Hennepin County Master Gardener Plant Sale 2024
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Hopkins Pavilion 11000 Excelsior Boulevard
2024 Native Plants and Grasses. They’re Great For Pollinators.
The HCMG Plant Sale will have over 5200 Native Plants and Grasses, 50% more than last year and comprising more than 120 varieties.
Native Plants, including wildflowers, grasses, and sedges, are the foundation of our natural ecosystems and provide food and shelter for Minnesota’s wildlife, including beneficial insects. They produce nectar, pollen, and seeds that serve as food for native birds, butterflies, bees, and other wildlife. They also serve as larval host plants for pollinators by providing food and shelter when the larvae are most vulnerable.
Natives have grown in popularity as landscaping plants due to their low nutrient requirements, drought tolerance, and role in soil stabilization. The deep roots of native plants hold soil and prevent erosion. Once established they rarely need special attention. *
Natives bring color and texture to your garden throughout the year. Make your garden into a wildlife sanctuary!
For more information, visit:
https:/www.minnesotawildflowers.info
or
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us
Enjoy this “small” sampling of 35 photos from this year’s Native Collection.
These are some of our favorites!
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- Anemone patens wolfgangiana – Pasque Flower
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- Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine
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- Asclepias speciosa – Showy Milkweed
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- Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed
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- Aster lateriflorus – Calico Aster
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- Aster macrophyllus – Big-leaved Aster
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- Aster oblongifolius – Aromatic Aster
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- Aster shortii – Short’s Aster
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- Bouteloua gracilis – Blue Grama
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- Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell
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- Chelone glabra – Turtlehead
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- Dalea candida – White Prairie Clover
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- Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
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- Delphinium exaltatum – Tall Larkspur
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- Eupatorium maculatum – Joe Pye Weed
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- Geum triflorum – Prairie Smoke
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- Liatris ligulistylis – Meadow Blazing Star
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- Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
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- Lobelia siphilitica – Great Blue Lobelia
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- Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells
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- Monarda bradburiana – Bradbury’s Monarda
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- Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
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- Monarda punctata – Spotted Bee Balm
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- Penstemon digitalis – Foxglove Beardtongue
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- Penstemon grandiflorus – Large Flowered Beardtongue
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- Phlox divaricata – Wild Blue Phlox
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- Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s Ladder
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- Ratibida columnifera – Long-headed Coneflower
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- Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
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- Rudbeckia triloba – Brown-eyed Susan
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- Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
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- Sporobolus heterolepis – Northern Dropseed
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- Verbena hastata – Blue Vervain
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- Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
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- Zizia aurea – Golden Alexander
