[RP TownTalk] Native Plant Sale - This Saturday - 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.Learn more and look for updates on our website at http://hyattsvillees-pta.org/native-plant-sale/n  Saturday's a great day to visit Hyattsville, buy plants, enjoy a beer at Franklins (http://www.franklinsbrewery.com/franklins-brewery-hyattsville-maryland/#beer), grab a coffee at Vigilante Coffee's Black and Red Block Party (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-red-block-party-tickets-24561860185).  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

 

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!

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


 
  
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  Canadian Serviceberry
  
  
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  Wild Colombine
  
  
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  Red Chokeberry
  
 
 
  
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  Butterfly Milkweed
  
  
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  New England Aster
  
  
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  Blue False Indigo
  
 
 
  
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  Marsh Marigold
  
  
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  Buttonbush 
  
  
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  Eastern Redbud 
  
 
 
  
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  Summersweet
  
  
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  Lance-Leaved Coreopsis
  
  
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  Silky Dogwood 
  
 
 
  
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  Flowering Dogwood 
  
  
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  Redosier Dogwood 
  
  
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  Persimmon
  
 
 
  
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  Purple Coneflower
  
  
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  Spotted Joe-Pye
  
  
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  Wood Geranium
  
 
 
  
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  Witchhazel
  
  
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  Ox-eye Sunflower
  
  
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  Swamp Rose Mallow
  
 
 
  
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  Inkberry
  
  
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  Winterberry
  
  
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  Blue Flag
  
 
 
  
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  Sweetspire
  
  
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  Dense Blazing Star
  
  
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  Spice bush
  
 
 
  
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  Cardinalflower
  
  
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  Sweetbay Magnolia
  
  
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  Wild Bergamot
  
 
 
  
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  Spotted Bee Balm
  
  
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  Sensitive Fern
  
  
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  Cinnamon Fern
  
 
 
  
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  Tall White Beard Tongue
  
  
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  Wild Blue Phlox
  
  
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  Christmas Fern
  
 
 
  
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  Black Cherry
  
  
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  Allegheny Blackberry
  
  
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  Orange Coneflower
  
 
 
  
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  Black-eyed Susan
  
  
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  Elderberry
  
  
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  Wrincle-leaf Goldenrod
  
 
 
  
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  Meadowsweet
  
  
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  Lowbush Blueberry
  
  
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  Highbush Blueberry
  
 
 
  
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  Blue Vervain
  
  
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  Ironweed
  
  
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  Arrowwood Viburnum
  
 


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


Please let me know if you have any questions.

Bart Lawrence

Hyattsville, MD

  		 	   		  
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