Blazing star
Liatris spicata
Full sun, wet feet fine. The one the swallowtails actually stop for. Blooms late summer.
1 gal · $14 · 60 on hand
Est. 2014 · Covington, Louisiana
A nursery that grows what it sells.
Twelve acres of natives, perennials and citrus, propagated on site. If we don't have it, we'll tell you who does and whether it'll survive your yard.
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What's on the benches
Updated Wednesdays. Quantities are what we actually counted, not what the system thinks.
Swamp sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Gets tall — six feet if you let it. Cut it back in June and it'll behave. October colour.
3 gal · $28 · 22 on hand
Satsuma
Citrus unshiu
Grafted on trifoliate rootstock, third year. Cold hardy to about 18°F once established.
7 gal · $62 · 9 on hand
Louisiana iris
Iris giganticaerulea
Ditch plant, and proud of it. Wants sun and standing water. Divide every third year.
1 gal · $16 · 41 on hand
Saturdays at ten
Workshops in the potting shed
Twelve people, two hours, and you leave with something in a pot. $35 unless it says otherwise.
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Aug 23
Propagating from cuttings
Take home six rooted cuttings of whatever's going in the shed that morning. Bring nothing.
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Aug 30
Fall vegetable beds
What actually goes in the ground here in September, and what everybody plants too early.
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Sep 6
Citrus pruning & grafting
Bring your own tree if it fits in the truck. $50, includes rootstock to graft onto.
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Sep 13
Rain gardens
For the low corner of the yard that stays wet. Plant lists you can walk out and buy.
Come out
Twelve acres off Highway 21
- Where
- 28104 Highway 21
Covington, LA 70435 - Open
- Wed – Sat, 8am – 5pm
Sunday, 10am – 4pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday - Phone
- (985) 555‑0163
- Dogs
- Yes, on a leash. Ours are out there too.
A word about advice
We'd rather talk you out of a plant than sell you one that dies. Bring a photo of the spot — how much sun it gets, what's already growing, whether it holds water after a rain — and we'll tell you honestly what will make it.
— Marguerite & Paul