Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: What new plants are you adding to your gardens this year?, 0 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
I tried this plant, Indian Pink, a number of times without any luck. Since it is native to a little further south then where I live I thought it wasn't going to make it again. It did well last year partially shaded and kept moist by the birdbath.
I just noticed today a nice clump of shoots so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I think sometimes plants grow better if I can purchase them locally rather then mail order. I found this one at Bowman's Hill Nature Preserve Native Plant Sale last spring. They grow all the plants there in Pa. so maybe it was better acclimated to this area. This has happened to me with a number of natives in particular.

Maybe you can find it at a local native plant sale. It certainly was much cheaper then from mail order or even the local native plant nurseries. I think they can keep their costs low because they use volunteers.
I do go frequently to the native plant nurseries also and use 1or 2 local mail order sites. I wouldn't want them to go out of business or I'd be stuck back at local commercial nurseries that no longer have anything I want.