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Millers Cove Native Plants

Our mission is to increase availability of native plants to support pollinators, wildlife, and natural beauty. Licensed nursery not open to the public.

Plants are available at our self-serve plant stand in Walland, TN

06/13/2026

🌸🌼 What’s blooming lately 🐝

06/12/2026

The Plant Stand is packed again for the weekend. We’re up to 55 species!

As of Friday morning there is:
Northern spicebush, Virginia Sweetspire, Buttonbush, Johns Elderberry, Sweet Joe Pye w**d, Virgin’s bower, American Beautyberry, Yucca/Adams needle, Butterflyw**d, TN coneflower, Swamp milkw**d, Kidneyleaf rosinw**d, Purple passionflower, Eastern beebalm, Pale purple coneflower, Small woodland sunflower, Rattlesnake master, Common milkw**d, Downy Skullcap, ‘Major wheeler’ Coral Honeysuckle, Cardinal flower, Eastern gray Beardstongue, Eastern Bluestar, foxglove Beardstongue, White Turtlehead, White yarrow, Carolina willow, Dense blazing star, Purple flowering raspberry, Narrowleaf sunflower, Brown eyed Susan, Cup plant, Wild bergamot, Blue wood aster, Fox sedge, American Senna, Big bluestem, Aromatic aster, Black eyed susan, Mexican sunflower, Golden Ragwort, Evening Primrose, Blue mistflower, Early sunflower, Cutleaf coneflower, Seedbox, New England aster, Tall ironw**d, hairy mountain mint, Purple giant hyssop, Eastern Columbine, Forked blue curls, Spotted beebalm, Tall bellflower, Bronze fennel, Common sneezew**d

**Some species are extremely limited and can sell out at any time**

06/08/2026

Check out this beautiful Swamp Milkw**d in the Fairview Elementary School garden. Mountain Laurel Garden Club works hard planting and caring for this garden, which helps students learn about native plants and pollinators. 👏 Thanks for all you do, and for always supporting the Plant Stand!

There is Swamp Milkw**d (Asclepias incarnata) available now at the Plant Stand.

06/07/2026

Big butterfly season is well underway 🌈
Monarch on Butterlyw**d (Asclepias tuberosa)
Spicebush Swallowtail on Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)

Bring these beauties to your yard with native pollinator and host plants.

06/04/2026

The Plant Stand is near capacity with over 50 species available. There’s finally a good supply of milkw**d, a few warm season grasses, and maybe even some plants you’ve never heard of!

Ahem…Purple passionflower, Eastern beebalm, Pale purple coneflower, Small woodland sunflower, American groundnut, Rock harlequin, TN coneflower, Swamp milkw**d, Stokes aster, Ohio spiderwort, Yellow giant hyssop, Rattlesnake master, Tall Ironw**d, Common milkw**d, Butterflyw**d, Blue Wild indigo, White bergamot, Cardinal flower, Eastern gray Beardstongue, Eastern Bluestar, Foxglove Beardstongue, Great Blue Lobelia, Carolina willow, Dense blazing star, Narrowleaf sunflower, Cup plant, White yarrow, Spotted beebalm, Wild bergamot, Purple coneflower, Wild Petunia, American Senna, Wild strawberry, Big bluestem, Aromatic aster, Black eyed Susan, Virgin’s bower, Mexican sunflower, Golden Ragwort, Evening Primrose, Blue mistflower, Little bluestem, Early sunflower, Sochan/cutleaf coneflower, Seedbox, New England aster, Northern Spicebush, Virginia Sweetspire, Wild elderberry, Buttonbush, John's elderberry, American Beautyberry, Oakleaf hydrangea.

**Some species are extremely limited and can sell out at any time**

EDIT: Sold out of Butterflyw**d (more by next weekend) and American Beautyberry (a few more by next weekend, majority late summer/fall)

06/03/2026

This mild June evening is brimming with life. Purple martins flew overhead while a Yellow-billed cuckoo knocked it’s eerie call. Ruby throated hummingbirds are zipping through the beebalm and mama Bluebird shuttles food to her nest box. Three big Eastern cottontails ran around in the driveway while a baby bunny sat by the edge, watching.

Wonderful company while restocking the Plant Stand. The stand is completely full with so many awesome, wildlife supporting plants. A few are getting overgrown or worse for wear, so feel free to take one from the wagon and give it a good home.

Full Plant Stand update coming soon.

06/01/2026

💜💙The Stokes Aster in the Plant Stand garden is blooming, and a Great Spangled Fritillary has been parked here all afternoon. I just put some Stokes Aster plants on the stand, as well as Eastern Bluestar and Purple Passionflower, to stay on theme 💙💜

05/30/2026

A family of Brown-headed Nuthatches has been foraging through our stand of Virginia Pines. The fledglings look similar to the adults, but have a grayish head rather than chestnut brown. You can also always tell a fledgling by the ‘baby beak’ as I call it; extra skin at the corners of the beak that allows it to be more easily fed by the parents. (I just looked it up and it’s called a ‘gape flange’)…Probably still call it baby beak.

Brown-headed Nuthatch calls sound like a squeaky dog toy - they even fool my dog! Juvenile calls are more varied squeaks, and when they get together it can be quite noisy, in a super cute way. They practice prying seeds out of pinecones and sometimes beg the adults for food. Kind of like a child that can’t open their applesauce.

Many sources list Brown-headed Nuthatches in this area as rare or out of range, but they have been present and breeding around our yard in Walland for at least 7-8 years. Their preferred habit is mature pines, and they will also come to bird feeders.

It’s difficult to instantly create bird habitat in your yard, but any native plant you add is a step in the right direction. Most birds, including Brown-headed Nuthatches, eat insects and feed ONLY insects to their chicks (primarily caterpillars). To get birds, you gotta have insects, and to get insects you gotta have native plants.

05/29/2026

There are some beautiful New England asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) out for $4 each. A favorite of Monarchs and other butterflies, the blooms are usually bright purple but can also be fuchsia or baby pink. Despite the name, New England aster is native to TN along with much of the East and Midwest.

Other notable species available include Great Blue Lobelia, Cardinal flower, Common milkw**d, Blue mistflower, Spotted beebalm and Mexican sunflower (Not native, but a nicely behaved annual that big butterflies love). Any species can sell out during the day, so come early if you can. If not, you are sure to find some type of native pollinator plant - you might discover something new!

Stop by anytime during daylight hours at the intersection of W Millers Cove Rd. and Flynn Rd. in Walland.

05/27/2026

Even as a young plant, this Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) has been supporting Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars - I counted at least 8! I moved some of the larger ones to my mature bushes that have plenty of leaves (don’t do this with tiny caterpillars).

On a slope with clay soil and some afternoon shade, only 2 of the four Spicebushes I planted last fall survived. I have found it to be more sensitive than other natives I work with. In part/dappled shade and rich soil you should have no problem, otherwise you may have to put in more care like watering or mulching. It’s worth it though!

Spicebush are dioecious, meaning plants are either male or female, and only the female plants have berries. The berries are beautiful and eaten by wildlife, and I recommend everyone bite into one to experience the taste - it’s like nothing else! All our Spicebushes are seed grown, and the s*x of each plant will be unknown for several years. If you want one with berries, it’s best to plant several to better your odds.

There are Spicebush plants grown from local seed at the Plant Stand now, and there should be plenty more available through summer and into fall.

Address

West Millers Cove Road & Flynn Rd
Walland, TN
37886

Telephone

+18652683942

Website

http://www.millerscovenativeplants.com/, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12mT1ps6sghZdlPEIiuG1vrTRKJ9irDN9nvMarGQ

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