When: Saturday, June 13 2026. 9am until plants sell out!

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

What: Over 35 species of native wildflowers, grasses, and sedges!

• All plants are sold as PLUGS (2.5″ x 3.5″ deep pots) and cost $6
• Native plant gardeners available for consult at the event
• Plants will be available first come, first serve
• Please bring a box or other container to carry your plants home
• Accepted forms of payment: cash & credit/debit card

The plant sale will feature native flowers, grasses, 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 grass to fit your landscape—whether it’s sunny, shady or in between.

All plants are $6 each.

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

** Plants grown by Agrecol. Final plant list is subject to growers fulfillment availability.

Full Sun – Plants require 6 or more hours of sun during the growing season
Partial – Plants need 3-6 hours of direct sun
Shade – Plants require less than 3 hours of sunlight

* Indicates Grass/Sedge

Full Sun or Part Sun:

Short (1-2 ft)

Black Eyed Susan Rudbecki hirta
Bradbury’s Monarda Monarda bradburiana
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Mist Flower Eupatorium coelestinum
Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum
Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa
* Purple Love Grass Eragrostis spectabilis
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea
Wild Petunia Ruelia humilis

Medium Height (3-4 ft)

Anise (Lavender) Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia austalis
Canadian Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Foxglove Beardtongue (Smooth Penstemon) Penstemon digitalis
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitca
Lanceleaf (Sand) Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Large-Flowered Beardtonge Penstemon grandiflorus
* Little Bluestem Schizachyrium socparium
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
* Prairie (Northern) Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera
Sullivans (Prairie) Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa

​Tall (5+ ft in optimal conditions)

* Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
New England Aster Aster novae-angliae
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
Royal Catchfly Silene regia

Full Shade or Part Shade:

Short (1-2 ft)

Big-leaved Aster Eurybia macrophylla
* Common Burr sedge Carex grayi
Jacobs Ladder Polemonium reptans
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

Medium Height (3-4 ft)

Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Solidago caesia
* Bottlebrush Grass Hystrix patula
* Common Fox (Awl-fruited) Sedge Carex stipata
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea

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.