The Wilderness Center Native Plant Sale
Where to buy native plants? Right here! The Wilderness Center’s Native Plant Sale is your source for the best selection of native plants for your gardens and landscapes! Choose from a large variety to beautify and enhance your backyard habitat.
Winter is the perfect time to plan for spring planting! Online ordering opens early for TWC Members on February 16, 2026. Members can shop from popular and hard-to-find selections before the native plant sale opens online to the public on March 2, 2026.
TWC Members Save 10% on ALL Native Plant Orders!
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Spring Native Plant Pick Up Days are scheduled for May 8th & 9th, 2026!
All native plant orders must be picked up at The Wilderness Center*. (9877 Alabama Ave SW, Wilmot, OH 44689).
*Any plants not picked up by May 31st will be donated to TWC’s native plant conservation initiatives.
The Importance of Native Plants
& Cultivars
A cultivar is a variety of a plant that is propagated, or bred, through human intervention to develop desired characteristics such as flower shape, leaf color, or height. Native plant cultivars, called nativars, are plant varieties that are propagated clonally from native plants also for specific characteristics, such as color, height, or the ability to survive blight.
Many nativars were bred to offer some benefit to our native pollinators, habitats, and wildlife. In fact, some nativars even offer more benefits in certain areas than their native plant origin species.
Using properly controlled nativars in our backyards, school yards, and corporate lands does not pose a threat to our native species. Using nativars in our rain gardens, pollinator gardens, wildlife gardens, and backyard habitats can offer the pollinators, wildlife, and the property owners both a respite, and an opportunity to recharge.
To read the full article by TWC's Executive Director, Jeanne Gural click HERE.
