2024 Fall Plant And Bulb Sale
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Description: This warm season grass has pretty open and branched red, or pink inflorescence that adds dash of pale yellow in the winter. clubs and spreads through rhizomes. Foliage rises like a fountain from the clump. It is best planted as a border or as a screen and pairs well with Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium spp.). Note: do not plant with smaller perennials as they will be outcompeted by Switchgrass.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Grasslands, old fields, meadows (FAC)
Light: Sun, Part
Soil Type and Moisture: Med-Wet to DryCharacteristics
Bloom Color: Green, Purplish-Red
Bloom Period: August to September
Mature Height: 6 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and mammals. Host plant for the Tawny-edged Skipper and the Delaware Skipper.
Other Features: Deer Resistant and Salt Tolerant.Sold As: each
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Tulip “Apeldoorn Mix”
This is a pack of 5 bulbs for $7.00
Description: This tulip Darwin hybrid contains a mixture of four different Apeldoorn. This mix contains large flowers are are one of the tallest types of tulip varieties. They are great for cut flowers and landscaping. Warning: toxic to dogs, cats, and horses.
Habitat
Light: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Well drained soils, pH between 6.0-6.5, sandy soil amended with organic material.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Mix of Red, Orange, Yellow, and Bicolor Orange and Yellow.
Bloom Period: Mid Season
Mature Height: 22 inchesSold As: a pack of 5
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Tulip “Daydream”
This is a pack of 5 bulbs for $7.00
Description: These wonderful multicolored tulips provide glowing warming blooms of yellow that morph into soft apricot and orange coloring. Warning: toxic to dogs, cats, and horses.
Habitat
Light: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Well drained soils, fertilized soils.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Color shifting from Yellow to Apricot.
Bloom Period: Mid Season
Mature Height: 22 inchesSold As: pack of 5
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Tulip “Queen of Night”
This is a pack of 5 bulbs for $7.00
Description: These handsome dark purple, oval shaped flowers provide a shiny, striking effect as a flowering border or as a cut flower. This is a long lasting variety. Warning: toxic to dogs, cats, and horses.
Habitat
Light: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Well drained soils, pH between 6.0-6.5, sandy soil amended with organic material.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Dark Purple that appears Black
Bloom Period: Late Season
Mature Height: 24 inchesSold As: a pack of 5
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White Oak
Quercus alba
Description: One of the best trees to support butterflies and moths, this tree is one of the hardier and long-lived options for your yard. It can be used in your front yard or on a hell strip. It even tolerates black walnut! This oak is also a wildlife magnet, as it provides food sources to hundreds of birds, small mammals, and almost 500 species of butterflies and moths! And its edible to humans! Ripe to tan-to-brown acorns are edible after the tannins are leached or boiled out. They can be ground into a meal and used as a flour; good source of protein and fat. It is a host plant for the Faded Gray Geometer and Oak hairstreak.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Floodplain (river or stream floodplains), forests, swamps, woodlands (FACU).
Light: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Deep, moist, well-drained, loams and sands. Dry, Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Yellow Green (M) to Reddish Green (F).
Bloom Period: March, April, May
Mature Height: 80 to 100 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and butterflies. Acorns are hoarded by birds and rodents such as squirrels and chipmunks. Food source for pollinators. Host for Edward’s’ Hairstreak, Oak Hairstreak, and Faded Gray Geometer.
Other Features: Salt Tolerant.Sold As: each
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Description: Often used as an ornamental, this pretty, purple perennial has distinctively aromatic foliage Attracts numerous pollinators and is a host plant for the Raspberry pyrausta moth. Leaves are edible and are oregano scented/flavored. On Dr. Robert Gegear’s plant list. Also commonly known as Bee Balm or Horse-Mint.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Grasslands, meadows, old fields, woodland edges (UPL)
Light: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Thrives in wide range of soils from acid to lime to rich to poor to sand to clay. Dry, Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Period: July, August, September
Mature Height: 4 feetWildlife: Nectar source for Golden Northern Bumblebee, Yellow-banded Bumblebee, and Half-black bumblebee.
Other Features: Anaerobic tolerant, Deer Resistant.Sold As: each