Bareroot, Plug & Potted Native Plant Sale
The New River Chapter of VNPS is sponsoring a native plant sale in Spring 2024, and offering three types of native plants as described below: bareroot plants, plugs, and potted trees.
Please see the plant descriptions and ordering information below. Note that all plants are required to be picked up in May/June at the Montgomery Museum in Christiansburg.
Native Plugs
Source: Mid-Atlantic Nursery (or museum and member donations)
Plugs, not potted. You can plant immediately or pot up to plant later. For detailed descriptions, visit https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu.
Pick Up: at the Montgomery Museum, 300 Pepper Street, Christiansburg, Virginia.
DATE: Sunday, June 9th 2024, 2-5 pm RAIN OR SHINE (Please park on the street)
Plug Species: (list updated as of June 7th)
- Clethra alnifolia SWEET PEPPER BUSH - CROP FAILURE
- Asclepias tuberosa BUTTERFLY WEED - SOLD OUT
- Monarda punctata SPOTTED BEE BALM - SOLD OUT
- Pycnanthemum incanum HOARY MOUNTAIN MINT $3.00 Virginia ecotype
- Scirpus cyperinus WOOLGRASS $3.00 Virginia ecotype
- Monarda fistulosa WILD BERGAMOT $2.00 (Montgomery Museum Garden donation)
- Elymus hystrix BOTTLEBRUSH GRASS $3.00 (Montgomery Museum Garden donation)
- Silphium asterisks STARRY ROSINWEED $2.00 (Montgomery Museum Garden donation)
- Asclepia syriaca COMMON MILKWEED $2.00 (Montgomery Museum Garden donation)
- Baptisia australis BLUE WILD INDIGO $2.00 (Montgomery Museum Garden donation)
Everything that you pre-ordered (other than the Sweet Pepper Bush) that I recorded as available is being held for you for pickup on June 9th. There will be other plugs available that were grown at the museum garden and other plants donated by members. Cash, credit cards, or check.
Potted Native Plants
For detailed descriptions, visit https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu.
Pick Up: at the Montgomery Museum, 300 Pepper Street, Christiansburg, Virginia. DATE: Sunday, June 9 2004, 2-5 pm
Potted Plants: (list updated as of June 1)
- Celtis occidentalis COMMON HACKBERRY one gallon $8
- Quercus alba WHITE OAK five gallon $15
- Cephalanthus occidentalis BUTTONBUSH five gallon $15
- Corylus americana AMERICAN HAZELNUT two gallon $10
Cash, credit cards, or checks. First come, first serve.