Friday, August 28, 2009

Another Little Plant Sale

Both the sale and the plants are little ! I still have some native plants available that need to find their way out into the greater world. Come and help them venture forth! Stop by my house on Saturday, August 29, between 10:30 am and 1 pm. E-mail me for my address: srczak@hotmail.com
The plants are mostly in 2" pots and are native to MN or the Midwest. They will be $2.00 ea. with some kind of discounts for volume, though there aren't many left.

Here are what remain:

Showy Tick Trefoil about 28
Sweet Joe Pye Weed a couple
Jacob's Ladder 8
Culver's Root 12
New England Aster 8
Ninebark (shrub) 13 green and 5 red (offspring of 'Diablo')
Ground Plum 4
Prairie Blazing Star 8
Purple Prairie Clover a couple
Bottle Gentian 10
Butterfly Weed 6
Prairie Coreopsis 8

sorry, no botanical names this post, it's late and I'm tired ! I'll give 'em to you if you show up.

plus a few other species you could get me to dig out of my yard for $5.00 ea. as these are at least in their second year, and a clump, not a single plant.
also, about 3 surprise species of native shrub I would dig up for $10. ea as these are about 4 or 5 yrs old that were planted bare root about 3 yrs ago.

Hope to see you.....................Thanks !

Friday, August 21, 2009

Lots of Yellow and Some Blue

Agastache foeniculum, Anise hyssop; yummy smell, if you like black licorice !

Liatris aspera, Button Blazing Star; blooming from the top down, just like a Blazing Star

Rudbeckia laciniata, Wild Golden Glow


Rudbeckia fulgida, Orange Coneflower, but not 'Goldsturm'........striking !



Ratibida pinnata, Yellow, or Gray-Headed Coneflower, Hula skirts !




Monday, August 17, 2009

Native Plant Sale 8.22 & 23

Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa


I will have a plant sale of Native Minnesota/Midwestern plants this coming weekend, Saturday & Sunday August 22 & 23 from 10 am to 1 pm in my yard in Minneapolis. E-mail me for my address if you want to take a look.

The plants are growing in 2" or 4" pots. The 2" pots will be $2.00 each and the 4" will be $3.00 each. If you buy a whole flat of plants (18 x 4" or 36 x 2" in a flat) you can take them away for just $50.00.

Here's a list of all the plants available: (note both the common and botanical names for each plant; if you search the web for details about any of them, be sure to use the botanical name as it will get you more precise results)


Here are the plants followed by the number of each (in no particular order):

Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense-- 32
Sweet Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum --10
Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans-- 20
Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum-- 12
New England Aster Aster novae angliae-- 16
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius (shrub)-- 24
Ground Plum Astragalus crassicarpus-- 12
Missouri Evening Primrose Oenothera macrocarpa-- 8
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pychnostachya-- 12
Purple Prairie Clover Petalostemum purpureum
aka Dalea purpurea-- 9
Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii-- 20
Purple Milkweed Asclepias purpurascens-- 20
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa-- 28
Asclepias ??? Unknown spp milkweed from Hudson, WI-- 24
Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis-- 5
Lead Plant Amorpha canescans-- 6
Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata-- 10

If you want to dig up pictures and info about these and other species, I'll recommend 2 places here that have a wealth of information:

First is Prairie Moon Nursery in Winona, MN;

and the other is the Native Plant Information Network at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, TX.


I'll be happy to see you this weekend ! Stop by just to take a look at my yard if you like...

Again, e-mail me for my address......Thanks, Scott.