St. Louis Native Plant Nursery & Contract Growing
For Contractors, Landscapers, Wholesale Customers, & Home Gardeners
For those interested, you can take a look at the MSD approved plant list below and submit your order using the form below. All contract grows are grown in our greenhouses in Wentzville, MO.
If you’re interested in learning more about this offer from Pure Air Natives, keep reading below the contract form! As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to call or submit a contact form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!
Native Plant List: MSD Plugs
Download the PDF or scroll down to see our plant availability.
| MSD List: Bioretention and Organic Filters | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Grasses/Sedges | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sidoats Grama |
| Carex praegracilis | Tollway Sedge |
| Carex grayii | Bur Sedge |
| Carex shortiana | Short's Sedge |
| Carex vulpinoidea | Brown Fox Sedge |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | River Oats |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
| Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed |
| Forbs | |
| Amsonia illustris | Shining Bluestar |
| Chelone obliqua | Rose Turtlehead |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Puple Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Hibiscus lasiocarpos | Rose Mallow |
| Iris virginica | Southern Blue Flag Iris |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Grey-headed Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod |
| Symphyotrichium novae-angliae | New England Aster |
| Verbesina helianthoides | Yellow Wingstem |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders |
| MSD List: Non-Bioretention Specific Plugs | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Grasses/Sedges | |
| Carex annectans | Yellow Fruited Sedge |
| Carex crinita | Fringed Sedge |
| Carex muskingumensis | Palm Sedge |
| Juncus effusus | Soft Rush |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass |
| Scirpus atrovirens | Dark Green Bullrush |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass |
| Forbs | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed |
| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo |
| Blephilia cilliata | Ohio Horsemint |
| Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed |
| Iris fulva | Copper Iris |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Blue Lobelia |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine |
| Penstemon digitalis | Smooth Penstemon |
| Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Black-eyed Susan |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard Tail |
| Solidago rigida | Rigid Goldenrod |
Native Plant Ordering Process
1. Tell Us What You Need: Fill out and submit the form below with a description of which plants you need and by when.
2. Receive Quote: Pure Air Natives will reach out to you with a quote, verifying your native plant species and timeline.
3. Accept/Confirm Order: If you choose to accept the quote and let us take sourcing native plants off your hands, we’ll send you an order confirmation.
4. Schedule Pickup: Once plants are finished growing, we’ll send you an email confirmation and schedule pickup from one of our locations. Home owners (non-businesses) must pick up their plants in the Florissant location due to zoning laws. Contractors can pick up their plants at our Wentzville greenhouse (preferable) or schedule pickup at our Florissant headquarters as well.
5. Plant!: You’ll pick up your plants, and they’re ready to incorporate into your landscape!
Order Your Native Plants Below!
For more information on contract growing, scroll down after the form. We’ll explain what contract growing is, how to decide if its the right choice for your business, and some tips for success! We’ll also answer our top FAQs.
What Is Native Plant Contract Growing?
Though native seeds are a more cost-effective option, we understand that native plants are also in demand. Our greenhouses and plants are cared for by ecological professionals who’ve been serving contractors for over 30 years!
Is Contract Growing The Right Choice For You?
Native plant contract growing with Pure Air Natives is the perfect choice for many landscaping professionals. Here’s a few things that our happiest clients have in common.
1. Who Are You?: You’re a landscape contractor or designer in the St. Louis area who needs native plants for client projects. As a landscaping pro, you’re looking for a reliable, high-quality native plant nursery you can depend on with excellent customer service and goes above and beyond for customers.
2. Early Plant Lists Submission: Your landscaping business knows which native plants are needed for each project ahead of time, allowing you to place your order several months in advance.
3. Professional Partnership: You’re looking for a long-term relationship with a native nursery, ensuring you’ll get high quality plants, priority customer service, and competitive pricing in Missouri.
Contract Growing FAQs
How Much Lead Time Do We Need To Give To Order From Your Nursery?
For the best results, send us your plant lists at least 6 months in advance. We’ll need at least an 8 weeks notice during the growing season.
Since contract grows take 6-8 weeks to grow, be sure to schedule ahead of time. Last minute grows are possible, but why risk it?
Like we mentioned above, we have stock available year-round. If you’re making an order last minute, please fill out the contact form above (or call us) to determine plant availability.
Do You Only Offer Contract Growing To Contractors? Can I Order Native Plants From Your Nursery As A Home Gardener?
Yes, home gardeners can also order native plants from us! Though our main clientele are landscaping contractors and designers, we also grow native plants for personal use.
For the best results and prices, request your plants a few months ahead of time so we can grow them, but anyone one in St. Louis — business or not — is welcome to order from our native plant nursery!
Last minute grows are possible though. Fill out the contact form or call us to double check our stock.
How Do You Grow Quarts & Gallons So Quickly?
We always keep a robust inventory of plugs on hand to grow out into quarts or gallons.
Seeds => Plugs => Quarts => Gallons
It takes 16-20 weeks for plants to go from seed to plug size (not including stratification time — add an additional 4-13 weeks if stratification is necessary).
It then takes plugs 6-8 weeks to root out into a quart or a gallon size.
Do You Offer Plant Delivery?
At this time, we only offer pickup from our location in St. Louis, MO (4630 W Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115). Ensure a hassle-free encounter by planning ahead for picking your plants up on time.
Do You Provide Ecological Consulting For Projects?
Pure Air Natives takes great pride in our customer service and deeply values our partnerships with St. Louis metro area contractors. The more we know about your project, the more we’ll be able to help.
From curating your plant list to suggesting other substitutes, our ecological experts have your back. You’ll be able to bounce ideas off of us, get a second opinion about landscaping projects with more complex variables (such as erosion control), and we’ll be more likely to be able to accommodate specific requests too.
Where Do You Grow Your Native Plants In Missouri?
We have greenhouses in Wentzville, MO where our seed and native plants are grown. The PLS testing (ensures seed is viable for germination) is certified by a third-party lab.
Order Native Plants From Our STL Nursery
Don’t want to worry about having the best quality Missouri native plants on hand for your landscaping project? Interested in ordering native plants from a nursery?
Get started today by filling out the form above for a contract growing quote! We’ll be in touch soon!