Click ≡ ( hamburger menu) on the upper left to see options. Shelterwood's retail nursery is now permanently closed due to the sale of our property. However, the website will continue so that it can be useful to those seeking native plant species information. I am also available for consultation services for fee. Please see the About Shelterwood Consultation Services page to learn how I can help answer your native plant questions! At its peak, Shelterwood grew over 230 species —often species you were unlikely to find anywhere else. Nearly all species were mature plants -meaning that these plants had been growing two, three, or more years and were overwintered, outdoors, in their pots or in a small number of instances, in raised beds. Winter vernalization creates a hardier plant at planting time than those grown lushly in a greenhouse. Benefits of Planting Mature, Over-wintered Native Plants The hardiness advantage. Plugs that leave the warm, humid greenhous...
