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Plants provide sources of nectar, pollen, and seeds for both insects and birds. Not only will these flowers create an attractive garden, but they help pollinators such as hummingbirds, butterflies, and honeybees. When plants are native, they often require less maintenance and watering, reduce the use of pesticides and lawn fertilizers, and improve air and water quality. Plus, your purchase supports Friends of Reinstein Woods!
See our selection of flowers and grasses below. Please Note: Only select species are wild-seed natives (Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Big Bluestem Grass, and Wild Bergamot). All other varieties are species that come from nursery stock.
Thank you for the amazing month of pre-orders! We sold over 900 plants!
How to Pick Up:
You will receive a reminder email or phone call to let you know that your plants are ready, and to instruct you on how to get to the garage to pick them up.
Pick up your order at Reinstein Woods:
- Saturday, May 30, from 10 AM to 1 PM
- Monday, June 1, from 2 PM to 6 PM
For questions or to request an order form, call (716) 683-5959.
2026 Plants
Wild Columbine
(Aquilegia canadensis)
Description: Bell-like red flowers
Height: Up to 3 feet
Blooms: Early spring – early summer
Sun Requirements: Shade or part-shade
Soil Requirements: Dry to moist soils
Wildlife Value: Attracts insects, hummingbirds and butterflies
Virginia Anemone
(Anemone virginiana)
Description: Also known as Tall Thimbleweed, 5-petaled flowers arise on erect stems above bright green leaves.
Height: 1 – 2 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Part to full shade
Soil Requirements: Average to dry
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Blue Flag Iris
(Iris versicolor)
Description: Lovely lavender-blue flowers. Leaves are sword-like.
Height: About 1-2 feet
Blooms: Late spring into early summer
Sun Requirements: Full to part sun
Soil Requirements: Moist/wet
Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds
Black Cohosh
(Actaea racemosa)
Description: White candle-like flowers that practically glow!
Height: 3 – 6 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Part to full shade
Soil Requirements: average
Wildlife Value: Butterflies and beneficial insects
Virginia Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Description: Square-stemmed plant topped with flat clusters of tiny flowers in white, sometimes spotted with purple. All parts of the plant smell like mint when crushed, and the leaves can be used as a substitute for other mints.
Height: 1 – 3 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Sun to part shade
Soil Requirements: Moist soils
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees and butterflies.
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
(Eutrochium purpureum)
Description: Dusty rose-colored flowers, magnets for dozens of species of butterflies
Height: 3 – 6 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Part sun to shade
Soil Requirements: Moist/wet to average
Wildlife Value: Butterflies and bees
Common Milkweed
(Asclepias syriaca)*
6" pot
Description: Fragrant pale pink-purple flower clusters.
Height: About 4 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun requirements: Full sun
Soil requirements: Moist/wet to average
Wildlife Value: Butterflies, pollinating insects, host plant for Monarch butterflies
*Grown from Seed Collected in Western New York
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
(Arisaema triphyllum)
Description: A woodland plant that has unique flowers that turn into green berries in the summer and ripen to a bright red in the fall.
Height: Up to 1.5 feet
Blooms: Spring
Sun requirements: Part sun to full shade
Soil requirements: Average
Wildlife Value: Birds, pollinating insects
Butterfly Weed
(Asclepias tuberosa)*
6" pot
Description: Long-lasting, bright orange flower clusters with dark green leaves
Height: 1 – 3 feet
Blooms: Mid summer
Sun requirements: Full sun
Soil requirements: Dry to Average
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies, pollinating insects; host plant for Monarch butterflies
*Grown from Seed Collected in Western New York
Smooth Aster
(Symphyotrichum laevis)
Description: Hardy fall flowering plant with light blue flowers
Height: 2-3 feet
Blooms: Fall
Sun requirements: Full sun to Part Sun
Soil requirements: Average
Wildlife Value: Butterflies, bees
Golden Groundsel
(Packera aurea)
Description: Heart-shaped basal leaves with lobed stem leaves are dark green. Great ground cover!
Height: 1 foot
Blooms: Late spring – early summer
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Soil Requirements: Moist
Wildlife Value: Bees
Red Cardinal Flower
(Lobelia cardinalis)
Description: Bright red, elongated clusters of tubular flowers
Height: 2 – 4 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Full to part sun
Soil Requirements: Moist to wet
Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.
Oxeye Sunflower
(Heliopsis helianthoides)
Description: Tall plant with large yellow daisy-like flowers.
Height: About 4 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun requirements: Full sun to part shade
Soil requirements: Average to dry
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees and butterflies.
Black-eyed Susan
(Solidago fuglida)
Description: Great beginner plant. Cherry yellow petals surrounding a dark center.
Height: about 2 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Soil Requirements: Average to dry
Wildlife Value: Attracts birds, bees, and butterflies.
Monkey Flower
(Mimulus ringens)
Description: Small lavender flowers resemble a monkey’s face.
Height: Up to 2 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Full to part sun
Soil Requirements: Moist/wet
Wildlife Value: Bees and hummingbirds
Wild Bergamot
(Monarda fistulosa)*
6" pot
Description: pink/lavender flowers that are pollinator magnets!
Height: About 3 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Full sun to part shade
Soil Requirements: Dry to moist, well drained
Wildlife Value: Attracts birds, hummingbirds, and butterflies
*Grown from Seed Collected in Western New York
Swamp Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata)*
6" pot
Description: Vibrant white and magenta flower clusters; subtle vanilla fragrance
Height: 3 – 5 feet
Blooms: Summer
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Soil Requirements: Moist/wet to average
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinating insects; host plant for Monarch butterflies
*Grown from Seed Collected in Western New York
Blue Eyed Grass
(Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Description: Small star-shaped flowers with soft blue petals and yellow centers on long, narrow leaves
Height: Up to 1 foot
Blooms: Late spring to early summer
Sun requirements: Full sun to part sun
Soil requirements: Moist/wet to Average
Wildlife Value: Bees
Big Bluestem Grass
(Andropogon gerardii)*
6" pot
Description: Upright bunch of blue/gray/green grass blades
Height: 4-10 feet
Sun Requirements: Full sun to part sun
Soil Requirements: Well-drained soil
Wildlife Value: Attracts birds
*Grown from Seed Collected in Western New York
*Our growers propagate and grow plants native to the Northeastern U.S. Plants listed with an * are native to Northeastern U.S., while the rest are native to New York State. Not all are native to WNY. To find out about plants native to where you live, we recommend the New York Flora Atlas or Bonap.
