[RP TownTalk] 4th Annual Native Plant Sale: May 18!

[Bart Lawrence]

Hyattsville Elementary School PTA's
4th Annual Native Plant Sale



Planning your spring garden? 
Looking for plants that will attract butterflies, honey bees, and friends?
Discover the joy, beauty, and wonder of native plants. (And the ease and environmental friendliness.)

One Day!
Saturday May 18, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sale Location:
Hyattsville ES
5311 43rd Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20781

We’re currently putting together the plant list. Look for updates on
our website at www.nativeplantsale.org. 

For more information, please call 301-312-9170.

All proceeds go to supporting the Hyattsville Elementary School PTA and
its efforts to improve the academic achievements of all our students (happy to give specifics if you'd like).

Searchable Database of Plants for Sale (link to this: http://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=pta)

Last year’s sale had nearly 40 Plant Varieties -
Butterfly Milkweed 
Smooth Blue Aster
New England Aster 
Blue False Indigo
Lance-Leaved Coreopsis
Blue Flag Iris
Dense Blazing Star 
Spotted Joe-Pye
Cardinal Flower 
Spotted Bee Balm
Blue Vervain
Purple Coneflower
Orange Coneflower
Wild Bergamot
Black-eyed Susan
Ironweed 
Canadian Serviceberry
Eastern Redbud
Witchhazel
Winterberry 
Inkberry
American Holly
Chokecherry
Sweetbay Magnolia
Black Cherry
Allegheny Blackberry
Highbush Blueberry 
Arrowwood Viburnum 
Blackhaw Viburnum
And more! 

Related Links—
Chesapeake Natives (http://www.chesapeakenatives.org/Chesapeake_Natives/HOME.html)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (http://www.wildflower.org/) 
Maryland Native Plant Society (http://mdflora.org/aboutnatives.html)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—BayScapes (http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/Bayscapes.htm)
U.S. National Park Service—Natives page (http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/nativesmd/info.htm)
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve (http://www.bhwp.org/index.htm) 
U.S. National Arboretum—Fern Valley (http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/VirtualTours/fernvalleythumbnails.html)
 

Bart Lawrence
Hyattsville, MD

 

 		 	   		   		 	   		   		 	   		  
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