[RP TownTalk] Native Plant Sale: This Saturday, May 16 at 8 a.m.

[Bart Lawrence]

Final reminder...



6th
Annual Native Plant Sale


Please join us for our annual Native Plant
Sale. All proceeds got to support Hyattsville Elementary student learning, and
all plants make the world a better place to live.


What: Hyattsville Elementary School PTA’s 6th Annual Native Plant Sale

When: May 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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



For the best selection, arrive early. Please bring boxes to carry you plants away. 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. 


·       
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



The following is the most recent plant list.
Please note that we had to swap Swamp Milkweed for Butterfly Weed, but both are
great for butterflies:

Swamp
Milkweed


New England
Aster


Blue False
Indigo


Marsh
Marigold


Lance-leaved
Tickseed


Purple
Coneflower


Joe Pye Weed


Wood Geranium


Ox Eye
Sunflower


Swamp Rose
Mallow


Blue Flag


Blazing Star


Cardinal
Flower


Wild Bergamot


Black-eyed
Susan


Wrinkle-leaf
Goldenrod


Blue Vervain


New York
Ironweed


Bearded
Foxglove


Ostrich fern


Marsh Fern


Sensitive
Fern


Cinnamon Fern


Christmas
Fern


Button Bush


Winterberry


Spicebush


American
Elderberry


Arrowwod
Viburnum


Summersweet


Chokeberry


Swamp Azalea


Carolina Rose


Swamp Rose


Virginia Rose


Common witch
hazel


Virginia
sweetspire


Meadowsweet


Lowbush
Blueberry


Highbush
Blueberry


Cranberrybush
Viburnum


Eastern
Redbud


Sweet Bay
Magnolia


Persimmon


Shadblow
Serviceberry


Black Cherry


Flowering
Dogwood



Please let me
know if you have any questions.

Bart Lawrence


Hyattsville,
MD


 
 		 	   		  
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