Date: 8/7/26 5:13 pm
From: Eve Waterman via groups.io <eve.m.waterman...>
Subject: [hmbirds] NOW OPEN - Native Spring Ephemerals, Wildflowers, Ferns, Orchids, & Plugs (Fall 2026)
Hello, all - esp. those interested in planting native for the birds!

Just sharing the Rensselaer native plant coop info for Fall planting.

Thanks,
Eve W.

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From: The Plant Buying Collective <no-reply...>
Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Subject: NOW OPEN - Native Spring Ephemerals, Wildflowers, Ferns, Orchids,
& Plugs (Fall 2026)
To: <eve.m.waterman...>


81 Spring Ephemerals, Wildflowers, Ferns, Orchids, & Plugs | Nursery Open
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*A Promise to Gaia's**Plant Buying Collective*
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Fall is the BEST time to plant!
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Fall 2026 Event - NOW OPEN
44 Native Spring Ephemerals & Wildflowers

*Trilliums, Jack in the Pulpit, Mayapple, Turk's Cap Lily, Wild Ginger, and
more*
11 Native Ferns

*American Royal Fern, Cinnamon Fern, and more*
4 Native Orchids

*Yellow Fringed Orchid, **Pink Lady Slipper, **and more*
22 Native Plugs
Herbaceous, Grasses, Water/Wetland

*Purple Milkweed, Slender Bush Clover, Late Figwort, and more*
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*Other announcements below*
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*(Keep scrolling to see the Plant List for Plugs)*

*Event open through Monday, September 7*

*~Some varieties are quite limited*
*~Pickup* and Shipping** available*



*PLEASE REMEMBER:** We place our final order with the grower **after the
sale ends**. It can take 10-14 days to receive the plants from the grower,
and then we must sort before we can begin shipping and arranging pickup
times.*



**Pickups will start the weekend of September 25, 26 & 27 - *

*which is also our **In-person event in Rensselaerville, NY*


***Shipping will begin week of September 28*
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Nursery Open

By Appointment in Rensselaerville, NY
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Existing Plug Orders:


Orders from the *Mid-Summer Plug Event* are currently shipping.


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Schedule

We started earlier in 2026, spreading out some of our events so that we can
get you your trees, shrubs, plugs and bare-root plants faster.
Most events will be open for 4 weeks, giving you time to decide what your
garden/land/project needs.
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Open Now


*81 Native Spring Ephemerals & Wildflowers, Ferns, Orchids and Plugs *

* - through September 7*


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Ongoing


*Nursery*
*Open For the Season*


*Custom Durable Tags & Signs*


*Biodegradable Tree Guards*
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Upcoming in 2026



*In-person in Rensselaerville, NY**September 25, 26, & 27*

*Pickups for Fall Wildflower & Spring Ephemerals*


*Potted Trees & Shrubs*

*Not yet sure of timing!*



*Other Events (if there are any!)**Open Mid to Late October — Shipping late
October*
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*All Orders support programs and conservation work at **A Promise to Gaia*
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programs at A Promise to Gaia. We appreciate your support more than we can *
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program!*
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Plant List

*Native Spring Ephemerals & Wildflowers, *

*Ferns, Orchids & Plugs*



- *Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)*
- *American Royal Fern (Osmunda spectabilis) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Bird's Foot Violet (Viola pedata) - NY Rare*
- *Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa)*
- *Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)*
- *Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)*
- *Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) - NY Exploitably
Vulnerable*
- *Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Common Bluets (Houstonia caerulea)*
- *Creeping Foam flower (Tiarella cordifolia)*
- *Creeping Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)*
- *Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) - NY Exploitably
Vulnerable*
- *Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)*
- *Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata)*
- *Eastern Shooting Star (Primula meadia or Dodecatheon meadia) - NY
Natural Heritage Program considered Extirpated*
- *False Solomon Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)*
- *Fly Poison (Amianthium Muscitoxicum) - - NY Natural Heritage Program
considered Extirpated*
- *Glade Fern (Diplazium pycnocarpon) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Goat’s Beard (Aruncus dioicus)*
- *Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) - NY Threatened*
- *Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)*
- *Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) - NY Exploitably
Vulnerable*
- *Hay Scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)*
- *Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola Virginian)*
- *Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)*
- *Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)*
- *Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)*
- *Large Leaf Toothwort (Cardamine maxima)*
- *Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis) - NY Exploitably
Vulnerable*
- *Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)*
- *Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense) - NY Endangered*
- *New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) - NY Exploitably
Vulnerable*
- *Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)*
- *Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Putty Root (Aplectrum hyemale) - NY Endangered*
- *Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides)*
- *Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)*
- *Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)*
- *Solomon Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)*
- *Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Spring Beauty (Claytonia viginiana)*
- *Toadshade Trillium (Trillium sessile) - NY Endangered*
- *Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)*
- *Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Twin Leaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) - NY Threatened*
- *Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *White Baneberry/ Doll’s Eyes (Actaea pachypoda) - NY Exploitably
Vulnerable*
- *Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)*
- *Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)*
- *Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)*
- *Yellow Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris) - NY Endangered*
- *Yellow Root (Xanthorhiza simplicissima)*
- *Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum)*


*Plugs*



- *Appalachian Sedge (Carex appalachica)*
- *Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Cattails (Typha latifolia)*
- *Creeping Phlox (Phlox stolonifera)*
- *False Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)*
- *False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa)*
- *Gray’s Sedge (Carex grayi)*
- *Hollow Joe Pye Weed ‘JoJo’ (Eupatorium fistulosum ‘JoJo’)*
- *Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)*
- *Long Sepal Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus)*
- *Narrow-leaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera fructicosa ssp. glauca)*
- *New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angeliae)*
- *Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) - NY Threatened*
- *Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) *
- *Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) - NY Threatened*
- *Rosy Sedge (Carex rosea)*
- *Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) - NY Exploitably Vulnerable*
- *Slender Bush Clover (Lespedeza virginiana)*
- *Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) *
- *Tufted Hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa) *
- *Yellow Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) *


*A Promise to Gaia*

RENSSELAERVILLE, NY

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