Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery

05/05/2026

Geeking out today over the newest find on our property. How have I walked past this one for years and not realized what I have??? Amelanchier arborea right next to our path!

05/04/2026

Big things coming! Clearing for the new nursery location has begun. Good-bye privet and wisteria, hello sunshine and open spaces😀. We can’t wait to see the space and start planning our growing area!

10/01/2025

I love seeing these lovely friends in the nursery! Stagmomantis carolina or Carolina mantis is a definite beneficial native insect for our Southern US gardens. Fingers crossed this baby has left me an ootheca somewhere so more of her kind will roam next summer😀

04/10/2025

The Midlands Plant and Flower Festival is underway at the State Farmers Market in Columbia! The weather is great for planting so come visit us 8 to 6 today through Saturday or 10 to 4 Sunday.

10/26/2024

So excited to be here at the Gainesville Farmers Market for the day! We missed the Hall County Master Gardeners Fall Expo so it is great to see some of our regulars out today. We will be here until 4:00.

10/08/2022

It’s that time of year again! Come visit us today and tomorrow at the State Farmers Market in Columbia!

09/23/2022

Even when we are out at events the pollinators find and love our natives!

07/07/2022

Come join me this evening at the Main Library in Anderson!

The Anderson County Library System is dedicated to providing access to information of all types and facilities for education, recreation, and personal development to the County’s residents.

06/28/2022

Tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, has been spreading invasively throughout Central and South Florida for many years, disrupting native ecosystems and harboring excessive amounts of the OE parasite that is burdening Monarch butterfly populations. Recent studies have also shown that its presence in North Florida and further north interferes with successful monarch migration - trapping this tropical species in areas susceptible to freezes.

With the mounting evidence of the detrimental effects of tropical milkweed, many organizations involved in monarch conservation, such as the Xerces Society and Monarch Joint Venture, have begun recommending against planting non-native milkweed - even going so far as to recommend NO milkweed if native species are not available.

Though supplies are limited of native species, we would recommend that it is better to be without milkweed than to buy or sell tropical milkweed. Likewise, if you have it in your yard or notice it in natural areas - please consider removing it. While it may feed our monarchs in the short term, it is harmful to the species as a whole in the long term.

Read about the problems with Topical milkweed, native milkweed species that could be planted instead, and where to find them in our new blog post by FNPS Director of North Florida Programs, Lilly Anderson-Messec

PLEASE READ THE BLOG ARTICLE;
http://fnpsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/tropical-milkweed-is-harmful-to.html?m=1

06/22/2022

We think pollenators are the bee's knees and we hope you do to! Come visit us this week and mention this post for $5.00 off your purchas...