When: Saturday July 15, 9am

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

What: Over 30 species of native wildflowers, sedges, and ferns!

• All plants are sold as pints and cost $6-7
• Native plant gardeners available for design consult at the event
• Plants will be available first come, first serve
• Please BYO box or other container to carry your plants home

The plant sale will feature native flowers, sedges, and ferns 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.

• Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
• Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
• Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor
• Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
• Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
• Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis
• Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides (FERN)
• Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum
• Early (False) (Ox Eye) Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
• Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
• Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
• Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
• Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium (SEDGE)
• Marginal Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis (FERN)
• Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
• New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
• Nodding Wild (Pink) Onion Allium cernuum
• Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya
• Prairie (Northern) Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepsis (SEDGE)
• Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
• Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea
• Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera
• Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
• (Smooth) Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum
• Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata
• Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
• Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis
• Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis
• Woodland (Wild) Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata
• Zigzag (Broad Leaf) Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis

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