The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society has helpful resources. <a href="http://www.fingerlakesnativeplantsociety.org/">http://www.fingerlakesnativeplantsociety.org/</a><br><br>Chesapeake Bay Field Office has nurseries for NY: <a href="http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/BayScapes/bsresources/bs-nurseries.htm#NY">http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/BayScapes/bsresources/bs-nurseries.htm#NY</a><br>
<br>The catalogs from Prairie Nursery and Prairie Moon Nursery have excellent guides on planting with seed and their staff is really helpful. <br><a href="http://www.prairienursery.com">http://www.prairienursery.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.prairiemoon.com/">http://www.prairiemoon.com/</a><br><br>If they are small areas, plugs would better. I'm not familiar with the nurseries in NY, but the native plant society can help with that. Good sources for landscape plugs and an info brochure on the plugs:<br>
<a href="http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plugs.main/index.htm">http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plugs.main/index.htm</a> (click on "Landscape Plugs" in the first paragraph to get a terrific 2 page brochure)<br>
<a href="http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/">http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/</a><br><a href="http://newmoonnursery.com/">http://newmoonnursery.com/</a><br>These nurseries sell plugs for transplanting, but the root systems are too small for planting out, in general, so stick with the landscape plugs, which come in flats of 38 from North Creek and 50 from New Moon.<br>
<br>Though focused on the Chesapeake Region, most of the plants described in this booklet are native in NY. Includes info on wildlife.<br>Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/">http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/</a><br>
<br>Hope this helps!<br><br>Nancy<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Mims, Ray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rmims@aoc.gov">rmims@aoc.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://wildflower.org/plants" target="_blank">http://wildflower.org/plants</a><br>
great data base on what is native in your region.<br>
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Subject: [PCA] Planting median strips<br>
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Our town is considering replacing the grass in median strips at several intersections so that they won't have to be mowed. We are considering using native plants (grasses and perennials). Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could find information about this? The town is DeWitt, NY. If anyone has experience doing this, I would love to talk to you.<br>
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