You will not find Lady Slipper orchids nor many of the spring ephemerals here. While I do know that there are a FEW nurseries that are growing them from seed - they are few & far between. We do not believe in collecting plants from the wild. Yes, we do believe in plant rescues - but only if it is a true rescue .... not just a word to use to try to justify digging plants in the wild. If you see lists of wildflowers and the prices seem to be too good to be true, believe me, they have been collected. If people will stop buying collected plants, the collection of plants will stop. Native plants are wonderful, but please buy only from nurseries who sell nursery propagated plants. Join your state native plant society and take a hike to see the wildflowers ..... and leave them for your great-grandchildren.
Pesticides: We never apply neonicotinoid based pesticides to our plants . You may be sure that we always use the least toxic remedy when forced to apply anything.
Pope County, the county in which the nursery is located, has been included in the Federal Imported Fire Ant Quarantine area. What this means is any plants transported out of the quarantine area must be treated with a contact insecticide. We are required by Federal Law to do so. This is not a systemic pesticide therefore it is not taken up into the plant, however it is in the soil & will remain there for a couple of months.