M R Gardens

08/30/2026

The Plants for Wildlife kiosk at Fifth Season Gardening has been restocked! New additions include Ox Eye Sunflower (Heliopsis), two types of Coneflowers (Purple and Pale Purple), and Aromatic Aster, a late season bloomer that is important for pollinators searching for food at the end of the growing season. 💜

When native perennials stay on the shelf throughout the summer, they start to lose their leaves, even if the plant is still reliable. You can check how robust the roots are by gently squeezing the pot—feeling how the roots are filling out the container, and also turning it upside down to see roots escaping from the drainage holes. Often new leaves will be resprouting at the crown (at the bottom of the stem).

Plants for Wildlife is typically a consignment model so that the nurseries can take the plants back and repot them when they lose leaves. Fifth Season is offering M R Gardens straight sales for the time being while the supplier sorts out an upcoming transition.👏💚🐝 We greatly appreciate you Fifth Season! Fifth Season Gardening Co. Asheville

08/26/2026

Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) in bloom end of August 🤍 Ours are half-off through Sept. 2, along with most of our offering. Go to nativeplantsasheville.com to learn more

08/26/2026

One week left for our half-off sale! Thanks everyone who has placed an order so far. Very helpful. 💚

Take advantage of our end-of-summer deals now through September 2! 💜 Nearly half our offering is now half-off each plant!

Go to nativeplantsasheville.com

Discounts are automatically deducted from the price once the items are in your shopping cart. To see if your selection qualifies, look for "Half Off" listed on each item page, when you click on "see more" on your desktop. (Or on your phone, scroll through the discounts to the right).

Posted here is the full list of discounted items. Please note that for some items, the discount only applies to certain sizes (such as Nearly quarts for Starry Campion).

Once we receive your order, we'll arrange a pickup time via email.

M. R. Gardens offers native wildflowers that attract songbirds, butterflies and other pollinators.🌱🦋🐦

08/23/2026

We know some of you all remember these signs we used to put up around the Oakley neighborhood ;-) No, we don't have any tomatoes right now. 🍅Just going down memory lane.

Please read about our upcoming transition - at the end of our latest newsletter 💚
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Hope you're out gardening in this amazing weather!

08/22/2026

Blast from the past! Some of our first plant shows. Yes that’s me (Megan) in the hat in 2011.

Sixth photo is our first native garden. In the background - what the pasture looked like before we built the greenhouse. (Vegetation surrounded an old poultry barn that we removed).

Next one is of the front yard this June (In stark contrast to that winter photo with young blueberries behind me.)

Lastly, shots for our real estate listing.

After 15 years of evolution, ownership is switching hands to a business-minded couple. They are keeping the nursery intact, including our values & connection to community. They also have food ideas that are a nod to the inspiration of M R Gardens.

Thank you for building a business with a firm foundation. I imagine the roots will continue to grow larger and deeper.

M R Gardens is its own organism. Our fans often call our perennials “Megan’s plants,” but in fact I’ve done little of the transplanting the last couple of years. I’m just the guide. This winter/spring was the first in which I was no longer the main one opening greenhouse vents and watering. There were weeks when I was only on site a couple days. Yet our plants were healthier and more beautiful than ever. You are in good hands.

This is not goodbye. I’ll continue to be involved. But I do want to make sure you have my contact info since I won’t be the one posting here after Sept. 3. You can look up my personal page (Megan Riley). For now, I'm using [email protected]

You’ve lit up my life for 15 years. I never lost the joy when I would hear the phone ding signaling an order. Then when I saw your smiles and heard your wonderment, I was filled to the brim. You kept me motivated. These connections were real. Please don’t forget that in the midst of change.

Making a living with my own hands, seeing inspiration come to life, and then realizing that the carefully crafted business model has indeed succeeded —all of this has been tremendously rewarding. In the end, I want the best for M R Gardens, and now is the time for its next stage. I’m here to guide it, but also, like any good parent, I stay on the side so it can be its own thing with or without me.

More info soon. 💜

08/22/2026

Take advantage of our end-of-summer deals now through September 2! 💜 Nearly half our offering is now half-off each plant!

Go to nativeplantsasheville.com

Discounts are automatically deducted from the price once the items are in your shopping cart. To see if your selection qualifies, look for "Half Off" listed on each item page, when you click on "see more" on your desktop. (Or on your phone, scroll through the discounts to the right).

Posted here is the full list of discounted items. Please note that for some items, the discount only applies to certain sizes (such as Nearly quarts for Starry Campion).

Once we receive your order, we'll arrange a pickup time via email.

M. R. Gardens offers native wildflowers that attract songbirds, butterflies and other pollinators.🌱🦋🐦

08/21/2026

The Aromatic Asters (S. oblongifolium) at the nursery are looking lovely - at least for a couple of weeks. Get them while you can because this species is hard for us to keep looking attractive at our warm, sunny site. (Even if their roots are strong). They are excellent for late season pollinators - the last to bloom in the late fall and even into early winter. We’re not sure how much longer we can offer this species due to its sensitivity to heat while in pots (although it appreciates a lot of sun in the landscape).

See its beautiful bloom here:

https://www.nativeplantsasheville.com/product/aster-aromatic-symphyotrichum-oblongifolium-/201

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08/21/2026

The Aromatic Asters (S. oblongifolium) at the nursery are looking lovely - at least for a couple of weeks. Get them while you can because this species is hard for us to keep looking attractive at our warm, sunny site. (Even if their roots are strong). They are excellent for late season pollinators - the last to bloom in the late fall and even into early winter. We’re not sure how much longer we can offer this species due to its sensitivity to heat while in pots (although it loves heat in the landscape).

See its beautiful bloom here:

https://www.nativeplantsasheville.com/product/aster-aromatic-symphyotrichum-oblongifolium-/201

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08/03/2026

Our latest round of Swamp Milkweed is ready for pickup! Grew out from seed in less than a month - fast growers. Search for Swamp Milkweed at the top of nativeplantsasheville.com or go here:

https://www.nativeplantsasheville.com/product/milkweed-swamp-asclepias-incarnata-/231?cs=true&cst=custom

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07/16/2026

Something we noticed last year seems to be continuing this year (and also confirmed by our customers) - the species that used to be late summer/fall bloomers are now in full force early to mid summer. See our Joe Pye and Ironweed here.