The Native Plants Sale is just 10 days away! We’re busy getting more than 3000 plants ready for June 15th. We’ve been busy sourcing plants, keeping them watered and healthy, and watching germination of seeds we sowed last fall.
The schedule for the day includes workshops, activities, food trucks, and expert advice to help you chose the best plants for your yard. The Speaker Schedule at the Native Plants Sale will include:
10:30 am – Shawn Jalbert of Native Haunts presents “Native Shrubs to Support Maine Pollinators”
11:30 am – Heather McCargo of Wild Seed Project presents “Top Maine Natives for Shade”
12:30 pm – Artist Michel Droge presents “Maine Native Plant Cyanotypes Project”
Before the sale, there are plenty of great events happening:
- Gilsland Farm Wild Edibles Walk with Russ Cohen, June 12, 2-5 pm
- Speaker Series: The State of New England’s Plants with Arthur Haines, June 12, 7-8:30 pm
- More Events
June is a fantastic month for seeing native plants around us, especially for our beautiful blooming shrubs. Our native Viburnums, dogwoods, Aronia, and elderberry are all getting ready to bloom, and we can expect garden favorites like buttonbush and New Jersey Tea coming along soon. Closer to the ground, trillium and lady slippers dot the forests around us, while genera like Echinacea, Coreopsis, and Rudbeckia will begin blooms at home this month that we may still be enjoying in August or even September.
We’re ready to share the first part of the list of plants available at the Native Plants Sale next Saturday. We will update this list as we get closer to the sale, so check back here for the latest list
2019 Native Plants Sale List (updated 6/10/2019)
Woodies
| Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Serviceberry |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush |
| Clematis virginiana | Virgin’s Bower |
| Clethra alnifolia | Summersweet |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweetfern |
| Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda Dogwood |
| Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood |
| Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry |
| Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood |
| Cornus sericea | Red-twig Dogwood |
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut |
| Diervilla lonicera | Bush Honeysuckle |
| Hamamelis virginiana | American Witch-hazel |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry |
| Juniperus communis | Common Juniper |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Black Gum |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark |
| Prunus maritima | Beach Plum |
| Prunus serotina | Black Cherry |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry |
| Quercus alba | White Oak |
| Quercus rubra | Red Oak |
| Rosa virginiana | Virginia Rose |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow |
| Sambucus canadensis | Common Elderberry |
| Spiraea latifolia | Broadleaf Meadowsweet |
| Taxus canadensis | Canada Yew |
| Thuja occidentalis | American Arborvitae |
| Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock |
| Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry |
| Viburnum cassinoides | Viburnum Nudum |
| Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood Viburnum |
| Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry |
| Viburnum trilobum | Highbush Cranberry |
Herbaceous Perennials
| Aquilegia canadensis | Columbine |
| Aruncus dioicus | Goatsbeard |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed |
| Aster nova angliae | New England Aster |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady Fern |
| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge |
| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower |
| Eupatorium maculatum | Spotted Joe Pye Weed |
| Eupatorium purpureum | Sweet Joe Pye Weed |
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium |
| Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet Bee Balm |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm |
| Packera aurea | Golden Ragwort |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Pteretis nodulosa (Matteucia) | Ostrich Fern |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod |
| Tiarella cordifolia | Foamflower |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver’s Root |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander |
***Availability subject to change based on growing conditions.***
