Go Native Perennials

06/01/2026

PLASTIC POTS- we want yours, please don’t take them to the landfill - give them to us to wash and reuse We mostly want 4”, 8” and gallon Please drop them in the bed of the mini-truck parked at 1686 NY 321, Elbridge. Thanks! .free.library

05/30/2026

We’re ready to help you help pollinators! If you haven’t yet, please join the 21st century ecological gardening movement. Stop by or shop online at gonativeperennials.com. (Photo by L Welch). 🐝

05/30/2026

This sea of yellow is happening right now in my garden. Golden Alexander is one of the most beneficial native spring wildflowers you can plant. Its bright golden blooms provide an important early food source for native bees and butterflies, and it serves as a host plant for beautiful black swallowtail caterpillars. Native plants like this help restore biodiversity, support pollinators, and strengthen the entire food web right in our own backyards. Plant it if native to your region.

05/30/2026

What's eating our pearly everlasting?

We don't use any pesticides on the plants that we grow at our nursery so that means that sometimes the plants get eaten.

And that's OK - better than OK. It's why we grow native plants...to support the web of life and the local ecosystem.
It means that the plants will get eaten by insects and those insects will be eaten by birds and so on and so forth.

This particular insect is the caterpillar of the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui. The pearly everlasting is one of the host plants used by this species of butterfly. Host plants are the plants that butterflies feed on as caterpillars. Without host plants, there would be no butterflies, so host plants are even more important to plant than nectar plants if you want to help butterfly populations.

This plant, Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margarcitea) is a must-have plant for your butterfly garden as recommended by our in-house entomologist! Pearly Everlasting's grow to about 1 foot high, have lovely foliage and flowers, and do well is bright sun and dry to rocky soil. We have many available for purchase right now, get them while they're still in stock!

05/29/2026

Our rewilding team working on the west side of Skan Lake. We will be planting a large area, trying to replace vinca and English ivy with lovely native plants! Go team GNP!

05/20/2026

Making it easy for you to plant habitats and be a good steward. Open Wednesdays 9-1, Thursdays 4-7 and Saturdays 9-noon. On Saturday June 13th open until 3 ! Or call us 240-626-5209!!

05/19/2026

We're making it easy to PLANT NATIVE, Support pollinators, Support clean water, and Support local by offering sweeeet deals on plants.

Come by the greenhouse:
Wednesdays 9-1
Thursday 4-7 pm
Saturday 9-noon
or by appointment, or when we are there!

05/18/2026

05/16/2026

Check this out!! And please come check us out
Open today until noon!! 😀
Use promo code PLANTFORNATURE for $10 off $60 minimum purchase
It’ll be great to see you!

Join me as I check out the plants in the greenhouse at Go Native Perennials in Elbridge, New York. Visit the greenhouse yourself:2026 Store Hours: May 11-Oc...

05/16/2026

Butterfly numbers are declining: there's a movement afoot to reverse that - https://mailchi.mp/ebb0aa124569/plant-plant-plant-create-sponges-to-absorb-water-sequester-carbon-and-support-rapidly-dwindling-bird-populations-10346299