[RP TownTalk] 6th Annual Native Plant Sale - May 16!

[Bart Lawrence]

6th Annual Native Plant Sale

Looking to make your garden or yard more beautiful, interesting, and inviting
to birds, bees, and butterflies? Do you want to plant fruit-bearing shrubs? Or,
maybe you want to replace some English ivy that’s smothering your garden. You
can find all the plants you need to make these changes and more at the Hyattsville
Elementary School PTA’s 6th Annual Native Plant Sale.

What: Hyattsville Elementary
School PTA’s 6th Annual Native Plant SaleWhen: May 16 from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m.

Where: 5311 43rd
Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781

Learn more and look for updates on our website at http://hyattsvillees-pta.org/native-plant-sale/n


The photos on the website are of native plants that were purchased at
prior HES-PTA sales and are growing in Hyattsville, with no watering or
pesticide use…and they keep coming back!

Why Use Native Plants?
They grow with minimal use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides. (Good for the Bay!)Wildlife species have evolved with these plants and use them as their habitat. They are adapted to local soil, rainfall, and temperature conditions.They have developed natural defenses to many insects and diseases. Using native plants helps preserve the balance and beauty of natural ecosystems.

 

Visit the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ website to learn
more about creating a garden to attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Habitat/WildAcres/wahumbutbee.asp


 

At recent sales, we’ve offered as many as 50 varieties of plants such
as:

 


 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 

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  Cranberry Viburnum
  
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  Arrowood Viburnum
  
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  Common Persimmon
  
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  Low- and Highbush Blueberry
  
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  Swamp Azalea
  
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  Pasture, Swamp, and Virginia Rose
  
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  Spicebush
  
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  Black Cherry
  
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  Sweetbay Magnolia
  
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  Butterfly Milkweed
  
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  New England Aster
  
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  Lance-Leaved Coreopsis
  
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  Wood Geranium
  
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  Ox-eye Sunflower
  
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  Blue Flag Iris
  
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  Dense Blazing Star
  
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  Cardinal Flower
  
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  Blue False Indigo
  
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  Marsh Marigold
  
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  Wild Bergamot
  
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  Tall White Beard Tongue
  
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  Orange Coneflower
  
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  Ironweed
  
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  Purple Coneflower
  
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  Flowering Dogwood
  
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  Elderberry
  
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  Ostrich, Sensitive, Christmas Fern
  
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  Marsh and Cinnamon Fern
  
  (Plant list subject to change)
  

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Bart Lawrence

Hyattsville, MD

  		 	   		  
 		 	   		  
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