ready for Spring with....
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Two-flowered Cynthia (Krigia biflora)
Bradbury’s Monarda (Monarda bradburiana)
Small numbers left of the following:
Ditch Stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides) - 2 left
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) - a few left
Grasses and Sedges:
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) widely used iconic grass - few left
Stout Wood Reed (Cinna arundinacea) for shade - 2 left
Side-oats Gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula) 4 left
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) - plenty of these, including plugs
Coming soon!
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
Bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)
Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)
Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
Registered Nursery NC#9371
Sneezeweed, Hibiscus etc in the Pollinator garden
I have spring flowers! Columbine, Penstemons, Bradbury's Monarda and Two-flowered Cynthia.
Plant them NOW so that they are ready to flower for the pollinators in the spring.
Scarlet Rose Mallow (Hibiscus coccineus)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)
Planting Plants Native to NC provides value to pollinators (like bees, butterflies, flies, dragonflies, native predatory and pollinating wasps, and even midges and beetles), and also to birds and other wildlife. I have seen a range of native bumblebees, carpenter bees, sweat bees, and solitary bees, as well as Monarch and other butterflies on my native plants. Those butterflies need native plants on which to lay eggs that develop into the next generation of butterflies. Leaving the stems in place during the winter provides places for bees and other insects to overwinter.
Having a wide range of native plants in your garden/yard means that pests are less likely to be around. I have had no issue with pests and don't have to use use insecticides at all. There is damage to plants by caterpillars, as that is the purpose of Native plants, but it has never yet reached epidemic proportions. Even if you grow vegetables, having locally adapted plants will encourage pest control and attract pollinators to maximize your yield.
We are located on the East edge of Chapel Hill convenient for Durham, Hillsborough, Pittsboro, Mebane, Burlington, Orange, Alamance and Chatham counties, and the rest of Research Triangle Park (RTP) including Raleigh, Apex and Cary.
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