The opportunity to purchase plants through Wild Ones at significant discount is a membership benefit. If you are not yet a member but are planning to purchase some native plants this year, the savings may equal or exceed the cost of membership. Please feel free to contact me at carol_andrews@hotmail.com for more information on the plant order, a price list and becoming a member. You can join on-line at www.for-wild.org anytime.

Leaning Pine Native Plant Special Collections

Price List (wholesale price list for Wild Ones members.)

For photo's of the plants in the catalog, check out these links:
Wisconsin State Herbarium -- Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
Boundary Waters Natural History

THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN
If you have a relatively moist (not wet) to dry site that is well drained, you might consider installing a butterfly garden. Northern Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota are both home to more than 110 species of butterflies. In creating a butterfly garden it is important to provide habitat niches that not only attract butterflies to the garden, but feed and shelter them when they are caterpillars as well. By planting a butterfly garden you are involving yourself in a small but important way in the conservation of habitat for those everyday species we seldom consider. Most butterflies as adults, seek out colorful wildflowers for their nectar. Butterflies are especially attracted to purple, yellow, orange and red.  All the plants chosen for this area are heavy nectar producers to feed the butterflies that will flock to your garden. Other beneficial insects will also be attracted to your garden. These insects in turn will become a valuable food source for summer birds. It’s hard to imagine going wrong when you plant these attractive native wildflowers.   Some of our favorites are:  Wild Bergamot, Butterfly Weed, Anise Hyssop, Swamp Milkweed and Rough Blazing Star.

 

THE HUMMINGBIRD GARDEN
Many of the same species that attract butterflies will attract hummingbirds. However, the species chosen for this garden are heavy on the reds and oranges. Hummingbirds have great memories and must learn which plants are good food sources for them. These plants will be etched in your hummingbird’s minds and they will come back day after day to drink the nectar you provide.  Some of our favorites are: Wild Columbine, Fireweed, and Cardinal Flower.

 

THE RAIN GARDEN/WET  MEADOW
A rain garden is a collection of native wildflowers, grasses and sedges that slow down run-off from roof-tops, driveways and parking areas. The rain gardens are situated to collect this rainwater and allow it to soak into the ground. Holding back run-off helps reduce pollutants, such as fertilizers and pesticides from washing off yards. These gardens will also reduce the chance for flooding during heavy downpours. The plants selected for these gardens must be able to tolerate areas that are poorly drained and can tolerate periods of  both water inundation and drought.   Many of these same plants , will thrive  in year-round moist-wet areas, as well as along lakeshores and stream banks.    Some of our favorites for these wet meadow gardens are:  Swamp  Milkweed, Joe Pye weed, Turk’s Cap Lily, New England Aster, Culver’s Root and Blue Vervain.

 

THE WOODLAND SHADE GARDEN
Do you have pine trees with heavy shade or partial shade? These plants will thrive in the shade but may “burn-out” in the sun. Considering that we live in the Great Lakes Northern Pine Forest that becomes more mixed with hardwoods as we geographically move south, the woodland groundcovers, ferns, and grasses are all adapted to thrive in shady locations with acidic soils. If you have an urban lawn that has been treated with lime for years to grow grass, you may need to consider amending the soil to create more acid conditions.   Plant selection will highly depend on the amount of shade, type of forest, soil moisture and pH.  We can help you identify whether you have a rich organic mixed hardwood forest, to a barren pine forest, to a boreal forest or a low-lying bog forest.  Some of our favorites that bridge most of these habitats are:  Canada bunchberry, Canada anemone, Red Baneberry, Wild Columbine and Harebell.

NATIVE GRASSES
Grasses cover 1/3 of the earth’s surface and ½ of the area of the United States. They occupy a significant ecological niche in forests, wetlands and prairies by providing food, cover and habitat. Grasses are an excellent landscape choice for poor soils, steep banks and eroded sites. Stems and leaves above ground are only a fraction of the plant. More than 2/3rd’s of the plant consists of a branched root system that conserves water and stabilizes erodable sites.    Native grasses are excellent for erosion control, providing contrast planted with wildflowers, and provide fascinating patterns of lines, colors and shapes as they are blown by late summer breezes and fall winds.   Some of our favorites are:  Big Blue Stem, Little Blue Stem, Indian Grass and Canada Wild Rye.

AQUATIC PLANTS
Leaning Pine only offers emergent shoreland aquatic plants. It is these plants that create a natural bridge for 90% of the creatures of a lakeshore. Sedge meadows become favorite spawning grounds for bass and sunfish. Mammals and birds construct their nests from the shoreline grasses, sedges and rushes.  Muskrats and ducks favor the tubers of Arrowhead.  These plants must be in water at least 1”  in depth and not greater than 12” to thrive.   Our favorites are;  Bottlebrush Sedge, Wild Blue Flag Iris, Arrowhead and Wild Calla.

Leaning Pine Native Landscapes       3130 S. Camp Amnicon Rd       South Range, Wisconsin 54874
715-398-5453       www.restoreshore.com