Native Plant Sale: Shop & Learn Sat. May 30th 9:30-2pm


Native Plant Sale:

Shop & Learn

Mt. Prospect Historical Society

Sat. May 30th

9:30am-2pm

         101 S. Maple St. MP



This exciting event is both a fundraiser for our growing organization and an opportunity to gather resources and learn about pollinator-friendly native plants into your landscape. There will also be a kids craft table!

On the day of the sale, we’ll be selling 24 establish native plugs from Pizzo Nursery and an additional 25+ varieties of  native seedlings. 

New to native plants? We’ll have resources and information available to help you discover the many benefits of native gardening and how to get started. Come support Go Green Mount Prospect’s first fundraiser and help create healthier habitats for pollinators and wildlife—one garden at a time! More event details coming soon on location and times! Interested in helping with the sale, send us a message!


NATIVE PLANT LIST

Day of Plug list ($4-$5 a pot): Swamp Rose Mallow, Whorled Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Brown Fox Sedge, Southern Blue Flag,  Dwarf Blazing Star, Wild Geranium, Rose Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Prairie Dropseed, Pennsylvania Sedge, James's Sedge, Short's Aster, Silky Aster, Columbine, Heartleaf Golden Alexander, Little Bluestem, Northern Blazing Star, Ohio Spiderwort, Prairie Dropseed, Purple Prairie Clover, Wild Petunia, Wild Strawberry


Our day-of seedling sale list has been released. These seedlings will be first come, first served, $3 a pot and cannot be reserved in advance. Seedlings have been grown by volunteers so not as established as plugs, but have several per pot. Seedling list:

Wild Bergamot, Spotted Bee Balm, Bradbury Monarda, Early Figwort, Foxglove Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue, Rattlesnake Master, Prairie Cinquefoil, Purple Coneflower, Black Eyed Susan, Brown Eyed Susan,  Purple-headed Sneezeweed, Slender Mountain Mint, Missouri Ironweed, White False Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Hoary Vervain, Blue Vervain, Sweet Joe Pye, Spotted Joe Pye, Pearly Everlasting, Cardinal Flower, Aromatic Aster, Smooth Blue Aster, Showy Milkweed, Big Blue Stem, Side Oats Grama, Purple Love Grass, Mistflower, Eastern Bluestar, Obedient Plant, Common Boneset, Tall Bellflower, Wild Blue Larkspur 



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