Save the pollinators! Learn about native plants and how they can help.
Find our favorite varieties below. Visit us to see what Native Plants we have in stock for your yard!
What are "Native Plants"?
Native plants evolved or adapted to our local environment for thousands of years, and are an important part of our local habitats and ecosystems. They are the most sustainable plants for our specific area.
They can stand the test of Ohio weather!
Native Plants are adapted to our growing conditions and have evolved to thrive in our climate. They are comfortable with the amount of rainfall we receive, to our unique soils, our hot humid summers, and our cold winters.
Why YOU should have native plants in your landscape:
Increase food sources for pollinators and wildlife
- Provides an abundance of nectar for hummingbirds, native bees, butterflies, moths, and bats
- Tender plant leaves are needed for native caterpillars
- Birds eat seeds produced by plants in late summer
Supports birds, insects, and wildlife
Almost 96% of our terrestrial bird species feed on insects, not seeds.
Fun Fact: It takes more than 4,800 caterpillars to raise one brood of chickadees
Native plants are also advantageous, because:
- Native plants require less water than lawns and help prevent erosion.
- They can significantly reduce water runoff and, consequently, flooding.
- Native plants help reduce air pollution by removing carbon from the air.
- Native plants provide shelter and food for wildlife.
- Native plants are beautiful and increase home values!
Native Plants You'll Find at Graf's:
Shade-Loving Plants
DICENTRA
Fringed Bleeding Heart
BUGBANE
CHELONE
Turtlehead
HEUCHERA
Coral Bells
SPIGELIA
Indian Pink
TIARELLA
Foamflower
AQUILEGIA CANANDENSIS
Columbine
Sun-Loving Plants
Agastache Foenciulum
ARUNCUS
Goat’s Beard
ASCLEPIA INCARNATA
Swamp Milkweed
ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
Butterfly Weed
ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA
Common Milkweed
BAPTISTA AUSTRALIS
Wild Indigo
COREOPSIS
Tickseed
ECHINACEA PURPUREA
Coneflowers
EUPATORIUM
Joe Pye Weed
HELIANTHUS
Perennial Sunflower
IRIS
LIATRIS
LOBELIA
Cardinal Flower
MONARDA
Bee Balm
OENOTHERA
Evening Primrose
PHLOX
POLEMONIUM
Jacob’s Ladder
SISYRINCHIUM
Blue-Eyed Grass
STOKESIA
Stokes’ Aster
TRADESCANTIA
Spiderwort
TRILLIUM GRADIFLORUM
Ohio’s State Wildflower
PHYSOSTEGIA
Obedient Plant
ALLIUM CERNUUM
Ornamental Onion
Our selections change seasonally, but here is a comprehensive list of varieties we carry each year.
