Native Plant Center Sale 2022

Native Plant Sale 2022 @ Native Plant Center WCC: Order your mother’s day plants at the Native Plant Sale 2022, presented by the Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College, by March 15. Pick ups will be held April 27 through 30. The Native Plant Center will contact you to schedule your pick up. The minimum order at this year’s sale is $225. (Order early to be assured of getting the plants you want, as quantities are limited.)

As always, you’ll find a great mix of native plants in various sizes to suit all garden needs. Shop online  for fifty varieties of plants. On The Native Plant Center site you can break your search down by plant type. Including, Spring to Summer Perennials, Summer to Fall Perennials, Grasses, Ferns or Trees, Shrubs and Vines. Each plant listed is also keyed for: DR (deer resistant); DT (Drought Tolerant); WL (Wetlands); BD (Attracts birds); HB (Attracts hummingbirds); BF (Attracts butterflies & moths); BE (Attracts bees) and Sun, Part Shade or Shade plants.

Featured Flower (Rosa Carolina)

This Rosa Carolina is this year’s featured flowering shrub. It forms an abundance of fragrant pink flowers on a thorny shrub in late spring and is a pollinator magnet. It likes dry to wet soil, sun to part shade and grows three to four feet tall. DT BD BF BE

Grasses

Tufted Hair Grass: This low grower is one of the few ornamental grasses that thrive in moderated shade. The flower heads give off a golden hue in the summer. These plants come in a gallon bucket and grown one to two feet tall. Plant them in masses for edging, borders and paths or to add an architectural element to the winter landscape.

Ferns

Lady Fern: These Lady Ferns, also called Lady in Red, have red stems  surrounded by lacy, symmetrical, tapering fronds. Although they are delicate in appearance, they are hardy plants and can tolerate dry and poor soils. The Lady Fern likes moist soil and part to full shade and provides cover and nesting material for birds. They come in one gallon buckets and grow to 15–24” tall.

Trees, Shrubs and Vines

Lowbush Blueberry: This deciduous shrub is a three season threat delivering pink-white bell-shaped flowers in spring; a sweet, small blueberries in summer, and brilliant-red foliage in fall. It does well in rock gardens, or in mass planting and is a special value to native bees. Plant in moist to dry, acidic soil in sun or part shade areas. It grows 8–16” tall. DR DT BD BF BE

Spring to Summer Perennials

Shooting Star: Basal rosette of smooth green leaves gives rise to a slender stem bearing clusters of nodding, sharply pointed flowers with backswept white to light-pink to purple petals. A spring ephemeral that is dormant by mid-summer. Of special value to bumblebees. Plant in moist soil, part shade, 8–14” tall. DR BE

Summer to Fall Perennials

Threadleaf coreopsis: Birds eat the seeds of these bright-yellow, daisy-like flowers that are long bloomers from summer through early fall. The slender foliage adds texture to the garden.  These plants are drought resistance. DR DT BD BF

Native Plant Center members receive a 5% discount on orders. To become a member or to renew, click here. You will then be sent the discount code to apply at checkout.

About the Native Plant Center

The Native Plant Center was established in 1998 under the auspices of the Westchester Community College Foundation as the first national affiliate of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas.

The Native Plant Center’s demonstration gardens showcase native plants and are open to the public free of charge daily until dusk. They also hold classes, seminars and other special events throughout the year to educate and inspire people to incorporate native plants in their own landscapes.

The Native Plant Center is located on the Westchester Community College Campus at 75 Grasslands in Valhalla.

Native Plant Center members receive a 5% discount on orders. To become a member or to renew, click here. You will then be sent the discount code to apply at checkout.