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Backyard Wildlife Native Plants Nursery, 209 Paddock Road, Townsend, DE (2026)

06/09/2026

🌻Hi all our plant friends. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday, June 13th! We are open every Saturday 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road Smyrna/Townsend.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available for June 13th:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:ae859cfc-9c9f-4b26-8b9a-5bb4583e7890

🌻Here is what is new this week!!!
-Midland Shooting Star
-5 Indian Pink Plugs
-5 Tall Larkspur plugs
-Nodding Onion
-Blue Vervain
-Zig Zag Goldenrod
-3 Blue Eyed Stout Grass plugs
-Foamflower fresh batch

🌻Check with me if you want a larger number of certain plugs to assure I currently have the number you want.

🌻Have a terrific week!

🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻 Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris spicata). We also Have Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star). Prairie Blazing Star does well in medium to wet moisture and is 3-4 feet tall. It tolerates poor clay soils. It grows best in full sun to partial shade, and blooms in July, August, and September. It makes an excellent cut flower. Like many Liatris species, when it begins to bloom it starts at the top and works its way down. The lower half of the plant is covered in thin, grass-like leaves. This is an excellent Liatris species to plant in wet-medium prairies and perennial gardens; butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds are attracted to it all summer. The roots on Liatris spp. are called corms, which can form offshoots from the mother plant over time. Prairie Blazing Star would grow well next to many other popular natives including Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata), Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium), Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum), Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), and Goldenrods.

06/03/2026

🌻It's time for our weekly NATIVE PLANTS SALE!!! (Saturday, June 6th, 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road)!
🌻Saturdays not good for you? Contact us to order for pickup or to schedule a nursery visit any time😃. I recommend this! We are there most days of the week doing chores, and you get the run of the place, and our full attention, with no disruptions. It's a very relaxing, pleasant experience.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available this Saturday.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:5298617b-3c12-4c14-8bc2-24e5160a4e2a

🌻PLANT PRICES FOR 2026
*PLUGS ($2.50 each) ($7 per three of the same plant = $2.33 per plug). A few higher priced plug trays purchased from Wholesalers may be slightly more.
*6 Pack Plants in Deep Plug Six Packs ($14 = $2.33 per plug)
*Ferns ($5)
*Pots ($4)
*Native Annuals in deep plug trays or deep plug six-packs (same prices as above)
*Non Native Annuals ($4 per Six Pack = 67 CENTS per plug!!!)
*Whole Native Plug Trays of 50 ($110 =$2.20 per plug)
*Whole Native Six Pack Tray of 48 plugs ($105 = $2.19 per plug)

🌻The Nursery is open each Saturday 9-2pm, from April 4th to October24th (Closed on July 18th)

🌻PLEASE Follow us on FB AND Share our Page with your friends.

🌻 Greenhouse Notes and Updates:
✅ Each customer will receive a plug tray to keep for collecting your plug choices. PLEASE!!! HOLD ONTO THEM AND BRING THEM WITH YOU FOR EACH VISIT! Thanks so much. If I run out of old ones and donations of them, new ones cost me almost $2 a tray.
✅Keep your plugs moist and aim to get them in the ground in the next 24 hours. It is not a bad idea to trim the greens down a bit after planting so the roots can focus on expanding rather than having to support the existing height of the plant.
✅I encourage you to take a picture of each plant sign along with the plug, but we have also provided plant tags and markers in cups hung around the greenhouse to keep track of your choices.
✅We provide bolts or permanent markers in cups hung around the greenhouse for you to pop the plugs out of the tray from the hole underneath the tray
✅Each Monday, the Plant List will be updated for what will be available for that Saturday's Sale.

🌻We are thrilled to be able to continue donating large amounts of plants to public volunteer loctions such as a Girl Scout troop doing a great garden restoration at a historical spot in a beloved Wilmington Park, and the volunteers of White Clay Creek State Park/Judge Morris Estate. PLEASE Follow AND Share our Page with your friends and visit us often so we can increase our plant donations around Delaware.

🌻Pay by Cash, Check, Zelle, Credit, Debit, or Venmo

🌻*The greenhouses sit in a 12 acre meadow covered with native flowers and native grasses.
🌻*Come by to see the Native Plants for sale.

🌻 EVERY PLANT IN OUR NURSERY HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY
🌻🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) What a terrific plant! It gets a nice, upright canopy of light purple flowers that Hummingbirds, Butterflies and native bees love. It is a host plant to the Rasberry Pyrausta Butterfly. It blooms for an extended amount of time if it is in looser, evenly moist soil, and reaches 3-4 feet. It prefers full to part sun. It goes great with Rudbeckias, Red Beebalm, Perennial Sunflowers and many others! Fun fact about me: when I see or hear the word Bergamot, I think "Bergamot Meister, Meister Bergamot". Let's all celebrate Bergamot together! We have 2 new plug trays.

06/02/2026

🌻Hi all our plant friends. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday, June 6th! We are open every Saturday 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road Smyrna/Townsend.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available for June 6th:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:5298617b-3c12-4c14-8bc2-24e5160a4e2a

🌻Here is what is new this week!!!
-Tall Thimbleweed
-Quaker Ladies
-Cream Gentian
-Tall Meadow Rue
-Maidenhair Ferns 2 trays
-Moss Phlox 'red wings'
-Moss Phlox 'wanda'
-Black Eyed Susan deamii
-Bergamot fresh batch
-Garden/Fall Phlox 'jeana' fresh bash
-Black Eyed Susan fulgida fresh batch
-Lyre Leaf Sage fresh batch
-Pennsylvania Sedge fresh batch
-Hair Awn Muhly fresh batch
-Swamp Milkweed fresh batch
-Whorled Milkweed fresh batch
-Showy Black eyed Susan fresh batch

🌻Check with me if you want a larger number of certain plugs to assure I currently have the number you want.

🌻Have a terrific week!

🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻 Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) What a terrific plant! It gets a nice, upright canopy of light purple flowers that Hummingbirds, Butterflies and native bees love. It is a host plant to the Rasberry Pyrausta Butterfly. It blooms for an extended amount of time if it is in looser, evenly moist soil, and reaches 3-4 feet. It prefers full to part sun. It goes great with Rudbeckias, Red Beebalm, Perennial Sunflowers and many others! Fun fact about me: when I see or hear the word Bergamot, I think "Bergamot Meister, Meister Bergamot". Let's all celebrate Bergamot together!

05/27/2026

🌻It's time for our weekly NATIVE PLANTS SALE!!! (Saturday, May 30th, 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road)!
🌻Saturdays not good for you? Contact us to order for pickup or to schedule a nursery visit any time😃. I recommend this! We are there most days of the week doing chores, and you get the run of the place, and our full attention, with no disruptions. It's a very relaxing, pleasant experience.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available this Saturday.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:73cc9f5d-2484-433e-a874-3d60b6d318bb

🌻PLANT PRICES FOR 2026
*PLUGS ($2.50 each) ($7 per three of the same plant = $2.33 per plug). A few higher priced plug trays purchased from Wholesalers may be slightly more.
*6 Pack Plants in Deep Plug Six Packs ($14 = $2.33 per plug)
*Ferns ($5)
*Pots ($4)
*Native Annuals in deep plug trays or deep plug six-packs (same prices as above)
*Non Native Annuals ($4 per Six Pack = 67 CENTS per plug!!!)
*Whole Native Plug Trays of 50 ($110 =$2.20 per plug)
*Whole Native Six Pack Tray of 48 plugs ($105 = $2.19 per plug)
🌻The Nursery is open each Saturday 9-2pm, from April 4th to October24th (Closed on July 18th)

🌻PLEASE Follow us on FB AND Share our Page with your friends.

🌻 Greenhouse Notes and Updates:
✅ Each customer will receive a plug tray to keep for collecting your plug choices. PLEASE!!! HOLD ONTO THEM AND BRING THEM WITH YOU FOR EACH VISIT! Thanks so much. If I run out of old ones and donations of them, new ones cost me almost $2 a tray.
✅Keep your plugs moist and aim to get them in the ground in the next 24 hours. It is not a bad idea to trim the greens down a bit after planting so the roots can focus on expanding rather than having to support the existing height of the plant.
✅I encourage you to take a picture of each plant sign along with the plug, but we have also provided plant tags and markers in cups hung around the greenhouse to keep track of your choices.
✅We provide bolts or permanent markers in cups hung around the greenhouse for you to pop the plugs out of the tray from the hole underneath the tray
✅Each Monday, the Plant List will be updated for what will be available for that Saturday's Sale.
🌻We are thrilled to be able to continue donating large amounts of plants to public volunteer loctions such as a Girl Scout troop doing a great garden restoration at a historical spot in a beloved Wilmington Park, and the volunteers of White Clay Creek State Park/Judge Morris Estate. PLEASE Follow AND Share our Page with your friends and visit us often so we can increase our plant donations around Delaware.

🌻Pay by Cash, Check, Zelle, Credit, Debit, or Venmo

🌻*The greenhouses sit in a 12 acre meadow covered with native flowers and native grasses.
🌻*Come by to see the Native Plants for sale.
🌻 EVERY PLANT IN OUR NURSERY HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY

🌻🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides) is a robust grower and can reach heights from 3 to 6 feet. It is a full to part sun choice and does well in most moisture levels except long term dryness.It is a great choice as a summer screen or a welcome companion in a meadow garden with plants of mixed sizes.The larger, lower leaves can be as big as a hearty slice of bread. And depending on the age and overall size of the plant, its flower spike can be up to 16 inches long! The only thing small about this plant are the creamy little flowers that crowd together on the spike. The blooms open a few at a time in late summer, shifting the color to a subtle soft yellow to the lightest shade of purple; overall it is not at all yellow as the name suggests. These understated blossoms are a booming nectar source, though, drawing and sustaining honeybees, bumblebees, Halictid bees, and butterflies throughout the fall season and oftentimes up to the first frost. Although Yellow Giant Hyssop is fairly adaptable, it won't do well in deep shade or persistantly dry sites. In favorable conditions, this plant will slowly spread by rhizomes, creating a strong colony. The foliage is not fragrant like other species in the mint family, but the bitterness of its leaves make Yellow Giant Hyssop deer resistant.

05/26/2026

🌻Hi all our plant friends. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday, May 30th! We are open every Saturday 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road Smyrna/Townsend.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available for May 30th:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:5b8f4926-325a-4a99-a21c-665c18aa81f9

🌻Here is what is new this week!!!
-Venus Looking Glass (native annual)
-False Foxglove (native annual)
-Common Blue Violet
-Boxelder Tree plugs
-Meadow Phlox/Wild Sweet William fresh batch
-Wild Petunia fresh batch
-Pale Coneflower fresh batch

I will have the following new plants available next week, if not this Saturday ( I will let you know tomorrow):
-Maidenhair Ferns 2 trays
-Moss Phlox 'red wings'
-Moss Phlox 'wanda'
-Black Eyed Susan deamii
-Bergamot fresh batch
-Garden/Fall Phlox 'jeana' fresh bash
-Black Eyed Susan fulgida fresh batch
-Lyre Leaf Sage fresh batch
-Pennsylvania Sedge fresh batch
-Hair Awn Muhly fresh batch
-Swamp Milkweed fresh batch
-Whorled Milkweed fresh batch

🌻Check with me if you want a larger number of certain plugs to assure I currently have the number you want.

🌻Have a terrific week!

🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻Calico Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus) is an adaptable plant that will tolerate more shade than many other Penstemon species; it is a great candidate for bright woodlands and dappled shade cottage gardens. It does prefer rich, consistently moist soil, especially if sited in full sun. It will thrive if you put it in a bed of woodchips. It can reach 3 feet tall and blooms from May- June. It can present a wide range of pink to purple shades through the blooming period and leaf color into the fall: creating a lot of visual interest. Calico Beardtongue produces nectar and entices long-tongued pollinators to come visit, including a wide variety of native bees, bumblebees, mason bees, leaf-cutting bees, and honeybees. Some less common, but memorable, guests include Sphinx Moths and Hummingbirds. This species is considered deer and rabbit resistant.

05/23/2026

If you want to see what 1 Million Tall Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) all blooming at the same time look like, come visit the Nursery today or the next two weeks. The 12 acres are covered and at their zenith!

05/21/2026

🌻It's time for our weekly NATIVE PLANTS SALE!!! (Saturday, May 23rd, 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road)!
🌻Saturdays not good for you? Contact us to order for pickup or to schedule a nursery visit any time😃. I recommend this! We are there most days of the week doing chores, and you get the run of the place, and our full attention, with no disruptions. It's a very relaxing, pleasant experience.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available this Saturday.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:9246f4d8-a1d6-462b-9540-db3448802446

🌻PLANT PRICES FOR 2026
*PLUGS ($2.50 each) ($7 per three of the same plant = $2.33 per plug). A few higher priced plug trays purchased from Wholesalers may be slightly more.
*6 Pack Plants in Deep Plug Six Packs ($14 = $2.33 per plug)
*Ferns ($5)
*Pots ($4)
*Native Annuals in deep plug trays or deep plug six-packs (same prices as above)
*Non Native Annuals ($4 per Six Pack = 67 CENTS per plug!!!)
*Whole Native Plug Trays of 50 ($110 =$2.20 per plug)
*Whole Native Six Pack Tray of 48 plugs ($105 = $2.19 per plug)

🌻The Nursery is open each Saturday 9-2pm, from April 4th to October24th (Closed on July 18th)

🌻PLEASE Follow us on FB AND Share our Page with your friends.

🌻 Greenhouse Notes and Updates:
✅ Each customer will receive a plug tray to keep for collecting your plug choices. PLEASE!!! HOLD ONTO THEM AND BRING THEM WITH YOU FOR EACH VISIT! Thanks so much. If I run out of old ones and donations of them, new ones cost me almost $2 a tray.
✅Keep your plugs moist and aim to get them in the ground in the next 24 hours. It is not a bad idea to trim the greens down a bit after planting so the roots can focus on expanding rather than having to support the existing height of the plant.
✅I encourage you to take a picture of each plant sign along with the plug, but we have also provided plant tags and markers in cups hung around the greenhouse to keep track of your choices.
✅We provide bolts or permanent markers in cups hung around the greenhouse for you to pop the plugs out of the tray from the hole underneath the tray
✅Each Monday, the Plant List will be updated for what will be available for that Saturday's Sale.

🌻We are thrilled to be able to continue donating large amounts of plants to public volunteer loctions such as a Girl Scout troop doing a great garden restoration at a historical spot in a beloved Wilmington Park, and the volunteers of White Clay Creek State Park/Judge Morris Estate. PLEASE Follow AND Share our Page with your friends and visit us often so we can increase our plant donations around Delaware.

🌻Pay by Cash, Check, Zelle, Credit, Debit, or Venmo

🌻*The greenhouses sit in a 12 acre meadow covered with native flowers and native grasses.
🌻*Come by to see the Native Plants for sale.
🌻 EVERY PLANT IN OUR NURSERY HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY

🌻🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻It's Time To Stop Pussyfooting Around!!! That's what I did when I decided to grow 4 types of Pussytoes; Mouse Ears (Antennaria plantaginifolia), Field Pussytoes (A. neglecta), Howell's Pusstoes (A. howellii), and Parlin's Pussytoes (A. parlinii) Why did I do it?... I don't know! I guess I did not want to pussyfoot around with Pussytoes. What's the difference between them? Not a whole lot except very slight variations in the leaf size ratios and flower sizes. There are very many Antennaria species in the U.S. and they are very hard to tell apart from eachother. Pussytoes are usually grown for their velvety leaves, and their ability to spread as a dense groundcover, as well as for the white to pale pink flower. The late spring flowers look like tiny cat's feet, thus the name. These flowers will reach up to about a foot in height, but the leaves grow at ground level. Spreading by stolons, Pussytoes provide a good ground cover for dry areas such as rock gardens. Parts of the plant are poisonous so deer and rabbits and other small animals won't touch them. Bobwhite Quail eat the seeds and they are all a host plant for the Painted Lady Butterfly. Don't you PF around and make sure you visit this Saturday or make an appointment to visit on a weekday!

05/19/2026

🌻Hi all our plant friends. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday, May 23rd! We are open every Saturday 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road Smyrna/Townsend.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available for May 23rd:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:9246f4d8-a1d6-462b-9540-db3448802446

🌻Here is what is new this week!!!
-Bird's Foot Violet
-Pussytoes
-Howell's Pussytoes
-Parlin's Pussytoes
-Hairy Alumroot fresh batch
-Sky Blue Aster fresh batch

🌻Check with me if you want a larger number of certain plugs to assure I currently have the number you want.

🌻Have a terrific week!

🌻Nursery Highlight (I have so many plants that I am excited about!) 🌻It's Time To Stop Pussyfooting Around!!! That's what I did when I decided to grow 4 types of Pussytoes; Mouse Ears (Antennaria plantaginifolia), Field Pussytoes (A. neglecta), Howell's Pusstoes (A. howellii), and Parlin's Pussytoes (A. parlinii) Why did I do it?... I don't know! I guess I did not want to pussyfoot around with Pussytoes. What's the difference between them? Not a whole lot except very slight variations in the leaf size ratios and flower sizes. There are very many Antennaria species in the U.S. and they are very hard to tell apart from eachother. Pussytoes are usually grown for their velvety leaves, and their ability to spread as a dense groundcover, as well as for the white to pale pink flower. The late spring flowers look like tiny cat's feet, thus the name. These flowers will reach up to about a foot in height, but the leaves grow at ground level. Spreading by stolons, Pussytoes provide a good ground cover for dry areas such as rock gardens. Parts of the plant are poisonous so deer and rabbits and other small animals won't touch them. Bobwhite Quail eat the seeds and they are all a host plant for the Painted Lady Butterfly. Don't you PF around and make sure you visit this Saturday or make an appointment to visit on a weekday!

05/14/2026

We also have Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) and Moss Phlox (Phlox Subulata) available this Saturday!

05/14/2026

🌻It's time for our weekly NATIVE PLANTS SALE!!! (Saturday, May 16th, 9-2 pm at 209 Paddock Road)!
🌻Saturdays not good for you? Contact us to order for pickup or to schedule a nursery visit any time😃. I recommend this! We are there most days of the week doing chores, and you get the run of the place, and our full attention, with no disruptions. It's a very relaxing, pleasant experience.

🌻Here is our updated Plant List of what is available this Saturday.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:ce01991a-6d2e-45b2-8b2c-24ecd4aab805

🌻PLANT PRICES FOR 2026
*PLUGS ($2.50 each) ($7 per three of the same plant = $2.33 per plug). A few higher priced plug trays purchased from Wholesalers may be slightly more.
*6 Pack Plants in Deep Plug Six Packs ($14 = $2.33 per plug)
*Ferns ($5)
*Pots ($4)
*Native Annuals in deep plug trays or deep plug six-packs (same prices as above)
*Non Native Annuals ($4 per Six Pack = 67 CENTS per plug!!!)
*Whole Native Plug Trays of 50 ($110 =$2.20 per plug)
*Whole Native Six Pack Tray of 48 plugs ($105 = $2.19 per plug)

🌻The Nursery is open each Saturday 9-2pm, from April 4th to October24th (Closed on July 18th)

🌻PLEASE Follow us on FB AND Share our Page with your friends.

🌻 Greenhouse Notes and Updates:
✅ Each customer will receive a plug tray to keep for collecting your plug choices. PLEASE!!! HOLD ONTO THEM AND BRING THEM WITH YOU FOR EACH VISIT! Thanks so much. If I run out of old ones and donations of them, new ones cost me almost $2 a tray.
✅Keep your plugs moist and aim to get them in the ground in the next 24 hours. It is not a bad idea to trim the greens down a bit after planting so the roots can focus on expanding rather than having to support the existing height of the plant.
✅I encourage you to take a picture of each plant sign along with the plug, but we have also provided plant tags and markers in cups hung around the greenhouse to keep track of your choices.
✅We provide bolts or permanent markers in cups hung around the greenhouse for you to pop the plugs out of the tray from the hole underneath the tray
✅Each Monday, the Plant List will be updated for what will be available for that Saturday's Sale.

🌻We are thrilled to be able to continue donating large amounts of plants to public volunteer loctions such as a Girl Scout troop doing a great garden restoration at a historical spot in a beloved Wilmington Park, and the volunteers of White Clay Creek State Park/Judge Morris Estate. PLEASE Follow AND Share our Page with your friends and visit us often so we can increase our plant donations around Delaware.

🌻Pay by Cash, Check, Zelle, Credit, Debit, or Venmo

🌻*The greenhouses sit in a 12 acre meadow covered with native flowers and native grasses.
🌻*Come by to see the Native Plants for sale.

🌻 EVERY PLANT IN OUR NURSERY HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY
🌻 Nursery Highlight: Cardinal Flower(Lobelia cardinalis) Cardinal Flower has beautiful scarlet red flowers which are an important nectar source for and hummingbirds and drives them wild; the nectar is also important to swallowtail butterflies. Cardinal Flower is a host plant for the caterpillars of the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly, and it is deer, rabbit and groundhog resistant. The flowering spikes open from the bottom to the top and bloom for several weeks. They grow best in moist, rich soils in full sun to partial shade. Cardinal flower is a showy plant great for the garden or wetland planting. Parent plants will not persist for more than a few years, but it is a prolific self-seeder and fast grower. Allowing the seeds to make good seed to soil contact will give the opportuntiy for the plant colony to continually replenish itself with new offspring. Its blossoms also make excellent cut flowers. We ALL need lots of Cardinal Flower in our lives!

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