When: Saturday, June 28 2025. 9am until plants sell out!

Where: Southport Plaza along the Lakeview Low-Line (3410 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60657)

What: Over 25 species of native wildflowers, plus fern and sedges!

• All plants are sold as pints and cost $7-8
• Native plant gardeners available for consult at the event
• Plants will be available first come, first serve
• We will have some plant trays available but, please consider bringing a box or other container to carry your plants home

The plant sale will feature native flowers, fern, and sedges that are suited to our local ecosystem and especially selected for their ability to support pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. This sale aims to empower the Lakeview community to transform our neighborhood with thriving native flora. There will be a flowering perennial, sedge, or fern to fit your landscape—whether it’s sunny, shady or in between.

Please click here to view full details on the plants that will be available, and learn about their attributes.

Plant availability is subject to change.

• Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum $7
• Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta $7
• Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa $7
• Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis $7.5
• Canadian Milkvetch Astracalus canadensis $7
• Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis $7
• Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides $8
• Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis $7
• Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea $7
• Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica $7
• Lanceleaf (Sand) Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata $7
• Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium $7
• Missouri Evening Primrose Oenothera Macrocarpa $7
• New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae $7
• Prairie (Northern) Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepsis $7
• Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya $7
• Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea $7
• Purple Milkweed Asclepias purpurascens $7.5
• Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea $7
• Pussytoes Antennaria Plantaginifolia $7.5
• Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera $7
• Royal Catchfly Silene Regia $8
• Spotted Bee Balm Monarda Punctata $7
• Sullivant’s Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii $7
• Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa $7
• Woodland / Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata $8
• Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis $7
• Wild Quinine Parthenium Integrifolium $7
• Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis $7

Do you still have questions? Need a plant recommendation? Send us an email events@southportneighbors.com

Proceeds to benefit the Southport Neighbors Association’s Native Corner Plot Initiative.

Proud recipient of the SSA#27 Community Events & Placemaking Grant.  This sale aims to empower the Lakeview community to transform our neighborhood with thriving native flora.