The Merry Prairie

The Merry Prairie Prairie plants, seed, and installations. Metal work. Located in Champaign, IL.

BLAZING STARSLook what $5 gets you! These things are MASSIVE. This trio of Liatris species together is my absolute favor...
05/26/2026

BLAZING STARS
Look what $5 gets you! These things are MASSIVE. This trio of Liatris species together is my absolute favorite.
Great nectar source for Monarchs during their migration!

Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) - x38
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) - x32
Northern Blazing Star (Liatris nieuwlandii) - OUT

COPPER IRIS!!!!I have 34 root bound pots of Copper Iris for your rainwater garden. These are seed grown from a mixed bag...
05/20/2026

COPPER IRIS!!!!
I have 34 root bound pots of Copper Iris for your rainwater garden.
These are seed grown from a mixed bag of genetics ranging from a deep maroon to a solid yellow. Maybe you’ll get one of these fun ones!
$5 per pot.

Apparently I haul brush and organics. I really want to build your rainwater garden or prairie installation, but I’ll do ...
04/30/2026

Apparently I haul brush and organics.
I really want to build your rainwater garden or prairie installation, but I’ll do the dirty work too 🙃

OUTSOURCEDButterfly Milkweed (Asclepius tuberosa)White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum te...
04/25/2026

OUTSOURCED
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepius tuberosa)
White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)
Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Royal Catchfly (Silene regia)

Purchased several trays from another grower of a couple species I can’t keep up with and a couple I’m curious if there’s interest in me growing in the future.
Available totals have been updated in the previous availability post.

$5 per plant, available quantities following species names.Plants are 2-3 YEARS old.Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tubero...
04/21/2026

$5 per plant, available quantities following species names.

Plants are 2-3 YEARS old.

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) – 50

White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba) - 50

Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) – 20

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) – OUT

Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) – OUT

Bush’s Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) - OUT

Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) – 14

Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) - OUT

Copper Iris (Iris fulva) - 15

Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) - 38

Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) – 32

Northern Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa nieuwlandii) - OUT

Bradbury’s BeeBalm (Monarda bradburiana) – OUT

Scarlet BeeBalm (Menarda didyma) - OUT

Prickly Pear Cactus, 2 unrooted pads (Optunia cespitosa) – 60+

Wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) - 12

Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) - 50

Gray Headed Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) – 16

Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida) - OUT

Royal Catchfly (Silene regia) - 40

Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) - 50

Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) – 12

Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) – OUT

No contact pickup left on porch, or we can work out a time to meet, your choice.

Bring my pots back please!

Please look up the species you're interested in to see if it's a good fit for your space.

Located in Champaign, IL

SPRING EPHEMERAL ASSOCIATES: $5 per pot. Have about 20 of each.Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)White-tinged Sedge...
04/11/2026

SPRING EPHEMERAL ASSOCIATES: $5 per pot. Have about 20 of each.

Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)
White-tinged Sedge (Carex albicans)
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii)

I also have ONE Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia).

BLOODROOT | MAYAPPLES - $4 each, bareroot. Who’s looking for them? I’ll be separating out ephemeral beds in the next cou...
03/29/2026

BLOODROOT | MAYAPPLES - $4 each, bareroot.
Who’s looking for them? I’ll be separating out ephemeral beds in the next couple weeks. PM me your orders. Other ephemerals may be available in limited quantities later this spring.

Special thanks to whoever brought all these pots back yesterday! Good call on not placing them on the porch or they’d be...
03/27/2026

Special thanks to whoever brought all these pots back yesterday! Good call on not placing them on the porch or they’d be scattered about the neighborhood with these voracious winds 😅

02/14/2026

Last minute Valentines Day rose order 🌹

Jack-in-the-Pulpit trio commission from several years ago weathering in great among a sedge and woodland ephemeral garde...
01/23/2026

Jack-in-the-Pulpit trio commission from several years ago weathering in great among a sedge and woodland ephemeral garden.

l have 2 more standard dual-leaved Jack-in-the-Pulpits available for sale.
Have something of mine in your yard? I want to see it!

Most of my installations contain surprises that reveal themselves in time. This rainwater garden is now in its fifth yea...
01/19/2026

Most of my installations contain surprises that reveal themselves in time. This rainwater garden is now in its fifth year. A half dozen additional Spider Lilies will begin flowering in the years to come.

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Champaign, IL
61821

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+12179721906

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