Selecting Plants
Illinois Native Plants for the Home Landscape: Planting design tips for year-round landscape interest, including prairie plant list.
Healthy Hedges: Chicago Region Tree Initiative’s recommended privacy screen replacements, following removal of European Woody Invasive Species prairie plant list.
Native Trees and Shrubs for Supporting Pollinators: Trees Forever, an Iowa non-profit shares recommended trees and shrubs for the Midwest.
Native Shrubs of the Midwest for the Home Landscape: The Morton Arboretum provides a list of suggested shrubs.
Plant Resources
Native Plant Resources: Website resources and local and regional native plant vendors.
Plant Sales
Fall 2022 Illinois Native Plant Sales:
Native Plant Sales near Cook County:
Citizens for Conservation’s Fall Native Plant Sale
West Cook Wild Ones Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale
Stay tuned for spring 2023 sales:
Thorn Creek Audubon and Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve Native Plant Sale
DuPage Forest Preserves Native Plant Sale
Statewide Plant Sales:
Illinois Native Plant Society lists state-wide plant sales
If you would like for Illinois Extension in Cook County to share your local native plant sale information, please email Nancy Kreith at kreith@illinois.edu