Native Plant Nursery and Book List
Compiled by the Sah-Wah-Be Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Sociey
Last Updated: May 3, 2005
Jenae Dixon (208) 239-0742
Aberdeen Plant Materials Center http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/idpmc/
Arkansas Valley Seed http://www.seedsolutions.com
4625 Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO 80216
Phone: 877-957-3337
Fax - 303-320-7516
Email - bgueck@seedsolutions.com
Bingham County Soil and Water Conservation District http://www.idahotree.com/bingham/deciduous.htm
Conservation Seeding and Restoration, Inc. http://www.csr-inc.com Twin Falls and Boise, Idaho (208) 423-4835. Native plant nursery, offers large scale restoration services as well as residential landscape designs.
Great Basin Native Plants (435) 795-2303 Gbn@gbasin.com; http://www.greatbasinnatives.com
High Altitude Gardens http://www.seedstrust.com
High Country Gardens http://www.highcountrygardens.com
Hailey Nursery - http://www.haileynursery.com/index.html
Hillside Gardens http://hillsidegardens.net/ in Colorado Springs
Idaho Nursery Association http://www.inlagrow.org/
Lone Peak Nursery http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/lonepeak/nursery/lonepeaknursery.htm (deals with conservation projects only; not residential landscaping)
Moss Greenhouses
269 South 300 E, Jerome, ID 83338 Tel: 208/324-8325, 800/726-9669
E-mail: info@mossgreenhouses.msn.com Web: www.mossgreenhouses.com
R/W
Native Plant Seed http://www.nativeplantseed.com
Native Seed Foundation
Star Route, Moyle Springs, ID 83845
Tel: 208/267-7938 Fax: 208/267-3265
E-mail: Nativeseed@Poun.com Web: www.nativeseedfoundation.com
We collect and extract seed from native species of shrubs, trees, forbs, and grasses from the interior NW United States and Southern British Columbia. All our seeds are used by wildlife for food and shelter, many are native edible berries for man too!
%Native: 100. Cat/W/S/R
Plant Native http://www.plantnative.org/nd_idtoks.htm
Plants of the Southwest http://www.plantsofthesouthwest.com
Plants of the Wild (wholesale). PO Box 866, Tekoa, WA. 509-284-2848; www.plantsofthewild.com
Portneuf Valley Audubon Society http://www.pvaudubon.org/ and look under the link about "Planting
for Birds."
Progressive Plants (801) 942-7333 progressive@utah-inter.net
Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake City, Utah http://www.redbuttegarden.org/
Rocky Mountain Rare Plants http://www.rmrp.com
Sun Mountain Natives
1406 East F Street, Moscow, ID 83843
Tel: 208/883-7611
Web: www.sunmountainseeds.com
Trail Creek Nursery, Inc.
Jayson Calderwood, 707 S. Hwy 33, Victor, ID 83455 Tel: 208/787-2470 Fax: 208/787-2475
E-mail: jaysontcn@msn.com Web: www.trailcreeknursery.com
Specializes in growing trees, shrubs and flowers for high elevation (6,000 ft.+), severe sites in the N. Rocky Mountain region (zones 2-4). Landscaping services available. %Native: 70. R/W/S
University of Idaho Research Nursery; College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844. http://www.uidaho.edu/cfwr/forres/nursery/seedlings.htm
Western Native Seed http://www.westernnativeseed.com
Wildland Nursery http://www.wildlandnursery.com (A retail outlet is located in Sandy, Utah at 10650 S.
700 E. next to a Reams Grocery Store)
Willard Bay Perennials in Willard, Utah http://www.willardbaygardens.com (has a very large selection, but not very many natives.)
Yesterdays Farm Nursery in Buhl, http://www.idahotree.com/nursery/nursery.htm Good source but not a very big selection
Nurseries for which we do not have webpage information:
Alplains Seeds; PO Box 489; Kiowa, CO; 80117; (303) 791-1660
Branching Out Nursery - 0.3 miles NW - 412 N Main St, Bellevue, WA 83313 - (208) 788-9690
Buffalo-berry Farm
5 I East Lake Fork Rd., McCall, ID 83638 Tel: 208/634-3062 Fax: 208/634-3062
Specialize in propagating plants native to the intermountain region of the P.N.W. Container-grown trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses are avail. For restoration projects or wild gardens. Cat/R/M/W/C
Canyon View Nursery - 1.2 miles SW - 100 Lees Gulch Rd, Bellevue, WA 83313 - (208) 788-4573
Cedera Seed, Inc.
P.O. Box 97, 118 Hwy. 31, Swan Valley, ID 83449 Tel: 208/483-3683 Fax: 208/483-3684
E-mail: delbert684@cs.com
%Native: 100. R/W/S
Coeur d'Alene Nursery - USDA Forest Service
3600 Nursery Rd., Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Tel: 208/765-7375 Fax: 208/765-7474
%Native: 100.
Clifty View Nursery
R.R. 1, Box 509, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 Tel: 208/267-7129 Fax: 208/267-8559
E.mail: cvn@dmi.net
N.W. Rocky Mountain native seedlings. Transplants and landscape-size plants. Specialize in quaking aspen. Cat/M/W/C
Clearwater Nursery Inc - 0.8 miles S - 110 Honeysuckle St, Bellevue, WA 83313 - (208) 788-5774
Creekside Garden Center 1224 N Shields St, Fort Collins, CO 80524 - (970) 482-0667
David R. Mosman Ranch, Inc.
3160 Mosman Rd., Craigmont, ID 83523 Tel: 208/937-2552 Fax: 208/937-2552
E-mail: mosman@camasnet.com
R/W
FantasyFarms Nursery
P.O. Box 157, Peck, ID 83545 Tel: 208/486-6841 Fax: 208/486-0501
%Native: 100. W
Ford Seed Co., Inc.
2918 Woody Drive, Boise, ID 83703 Tel: 208/342-8088
R/W/S
Granite Seed, UT (801) 768-4422
Hash Tree Company
1199 Bear Creek Rd., Princeton, ID 83857 Tel: 208/875-1000 Fax: 208/875-0731
Growing native plants such as Ponderosa pine, Colorado spruce, Douglas-fir, sub-alpine fir, Engelmann spruce, western larch, Black Hills spruce, concolor fir, bristlecone pine. Some species not available for 3-5 years. Cat/R/W
High Desert Gardens (435) 259-4531
Idaho Native Plants and Revegetation. Phone: 232-3650 or 406-9117. email: ratzteri@msn.com
Idaho State Nursery
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843 Tel: 208/885-7023
Jayker Wholesale Nursery
4042 W. Chinden, Meridan, ID 83642 Tel: 208/887-1790 Fax: 208/887-9330
Native shrubs, grasses, perennials common to the Pacific Northwest including Ulmus, Aquilegia, Artemisia, Holodiscus, Philadelphus, Rosa, Salix, more. Cat/W
Lake Creek Seed
15700 S. Idaho Rd., Worley, ID 83876 Tel: 509/291-6661 Fax: 509/291-6661
Collectors and cleaners of native seed. Wildflower mixes, reclamation mixes, timber and wetland seeding, air- and hydroseeding. Cat/R/M/W
Laporte Avenue Nursery; 1950 Laporte Ave.; Fort Collins, CO 80521
North Woods Nursery, Inc.
P.O. Box 149, Elk River, ID 83827-0149 Tel: 208/826-3408 Fax: 208/826-3441
E-mail: available on request.
NORTHPLAN/Mountain Seed
P.O. Box 9107, Moscow, ID 83843-1607 Tel: 208/882-8040 Fax: 208/882-7446
E-mail: norplan@moscow.com
Supplier of native wildland species. R/M/W
Of the Earth (435) 563-2503 intermountainplants@yahoo.com
Oregon/ Idaho Native Plant Seed Growers Association
5000 N.W. 1st Ave., New Plymouth, ID 83655 Tel: 208/278-3789
E-mail: jskinner261@msn.com
Perennial Gardener - 154 N College Ave, Fort Collins, 80524 - (970) 224-3987
Plato Nursery
HCR 60, Box 1, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 Tel: 208/267-3742
Pleasant Hill Farms
1101 Anderson Road, Troy, ID 83871 Tel: 208/877-1600 Fax: 208/877-1356
E-mail: mason@moscow.com
%Native: 100. R/W
Porter Lane Wholesale Nursery (800) 533-8498
Prairie Bloom Nursery (retail). Moscow-Pullman Rd., Pullman, WA
Research Nursery - University of Idaho
University of Idaho P.O. Box 441137 Moscow ID 83844-1137 Tel: 208/885-3888 Fax: 208/885-6226
E-mail: seedlings@uidaho.edu
%Native: 80. R/W
Seed Specialists, Inc.
568 W. Buckles, Hayden Lake, ID 83835 Tel: 208/562-0479 Fax: 208/562-0479
E-mail: dantheseedman@aol.com
%Native: 100. W
Seeds Trust-High Altitude Gardens
New Winter Headquarters; PO Box 596 Cornville, AZ; 86325 928-649-3315
E-mail bm@seedsave.org
Silver Springs Nursery
HC 62, Box 86, Moyle Springs, ID 83845 Tel: 208/267-5753 Fax: 208/267-5753
E-mail: ssninc@dmi.net
Wholesale; $100 minimum order.Cat/W/C
Waterwise Gardens (435) 258-2145 wtrwise@xmission.com
Western Forest Systems, Inc.
1509 Ripon, Lewiston, ID 83501 Tel: 208/743-0147 Fax: 208/746-0791
E-mail: schaeferj@valley-internet.net
%Native: 100. W
Wildlife Habitat Institute
1025 E. Hatter Creek Road, Princeton, ID 83851 Tel: 208/875-1146 Fax: 208/815-8704
E-mail: wlld@potlatch.com
Full range of wildlife habitat plants for backyards or National Forests. Highest quality plants designed explicitly for creating excellent wildlife habitat. Cat/M/C/W
WHOLESALE ONLY
Busco, et al.
Knopf
Mee, Barnes, Kjelgren et al.
Philips
Williams
Fitzgerald, T., S. McCrea, D. Notske, M. Burtt, and M. Terrell. Native and Adapted Landscape Plant List for the Inland Northwest. Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Spokane County, Spokane, WA. 99 p.
Fitzgerald, T. and Michael C. Terrell. (No date). Landscaping with Native Plants for the Inland Northwest. Washington State University/Spokane County Cooperative Extension, 222 N. Havana, Spokane, Wa 99202. (509) 477-2048.
Johnson, F.D. 1995. Wild Trees of Idaho. University of Idaho Press. Moscow, Idaho. 212 p.
Kruckeberg, A.R. 1982. Gardening with native Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press. Seattle, Washington. 252 p.
Patterson, P.A., K.E. Neiman, and J.R. Tonn. 1985. Field Buide to Forest Plants of Northern Idaho. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. General Technical Report INT-180. 246 p.
USDA, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Pullman, WA.
Excerpt from Plant Native website:
Weeding through the sea of books that claim to do this, that or the other thing can be time consuming and even frustrating. To save you time, energy and $$, we have pre-screened a great number of books on native plants and ecological landscaping ... and present here what we think are the BEST. In some instances, we have searched high and low to find lesser known publications that are the best available for your area. These may include graduate student theses and state or municipal publications that are not available through mainstream booksellers.
Plants of the Rocky Mountains
by Linda J. Kershaw, Jim Pojar, Paul Alaback
Published by: Lone Pine Publishing
An excellent and durable guidebook to all kinds of plants native to the Rocky Mountain chain, this book includes general plant descriptions and specific information on the leaves, flowers, fruits, and range of each plant. The colorful photos are clear and helpful.
Available at: Your local bookstore, or Powells.com, Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.
Creating Landscapes for Wildlife...A Guide for Backyards in Utah
by Sue Nordstrom
Published by: the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
A beautifully illustrated resource for those planting a yard from scratch or modifying an established yard, this booklet provides the in-depth information needed to define and then meet a clear set of wildlife gardening objectives. Develop an understanding of the wildlife and geographic and climatic regions of Utah, learn to analyze the conditions in your yard and develop a native plant landscape plan, and learn how to refine your wildlife garden over the years.
Available at: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Tel: 801.538.4700. Free, no shipping and handling.
The Natural Habitat Garden
by Ken Druse
Published by: Clarkson Potter
Homeowners, landscape professionals, or any gardener who is interested in the environment can benefit from this book about recreating natural habitat. Incorporating 500 color photos into his text, Druse surveys 35 native plant gardens from across the US, discusses how to recreate wildlife habitats, and provides planting advice, a source guide, and a suggested reading list.
Available at: Your local bookstore, or Powells.com, Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.
Gardening with Native Wild Flowers
by Leonard E. Foote and Samuel B. Jones, Jr.
Published by: Timber Press
These two authors bring different points of view to the subject of native gardening, making this book useful to those wishing to create a natural meadow/woodlands landscape as well as to those in favor of a more traditionally controlled garden. It includes information on developing and maintaining a native wildflower garden, and on propagation, as well as sources for acquiring plants and a discussion of the meadow concept. Helpful both for identification and for gardening. 247 pp.
Available at: Your local bookstore, or Powells.com, Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.
The Wild Lawn Handbook
by Stevie Daniels
Published by: Hungry Minds, Inc.
Daniels presents the how and the why of replacing a turfgrass lawn with other plants. Her instructions on designing and maintaining prairie and native grass lawns, wildflower yards, meadows, moss lawns, woodlands, and front yard gardens are illustrated with inspiring photographs. 240 pp.
Available at: Your local bookstore, or Powells.com, Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.
Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards
by Sara B. Stein
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Curious about native gardening? This book is a good place to start. It is a personal perspective on growing a garden in which native wildlife is welcome. In chapters that loosely follow the course of a year -- beginning in the fall and ending the following Thanksgiving -- the author describes how she came to radically change the way she gardened. 274 pp.
Available at: Your local bookstore, or Powells.com, Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.
Planting Noah's Garden: Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology
by Sara B. Stein
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Co.
From the author of Noah's Garden comes this charmingly-written account of the people she met across the U.S. who were putting her recommendations into practice and restoring native habitats in their own backyards. Stein's entertaining prose is packed full of practical instructions for planning and maintaining a native garden: how to learn about the common flora of your region, handle group wholesale orders, kill invasive plants, collect and plant wild seeds, and plan a patio habitat, and more. 464 pp.
Available at: Your local bookstore, or Powells.com, Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.
The Native Plant Primer, by Carole Otteson. A comprehensive, region-by-region guide to selecting and maintaining regional species. Out of print: try your local bookstore, or powells.com, amazon.com, or barnesandnoble.com.