The Gardiner Library and Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley are ho
sting a native plant sale again this year.
Plants are $4 each. Cash o
r check preferred. Debit/credit available.
These small plants\,
called landscape plugs\, are much less expensive than container plants an
d an excellent way to keep costs down while trying out some new plants. Pr
oceeds to benefit the library.
Master Gardeners from Ulster Cou
nty Cornell Cooperative Extension on site to answer all gardening question
s.
To ensure that we have enough plants available this year:
-We have increased the number of plants to 1200.
-We will a
lso limit the quantity to 1/2 flat per customer (either 16 or 25 plants de
pending on flat size). Please note that anyone interested in purchasing mo
re than the 1/2 flat limit should contact Angela Sisson at wildonesmhv@gma
il.com to see about making arrangements for a larger purchase.
Plant species available at this year&rsquo\;s sale include:
Wild C
olumbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)&
nbsp\;
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
False Blue Indigo (Ba
ptisia australis)
Longflower Alumroot (Heuchera longiflora)
Blue
Flag (Iris versicolor)
Beebalm (Monarda didyma &lsquo\;Jacob Cline&r
squo\;)
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)
Golden Ragwort (Packera a
urea) \;
Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata &lsquo\;Blue Moon&rsquo
\;)
Jacob&rsquo\;s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Mountain Mint (Py
cnanthemum muticum)