The Saturday before Mother’s Day is the annual Native Plant Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Parks.

2023 Native Plant Sale

Day: Saturday, May 13, 2023

Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Location: Wood County Fairgrounds, Champion Building, 13800 W Poe Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402

Cost: Entry is free.
Plants are $5. Shrubs are $10. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Parks, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Learn more about the Friends of the Parks here.

 

*There is an exclusive pre-sale for Friends of the Parks on Friday, May 12 from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at the same location.

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Tentative list of plants that will be available at the Native Plant Sale

Common name Scientific Name
Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
Brown-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum
Dogbane Apocynum cannabinum
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia humifusa
Evening Primrose Oenothera macrocarpa
False Aster Boltonia asteroides
False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus
Heal All Prunella vulgaris
Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
Lance-Leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Maryland Figwort Scrophularia marilandica
Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens
Narrow Leaved Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum
Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis
Pale Indian Plantain Arnoglossum atriplicifollium
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata
Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera
Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea
Riddell’s Goldenrod Solidago riddellii
Showy Tick-Trefoil Desmodium canadense
Sky Blue Aster Symphyotrichum olentangiensis
Sneezeweed Helenium automnale
Spotted Joe Pye Weed Eupatoriadelphus maculatus
Sullivant’s Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Sweet Everlasting Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Tall Bellflower Campanula americana
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
Tall Ironweed Vernonia gigantea
Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba
Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata
Wild Blue Lupine Lupinus perennis
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Senna Senna hebecarpa
Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus
Sweet Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum
Grasses
Big Blue Stem Andropogon gerardi
Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
Little Blue Stem Schizachyrium scoparius
Purple Love Grass Eragrostis spectabilis
Native Shrubs and Trees
Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
Button Bush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolis
Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum
Sand Cherry Prunus pumila
Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica
Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra

Specially selected plants for a complete native plant garden will be offered. Each tray is $100.00

Raingarden Tray
Swamp Milkweed                             Asclepias incarnata
Cardinal Flower                                 Lobelia cardinalis
Sweet Joe Pye Weed                        Eutrochium purpureum
Sneezeweed                                      Helenium automnale
Halbert leaf Rosemallow                 Hibiscus militaris

 

Butterfly Garden Tray
Wild Columbine                                Aquilegia canadensis
Butterfly Milkweed                           Asclepias tuberosa
Black Eyed Susan                              Rudbeckia hirta
Bergamot                                         Monarda fistulosa
Cardinal Flower                                 Lobelia cardinalis

 

What are Native Plants?
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