The Merry Prairie

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

PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS!!!!These love abused. Great for pots you won’t remember to water, rock gardens, or that place in you...
06/09/2026

PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS!!!!
These love abused. Great for pots you won’t remember to water, rock gardens, or that place in your yard nothing else grows.
2x unrooted pads. $5.
Yes, these are native and do occur in Central Illinois. Stop asking 🙃

Couple more species ready to offer! Culver’s RootSmooth Phlox Aromatic AsterInventories in the pinned post have also bee...
06/06/2026

Couple more species ready to offer!

Culver’s Root
Smooth Phlox
Aromatic Aster

Inventories in the pinned post have also been updated.

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) - x12
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) - x20
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) – 38

White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba) - 42

Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) – 20

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) – OUT

Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) – OUT

Bush’s Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) - 1

Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) – 14

Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) - OUT

Copper Iris (Iris fulva) - 3

Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) - 8

Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) – 15

Northern Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa nieuwlandii) - OUT

Bradbury’s BeeBalm (Monarda bradburiana) – 2

Scarlet BeeBalm (Menarda didyma) - 2

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

Wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) - 12

Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrim) - 60

Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) - 45

Gray Headed Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) – 16

Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis) - 2

Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida) - 3

Royal Catchfly (Silene regia) - 40

Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) - 20

Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) – 35

Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) – 30

Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) - 10

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 😅

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