Honey Tree Trio
3 plantsThree of the finest nectar trees in eastern North America. Black locust and basswood give the lightest, most sought-after honeys; black gum flowers between them and colors scarlet in fall.
Zones 4–8
Habitat bundles
Plants that belong together
Each bundle is a starting point matched on sun, soil and hardiness. Add the plants you want individually, or ask us to put the whole set together at the sizes on hand.
Shade Understory Pack
5 plantsFive plants that are happiest under a canopy of oaks: flowers from March to November, fruit for thrushes, and the host plants of two swallowtails.
Zones 5–8
Wet Spot Pack
6 plantsFor the corner where the lawn drowns every spring. Every plant here tolerates standing water, and together they give fragrance, winter berries and year-round structure.
Zones 5–8
Dry Sandy Site Pack
6 plantsPine-barrens and prairie toughness for sand, gravel and drought: two shrub oaks, two fruit plants, prairie leadplant and the best fall color on a dry bank.
Zones 4–7
Native Edible Orchard
6 plantsA food forest from native species only: fruit from June to October, nuts in the fall, and no spray program.
Zones 5–8
Bird & Berry Hedgerow
7 plantsA mixed native hedge that fruits from June through the following March, with dense cover for nesting and thorns at the edges.
Zones 4–8
Rare Oak Collection
5 plantsFive oaks almost nobody grows, from two-foot scrub oaks to an eighty-foot bottomland giant. A living collection for a large property or a conservation planting.
Zones 7–8