Knotty By Nature

10/09/2026

🚨 Saturday Update 🚨

There's been a change of plans for tomorrow.
The event at Providence Farms has been rescheduled due to the incoming weather.

We will be open from 9-4 at our regular location.

5911 Mount Hermon Ch. Rd.
Durham, NC, 27705

Come check out our native plants for your yard and the pumpkins for your porch!

10/08/2026

Fall farm day has been cancelled. We'll be open in Durham

10/02/2026

Hypoxylon Canker on a dead limb I removed from a Sugar Maple this morning. While the tree appears to be in the spirit of Halloween/Fall, hypoxylon can be fatal and infected limbs should be removed to help prevent the spread.

It can affect many hardwood species and will actually thrive under drought conditions. So, keep your mature trees watered as well during droughts!

More info: https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/biscogniauxia-hypoxylon-canker

09/29/2026

Lots of late season bloomers and early fall colors are showing off in the nursery.
And I have pumpkins! (Which are historically native)

Pumpkins were grown by Smith's Family Fun Farm and range in price from $8-$25

We'll be open Saturday 9-4 at 5911 Mount Hermon Church Rd in Durham.

View our inventory online or order in advance at the following.

https://www.knottybynaturetrees.com/category/all-products

Plants in order of appearance are:
Swamp sunflower, Helianthus angustifolia
Obedient Plant, Physostegia virginiana
White Snakeroot, Ageratina altissima
Aromatic Aster, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Winged Sumac, Rhus copallium
Swamp T**i, Cyrilla racemiflora
Silky Dogwood, Swida amomum
Black Tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica
Pumpkins 🎃
Pumpkins 🎃
Pumpkins 🎃

09/25/2026

Just a reminder that Knotty by Nature Natives will be closed this Saturday as I will be selling at the NCNPS 75th anniversary sale.
More info here:

Our mission is to promote the enjoyment and conservation of North Carolina’s native plants and their habitats through education, protection, cultivation, and

09/18/2026

We will be open tomorrow from 9-4 selling wonderful natives for our second Fall sale day of the year. Find us at 5911 Mount Hermon Church Rd in Durham.

View our inventory online and/or place an order to reserve your plants. https://www.knottybynaturetrees.com/category/all-products

Many other great native plant growers will also be selling this weekend around the Triangle. Laurel's Garden Design and Native Nursery in Raleigh, Jerilyn's Native Plants of the Piedmont in Chapel Hill, little bluets native plants in Holly Springs. Don't forget all the other great places to get your natives such as Carolina Habitats in Chapel Hill, Flower of Carolina in Saxapahaw, Mellow Marsh in Siler City, Deep Roots in Durham, Rachels Natives in Pittsboro, UNC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill and so on. I'm sure I missed one, it's been a long, hot day, but I'm also sure I've spent lots of money there, too.😁

09/13/2026

4 years! It's taken me 4 years! Dozens of milkweed planted on the property, hundreds grown and sold. 5 different milkweed species. But today I found my first monarch caterpillars! About half a dozen, couldn't see well, it's getting dark.

I kept telling myself that they didn't want to stop at the gas station (my property) for a snack when the all you can eat buffet (Brumley preserve) was a mile away. Well they stopped!

Also, shout out to all the other caterpillars, you're not any less important. Tons of Sulfur(RIP to the senna in my nursery), fall webworm, and Sawflies this year. Many spicebush swallow tails, Red Hu**ed Caterpillars, Tupelo Leaf Folders, Yellow Necked Caterpillars, Pawpaw Sphinx, copper underwings, geometers, and all the others I've seen here over the years. Thank you and you're welcome!

09/08/2026

Fall is the BEST time to plant native plants. Shop these nurseries at our 75th Anniversary celebration. Get your native plant fix in one place! Register today. https://ncwildflower.org/75th-celebration-registration/

09/07/2026

Another plant started blooming today just in time for Saturdays first sale of fall. Sagittaria australis, Appalachian Arrowhead

Perfect for a pond, creek, rain garden or any low wet area.

https://www.knottybynaturetrees.com/product-page/sagittaria-australis-appalachian-arrowhead

06/10/2026

Greensboro area people, I will be selling my native plants at Providence Farm in McLeansville this Saturday from 9-2. Come see the goats, sheep, ducks, chickens, and pigs! There will be a food truck on site as well as other local vendors.

While I will have a truck load of plants, item's will be limited. If you are looking for something specific, you can place in order in advance to guarantee that it will be on the truck. Please mention that you will pick up at Providence Farm in the order notes.
https://www.knottybynaturetrees.com/category/all-products

Providence Farm is located not far from i840.
2569 Huffine Mill Road
McLeansville, NC 27301
https://www.providencefarmnc.com/