What are some of the plants I’ll see at the Plant Festival on March 22?

We hope to have the following plants ready:

Houseplants and Annuals

  • Gomphrena globosa ‘Fireworks’ (Globe amaranth)

  • Coleus (Assorted)

  • African Violet (Streptocarpus ionanthus)

  • Polka Dot Begonia (Begonia maculata)

  • African Spear (Dracaena angolensis)

  • Angel Wing Begonia (Begonia aconitifolia x coccinea)

  • Arrowhead Plant; Goosefoot (Syngonium podophyllum)

  • Bird's Nest Snake Plant (Dracaena trifasciata 'Hahnii')

  • Chinese Money Plant (Pilea peperomioides)

  • Donkey Ears (Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri)

  • Night Blooming Cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

  • Peanut Cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus)

  • Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera x truncata)

  • Walking Iris (Trimezia)

  • Wax Plant (Hoya carnosa)

    Native perennials, trees and shrubs

  • Aesculus sylvatica (Painted Buckeye)

  • Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)

  • Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)

  • Ampelaster carolinianus (Climbing Aster)

  • Amsonia tabernaemontana (Eastern Blue Star)

  • Antennaria (Pussytoes)

  • Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit)

  • Asarum canadense (Wild ginger)

  • Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)

  • Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)

  • Asimina triloba seeds (Pawpaw)

  • Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)

  • Carex cherokeensis (Cherokee Sedge)

  • Chasmanthium latifolium (River Oats)

  • Chelone lyonii (Pink turtlehead)

  • Conoclinium coelestinum (Hardy Ageratum, Mistflower)

  • Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana' (Lobed Tickseed)

  • Coreopsis palmata (Prairie Coreopsis)

  • Coreopsis tripteris (Tall coreopsis)

  • Echinacea purpurea (Coneflower)

  • Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)

  • Eupatorium rotundifolium (Roundleaf Thoroughwort)

  • Gaillardia pulchella (Blanket flower)

  • Glandularia canadensis (Clump Verbena, purple)

  • Helianthus angustifolia (Swamp sunflower)

  • Illicium floridanum (Anise tree)

  • Iris cristata (Dwarf crested Iris)

  • Iris virginica (Southern Blue Flag Iris)

  • Lobelia puberula (Downy Lobelia)

  • Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Cardinal Flower)

  • Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet honeysuckle)

  • Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife)

  • Maianthemum racemosum (False Solomon's Seal)

  • Marshallia obovata (Piedmont Barbara's Buttons) (possibly)

  • Monarda didyma (Bee Balm, red)

  • Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)

  • Monarda punctata (Spotted Bee Balm)

  • Oenothera biennis (Evening Primrose)

  • Oenothera fruticosa (Sundrops)

  • Parthenium integrifolium (Wild Quinine)

  • Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue)

  • Penstemon hirsutus (Hairy Beardtongue)

  • Phlox divaricata (Wild Blue Phlox)

  • Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant, white)

  • Pycnanthemum incanum (Hoary Mountain Mint)

  • Pycnanthemum muticum (Mountain mint)

  • Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender Mountain Mint)

  • Ratibida columnifera (Dwarf Red Prairie Coneflower)

  • Ratibida columnifera (Long-headed Coneflower)

  • Rudbeckia laciniata 'Golden Glow' (Cutleaf Coneflower)

  • Rudbeckia laciniata (Green-headed coneflower)

  • Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Coneflower)

  • Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-eyed susan)

  • Sambucus canadensis (American Black Elderberry)

  • Saururus cernuus (Lizard's Tail)

  • Scutellaria incana var. punctata (Hoary Skullcap)

  • Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue-Eyed Grass)

  • Solidago erecta (Slender Goldenrod)

  • Solidago nemoralis (Common Goldenrod)

  • Solidago odora (Sweet Goldenrod)

  • Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' (Goldenrod)

  • Stokesia laevis (Stokes Aster)

  • Stokesia laevis (Stokes Aster)

  • Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine poppy)

  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)

  • Symphyotrichum georgianum (Georgia Aster)

  • Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Aromatic Aster)

  • Symphyotrichum urophyllum (Arrow-leaved Aster)

  • Zizia aurea (Golden Alexander)

The first 250 attendees to the Festival receive a ticket with a time, starting at 11:00. Check out all the plant offerings before 11am, and when your time slot comes up trade your ticket for one of the plants of your choice. Time slots are every 15 minutes between 11:00 and 11:45 and you must be present to claim your plant. One ticket per person please. Since not all of our plants will be ready this early, you can also choose to trade your ticket for a coupon good toward one plant at the plant sale on April 5, up to $8.

Non-native perennials, trees and shrubs

  • Begonia grandis (Hardy Begonia)

  • Canna americanallis var. variegata (Canna lily)

  • Carex 'Silver Sceptre' (Sedge)

  • Crinitaria tataricus (Tatarian Aster)

  • Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' (Yellow Barrenwort)

  • Eryngium pandanifolium (Giant Sea Holly)

  • Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii (Wulfen spurge)

  • Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy' (Fig)

  • Gardenia jasminoides (Gardenia)

  • Lilium formosanum (Formosa lily)

  • Rohdea japonica (Sacred lily)

  • Sinningia tubiflora (Tube-flowered hardy gloxinia)

  • Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein' (Lambs ears)

  • Tricyrtis hirta (Toad Lily)

  • Verbena bonariensis 'Finesse' (Purple-top Vervain)

    Veggies and Herbs

    The veggies and herbs will still be too small to go to new homes yet, but they will be ready by sale time. Grab a coupon if you want to use it for a veggie plant at the sale on April 5.

    We do hope to have some Little Gem lettuce, some basil, and a handful other things that look more mature.