The Wild Midwest: Heritage Livestock and Native Plants

The Wild Midwest: Heritage Livestock and Native Plants The Wild Midwest grows plants native to the midwest along with raising heritage livestock.

The Wild Midwest creates regenerative designs using plants native to our area in Central Illinois, and we sell a large selection of seed grown plants from wild type genetics. The focus of our designs are: building healthy soil, preserving and enhancing nutrient cycling, creating wildlife habitat, mitigating climate change, supporting the food web so critical to life on the planet, and cleaning and

preserving our water resources. We offer designs for many different scales of project, from a small ornamental garden in an urban yard to a multi-phase site plan for several hundred agricultural acres. We grow our own plants from seed to sell, and we can find plants for you that we're not able to grow ourselves. Gardening and farming with natives is unique; we want to educate and empower people to do it themselves, increasing the biodiversity of the spaces we inhabit and healing what is damaged on our precious and stunning planet.

Macy can ship! Support several small businesses (including myself) at once when you order from Macy. She gets her raw ma...
01/04/2026

Macy can ship! Support several small businesses (including myself) at once when you order from Macy. She gets her raw materials from local farms and butchers to bring you farm fresh treats for your dogs. I can attest that rabbit is one of our dogs absolute favorite treats!

ALL SPOKEN FORI have at least one, potentially 2, welsh harlequin hen with some color faults I'm looking at selling. She...
10/01/2025

ALL SPOKEN FOR

I have at least one, potentially 2, welsh harlequin hen with some color faults I'm looking at selling. She is about 6 months old and should come into laying any day now. She's unproblematic in the flock, doesn't seem to quarrel with anyone. She is from a mixture of show quality and hatchery lines. Who I suspect is her mother is an excellent egg layer even at 3 years old.

I also have a variety of drakes, some show quality, if anyone is interested. Drakes range in age from 3 to 5 months, some pure show quality lines, some a mix of show and hatchery lines. All purebred welsh harlequin silvers.

3️⃣0️⃣ for the hen. 2️⃣0️⃣ for a drake. 4️⃣5️⃣ for the pair if you get one of each.

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11TH We still have lots of good stuff for fall planting including some new additions! VINE, SHRUB AND ...
09/11/2025

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11TH
We still have lots of good stuff for fall planting including some new additions! VINE, SHRUB AND TREE INVENTORY LOWER DOWN. Pictured is Bluestemmed Goldenrod in flower.

Here is the remaining inventory:

FORBS AND GRASSES PLUGS ($4) and half gallons ($10)
NEW Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop (plug)
NEW Agastache scrophularia Purple Giant Hyssop (plug)
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkw**d (plug)
NEW Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyw**d (plug)
NEW Baptisia australis var minor Dwarf Blue Indigo (plug)
NEW Blephilia hirsuta Downy Wood Mint (plug)
NEW Carex brevior Brevior Sedge (plug)
NEW Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' Hot Lips Pink Turtlehead (half gallon)
NEW Coreopsis palmata Prairie Coreopsis (plug)
NEW Echinacea tennesseensis Tennessee Coneflower (plug)
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset (plug and half gallon)
NEW Filipendula rubra Queen of the Prairie (half gallon)
Helenium autumnale Sneezew**d (plug) limited
NEW Heliopsis helianthoides Early Sunflower (plug)
Hibiscus moscheutos, Rose Mallow (plug and half gallon)
Heuchera richardsonii Prairie Alumroot (plug)
NEW Liatris mucronata Bottlebrush Blazingstar (plug)
NEW Mondarda bradburiana Bradbury's Monarda (plug)
NEW Oenothera missouriensis Missouri Evening Primrose (plug)
Opuntia macrorhiza Prickly Pear (plug)
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue (plug)
Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder (1 plug)
Pycnanthemum muticum Blunt Mountain Mint (plug)
RESTOCK Pycnanthemum tenuifoilum Slender Mtn Mint (plug)
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster (plug)
NEW Ruellia humilis Wild Petunia (plug)
NEW Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem (half gallon)
Solidago caesia Blue Stemmed Goldenrod (plug)
Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod (plug)
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed (plug)
NEW Verbena stricta Hoary Vervain (plug)
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain (plug)

VINES
Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower (plug and half gallon)

SHRUBS Half Gallon ($10) and 1.75 GALLON pots ($25)
Common ninebark (half gallon)
Carolina Rose (plug and half gallon)
Buttonbush (half gallon)
Black Chokeberry (1.75 gallon)
Black Chokeberry 'Viking' (half gallon)
Red Chokeberry (1 half gallon)
Arrowwood Viburnum (1.75 gallon)
Nannyberry Viburnum (half gallon)
Silky Dogwood (1.75 and half gallon)

SHRUBS ON SALE $5
American Elderberry (1.75 gallon)
Hazelnut (half gallon and 1.75 gallon)

TREES
PawPaw ($20)

TREES ON SALE FOR $5
Bur Oak (1.75 gal)
Butternut - EDIBLE (1.75 gal)
Swamp White Oak (1.75 gal)
White Oak (1.75 gal)

The Hot Lips pink turtlehead, Cheloni lyonii 'Hot Lips', is starting to bloom! This one grows in rich medium to moist so...
09/08/2025

The Hot Lips pink turtlehead, Cheloni lyonii 'Hot Lips', is starting to bloom! This one grows in rich medium to moist soil in full sun to part shade (tolerates close to full shade but might need staking in that much shade). It also can be grown as a marginal pond plant like this one!

It is listed as getting up to 4 feet tall, but it is much more commonly only about 2 to 3 feet tall and 1.5 to 2 feet wide. It is upright with no need for staking unless it is in heavy shade.

The foliage is a rich green, almost chocolatey. And as you can see, it blooms when the summer flowers have mostly stopped and before a lot of the fall flowers begin. It is quite a striking plant.

We do have a few left in half gallon size.

Hello everyone! We have some new followers, so I thought I'd give another overview of how ordering works. This is a hobb...
09/07/2025

Hello everyone! We have some new followers, so I thought I'd give another overview of how ordering works. This is a hobby for me, I do it out of my home on the side of a full time job and other hobbies, so I've set up my order pickup procedure to take the least amount of time and effort from me so I can dedicate more time to sourcing and growing the widest variety of hard to find native plants I can.

We also will have a few welsh harlequin ducks and silver fox rabbits available periodically as well (as we lean more into the livestock side of our name!)

But back to the plants. For orders, please email me the species and quantities you want at [email protected]. I will then let you know if we have the quantities needed to fulfill your order or if we need to make any adjustments. Then I'll send payment and pickup instructions once you have confirmed your order and what day you want to pick up.

Pick up is contactless. I have had too many people not show up on time or at all to try to set appointments for pickup anymore. Again, if I'm dedicating a ton of time to pickup appointments, that is less time I have to devote to the actual growing and care of the plants!

I know this isn't the kind of system people are used to from regular businesses, but we aren't a regular business. Think of it more as a native plant farm stand than a brick and mortar.

If anyone has questions, please let me know! And see our last post for our up to date inventory. Thanks! Happy planting!

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 6TH We still have lots of good stuff for fall planting including some new additions! VINE, SHRUB AND T...
09/05/2025

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 6TH
We still have lots of good stuff for fall planting including some new additions! VINE, SHRUB AND TREE INVENTORY LOWER DOWN. Pictured is American Elderberry in flower.

Email [email protected] to place an order.

Here is the remaining inventory:

FORBS AND GRASSES PLUGS ($4) and half gallons ($10)
NEW Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop (plug)
NEW Agastache scrophularia Purple Giant Hyssop (plug)
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkw**d (plug)
NEW Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyw**d (plug)
NEW Baptisia australis var minor Dwarf Blue Indigo (plug)
NEW Blephilia hirsuta Downy Wood Mint (plug)
NEW Carex brevior Brevior Sedge (plug)
NEW Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' Hot Lips Pink Turtlehead (half gallon)
NEW Coreopsis palmata Prairie Coreopsis (plug)
NEW Echinacea tennesseensis Tennessee Coneflower (plug)
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset (plug and half gallon)
NEW Filipendula rubra Queen of the Prairie (half gallon)
Helenium autumnale Sneezew**d (plug) limited
NEW Heliopsis helianthoides Early Sunflower (plug)
Hibiscus moscheutos, Rose Mallow (plug and half gallon)
Heuchera richardsonii Prairie Alumroot (plug)
NEW Liatris mucronata Bottlebrush Blazingstar (plug)
NEW Mondarda bradburiana Bradbury's Monarda (plug)
NEW Oenothera missouriensis Missouri Evening Primrose (plug)
Opuntia macrorhiza Prickly Pear (plug)
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue (plug)
Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder (1 half gallon, 1 plug)
Pycnanthemum muticum Blunt Mountain Mint (plug)
RESTOCK Pycnanthemum tenuifoilum Slender Mtn Mint (plug)
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster (plug)
NEW Ruellia humilis Wild Petunia (plug)
NEW Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem (half gallon)
Solidago caesia Blue Stemmed Goldenrod (plug)
Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod (plug)
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed (plug)
NEW Verbena stricta Hoary Vervain (plug)
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain (plug)

VINES
Clemtais viorna Vasevine (half gallon)
Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower (plug and half gallon)

SHRUBS Half Gallon ($10) and 1.75 GALLON pots ($25)
Common ninebark (half gallon)
Carolina Rose (plug and half gallon)
Buttonbush (half gallon)
Black Chokeberry (1.75 gallon)
Black Chokeberry 'Viking' (half gallon)
Red Chokeberry (1 half gallon)
Arrowwood Viburnum (1.75 gallon)
Nannyberry Viburnum (half gallon)
Silky Dogwood (1.75 and half gallon)

SHRUBS ON SALE $5
American Elderberry (1.75 gallon)
Hazelnut (half gallon and 1.75 gallon)

TREES
PawPaw ($20)

TREES ON SALE FOR $5
Bur Oak (1.75 gal)
Butternut - EDIBLE (1.75 gal)
Swamp White Oak (1.75 gal)
White Oak (1.75 gal)

FALL INVENTORY If you went in on a pawpaw order, the pawpaws are available for pickup. If you did not get in on the orde...
08/31/2025

FALL INVENTORY
If you went in on a pawpaw order, the pawpaws are available for pickup. If you did not get in on the order and you would like to, I did order extra. They are $20 apiece. All other species available are listed below. Please email [email protected] for orders.
Plugs are on sale for $4.

PLUGS ($4) and half gallons ($10)
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkw**d (half gallon, we have so many of these, please get some. I'll do 20 percent off, so $8)
Carex hystericina Porcupine Sedge (half gallon)
Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower (half gallon)
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset (plug)
Helenium autumnale Sneezew**d (plug)
Hibiscus moscheutos, Rose Mallow (half gallon) limited
Heuchera richardsonii Prairie Alumroot (plug)
Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star (plug)
Opuntia macrorhiza Prickly Pear (plug)
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue (plug or half gallon)
Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder (1 half gallon, a few plugs)
Pycnanthemum muticum Blunt Mountain Mint (plug)
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster (plug)
Solidago caesia Blue Stemmed Goldenrod (plug, limited)
Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod (plug)
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed (plug)
Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio spiderwort (plug)
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain (plug)

SHRUBS AND TREES Half Gallon ($10) and 1.75 GALLON pots ($25)
Common ninebark (half gallon)
Black Elderberry (1.75 gal)
Buttonbush (half gallon)
Black Chokeberry (1.75 gallon)
Black Chokeberry 'Viking' (half gallon)
Red Chokeberry (half gallon)
Witch hazel (half gallon)
Hazelnut (half gallon)
Iowa Crabapple (half gallon)
Arrowwood Viburnum (1.75 gallon)
Red Twigged Dogwood (1.75 and half gallon)
Silky Dogwood (1.75 and half gallon)
PawPaw ($20)

TREES ON SALE FOR $5
Bur Oak (1.75 gal)
Butternut - EDIBLE (1.75 gal)
Swamp White Oak (1.75 gal)
Yellowbud Hickory - EDIBLE (1.75 gal)
White Oak (1.75 gal)

EMAIL KAYLA@THEWILDMIDWESTLLC.COM FOR ORDERS. Do not order through comment, text or messenger please!! It's inventory up...
06/16/2025

EMAIL [email protected] FOR ORDERS. Do not order through comment, text or messenger please!! It's inventory update time. We are dwindling in what's left, but we still have a lot of good stuff I'm surprised is still here. No one seems to want these GORGEOUS Prickly Pear shown in the image!

PLUGS ($6) and half gallons ($10)
Amsonia illustris Ozark Bluestar (plug)
Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard (half gallon)
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkw**d (half gallon, we have so many of these, please get some. I'll do 20 percent off, so $8)
Callirhoe involucrata Purple Poppy Mallow (plug)
Carex hystericina Porcupine Sedge (half gallon)
Cheloni lyonii 'Hot Lips' Hot lips turtlehead (half gallon, very limited)
Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower (half gallon)
Echinacea angustifolia Narrow Leaved Coneflower (plug)
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset (half gallon)
Eutrochium purpureum Purple Joe Pye W**d (Plug or half gallon)
Fragaria virgianiana Virginia Strawberry (plug)
Hibiscus laevis and moscheutos, Rose Mallow (half gallon) limited of each which is why they are listed together
Heuchera richardsonii Prairie Alumroot (plug)
Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star (plug)
Opuntia macrorhiza Prickly Pear (plug)
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue (plug or half gallon)
Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder (1 half gallon, a few plugs)
Phlox pilosa Downy Phlox (1 plug, 10 half gallon)
Pycnanthemum muticum Blunt Mountain Mint (half gallon)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint (plug or half gallon)
Ruellia humilis Wild Petunia (plug, limited)
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster (plug)
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem (HALF GALLON)
Solidago caesia Blue Stemmed Goldenrod (1 plug, limited)
Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod (plug)
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed (plug)
Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio spiderwort (plug)
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain (plug)

Half Gallon ($10) and 1.75 GALLON pots ($25)
Common ninebark (half gallon)
Red Elderberry (1.75 gal)
Black Elderberry (1.75)
Bur Oak (1.75 gal)
Butternut - EDIBLE (1.75 gal)
Swamp White Oak (1.75 gal)
Yellowbud Hickory - EDIBLE (1.75 gal)
White Oak (1.75 gal)
Black Oak (1.75 gal)

GRAFTED Trees
Standard size Apple - Gold Rush (1) $40
Standard size Apple - Enterprise (1) $40

Are you looking for help figuring out what to do with your yard? Want tips to include more native plants and perennial c...
06/10/2025

Are you looking for help figuring out what to do with your yard? Want tips to include more native plants and perennial crops? I am now offering hourly consultations through my other position at Canopy Farm Management. You can schedule a consultation of 1+ hours where I come out to your site and help brainstorm what your options are. If you are interested, please contact me at [email protected] to get scheduled. We do consultations for properties of all sizes, and we can talk about: native species that will work for you, perennial crops, vegetable production, w**d management, plant health and management, and more.

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