Potowmack Chapter Native Plant Sale
Date/Time
Saturday, May 17, 2014
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location
Green Spring Gardens
Categories
Saturday, May 17, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green Spring Road, off Braddock
Alexandria, VA 223112
Come out to beautiful Green Spring Gardens on Saturday, May 17 and choose from an extensive variety of Virginia native plants that have been propagated and tended lovingly by chapter members. Our propagation beds and sale area are both located behind the main building and its greenhouse. We will have expert plant people to help answer all your questions!
Potowmack holds this sale every spring and fall, check back later for the fall date. Please see plant list, below.
Botanical Name Common Name
Amelanchier laevis Serviceberry, smooth
Asimina triloba Pawpaw
Betula lenta Birch, sweet, cherry or black
Betula nigra Birch, river
Bignonia capreolata Crossvine
Calycanthus floridus sweetshrub
Campsis radicans Trumpetvine
Carpinus caroliniana- Am hornbeam, musclewood
Carya tomentosa- Hickory, Mockernut
Celtis occidentalis- Hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis- Buttonbush
Cercis canadensis- Redbud
Clematis virginianus- Virgin’s bower
Clethra alnifolia- Sweet pepperbush
Cornus amomum- Dogwood, Silky
Cornus florida- Dogwood, Flowering
Corylus americana- American hazelnut
Diervilla lonicera- Bush honeysuckle
Diospyros virginiana Persimmon
Dirca palustris Leatherwood
Euonymus americana- Hearts-a-burstin
Fagus grandifolia- American beech
Hydrangea quercifolia-Hydrangea, Oak-leaf
Ilex opaca- Holly, American
Ilex verticillata- Winterberry
Juglans nigra- Black walnut
Juniperus virginiana- Eastern red cedar
Lindera benzoin- Spice bush
Liquidambar styraciflua- Sweetgum
Menispermum canadense Moonseed
Nyssa sylvatica- Tupelo, black gum
Parthenocissus quinquefolia- Virginia creeper
Photinia melancarpa- Black chokeberry
Photinia pyrifolia- Red chokeberry
Physocarpus opulifolius- Ninebark
Platanus occidentalis- Sycamore
Prunus serotina- Black cherry
Quercus alba- Oak, White
Quercus phellos- Oak, Willow
Quercus rubra- Oak, Red
Rhus copallina- Sumac, Shining
Rosa palustris Swamp rose
Sambucus nigra ssp canadensis Elderberry
Staphylea trifolia- Bladdernut tree
Ulmus americana- Elm, American
Viburnum dentatum- Arrowwood
Vitis aestivalis Grape, summer
Xanthorhiza simplicissima-Yellowroot
Zanthoxylum americanum Prickly Ash
zzz Smilax sp Greenbrier
Botanical Name Common Name
Actaea racemosa- Black Cohosh
Agastache foeniculum- Blue Giant Hyssop
Allium cernuum- Onion, Nodding
Amphicarpaea bracteata – Hog peanut
Amsonia tabernaemontana- Blue Star
Anemone virginiana- Thimbleweed
Apocynum cannabinum- Indian hemp
Aquilegia canadense- Columbine
Aralia racemosa – Spikenard, American
Arisaema triphyllum- Jack-in-the-pulpit
Aruncus dioicus- Goatsbeard
Asarum canadense- Ginger, wild
Asclepias syriaca – Common milkweed
Baptisia australis- False Blue Indigo
Boltonia asteroides- Boltonia
Carex intumescens Bladder sedge
Carex platyphyllum- Sedge, Broadleaf or Silver
Cerastium arvense field chickweed
Chasmanthium latifolium- Northern sea oats
Chelone glabra- Turtlehead, White
Chelone obliqua- Turtlehead, Pink
Chrysogonum virginianum- Green and gold
Claytonia virginica- Spring Beauty
Conoclinum coelestinum- Mistflower
Coreopsis verticillata- threadleaf coreopsis
Dicentra eximia- Bleeding Heart
Dichanthelium clandestinum- Deertongue grass
Echinacea purpurea- purple cone flower
Elephantopis carolinianus- Elephant’s foot
Erigeron pulchellus- robin’s plantain
Eupatorium hyssopifolium- hyssop-leaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium perfoliatum- boneset
Eurybia divaricata- Aster, White wood
Eurybia macrophylla – Aster, Big-leaf
Euthamia graminifolia- Common flattop goldenrod
Eutrochium fistulosum- hollow joepye weed
F-Athyrium filix-femina- F- Lady fern
Filipendula rubra- Queen of the prairie
F-Matteuccia struthiopteris F- Ostrich fern
F-Onoclea sensibilis- F- Sensitive fern
F-Polystichum acrostichoides- F- Christmas fern
Fragaria virginiana- Strawberry, Virginia
F-Thelypteris noveboracensis- F- New York fern
G- Elymus virginicus-1 G- Virginia wild rye
G- Equisetum hyemale- G- Scouring rush
G- Juncus effusus- G- Common rush
G- Panicum virgatum-G- switch grass
G- Schizachyrium scoparium- G- little blue stem
Geranium maculatum- Geranium, native
Wild Helenium flexuosum- Helen’s flower/Purplehead sneezeweed
