Native Plants reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 128 Reddit reviews across 30 subreddits and 50 posts to rank the best Native Plants brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/NativePlantGardening, r/GardeningAustralia, r/GardenWild, r/SoCalGardening, r/nolagardening. Top-rated brands include Native Plant (5.0/5), Buttonbush (5.0/5), Elderberry (4.5/5).
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Reviews128
Subreddits30
Posts50
Brands89
Products21
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#1
Native Plant
5.0
(12)
"Green-headed coneflower"
"Marsh-marigold"
"(Shrubby St Johns Wort)"
"(blazing star and meadow liatris)"
"Attract the most bees"
#2
Buttonbush
5.0
(7)
"Most successful live stakes per owner of Earnst seeds: Willows, dogwoods, elderberry, button bush."
"You might want to look into buttonbush."
"Buttonbush seems like a slam-dunk for the way you describe the spot."
"Pickerelweed, buttonbush, iris, sedges of all sorts."
"Definitely the Buttonbush, Butterflyweed, and Eastern Red Columbine."
"My first reaction was buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) which several others have mentioned."
"I planted three buttonbush in one of my low areas that seem quite happy."
#3
Elderberry
4.5
(4)
"Elderberry Sambucus canadensis."
"Elderberry grows really well here, is native, feeds wildlife, and makes a great syrup / wine."
"I love my elderberry, but it is a bit of a beast."
"I'd add elderberry and hazelnut."
#4
Tree of Life Nursery
5.0
(3)
"For Orange County the best and biggest selection is Tree of Life out on Ortega Highway (Closed Sunday). Various other nurseries will have some plants but nothing like Tree of Life's selection in Orange County."
"Tree of life!! Love that place."
"Seconding Tree of Life. They are really lovely and have a wide selection."
#5
Redbud
5.0
(3)
"I’ll add another vote in for red bud!"
"Definitely redbud!"
"Definitely redbud! They used my swamp milkweed, but that was the year after my redbud died."
#6
Earth Sangha
5.0
(3)
"They sell native plants and give good advice."
"Asters, goldenrod, butterfly weed, lanceleaf coreopsis, lobelia, cardinal flower, and wild bergamot have all thrived in my front yard."
"I like the nodding onions I got there. They have little bowed heads, very sweet."
#7
Lantana
4.7
(3)
"Lantana"
"Lantana is a hardy plant that attracts butterflies."
"Get some lantana as they are perennials."
#8
Milkweed
5.0
(2)
"Milkweed (butterflies), snapdragons, English lavender (ALL the bees), bearded iris, sunflowers (bees and birds)..."
"Milkweed baybee"
#9
Texas Sage
5.0
(2)
"Texas sage, they are native to this area and can be shaped into hedges and have they pretty purple blooms."
"Texas sage is a great choice for landscaping."
#10
Tapteal Native Plants
5.0
(2)
"They have a great selection of native plants and their spring sale is a fantastic opportunity to buy."
"I'm head over heels for their selection."
#11
Fletcher Wildlife Garden
5.0
(2)
"Fletcher wildlife garden is excellent."
"Fletcher Wildlife Garden has a native plant sale every year: https://ofnc.ca/fwg-online-plant-sale"
#12
Spicebush
5.0
(2)
"In my garden, they use spicebush, ash, and buttonbush."
"This year I'm investing in better fencing. And then hopefully I'll have some Spicebush."
#13
Evening Primrose
5.0
(2)
"Evening primrose and cat mint are both very happy in the dry, sandy spots."
"I have volunteer evening primrose."
#14
California Buckwheat
5.0
(2)
"Here are a few plants that have worked for me. I have no irrigation, clay soil."
"Needs very little water. Bees love it."
#15
California Native Plant Society
5.0
(2)
"The California native plant society has a database of native plants that you can sort by coordinates on [calscape.org](https://calscape.org)"
"Great group to join, if you haven't already."
#16
Calscape
5.0
(2)
"Go to calscape and see 'what grows here'."
"Try out Calscape.org to get a list of plants that occur naturally in your area."
#17
Harebells
5.0
(2)
"The one in the container is 3x the size and has been putting on a show for weeks."
"I'm going to try some harebells this season."
#18
Witch Hazel
5.0
(2)
"Witch Hazel."
"For shrubs, I've found witch hazel, sassafras, Spicebush, bladdernut and maple leaf viburnum growing naturally and doing quite well."
#19
California Botanic Garden
5.0
(1)
"If you’re willing to drive an hour, try the California Botanic Garden! I’d recommend making a day of it and buying your plants from their onsite nursery after walking their gardens of almost all native plants."
#20
Cup Plant
5.0
(1)
"Swamp rose mallow / Hibiscus moschueto and cup plant / Silphium Perfolatum like it wet and sunny."
#21
Swamp Rose Mallow
5.0
(1)
"Swamp rose mallow / Hibiscus moschueto and cup plant / Silphium Perfolatum like it wet and sunny."
#22
Native Violets
5.0
(1)
"Native violets and Commelina cyanea are great (edible!) plants as said by a previous commenter."
#23
Native Thyme
5.0
(1)
"Native Thyme is doing well in a shaded spot."
#24
Cinnamon Myrtle
5.0
(1)
"We have Cinnamon Myrtle growing well on a balcony too."
#25
Sky Nursery
5.0
(1)
"I highly recommend checking out Sky nursery in shoreline. It’s super organized and everything I’ve ever bought there has done well."
#26
AustinTexas.gov
5.0
(1)
"AustinTexas.gov has a PDF file you can download, it's extremely useful!"
#27
Botanic Gardens
5.0
(1)
"I think this site is amazing. Admittedly, it’s intended for South Australia but the search results could be applied to Ballarat."
#28
University of Nevada, Reno Cooperative Extension
5.0
(1)
"They can get you native plant lists."
#29
Scotia Seeds
5.0
(1)
"Scotia Seeds have wildflowers native to Scotland."
#30
Plants of the Southwest
5.0
(1)
"They have natives for sale and knowledgeable staff that can probably help you pick out some shrubs and perennials."
#31
Seed Savers
5.0
(1)
"Seed Savers has some inexpensive seed options."
#32
MMSD
5.0
(1)
"MMSD holds a native pollinator plant sale in the spring."
#33
Merrifield Garden Center
5.0
(1)
"I took home some Pennsylvania sedge and white wood aster for under a tree in the fall."
#34
Deergrass
5.0
(1)
"Nothing will grow through a mature deergrass clump!"
#35
Ceanothus
5.0
(1)
"Ceanothus is a wonderful family of shrubs—beautiful, tough (no summer water needed for some varieties, once established), good for pollinators when in bloom."
#36
Phyla nodiflora
5.0
(1)
"Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora). Aggressive, low-growing native with cute little pink/white flowers in spring/summer that bring all the bees to the yard."
#37
Native Thistle
5.0
(1)
"Native thistle IS NOT aggressive or invasive and and having spoken to Penn State Master Gardeners."
#38
Dichondra
5.0
(1)
"If you want a lawn substitute that's very hardy, low maintenance and can tolerate some foot traffic you can look into Dichondra Repens aka Kidney Weed."
#39
Aralia
5.0
(1)
"Aralia racemosa, four foot high, likes some moisture, tolerates shade, spreads underground over time establishing thickets."
#40
Kent Conservation
5.0
(1)
"Check out the Kent Conservation website https://www.kentconservation.org/native-plants/ Each spring and fall they have a sale on native plants."
#41
Garden Crossings
5.0
(1)
"Garden Crossings in Zeeland is open to the public and has over 200 native plants."
#42
Cleveland Metroparks
5.0
(1)
"Saturday, May 11th, Cleveland Metroparks is having a native plant sale at all their nature center locations."
#43
Pelican Greenhouse
5.0
(1)
"Pelican Greenhouse is a fine place to buy natives—they have plant sales every month at this time of year."
#44
Chicadee Natives
5.0
(1)
"I'd also recommend chicadee natives as well. I've bought a lot of plants from her, and they are native to our immediate local area."
#45
Louisiana Iris
5.0
(1)
"Louisiana iris is really good for wet, low areas"
#46
Bee Balm
5.0
(1)
"Garden phlox, bee balm (bury the pot in the ground or it will take off), milkweed, black eyed Susan’s, cone flowers, cardinal flowers, for starters"
#47
Coral Honeysuckle
5.0
(1)
"The botanical gardens has an area that’s specifically for native plants as well. Coral honeysuckle is one."
#48
ANPS
5.0
(1)
"I'm not sure about free but check this out, it's a list of nursies who sell native plants and seeds."
#49
St. Catherine’s Lace
5.0
(1)
"I’ll only add St. Catherine’s Lace (Eriogonum giganteum) and Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat (Eriogonum abrorescens)"
#50
Herb Society of America
5.0
(1)
"The Herb Society of America - Notable Native Herbs"
#51
Jerrilyn's Native Plants
5.0
(1)
"They are FLOURISHING in my shady clay soil around mu blackberry plants. I got them from Jerrilyn's Native Plants and the first year they didn't show much growth (probably establishing roots) but this year they're growing quickly."
#52
Great Plant Picks
5.0
(1)
"The Great Plant Picks website has a list of PNW natives trees, shrubs, perennials, groundcovers, bulbs."
#53
Cardinal Flower
5.0
(1)
"Cardinal flower. I've seen them growing out of ponds, close to the edge."
#54
Marsh Marigold
5.0
(1)
"Marsh Marigold, Skunk Cabbage, Fragrant Waterlily, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Woolgrass, Blue Vervain, Duckweed, Hornwort."
#55
Crowea Saligna
5.0
(1)
"Crowea saligna, a small bush with pretty pink flowers."
#56
Grevilleas
5.0
(1)
"I like grevilleas, banksias and billy buttons."
#57
Kangaroo Paw
5.0
(1)
"Kangaroo paw is pretty and hates being over watered."
#58
Red Flowering Currant
5.0
(1)
"For a shrub, red flowing currant is nice because it blooms early in spring."
#59
Angelica
5.0
(1)
"I will add ironweed, jewelweed, and angelica."
#60
Lady Fern
5.0
(1)
"There's a plant store in Norfolk called lady ferns and they sell only VA native plants!"
#61
American Hazelnut
5.0
(1)
"Any of these shrubs would work great: American Hazelnut."
#62
Chickasaw Plum
5.0
(1)
"Chickasaw Plum."
#63
American Plum
5.0
(1)
"American Plum."
#64
Black Currant
5.0
(1)
"Black Currant."
#65
Black Elderberry
5.0
(1)
"Black Elderberry."
#66
Native Viburnum
5.0
(1)
"Local native Viburnum species."
#67
Native Dogwood
5.0
(1)
"Local native Dogwood species."
#68
Native Hawthorn
5.0
(1)
"Local native hawthorn species."
#69
Florida Native Plant Society
5.0
(1)
"There’s also the Florida Native Plant Society which is a fantastic online resource."
#70
Blueberry
5.0
(1)
"Blueberries are in fact native and also do well in part shade."
#71
Serviceberry
5.0
(1)
"I like the serviceberry."
#72
Red Chokecherry
5.0
(1)
"My neighbors have a beautiful red chokecherry that the birds love to eat."
#73
Native Thistles
5.0
(1)
"Native thistles, including the field thistle (Cirsium discolor), have many wildlife values."
#74
Kunzea Tick Bush
5.0
(1)
"Kunzea tick bush is native to the area and makes a nice thick bush."
#75
Ernst Seeds
4.0
(1)
"Since you’re in PA, I recommend checking out Ernst Seeds, they sell bulk native seeds."
#76
Neil Sperry's
4.0
(1)
"When I started out gardening with native plants, I used Neil Sperry's books."
#77
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve
4.0
(1)
"Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve has a good list at https://bhwp.org/wp-content/uploads/Deer-Tolerant_Resistant-Plants.pdf."
#78
Elizabeth River Project
4.0
(1)
"Elizabeth River Project has some information and sample layouts too."
#79
Virginia Tech
4.0
(1)
"Virginia Tech has a research place on Diamond Springs near Northhampton Blvd you might be interested in."
#80
Ernst Native Seeds
4.0
(1)
"Ernst native seeds is a good PA resource: https://www.ernstseed.com/product/native-upland-wildlife-forage-cover-meadow-mix/."
#81
Homegrown National Park
4.0
(1)
"Homegrown National Park recently put out container plant guides."
#82
Sweet Bay Nursery
4.0
(1)
"Other great option is Sweet Bay nursery in Parrish."
#83
Southern Maidenhair Fern
4.0
(1)
"Southern maidenhair fern is native and lovely and not invasive."
#84
Southern Shield Fern
4.0
(1)
"Southern shield fern is native and gets taller than the maidenhair ferns."
#85
American Beech
4.0
(1)
"Not sure about favorite, but I’ll add American Beech to the list since it hasn’t been mentioned yet"
#86
Heuchera
4.0
(1)
"Adding Heuchera, not sure if it’s a favorite but they seem to use it"
#87
Blackberries and Roses
4.0
(1)
"I've read that they love things in the rose family, like blackberries and roses, but they can be pretty flexible."
#88
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4.0
(1)
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has short lists of good plants for a given state."
#89
Florida Native Plant Nursery
4.0
(1)
"Florida Native Plant nursery east of Sarasota generally has flats of ground covers available."
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