Spring is here, and that means gardeners are getting ready for one of the most exciting parts of the season: plant shopping. In this episode, Hanna and Sarah talk about a situation every gardener eventually faces—you arrive at the nursery with your carefully planned list, only to discover your must-have plant is sold out.
Whether you're shopping at a local nursery or preparing for Spring Affair, this episode shares practical tips to help you stay flexible, make good substitutions, and still leave with plants that will thrive in your garden.
Plants Mentioned:
Agastache spp. — Hyssop / hummingbird mint
Allium spp. — Ornamental onion
Allium ‘Millenium’ — Millennium ornamental onion
Amsonia spp. — Bluestar
Aquilegia spp. — Columbine
Asclepias tuberosa — Butterfly milkweed
Baptisia spp. — False indigo
Baptisia australis — Blue false indigo
Baptisia minor — Dwarf false indigo
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ — Jack Frost brunnera
Calamagrostis spp. — Feather reed grass
Campanula spp. — Bellflower
Carex spp. — Sedges
Carex brevior — Plains oval sedge
Carex pensylvanica — Pennsylvania sedge
Ceanothus americanus — New Jersey tea
Caryopteris spp. — Blue mist spirea
Coreopsis spp. — Tickseed
Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Northern Lights’ — Northern Lights tufted hairgrass
Echinacea spp. — Coneflower
Geranium spp. — Hardy geranium
Heliopsis spp. — False sunflower
Liatris spp. — Blazing star
Linum perenne — Blue flax
Miscanthus spp. — Maiden grass
Monarda spp. — Bee balm (mentioned briefly in pollinator context)
Panicum virgatum — Switchgrass
Penstemon spp. — Beardtongue
Phlox subulata — Creeping phlox
Pulsatilla patens — Pasque flower
Ratibida spp. — Prairie coneflower
Rudbeckia spp. — Black-eyed Susan
Salvia spp. — Garden sage
Veronica spp. — Speedwell
Veronicastrum virginicum — Culver’s root
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