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speak to homeowners about native plants, I am always
bombarded with a myriad of questions at the end of
the talk.

• Partner with a local institution and/or participate in
pollinator trials of native species and their cultivars
(especially new releases). Encourage your customer
base to engage and become citizen scientists.

• Create a resource page on your website, with content
for the beginner and advanced native plant gardener.
So, where do native spring ephemerals and other
unusual/hard to find native plants fit in? Look at these
plants as a group, rather than individually. Perhaps you
hold a spring ephemeral event in April. These plants can
be difficult to source, so consider a partnership with a
specialty native plant nursery. Allow them to bring their
plants, set up a pop-up store, and sell - it’s win-win. You
aren’t responsible for maintaining this stock when it goes
dormant and becomes unsaleable, and you look good by

promoting a small niche nursery. A
Plants mentioned in this article

• Echinacea purpurea
• Echinacea purpurea ‘Fragrant Angel’ PP16,054 (PRAIRIE
PILLARSTM Collection)

• Echinacea purpurea PowWow White
®
• Echinacea purpurea ‘Ruby Star’
• Echinacea purpurea ‘Sensation Pink’ PP26,593

• Echinacea x ButterflyTM ‘Julia’ PP24,629
• Echinacea x ‘Glowing Dream’ PP24,329 (DREAMTM
Series)

Mid-Atlantic Research Sources
Photos:
• Mt. Cuba Center Trials (https://mtcubacenter.org/ Page 19: Native planting. Eupatorium dubium and Rudbeckia sp.
research/trial-garden/) Page 20: Echinacea Julia
Page 21 top: Echinacea Powwow White
• Penn State University Bees, Bugs & Blooms Trial Page 21 bottom: Echinacea Glowing Dream
(https://ento.psu.edu/news/bees-bugs-blooms-2013-a-
pollinator-trial)
Wendy Brister
Wendy Brister is the Marketing Director for Cavano’s Marketing Director
Perennials, Inc. (Kingsville MD) and the former Conference Cavano’s Perennials, Inc.
Kingsville MD
Coordinator of the Native Plants in the Landscape
410-592-8077
Conference (Millersville, PA). You may reach Wendy at
wendy@cavanos.com
410-592-8077 or wendy@cavanos.com

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