Hennepin County Master Gardener Plant Sale 2022
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Hopkins Pavilion 11000 Excelsior Boulevard
Over 3000 Seedlings of our exclusive MN Winners®. Large assortment of tasty herbs & vegetables that have won our statewide Minnesota Master Gardener Seed Trials. We know they grow well in Minnesota. We have highly sought-after tomato varieties, herbs, veggies, & annual flowers. Come early because these veggies and annuals sell out fast.
In the MN Winners® category, HCMG Plant Sale offers 8 different herbs (from arugula to thyme), 22 different flower varieties (from alyssum to zinnias), and 38 different vegetable varieties (from broccoli to zucchini). Including 9 different varieties of tomato, 8 varieties of pepper, and 4 varieties of basil.
Since 1982, Master Gardeners around the state of Minnesota have put hundreds of varieties of many different plants to the test. The winners of their respective trials are the MN Winners® we carry at our HCMG Plant Sale. We offer seedlings that are grown professionally just for us. We also offer seeds for those plants that must be sown directly into your garden (beans, sunflowers, carrots, etc.).
2022 New Winners of MG Seed Trials include:
- Lacinato Kale ‘Rainbow Lacinato’
- Delicata Squash ‘Bush AAS100’
- Dill ’Teddy’
- Tall Yellow Marigolds ‘Coco Deep Yellow’
- White Cosmos ‘Cupcake White’
- Tomato Wisconsin 55’
Most sought after MN Winners® varieties:
- Ageratum ‘Blue Mink’
- Alyssum ‘Snow Crystals’
- Larkspur ‘Fancy Smokey Eyes’
- Portulaca ‘Stopwatch Mix’
- Zinnia ‘Benary Giants Mix’
- Decorative Pumpkin ‘Hooligan’
- Cabbage ‘Ruby Perfection’
- Cilantro ‘Santo’
- Cucumber ‘Tasty King’
- Pepper ‘Garden Salsa’
- Pepper ‘Hot Thai Dragon’
- Tomato ‘Big Beef’
- Tomato ‘Tumbling Tom’ (a container variety)
- Watermelon ‘ Sugar Baby’
- Yellow Summer Squash ‘Cube of Butter’
- Zucchini ‘Ambassador’
All plants are affordably priced, and proceeds help support the Master Gardener program in Hennepin County.
Photo credit: Oliver Swehla