MONARCH GARDENER NURSERY INVENTORY

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1	UPDATE 7/20/26. 70+ SPECIES AVAILABLE. FINAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY to shop before we close for August. Reopening Sept. 11.
2	Check column A for species progress. Green highlighting for what will be on sale Friday/Saturday will be complete by 9 PM Thursday.
3	LOCATION: The nursery is located at Nutter Farm, 180 Ipswich Road, Topsfield, MA. Open Fridays and Saturdays 10AM-3PM May-July and September, info is on my main page of website.
4	PAYMENT: Payment can be made by cash, Venmo, credit card via Square or Apple Pay, or personal check.
5	PLANT INFO/PHOTOS: Click on any common name for a link to an info page with photo and native range by county. Plants are all native to the Northeastern US. Click here for a guide to the information.
6		Plants are 'beyond organic'. Nothing is used on them but organic Coast of Maine potting soil, rainwater and sunshine.
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8	For more info please visit: http://www.themonarchgardener.com/
9	Key:	** = New for 2026!			LE= Local Ecotype
10	PERENNIALS:
11	SPECIES PROGRESS:	COMMON NAME	LATIN NAME	Light Requirement	Soil Type/ LE = Local Ecotype	D. Gegear's List	Stratifaction used	Number of Lepidoptera species hosts
12	LOTS	Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	Sun, Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE		None needed	19
13	Planted 6/15	Bugbane/black cohosh	Actaea racemosa	Shade, dappled shade	moist-Medium		C60-W60-C60	3	Key: Stratification numbers are a miniumum, longer is usually better
14	2 left	Anise/lavender hyssop	Agastache foeniculum	Sun, Part Sun	Dry-Medium		C30	1	C30 = 30 days in cold stratification
15	May	Yellow Giant hyssop	Agastache nepetoides	Sun to Part Sun	Med/Dry - Med/Wet		C60	1	C60= 60 days cold stratification
16	2 left	Purple Giant hyssop	Agastache scrophulariifolia	Sun to Part Sun	Med/Dry - Med/Wet	X	C60	1	C90= 90 days cold stratification
17	Early to Mid July	White snakeroot	Ageratina altissima	Sun to Shade	Medium-Wet. LE		C30	4	C60-W60-C60 = cold to warm to cold
18	July	Eastern Bluestar	Amsonia tabernaemontana	Part Sun	Medium-Wet		C30	1+	light = needs light to germinate
19	July	Pearly everlasting	Anaphalis margaritacea	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		C30	8
20	2 year old plants	Canada anemone	Anemone canadensis	Part Sun-Part Shade	Medium		C60-W60-C60	2
21	July	Tall anemone	Anemone virginiana	Part Sun-Part Shade	Dry-Medium LE		C60	2
22	VERY limited, more in September	Plantain pussytoes	Antennaria plantaginifolia	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE		C60	5	PLANTS AVAILABLE
23	Late July	Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Sun to Shade	Dry-Medium		C60	10	July 24th/25th WILL
24	July	American spikenard	Aralia racemosa	Shade to part shade	Medium/Wet- Medium		C60	3	HAVE THEIR ENTIRE ROW
25	Not available in 2026	Jack-in-the-pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum	Part Sun to Shade	Moist-Medium		None needed	1	HIGHLIGHTED IN LIME
26	Possibly late July, definitely Sept.	Goatsbeard	Aruncus dioicus	Full Sun- Dappled Shade	Medium-Wet		C60	1	GREEN BY 9PM July 23rd
27	Not available in 2026	Wild ginger	Asarum canadense	Shade	Medium		C60-W60-C60	2
28	LOTS	Poke milkweed	Asclepias exaltata	Shade to Dappled shade	Dry-Medium	X	C30	12
29	LOTS	Swamp milkweed 1st and 2nd year	Asclepias incarnata ssp. Pulchra	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet. LE	X	C30	12
30	LOTS	Common milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE	X	C30	12
31	July	Butterflyweed -	Asclepias tuberosa	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium	X	C30	12
32	SOLD OUT	Whorled milkweed	Asclepias verticillata	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium	X	C30	12
33	VERY limited	False blue indigo	Baptisia australis	Sun to Part Sun	Moist-Medium		C10	16		All seedlings $5-$8
34	1st transplant	Yellow Wild Indigo	Baptisia tinctoria	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium LE	X	C10	16		All limited mature plants $7-$12
35	planted more seeds - sprouted!	Fireweed.	Chamerion angustifolium	Sun to Part Sun	Moist-Medium Maine ecotype	X	C60 -light	3
36	Possibly late July, definitely Sept.	White Turtlehead	Chelone glabra	Sun to Shade	Medium-Wet. LE	X	C120	4
37	More soon	Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet		C60	Unknown
38	July	Lance-leaf coreopsis	Coreopsis lanceolata	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		C60	3
39	Limited	Tall Larkspur	Delphinium exaltatum	Sun	Dry-Medium		C60	11
40	SOLD OUT	Showy Tick Trefoil very limited	Desmodium canadense	Sun to Part Sun	Med/Dry - Med/Wet	X	C60	3+
41	Very limited	Purple coneflower	Echinacea purpureum	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium-Wet		none needed	1+
42	Mid to late June	Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet. LE		C60	31
43	July	White Wood Aster	Eurybia divaricata	Sun to Shade	Dry-Medium LE		C60	10
44	VERY limited	Coastal Joe Pye	Eutrochium dubium	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet. LE	X	C30	31
45	Seeds in dry storage	Spotted Joe-pye weed	Eutrochium maculatum	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet. LE	X	C30	31
46	More soon	Sweet joe-pye-weed	Eutrochium purpureum	Shade to Dappled shade	Medium	X	C30	31
47	September	Rattlesnake master	Eryngium yuccifolium	Full sun	Med-wet to med-dry		C60	3
48	Maybe fall	Wild Strawberry	Fragaria virginiana	Sun to Shade	Dry-Medium		```	81
49	More germinating	Blanket flower	Galliardia sp.	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		none needed	2
50	September, still small!	Bottle gentian	Gentiana clausa	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet Maine ecotype	X	C60 -light	1
51	SOLD OUT	Wild Geranium limited	Geranium maculatum	Sun to Shade	Medium-Medium Wet	X	C60	27	very limited
52	More in late July	Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Medium Wet		C30	6
53	Late July	Ox-eye sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	Sun to Part Sun	Medium		C30	?
54	Not available in 2026	Swamp Rose Mallow - will be very limited	Hibiscus moscheutos	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-wet to wet LE		C60	24
55	SOLD OUT	Azure bluets/Quaker ladies	Houstonia caerulea	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium LE		NA	1+
56	SOLD OUT	Giant St. John's Wort	Hypericum ascyron	Sun to Part Sun	Medium to Wet LE		C60	22
57	Limited, more Sept.	Flax-leaved stiff aster		Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE		C60	10	**Most growers note none needed, but better results with C60+
58	September	Blue Flag Iris	Iris versicolor	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet. LE		C120	4
59	September	New England blazing star	Liatris novae-angliae	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium-Wet Maine ecotype	X	C60	3
60	LOTS	Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium-Wet		corms	3
61	planted more seeds	Scotch Lovage	Ligusticum scoticum L. ssp. scoticum	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE		C60	4
62	Limited, more Sept.	Great blue lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	Sun to Shade	Medium-Wet	X	C30-light	6
63	VERY limited	Cardinal flower	Lobelia cardinalis	Sun to Shade	Medium-Wet. LE		C30-light	6
64	Some flowering!	Seedbox	Ludwigia alternifolia	Sun	Medium-Wet		C60	4
65	September	Lupine - very hard to grow	Lupine perennis	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium	X	C10	28
66	2026	Canada mayflower	Maianthemum canadense	Part Sun to Shade	Dry-Medium. LE			3
67	New seed stratifying	Virginia Bluebells 2" starter pots	Mertensia virginica	Shade to Dappled shade	Medium-Medium Wet		C60	?	are tough to bring to sale, often goes dormant before May.
68	SOLD OUT	Monkeyflower	Mimulus ringens	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet LE	X	C60	5
69	Late July	Scarlet Beebalm	Monarda didyma	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet	X	C30-light	11	**Most growers note none needed, but better results with C30+
70	July	Wild bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium-Wet	X	C30-light	11
71	July	Spotted beebalm	Monarda punctata	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		C30-light	11	**Most growers note none needed, but better results with C30+
72	Maybe later in 2026	Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus	Opuntia Humifusa	Sun to Part Sun	Dry		none needed	4+	**Most growers note none needed, but better results with C30+
73	more soon	Golden Groundsel	Packera obovata	Sun to Part Shade	Dry to Medium		C60	1
74	Not available in 2026	Golden Ragwort**	Packera aurea	Sun to Shade	Wet to Medium		C60	1
75	LOTS	Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	Sun to Part Shade	Dry-Medium	X	C60	9
76	SOLD OUT	Hairy Beardtongue limited	Penstemon hirsutus	Sun to Part Shade	Medium	X	C60	9
77	4 in stock	Obedient plant	Physostegia virginiana	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet	X	C60	?
78	SOLD OUT	Jacob's ladder	Polemonium reptans	Part Sun to Shade	Medium		C60	1
79	July	Self-heal	Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata	Sun to Part Sun	Moist-Medium	X	C30	?
80	Mid to late July	Broad-leaved mountain mint	Pycnanthemum muticum	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		C30	4
81	Early to mid July	Slender mountain mint	Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium	X	none -light	4
82	June	Hairy Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum verticillatum	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		none -light	4
83	July	Black eyed susans	Rudbeckia hirta	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		none needed	15
84	Early to mid July	Cutleaf coneflower**	Rudbeckia laciniata	Sun to Shade	Medium-Medium Wet LE		C60	15
85	Early to mid July	Three-lobed coneflower	Rudbeckia triloba	Sun to Part Sun	Medium		C30	15
86	SOLD OUT	Wild Petunia	Ruellia humilis	Sun	Dry-Medium		C60	?
87	SOLD OUT	Canada burnet	Sanguisorba canadensis	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet. LE		C30	?
88	Limited, more Sept.	Early figwort	Scrophularia lanceolata	Sun to Shade	Dry-Medium-Wet. LE		C60	5
89	July	Blue Skull cap	Scutellaria lateriflora	Sun to Part Sun	Wet - Med/Wet LE	X	C60
90	June	Wild Senna	Senna hebecarpa	Sun to Part Sun	Medium-Wet		C10	3
91	Not available in 2026	Stout blue-eyed grass	Sisyrinchium angustifolium	Sun to Part Sun	Med-wet - Med-dry		C60	?
92	Possibly late July, definitely Sept.	Silverrod 2nd year	Solidago bicolor	Sun to Dappled Shade	Dry-Medium LE		C30	125
93	Seedlings and 2 year olds	Zig-zag goldenrod	Solidago flexicaulis	Shade to Part Shade	Dry-Medium-Wet. LE		C60	125
94	LATE MAY/EARLY JUNE	Blue-stemmed goldenrod 2nd year	Solidago caesia	Shade to Part Shade	Dry-Medium. LE		C30**	125	**Most growers note none needed, but better results with C30+
95	Late July	Early Goldenrod	Solidago juncea	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE	X	C60	125
96	Late July	Gray Goldenrod	Solidago nemoralis	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium. LE		C60	125
97	2 in stock	Sweet Goldenrod	Soldiago odora	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium	X	C60	125
98	Late July	Downy goldenrod	Solidago puberula	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium LE		C60	125
99	Late July	Stiff Goldenrod 2ND YEAR	Solidago rigidum	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium		C60	125
100	More soon	Rough-stemmed goldenrod 2ND YEAR	Solidago rugosa	Sun to Part Sun	Dry-Medium-Moist. LE	X	C60	125