Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission
The Friends of the PHNRC Annual Native Plant Sale
May 2nd & 3rd 2026 9:00am - 4:00pm
The not-for-profit Friends of the PHNRC is pleased to announce the first ever Native Plant Sale
fund-raiser to benefit the missions of the Natural Resources Commission and the Friends of the PHNRC!
Unlike most plant sales, all of our native plants are a product of the PHNRC's greenhouse program which means most of the seeds were collected locally from our restoration sites by volunteers, all were propagated, transplanted and grown on site to the lovely specimens you will see. Talk about local! The event will also offer gardeners organic, heirloom vegetables and a few non-native garden plants.
Here is our list of what we are offering. Clicking on the item will take you to detailed information on the species.
NATIVE PLANTS
Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta
Blue flag iris - Iris virginica var. shrevei
Foxglove beardtongue - Penstemon digitalis
Great blue lobelia - Lobelia siphilitica
hairy wild petunia - Ruellia humilis
Golden Alexander - Zizia aurea
prairie dropseed - Sporobolus heterolepis
Gray Headed Coneflower - Ratibida pinnata
Wild bergamot - Monarda fistulosa
Pale spiked lobelia - Lobelia spicata
Great St. John's wort - Hypericum ascyron
Spotted St. John's wort - Hypericum punctatum
Cardinal Flower - Lobelia cardinalis
Drummond's aster - Symphyotrichum drummondii
Common milkweed - Asclepias syriaca
side oats grama - Bouteloua curtipendula
Bicknell's sedge - Carex bicknelli
purple love grass - Eragrostis pectineae
stiff goldenrod - Oligoneuron rigidum
common mountain mint - Pycnanthemum virginianum
thin-leaved mountain mint - Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
little blue stem - Schizachyrium scoparium
old field goldenrod - Solidago nemoralis
Indian grass - Sorghastrum nutans
prairie cord grass - Spartina pectinata
Ohio spiderwort - Tradescantia ohiensis
switch grass - Panicum virgatum
prairie onion - Allium stellatum
nodding wild onion - Allium cernuum
big bluestem - Andropogon gerardii
THREE SISTERS
BEANS - CORN - SQUASH
Bean - Lazy Housewife Pole Bean
Corn - Golden Bantam Sweet Corn
Corn - Fisher''s Earliest Sweet Corn
Squash - Early White Bush Scallop
Squash - Benning's Green Tint Scallop
Squash - Burpee's Butterbush Butternut
Squash - Table King Acorn squash
Zucchini - Organic Black Beauty
Zucchini - Cocozelle di Napoli
Zucchini - Long White of Palermo
CUCUMBERS
Cucumber - Tyria Organic F1 Hybrid
MELONS
Melon - Orange Flesh Honeyloupe
Melon - Organic Petit Gris De Rennes
VEGETABLES
Arugula - Organic Rocket Salat
Brussels Sprouts - Long Island Improved
Cauliflower - Organic Snowball
Cauliflower - Igloo Cauliflower
Celeriac - Giant Prague Celeriac
Chard - Annie's Organic Rainbow blend
Eggplant - Organic Black Beauty
Kale - Organic Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch
Lettuce - Organic Little Caesar Romaine
Lettuce - Organic Rouge D'Hiver
Lettuce - Annie's Romaine lettuce blend
Onion - Organic New York Early
Onion - Organic Evergreen Bunching
Onion - Organic Red Long of Florence
Onion - Organic Matador Shallot
Peppers - Mammoth Spanish Sweet Peppers
Peppers - Hungarian Sweet Wax Pepper
Peppers - Nadapeno Sweet Pepper
Peppers - Organic Purple Beauty Bell
Peppers - Sweet Yellow Habanero
Peppers - Golden California Wonder
Peppers - Chocolate Bell Pepper
Peppers - Sargento Poblano Pepper
Tomato - Organic Cherokee Purple
Tomato - Organic Mortgage Lifter
Tomato - Ten Fingers of Naples
Tomato - Organic Chadwick Cherry
POLLINATOR PLANTS
Agastache - Summerlong Magenta
Calibrachoa - Calitastic Pumpkin Spice
Lantana - Landscape Bandana Pink
Salvia - Skyscraper Dark Purple
Zinnia - Queeny Pure Orange Zinnia
Sunflower - Tiger's Eye Mix