2013 Catalog
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Friends School of Minnesota 1365 Englewood Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55104 May 10, 11, 12, 2013 Mother’s Day Weekend Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Free Admission FINDING THE SALE LARPENTEUR AVE. See page 2 for a detailed Plant Sale map KEY Open gate (area map, left) HOYT AVE. Open gate (State Fair map, below) 36 Metro Transit bus stop 35W SNELLING AVE. UNDERWOOD ST. UNDERWOOD SNELLING AVE. LARPENTEUR AVE. COOPER ST. RANDALL AVE. CLEVELAND AVE. Minnesota COMMONWEALTHTH State Fair 280 COMO AVE. COSGROVE AVE COSGROVE DAN PATCH AVE. COMMONWEALTH DAN PATCH UNIVERSITY AVE. THE MIDWAY P CARNES AVE. Coneflower P135 94 Echinacea purpurea ‘Flame Thrower’ JUDSON AVE. LIGGETT ST. UNDERWOOD ST. UNDERWOOD NEW SUNDAY HOURS— NOW OPEN 10AM–2PM CANFIELD ST. COMO AVE. SNELLING AVE. www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com 24th Annual Friends School Plant Sale NEW May 10, 11, and 12, 2013 NEW SUNDAY SUNDAY HOURS! Friday 9:00 A.M.–8:00 P.M.• Saturday 10:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M. HOURS! Sunday 10:00 A.M.–2:00 P.M. Sunday is discount day—one-third off at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand • Free admission • Free parking www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com [email protected] • 651–621–8930 BUMBLE BEE ON GLOBE THISTLE, ECHINOPS RITRO. PHOTO BY NANCY SCHERER THISTLE, ECHINOPS RITRO. BUMBLE BEE ON GLOBE What’s New This Year? New Sunday hours from from the Under the Sea Indoor plants have moved If you like to shop the discount series, and 75 other annuals These tall, nonhardy plants, meant sale, be aware that it’s now two • 20 new fruit plants, including to be kept as houseplants during hours earlier—opening at 10 a.m. goji berries and two kinds of the winter, are still part of the and closing at 2 p.m. thornless blackberries Annuals section, but they’ve been New plants Bee symbol moved to a new location under the There will be over 350 new Which plants are central stairway. varieties at the sale, each marked helpful to bees? Just Garden Fair with the ◊ sign. Some look for our new bee Ω Lots of new offerings in the highlights: symbol. This will help Garden Fair. See pages 4 and 5. • 33 new hosta, 24 daylilies, you select plants that We’re also offering workshops on 7 iris, 8 mums, and 47 other are good for helping bees to sur- a range of topics. See page 5. perennials vive and useful for attracting polli- New wristband booth Contents • 8 new magnolias plus 31 more nators to the fruits and vegetables Look for the new and improved shrubs and trees in your garden. More on gardening wristband booth, located in the ARTICLES • 12 new coleus, including many for bees, page 28. Garden Fair. How to Do the Sale . .2 About Friends School . .3 Garden Fair . .4 Workshops . .5 How to Do the Sale Befriend the Bees . .28 Friends School Plant Sale Shopping List Th / Fri / Sat Please record the name, price and quantity you are purchasing for each plant. Seed Savers List . .29 Catalog # Plant name Quantity x Price = Subtotal $$ $$ Edible Landscaping . .42 $$ $$ $$ $$ Smile! You get to hang Rain Gardens . .50 $$ $$ out with hundreds of $$ Tally sheet! Most Map to the Sale . $$ other gardeners. back cover $$ important: write down $$ $$ ALL of your plants $$ $$ and their prices. PLANT LISTINGS $$ $$ See How Do I Shop? $$ Rare and Unusual Plants . .6–7 $$ $$ on page 2. $$ Herbs . .8–10 $$ Perennials . .11–22 Before the sale opens until Daylilies . .14 several hours afterward, you will be given a numbered Hosta . .16 Dress for the wristband. See page 2 weather, but remember, Lilies . .19 no matter how warm Water Plants . .22 it is outside, it’s We have boxes for you to put plants always cold in Vegetables . .23–26 in, but it helps if you bring your own. the Grandstand. Climbing Plants . .27, 30 Annuals . .31–40 Indoor Plants . .31 Succulents . .31 Hanging Baskets . .40 Fruit . .41–42 Roses . .43 Shrubs and Trees . .44–47 These shoes are Native Wild Flowers . .48–52 made for walking. There are 2.5 acres Grasses . .52–53 of plants. Bring your own wagon or cart INDEX if you can (although we do have some grocery carts, see page 2). By Common Name . .54 By Latin Name . .55 Maps and more about “doing” the sale: SEE PAGE 2 2 Friends School Plant Sale • May 10–12, 2013 www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com REST CHECKOUT ENTRANCE REST ROOMS ROOMS Hanging Baskets Hanging Baskets N Order Water Plants Free parking. It’s legal to tallying WE park on non-posted streets and Perennials Annuals S there’s a large parking lot south- ATM west of the Grandstand (it’s EXIT Cashiers Bulbs & Bareroots Master Succulents the Midway during the Fair). Gardeners Rare INFO Indoor Climbers DESK Plants Vegetables Seed Savers Exchange East door Herbs Vegetables Volunteer Curbside plant pickup ENTER entrance Fruit Roses DAN PATCH Native Wild Flowers Grasses AVENUE REST Fruit Shrubs and Trees ROOMS Baskets GRANDSTAND Get wristbands here Disability access Garden Fair Are you concerned about accessibility to the sale? CHAMBERS STREET LIGGETT AVENUE Please call 651–621–8930 and we’ll call you back Work shops to discuss options. NELSON STREET Food vendors P not an entrance CARNES AVENUE CARNES AVENUE Wristbands each morning How to Do the Sale Shoppers are given a numbered paper wristband as they arrive (one per person). We do this before the sale opens very year, more than 10,000 people visit the Are there lines? and after opening, until the number of people wanting to Plant Sale. We try to make the shopping There are three lines that you might experience: experience as smooth as possible. Read this get in lets up. E 1. Wristband line: this usually happens in the section for an overview of the sale and look for mornings. This means you don’t have to stand in line the entire other hints throughout the catalog and on the 2. Entry line: this is where you go, briefly, when time. It’s the fairest way to handle the number of people website. your wristband number is called. who want to enter the sale at the same time. What do I do when I arrive? 3. Checkout line: This line peaks 2–3 hours There are many free spaces to park near the after the sale opens. It may look long but it Wristbands are distributed starting at: Grandstand where the sale is held (see map). moves, in the words of one shopper, “freaky PHOTO BY JENN M. fast.” Look for the volunteer with the “Enter • Friday: 7:00 a.m. Once you arrive, get a wristband if needed from Line Here” sign. (sale opens at the wristband booth located within the Garden Fair block. Later in the day, there are no wristbands, no entry 9:00 a.m.) While you wait for your time to enter, visit the lines, and often no checkout line. • Saturday: 8:30 a.m. Garden Fair. You will be outside for this part, so How are the plants organized? (sale opens at dress for the weather! Within each section (Herbs, Grasses, etc.) plants 10:00 a.m.) How do I shop? are alphabetical based on their common names, and are numbered as they are in this catalog. • Sunday: 9:00 a.m. As you enter the building, you’ll be given a clip- (sale opens at board and tally sheet to record your plants and Who can answer my questions? 10:00 a.m.) their prices. (Or make a list ahead of time with Look for volunteers in green aprons or tie-dyed our printable online shopping list—see page 3). shirts, or sale organizers with pink hats, Ask Me! Once the sale opens, you will enter the building in a group, Write down the plant names, prices, and quanti- tags, or even balloons floating above their heads. according to the number on your wristband. ties as you select them. If you are using a pre-print- The website and this catalog are full of informa- ed shopping list from our website, remember to tion and tips for shopping. The Info Desk is under If you arrive early, plan to visit our outdoor Garden Fair change the sheet when you add or remove plants. the central staircase. after picking up your wristband (see page 4 for more on the We have a limited number of carts available, so What about checking out? Garden Fair). Please stay on the Garden Fair side of the it’s a great idea to bring your own wheeled wagon Checkout is a two-step process: Your plants are street until your wristband number is called. or cart (no sleds or linked carts, please). On added up at one table based on your tally sheet, Friday, there will also be students from Friends then you pay at the cashier tables. You can pay with Please plan to be near the entrance at the west end of the School who can help you carry your plants. cash, check or credit/debit card (Visa, Mastercard, Grandstand in time to line up with your group. We make Once you’re inside, there will be maps and Discover and American Express). There is an ATM frequent loudspeaker announcements of each number. signs to help you to find the plants you’re looking between the tally tables and the cashiers. for. Please note: If you have friends arriving later than you or Always write the full price of plants on your tally parking the car, they will be given a number at the time of When’s the best time to come? sheet (see example, page 3).