The Saturday before Mother’s Day is the annual Native Plant Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Parks.
2022 Native Plant Sale
Day: Saturday, May 7, 2022
Time: 9:30 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 6 from 9:30 am until 1:00 pm, same location.
List of plants that will be available at the native Plant Sale
| Common Name | Latin Name |
| Forbs | |
| Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa |
| Big Blue Stem | Andropogon gerardii |
| Black Eye Susan | Rudbeckia hirta |
| Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum |
| Brown Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia triloba |
| Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa |
| Button Bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis |
| Canada Rye | Elymus canadensis |
| Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis |
| Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca |
| Culvers Root | Veronicastrum virginicum |
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum |
| Dense Blazing Star | Liatris spicata |
| Dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum |
| Downy Sunflower | Helianthus mollis |
| False Aster | Boltonia asteroides |
| False Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides |
| Flowering Spurge | |
| Giant Sunflower | Helianthus giganteus |
| Golden Alexander | Zizia aurea |
| Grass-leaved Goldenrod | Euthamia graminifolia |
| Gray Headed Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata |
| Green headed Coneflower | |
| Heall All | |
| Hairy Mountain Mint | |
| Illinois Mimosa | Desmanthus illinoensis |
| Iron Weed | Vernonia fasciculata |
| Indigo Bush | |
| Lanced Leaved Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata |
| Little Blue Stem | Schizachyrium scoparium |
| Lupine | Lupinus perennis |
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus ringens |
| Narrow Leaf Mt. Mint | Pycnanthemum tenuifolium |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae |
| Nodding Wild Onion | Allium cernuum |
| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata |
| Penstemon (Smooth) | Penstemon digitalis |
| Prairie Coneflower | Ratibida columnifera |
| Prairie Dock | Silphium terebinthinaceum |
| Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus | Opuntia humifusa |
| Purple Love Grass | Eragrostis spectabilis |
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea |
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium |
| Riddell’s Goldenrod | Solidago riddellii |
| Sand Drop Seed | Sporobolus cryptandrus |
| Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa |
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense |
| Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale |
| Spotted Joe Pye Weed | Eutrochium maculatum |
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida |
| Sullivant’s Milkweed | Asclepias sullivantii |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata |
| Sweet Joe Pye Weed | Eutrochium purpureum |
| Tall Bell Flower | Campanula americana |
| Tall Coreopsis | Coreopsis tripteris |
| Timbleweed | |
| Tall Thoroughworth | |
| Virginia Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum |
| Virginia Rye | |
| Virgin’s Bower | Clematis virginiana |
| White Indigo | Baptisia alba |
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata |
| Wild Petunia | Ruellia humilis |
| Wild Senna | Senna hebecarpa |
| Western Sunflower | |
| Shrubs | |
| Elderberry | |
| Ninebark | |
| Button Bush | |
| Black Chokeberry | |
| New Jersey Tea | |
| Virgin’s Bower |
| Grey Dogwood |