While the Utah Native Plant Society is pleased to present this list of Utah native plant and seed providers as a public service, it does not mean that we specifically endorse or certify the providers listed here. At the same time, we strongly encourage the public to support nurseries that sell native plants and to ask nurseries that do not to become a part of the "plant native" initiative. We encourage all nurseries, garden departments and mail order companies who do business in the state of Utah to offer Utah native plant species and seeds. We challenge the nursery industry to better educate the public on the important role that Utah native plant species should play in our landscape environments which we have been advocating for over two decades.

We also implore the industry to immediately stop the sale of any plants that are known to be invasive (Russian olive and donkey-tail spurge, Euphorbia myrsinites and dalmation toadflax aka "butter and eggs", Linaria dalmatica, are but three examples) which are responsible for a loss in genetic diversity and ultimately threaten our own well being. Please do NOT plant Russian olive or Saltcedar (Tamarisk). These should NEVER be used in residential or commercial landscapes nor planted in parks or used in reclamation projects. Why Not Russian Olive and Saltcedar?

For suggestions or updates to this list, please E-mail us at unps@unps.org.

Here are some helpful links re: native plant horticulture:

 

Intermountain Native Plant Growers Association (INPGA, Utah's Choice Native Plants for Intermountain Landscapes)

 

Utah at Home: Landscaping with Native Plants, a publication of INPGA, is 20-page, full-color, how-to booklet created to give gardeners easy-to-follow guidelines for using native plants in home landscapes. This booklet can be purchased on our Store page.

 

Native Plants Network

Native Plants Journal

Susan's Soil mix for Utah Native Plant Propagation (PDF format)

Garden planning/plant list resources

 

Central Utah Water Conservancy District Virtual Demonstration Garden

JVWCD Demonstration Garden

Utah Botanical Center (USU)

UNPS Utah Heritage Garden Program

Wild Ones - Native Plants, Natural Landscapes

Don't forget the pollinators nor other "backyard conservation" considerations

 

Wildlife Habitat Council - Pollinator Friendly Practices

USDA Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory Logan (See Bees & Gardens)

National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat

NAPPC North American Pollinator Protection Campaign

North American Butterfly Association

Pollinator Friendly Practices (PDF file)

And try not to use insecticides, herbicides, pesticides - while RoundUp is safer than many, it must be used with great care if used at all

 

Unidentified inert compounds may be toxic

Is RoundUp a safer pesticide?

Can cause cancer?

Glyphosate can be more damaging to wild flora than many other herbicides

Monsanto document

Protecting Honeybees from Pesticides

Note: UNPS assumes that the growers listed below are providing nursery-grown native plant stock. Further we assume that any/all seeds, bulbs or any other materials being offered if collected from the wild were taken only with proper federal, state and/or private landowner permits and in accordance with any and all applicable laws including the Endangered Species Act. We do not in any way condone nor encourage the digging of plants in the wild by individuals or commerical enterprises except when the habitat is in imminent danger of being destroyed (and even then, only when the appropriate permits have been obtained).

The Utah Native Plant Society is a non-profit corporation that has been holding native plant sales for over two decades. Please watch our news and chapter pages for notices concerning these sales. Some of our chapters (Cache and Salt Lake) also regularly participate in local farmers' market sales during the summer months. We also hold propagation workshops. We do not normally offer plants or seeds however outside of these specific plant sales or workshops, the proceeds of which benefit programs and objectives of our organization.