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2021 Native Plant Sale Order Form Mecosta and Osceola-Lake Conservation District Date: Friday, June 4Th, 2021 Time: 12:00 P.M 2021 Native Plant Sale Order Form Mecosta and Osceola-Lake Conservation District Date: Friday, June 4th, 2021 Time: 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Ordering Deadline: Friday, May 11th, 2021 Where: The Reed City Depot 200 N. Chestnut St., Reed City Legend With this order form, you can order the specific plants you want. There Full Sun will be extras available on pick up day. These will be available on a first- Full Sun to Part Shade come first-served basis. Nursery Owners will be available on site to answer Part Shade to Shade Dry questions. Medium Moist Plants Provided by: Go Grow Natives, Michigan Woodland Wildflowers and Ferns, East Michigan Native Plants Common Name Scientific Name Sun Water Qtd Total Grasses / Carex: ($5.00 per plant, quart pot) Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Bottlebrush Grass * Hystrix patula Brown Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea Hop Sedge * Carex lupuliformis Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans Ivory Sedge * Carex eburnea June Grass Koeleria cristata Schizachyrium Little Bluestem scoparium Plaintain leaved sedge Carex plantaginea Sporobolus Prairie Dropseed * heterolepsis Purpletop Grass * Triodia flaya Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula Switch Grass Panicum virgatum Woodlands: ($8 per plant, quart pot) Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Celadine Poppy Stlophorum diphyllum Maianthemum False Solomon's Seal racemosum Jack-in-the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Jacob’s Ladder Polemonium reptans MI Lily Lilium michiganense Red Baneberry Actaea rubra Starry Solomon’s Seal Maianthemum stellatum Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum Wood Violet Viola palmata Zig Zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Ferns: ($5.00 per plant, quart pot) Bulblet Fern Cystopteris bulbifera Wildflowers / Shrubs : ($5.00 per plant, quart pot) Alleghany Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod Solidago caesia Black Elderberry * Sambucus canadensis Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Blue Wild Indigo * Baptisia australis Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Cardinal Flower * Lobelia cardinalis Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia bracteata Early Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides False Boneset Khunia eupatorioides False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Foxglove Beard Tongue Penstemon digitalis Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus Golden Alexander Zizia aurea Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Hairy Beard Tongue * Penstomon hirsutus Hibiscus/Rose Mallow Hibiscus laevis Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta Horsemint Monarda punctata Ironweed Vernonia missurica Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium maculatum Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Sand Tickseed) Coreopsis lanceolata Leadplant * Amorpha canescens Marsh Blazing Star Liatris spicata Pycnanthemum Mountain Mint verticillatum New England Aster Aster novae-angliae Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum Orange (Showy) Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida Prairie Alumroot Heuchera richardsonii Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata Silphium Prairie Dock terebinthinacoum Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum Pussytoes Antennaria plantaginifolia Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Riddell's Goldenrod Solidago riddellii Rosinweed Silphium integrifolium Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby St. Johnswort * Hypericum prolificum Symphyotrichum Sky Blue Aster oolentangiense Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Spikenard Aralia racemosa Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida Swamp/Rose Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Tall Bellflower Campanula americana Thimbleweed Anemonecylindrical Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis Wild Petunia Ruellia humills Wild Senna * Senna marilandica Woodland Sunflower * Helianthus divaricatus Yellow (Gray Headed) Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Garden Flats (nursery selected mix) $65 per 38 plug flats Flat type Soil Type/ Light Requirement Qtd Total Shade Garden Rain/shoreline Garden Butterfly/ Pollinator Garden Single Species flats (* not available in 38 plug flat) $55.00 per 38 plug flat Common Name Scientific Name Send check and completed order form to the Conservation District your property is located in. You may also place your order over the phone. Mecosta Conservation District- 18260 Northland Drive, Big Rapids, MI 49307 (989) 309-9229 or (231) 796-0909 x3 Osceola-Lake Conservation District- 138 W. Upton Ave. Ste. 2, Reed City, MI 49677 (231) 465-8012 Name: Subtotal Address: 6% tax City: State: Zip: Donation Phone: Total Email: Credit Card #: We accept Visa, Exp Date: MasterCard, Discover CVC (3 digits on the back): .
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