Area and online nurseries selling native plants

The Maryland Native Plant Society provides a list of 48 native plant nurseries, with website and other contact information.

The University of Maryland Extension Service provides a list of 32 native plant nurseries that have been certified as selling genuine Maryland native plants. Nurseries must have at least twenty percent of their inventory devoted to Maryland natives to achieve the lowest level of certification.

The Nuts for Natives Buying Native Plants webpage provides information on 18 specialized native plant nurseries, 8 online sources for native plants, and other nurseries and garden centers that sell some native plants. If you purchase from the last category, it is especially important that you read the advice on how to purchase native plants that is in the next section. Don’t be duped!

FONTT Member Recommendations

Three FONTT members explain why they respectively like Bona Terra Nursery, Kollar Nursery, and Earth Sangha. Note that Bona Terra will deliver.

Don’t be Duped! Advice on buying native plants

Shari Wilson of Nuts for Natives offers these practical guidelines for shopping wisely for native plants. In the process, she points you toward the nurseries in our area that are better suited to particular objectives in buying native.

The Maryland Native Plant Society simply advises you to ask these two questions before making a purchase.

Homegrown Takoma: Free Trees from FONTT

If you’re looking for a native tree, FONTT has several species that it will plant for free in your yard. Read more about FONTT’s Homegrown Takoma program .

Maryland rebates on the native tree purchases

The Marylanders Plant Trees state program offers a $25 rebate for the purchase of selected native trees at 86 participating nurseries. This can be combined with a $50 rebate from Montgomery County, for a total savings per tree of $75. Information on how to get state and county rebates on native tree purchases.

Summary of Links

Maryland Native Plant Society provides a list of 48 native plant nurseries

University of Maryland Extension Service list of 32 native plant nurseries certified by the MD Native Plant Program

Nuts for Natives > Buying Native Plants webpage

Bona Terra Nursery
Kollar Nursery
Earth Sangha

Nuts for Natives guidelines for shopping wisely
Maryland Native Plant Society advice when buying native plants

FONTT’s Homegrown Takoma program (free trees)

Information on how to get state and county rebates on native tree purchases.