[RP TownTalk] 7th Annual Native Plant Sale - May 14

[Bart Lawrence]

7th
Annual Native Plant Sale

Hyattsville
Elementary School PTA

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 7th Annual Native Plant Sale. Help spread the word.

What: Hyattsville Elementary School PTA’s 7th Annual Native Plant Sale

When: May 14 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?

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They grow with minimal use of water, fertilizers, and
pesticides. 

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Wildlife species have evolved with these plants and use
them as their habitat. 

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They are adapted to local soil, rainfall, and temperature
conditions.

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They have developed natural defenses to many insects and
diseases. 

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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
  
 
 
  
  ·        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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