NPPY Availability

Native Plant Pickup Yard™ at KMS Native Plants

Located at 104 Main Avenue, Lake Grove, NY 11755

It is a red house in a residential area.

NPPY is on the north side of the house through the arbor (look for the yellow garden cart).

Parking: If there is room in the driveway, please park there or you may park on the front 'lawn'. Please do not block the neighbors’ driveways or mailboxes.

Open to the public for browsing and purchase during regular business hours.

KMS Native Plants will be closed on rainy days!

If you have a pickup scheduled, you may still do so,

just let me know when you will be arriving

Closures will be announced on the website, Instagram, and Facebook

Autumn Hours: September 4 - December 15

Friday - Saturday: 11:00 - 4:00 pm

Sunday: 11:00 pm - 4:00 pm

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: CLOSED

Questions? Please email Kimberly at kmsnativeplants@gmail.com

Available for lectures and workshops, please email Kimberly

for the lecture and workshop list.

Pleased Note: some plants may be listed as resistant to

deer and rabbits. This is not always true as they still may browse or eat it, especially when the pressure is high.

GREEN PRINT IS NATIVE TO LONG ISLAND

SHRUBS AND TREES

Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac (3) KEYSTONE

LI ecotype grown by Tyska Natives

yellow green flowers May-Jun followed by bright red fruit on female plants (not sexed in the trade), 10-20', S-PS-Sh, dry, clay, yellow dye can be made from the roots, fall color, rabbit, black walnut, pollinators, host plant to Hairstreak butterfly, Northeastern US

1 Gallon @ $35.00 each

Rubus flagellaris - Northern Dewberry (8) KEYSTONE

White flowers in spring followed by black edible fruit, 15’, S-PS, may be used as a groundcover or trellised, fruiting stems rise from the trailing stem - produce fruit in the second year and then die down, stems have prickles, nectar source, pollinators, birds eat the berries, fast-growing

1 Quart @ $18.00 each

Salix humilis - Prairie Willow (1)

1 Gallon @ $25.00 each

Viburnum acerifolium - Mapleleaf Viburnum (3) KEYSTONE

LI ecotype grown by Tyska Natives

white flowers Jun followed by bluish black fruit in late summer, 36-72", PS-Sh, dry-moist-acidic, great fall color, birds eat berries, dense suckering habit which is great cover for birds, black walnut, pollinators, host plant to Spring Azure, Eastern North America These are very young and will need some TLC while they mature

1 Quart @ $25.00 each

PERENNIALS

Allium cernuum - Nodding Onion (6)

pink 'nodding' blooms July, 12-18", S-PS, self sows, great for pollinators, persistent foliage, clay, North America

1 Quart @ $15.00 each

Apocynum cannabinum - Dogbane aka Indian Hemp (2) KEYSTONE

Greenish-white flowers Jun-Jul, 2-4’, S-PS, dry-average, great for erosion control due to its aggressive growth habit, great in a large meadow, not for residential gardens due to high toxicity level, deer, birds eat the seeds, great for pollinators, specialized bees, nectar source, host plant to clearwing moths, native to Northeastern US

1 Gallon @ $16.00 each

Boltonia asteroides - False Aster (9)

Grown by Tyska Native Plants

abundant white flowers Aug-Oct, 36-60", average-wet, S-PS, great for pollinators, great rain garden plant, drought, clay, deer, North American

1 Quart @ $15.00 each

Eurybia divaricata - White Wood Aster (8) KEYSTONE

masses of white/pink flowers Sep-Oct, 24-36", moist-dry-adaptable, PS-Sh, drought, great in a planter, host plant to Pearl Crescent and Checkerspot, Eastern North America

1 Quart @ $15.00 each

Eutrochium fistulosum - Hollow Joe Pye Weed (3)

LI ecotype grown by LINPI

pinkish lavender flowers Aug-Sep, 5-8', deer, moist, good cut and dried flower, pollinators, birds eat seeds, host plant to Clymene Moth, Eastern North America

1 Quart @ $15.00 each

Opuntia humifusa - Eastern Prickly Pear (5)

LI ecotype grown from seed by Tyska Natives

yellow flowers Jun followed by red fruit, 4-12", S, dry-sandy, edible, great in a planter, deer, pollinators, Eastern US

1 Quart @ $16.00 each

Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet Coneflower (2)

Fragrant large flowers Jul-Oct, 3-5’, S-PS, average-well drained, drought, clay, deadhead to promote more flowers, rain garden, pollinators, birds eat the seeds, native to Central US

1 Quart @ $15.00 each

Salvia azurea - Blue Sage (5)

Grown from seed by Tyska Natives

Sky blue flowers in summer-fall, 3-5’ (can be pruned in late spring to keep it shorter), S-PS, sandy-shallow soil, drought, deer resistant!, native bees nest in the hollow stems, nectar source, pollinators, hummingbirds, Central US

1 Quart @ $16.00 each

Symphyotrichum cordifolium - Blue Wood Aster (16) KEYSTONE

LI ecotype grown from seed by Tyska Native Plants

pale lavender flowers Aug-Oct, 24-36", moist-adaptable, S-PS, pollinators, great in a planter, host plant to Silvery Checkerspot, Pearl Crescent and several species of moths, Northeast

1 Quart @ $16.00 each

Symphyotrichum laeve - Smooth Blue Aster (3) KEYSTONE

LI ecotype grown from seed by LINPI

violet flowers Sep-Oct, 36-48", dry-average, drought, deer, pollinators, host plant to Pearl Crescent, Northeastern US

1 Quart @ $12.00 each

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - Calico Aster (4) KEYSTONE

LI ecotype grown from seed by Tyska Natives

blue violet flowers Sep-Oct, 36-48", dry-average, drought, deer, pollinators, host plant to Pearl Crescent, Northeastern US

1 Gallon @ $25.00 each

FERNS:

Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern (1 or 7)

3” LI ecotype grown by KMSNP

1 Gallon LI ecotype grown by Tyska Natives

light green fronds, 12-36", PS-Sh, moist-wet-rich, does not tolerate drought, spreads to form a colony, shelter for toads and salamanders, Eastern North America

3” Pot @ $9.00 each or 1 Gallon @ $20.00

GRASS, RUSH & SEDGES:

Carex crinita - Common Fringed Sedge (5)

bloom' pendant spikelets May, 2-4', S-Sh, moist-wet, blue green foliage, erosion, great for wetland restoration and rain gardens, deer, host plant to skippers, moths, birds eat the seeds, Eastern US

1 Quart @ $18.00 each

Carex muskingumensis - Palm Sedge (13)

‘Flower’ July, 2-3’, Sh-PS, moist-wet, drought and clay tolerant, deer, groundcover, nice yellow fall color, host plant, Central and Midwest US - named after the Muskingum River in OH

4” Pot @ $12.00 each

Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass (1)

LI ecotype grown by Tyska Natives

blue green foliage, 3-6', Jul, S-PS, black walnut, dry-moist-adaptable, great in a planter, yellow fall color, wind pollinated, host plant to several Skippers and Common Wood-Nymph, North America

1 Quart @ $12.00 each

Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ - Switchgrass Cultivar (1)

pink panicles in Aug-Oct, 48-60", S, metallic blue foliage, great fall color, great fresh cut or dried flower, black walnut, salt, deer, birds eat seeds

2 Gallon @ $28.00 each

Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ - Red Switchgrass Cultivar (1)

green/burgundy foliage, 3-4', Jul, adaptable, S-PS, black walnut, great fall color, great in a planter, host plant to several Skippers and Common Wood-Nymph, cultivar of our North American species

2 Gallon @ $28.00 each

Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem (1)

1 Quart @ $12.00 each

Sporobolus heterolepis - Northern Dropseed (2)

fine clumps 15" and 2'-3' with fragrant 'bloom' Jul-Aug, S, dry-medium-well drained, nice fall color, black walnut, deer, slow growing and slow to establish, nesting material for native bees, North America

1 Gallon @ $25.00 each

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