Plants Native to Maine

Our native flora extends far beyond milkweeds, goldenrods, and asters. And although I love those species, I invite you to reach more deeply and adventurously into the topic and actuality of native plants for your garden. We can learn along together. All of the listed species are native to Maine according to Go Botany, the plant database of the Native Plant Trust. Honey Petal Plants also offers many species native to other areas in North America as well as other parts of the world. Many plants found in other New England states and down the Appalachian spine do well in our region. I also provide information about origin and distribution in each of the plant bios for all the plants I grow. If the plants are seed grown (95% of the time for non-cultivars), and if the seed is collected from our region, is also indicated. Whether a plant is native to a particular location and how that gets determined is a nuanced process. The term "native" for the purposes of this website refers to plants that were present in Maine prior to European colonization. Some of these plants are circumboreal or hemiboreal and variants of them occur at a similar latitude to ours around the globe.