If you navigated to this page from a native plant ID sign in a neighbor’s garden, search your plant on the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Database.

Planting native plants is a growing movement nationwide. It’s the best way to support our soil, make sure pollinators are fed, maintain our biodiversity, cut down on commercial gardening chemicals, and mitigate localized flooding. Louisiana has a wealth of gorgeous plants that call this home.

Information About Native Plants

To find more information about native plants, how to grow them, what they are, and to meet other folks involved in the movement, check out these organizations:

Greater New Orleans Iris Society
A home for all iris enthusiasts

Louisiana Master Naturalists of GNO
A Facebook group administered by LMNGNO, for citizens to expand their skills in natural history, with special focus on the diverse habitats of Louisiana.

Native Plant Initiative
NPI promotes the use of native plants through their garden certification program, maintaining public spaces, offering free plugs and seeds, hosting volunteer events, and more!

How Louisiana Grows Dat
A Facebook group administered by LSU AgCenter horticulture agent Anna Timmerman

Where to Get Local Native Plants

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Pelican Greenhouse
A large selection of plants, many of which are propagated from cuttings, seeds and divisions from specimens growing in the Botanical Garden in New Orleans’ City Park.

Where to go for seeds:

American Meadows
Offers almost 60 native varieties from the Southeast
Lady Bird’s list of native seed suppliers
Search engine for local nurseries and local seed suppliers
Native American Seed
Offers seeds for native wildflowers and grasses
Prairie Moon Nursery
Offers seeds from a large variety of native plants
Roundstone Native Seed
Great selection of native plant seeds for bulk ordering