Plant Sale
We've sorted through a myriad of perennials to select beautiful combinations, proven favorites, and new varieties for our April 25, 2009 Plant Sale. The sale location is in the Gesa Credit Union parking lot on Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA. It starts at 9 a.m., lasting until sold, or 3 p.m.
This sale, sponsored by the Chelan County Master Gardener Foundation, supports our education programs, farmers market booth, fairs, and special projects, such as a proposed demonstration garden.
Peruse our plant list, and come early to select the plants you'll welcome for hardiness and ease of care. Quantities are limited.
Photos of these flowers and grasses are courtesy of: High Country Garden (HCG).
Also pick out herbs such as thyme, basil, oregano and sage, heritage tomatoes, vegetables, and select ornamental grasses.
Heritage tomatoes: cherry roma, black from tula, persimmon orange, black brandywine, cherokee purple, stupice, green grape, greenzebra. Other tomatoes: early girl, fantastic.
Before you Plant-- Hardening Off Plants
The vegetables, herbs and perennials we sell are raised in a greenhouse and we recommend "hardening off" these plants before planting them.
Seedlings such as half-hardy annuals, half-hardy perennials and many vegetables that are started indoors with heat must be gradually acclimated to the stronger light, winds and generally cooler night temperatures of the outdoors prior to planting out in their final locations. This conditioning is known as hardening-off. It takes anywhere from seven to fourteen days. The correct timing of plants for both hardening off and final site planting depends on the plants genetic cold hardiness and climate factors for the particular area.
When seedlings have reached an appropriate size and the timing is right for the individual plants to go outdoors into their final location, start the process of hardening off by placing pots or flats outdoors for several hours a day in a location of some morning sun and with protection from winds. Return to the protection of an unheated porch, garage or greenhouse for the late afternoon and evening hours. Slowly increase the amount of time plants are left outdoors and increase the light they receive to the appropriate light levels over a period of one to two weeks, eventually leaving plants outdoors all night. At the end of the period, plants are fully ready to go into the garden. Remember to protect plants from predicted hard frosts, freezing winds and heavy rains which can dislodge seedlings.
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Agastache aurantiaca HCG- Shades of Orange Humminbird Mint. 30" H x 18" W |
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Jamesia americana, Cliff Bush Waxflower Panicles of star-shaped fragrant white flowers in late spring & early summer. 5'H x6'W |
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Agastache, cana 'Texas Hummingbird Mint', HCG - "raspberry pink flowers are prolific and continue from late summer on through fall..." |
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Lysimachia atropurpurea,TM-Not invasive, even in moist soil.
Zone 6-9 18"H Prefers moist soil. |
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Agastache rugosum Korean Hyssop 24"H x 15" W |
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Nepeta, transcaucasica 'Blue Infinity' TM -"Tall wands of violet-blue flowers in seemingly infinite quantity over a long period...." |
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Agastache rupestris, Licorice Mint or Sunset Hyssop
36-42"H x 18"W |
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Salvia 'Rose Queen', HCG "long-blooming cultivar with showy rose-pink flowers...naturalizes by seed..." |
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Baptisia, australis 'Blue False Indigo', PN- "clusters of deep blue flowers covering the plant in June and July. Blue-green foliage is reason enough to grow this plant! Deep rooted, slow growing, and long-lived, it reaches a height of five feet..." |
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Salvia pachyphylla, Giant Flowered Purple Sage, Silvery foliage is evergreen. Prune and reshape after blooming. A tough plant.
36"H x 30"W |
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Baptisia bracteata, Creamy White False Indigo
Drooping spikes of creamy yellow flowers in May & June with seed pods following. |
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Salvia lyrata, Purple Volcano
12"H x 12"W |
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Cirsium japonicum, Pink & Rose Beauty, Easy to grow. Flowers are excellent for cutting. |
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Salvia henryi,Crimson Sage
Bright red in late spring Zone 6, Very attractive to hummingbirds. |
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Coreopsis, "Presto",A tough plant, not particular about soil but must have full sun. Cut back stems to encourage reblooming. |
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Scrophularia macrantha, Redbirds in a Tree, Red flowers in early summer through fall, longblooming.
zone 6, 3-4'H x 18"W Mulch in zone 5 |
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Gaillardia, 'Arizona Sun', Bi-color, red & yellow all summer and early fall. Up to 12" H |
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Stachys, coccinea 'Scarlet Hedgenettle', HCG-"The ultimate plant for hummingbirds. This Southwestern native is a non-stop bloomer from midsummer..." |
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Hymenoxys, scaposa Flowers late spring & summer. A vigorous reseeder that loves a gravel mulch. Will colonize the harshest areas of the garden. |
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Verbascum "Copper Rose", blooms in summer and reblooms when cut back. to 5'H |
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Zauschneria garrettii 'Mountain Flame', HCG- Mulch with lime gravel and it will reseed. |
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Verbascum, 'Snow Maiden', TM- "Well branched, erect spikes covered in large 1.5" pure white flowers, over a long period." |