{"id":20906,"date":"2021-09-05T11:21:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/newriver\/?page_id=20906"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:33:32","slug":"native-plant-sale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/newriver\/native-plant-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"New River Chapter Annual Native Plant Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1 align=\"center\">New River Chapter of VNPS<br \/>\n2026 Annual Native Plant Sale<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 16th, from 10 am to 2 pm (Rain or Shine!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: 300 Pepper Street, Christiansburg, VA (known as the Montgomery Museum garden). \u00a0Park along the street, or in parking lot behind the property<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First come, first served! \u00a0We accept cash, credit cards, or checks. All proceeds (except for the Live Work Eat Grow plants) will go towards the <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/newriver\/projects\/grants\/\">grant programs<\/a> of the New River Chapter of VNPS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Limit of 3 plants per species. \u00a0All Plants MUST be picked up this day (have a friend or neighbor do it for you, if necessary)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our plant sale in 2026 will include native perennial plugs and pots, along with potted native trees and shrubs. \u00a0For more information, contact Brenda Graff at Graff_Brenda@hotmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Our sale this year will also include plants from the Native Plant Propagation Center at the Hale Community Garden in Blacksburg. \u00a0Their plant proceeds will help fund their propagation center program, sponsored by Live Work Eat Grow.<\/p>\n<p>Raffle tickets are $5 each, or 5 for $20. \u00a0The raffle items include gift certificates from 3 local native plant nurseries (including Crow&#8217;s Nest, Wood Thrush Natives, and Draper Springs Nursery), a small pot of the rare Torrey&#8217;s mountain mint, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/product\/ghost-pipes-2026-wildflower-of-the-year-apparel\/\">t-shirt featuring the VNPS 2026 wildflower of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Lists below updated as of 5\/11\/26:<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><br \/>\nNative Plugs<\/strong> (source: North Creek Nursery, in PA)<br \/>\n$5 each<\/h3>\n<p>These will be large bare root plugs (not potted), and are ready to plant into the ground or you can pot them up to be planted out later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/anatherum-virginicum\/\">Grass, broomsedge <\/a>(Andropogon virginicus)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/asclepias-syriaca\/\">Milkweed, common <\/a>(Asclepias syriaca)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mtcubacenter.org\/trials\/carex-for-the-mid-atlantic-region\/carex-radiata\/\">Sedge, Eastern star<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcreeknurseries.com\/plant-name\/Carex-radiata-\">Carex radiata<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/lobelia-siphilitica\/\">Cardinal flower, blue or great blue lobelia<\/a> (Lobelia siphilitica)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/polystichum-acrostichoides\/\">Christmas fern<\/a> (Polystichum acrostichoides)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/pycnanthemum-muticum\/\">Mountain mint, short-toothed<\/a> (Pycnanthemum muticum)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouribotanicalgarden.org\/PlantFinder\/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b917\">Goldenrod, zigzag<\/a> (Solidago flexicaulis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/tiarella-cordifolia\/\">Foamflower<\/a> (Tiarella cordifolia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/fragaria-virginiana\/\">Wild Strawberry<\/a> (Fragaria virginiana) &#8211; Not a plug, donated by a member<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/penstemon-digitalis\/\"><strong>CROP FAILURE<\/strong> &#8211; Tall white beardtongue or Penstemon <\/a>(Penstemon digitalis)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CROP FAILURE<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plants.ces.ncsu.edu\/plants\/eupatorium-perfoliatum\/\">Boneset, American<\/a> (Eupatorium perfoliatum)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Potted native perennials (donations)<\/h4>\n<h4 data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>(Limited quantities, and individually priced)<\/em><\/h4>\nWild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)\nCup-plants (Silphium perfoliatum)\nSwamp milkweed, white\nSwamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata)\nBlue wild indigo (Baptisia australis)\n<h4 data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Tree and shrub seedlings from both the Virginia Dept of Forestry and donations from the Master gardeners plant sale this spring<\/h4>\n<h4 data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><em>(Limited quantities, and individually priced)<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Buttonbush, Common (Cephalanthus occidentalis)<\/p>\n<p>Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)<\/p>\n<p>Magnolia, Sweet Bay (Magnolia Virginian)<\/p>\n<p>American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)<\/p>\n<p>Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)<\/p>\nSourwood<b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> (<\/b>Oxydendrum arboreum)\nPersimmon, American (Diospyros virginiana)\nBlack Walnut (Juglans nigra<b>)<\/b>\nYellow tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)\nRed maple (Acer rubrum)\nSilver maple (Acer saccharinum)\nSycamore, American (Platanus occidentali)\nNorthern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)\nChestnut oak (Quercus montana)\nSwamp white oak\nSweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>FREE Native Plants (Donated by our member, Carol Schwobel)<br \/>\n<em>Location: Next to checkout<\/em><\/h4>\nLimited number of plants, available on a first-come, first-served basis<br \/>\nOne plant per family (no purchase necessary)<br \/>\nVarieties include silky dogwood, cardinal flower, and more&#8230;\n<h4><em><br \/>\nLive Work Eat Grow<\/em> plants and seeds for sale<\/h4>\n<h4><em>(Please pay for their plants at their own table)<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Proceeds from their plants listed below are supporting their <a href=\"https:\/\/liveworkeatgrow.org\/community-gardens\/projects\/\">Native Plant Propagation Center<\/a> located at the Hale Community Garden in Blacksburg. (These proceeds do not fund the New River Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society)<\/p>\nSmall 2 quart pots $7<br \/>\nLarge 1.5 gallon pots $10\nTall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana), 8 small, 1 large<br \/>\nFringed sedge (Carex crinita), 1 large<br \/>\nRattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium), 24 small<br \/>\nYellow sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), 2 small<br \/>\nGreat blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), 2 small, 1 large<br \/>\nScarlet beebalm (Monarda didyma), 3 small, 1 large<br \/>\nWild bergamot (Mondara fistulosa), 2 small, 1 large<br \/>\nCalico beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus), 7 small, 7 large<br \/>\nObedient plant (Physostegia virginiana), 9 small, 3 large<br \/>\nTorrey&#8217;s mountain mint (Pycnanthemum torreyi, extremely rare local ecotype), 3<br \/>\nsmall, 1 large<br \/>\nStarry rosinweed (Silphilium asteriscus, local ecotype), 16 small<br \/>\nSmooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve), 15 small, 2 large\n<p>Dry seeds: $2\/packet<\/p>\n<p>Stratified seeds: $4\/packet<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New River Chapter of VNPS 2026 Annual Native Plant Sale Saturday, May 16th, from 10 am to 2 pm (Rain or Shine!) 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