Native Plant Suppliers
Native plant suppliers to explore
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Three steps before you order anything
You don't need to read every supplier below. These three steps help you end up with a source and a plant list that fits your site.
1. Find out what's native where you are
Start with your zip code on the Find Native Plants page. That gives you an ecoregion plant list before you spend a dollar.
2. Explore a supplier from your region below
If a regional specialist covers your state, their seed is often grown closer to your conditions. If none fits, try one of the three national suppliers.
3. Confirm the species with a second source
Before ordering, check the species against one other list (your state native plant society or a Rhizome plant list). Catalogs sometimes stretch the word 'native'.
Seeds or plants?
Seed is cheaper. Plants are easier to time.
Seeds
Far cheaper per plant, easy to order, and easy to split across a whole club. The trade-off is timing: most native seed needs a cold, moist period before it will sprout, so you're usually sowing in late fall or winter-sowing in jugs and waiting.
Best for: large areas, tight budgets, classroom experiments.
Small plants & plugs
Harder to get — good native plants sell out, and shipping live plants costs more. But they can go in the ground in almost any season, they look like a garden immediately, and a club can plant them in a single workday.
Best for: visible school beds, short project timelines, planting events.
Explore suppliers
Pick your region, then explore
Regional specialists often sell seed grown closer to your conditions, which can survive better. If nothing here covers your state, the three national suppliers ship everywhere — and you can always find your own.
Prairie Moon Nursery
Midwest, ships nationally
Good starting point if you're new or teaching
Educational seed packets, detailed origin data, and germination instructions for 700+ species. Useful for classroom experiments and small projects.
Ernst Conservation Seeds
East Coast, ships nationally
Big plantings (a field edge, a retention basin)
Bulk restoration mixes, often with a one-pound minimum — too much for a pocket garden, but a possible fit for a meadow or school grounds project.
Roundstone Native Seed
Southeast, ships nationally
Regional ecotype mixes for the East and South
A source of regional ecotype mixes for the East and South, working with USDA conservation standards and pure live seed mixes.
Garden for Wildlife
Ships nationally
A trusted source recommended by the National Wildlife Federation
NWF's own native plant marketplace offering regionally appropriate native plants, seeds, and gardening supplies.
Wild Seed Project
Maine & New England
Clubs that want to collect and grow their own seed
A non-profit focused on teaching people how to wild-collect, sow, and grow native seed in New England. Close to the Rhizome club model.
Toadshade Wildflower Farm
New Jersey & Mid-Atlantic
Small, local pocket gardens
Localized native perennial seed in small quantities — a possible fit when a student team is planting one bed rather than a field.
Native Plants DMV
Washington DC, Maryland & Virginia
A regional native plant nursery recommended by the EcoRestoration Alliance
A regional native plant nursery serving the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia area, recommended by the EcoRestoration Alliance.
Native American Seed
Texas & the Deep South
Texas and hot, dry southern sites
A long-running source for Texas and the Southwest, with climate-resilient regional mixes and educational materials.
Mellow Marsh Farm
North Carolina & Southeast Piedmont
Wet spots, rain gardens, and pollinator meadows
Wetland, pollinator, and meadow mixes tuned to the Southeast Piedmont — useful when a site stays soggy.
Minnesota Native Landscapes (MNL)
Upper Midwest
Northern climates and first-time club plantings
Sells structured kits that can make a planting manageable for a teacher and a group of students who have never done this before.
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery
Central Midwest
Local genotypes in the lower Midwest
Involved in community outreach and known for localized genotypes — plants grown from seed collected nearby.
Northwest Meadowscapes
Washington, Oregon, N. California
Pacific Northwest wildflower and grass seed
Native wildflower and grass seed sourced for the Pacific Northwest, rather than generic 'wildflower mix' seed that may not be local.
Native Seeds/SEARCH
Arizona & the arid Southwest
Desert schools and food/ecology history projects
A non-profit seed bank conserving arid-adapted crops and their wild relatives — a fit for desert-region classes connecting agriculture, culture, and ecology.
Local seed, planted by local students, is the whole idea.
Buy as close to home as you can
Even closer to home
Local nurseries and native plant sales
Nothing beats buying from a grower an hour away. Rhizome members build a directory of recognized native nurseries — search yours by zip, and add one if it's missing.
A note on outside links
We don't run these businesses and we don't get anything for listing them. They're here as examples to explore. Always confirm species, origin, and availability before you order.