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Fall Plant Sale Extravaganza! 2019 Plant List & Descriptions Saturday, October 5Th, 9 A.M Fall Plant Sale Extravaganza! 2019 Plant List & Descriptions Saturday, October 5th, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. EDT September 27th Edition Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 5th, 2019, for a big, big plant sale! The plant sale will be hosted in conjunction with the NFREC Art, Garden, & Farm Family Festival. The Gardening Friends of the Big Bend, a non-profit organization, is sponsoring a sale of all kinds of plants ranging from rare and sought after show-stoppers to well-known and useful land- scape varieties. Included will be hummingbird and butterfly plants, shrubs, perennials, natives, bulbs, and much, much more. SeePlant the List following - Gardening pages Friends for of a thelist Big and Bend descriptions - Fall Plant of Sale some - October of the 5, plants 2019 -we UF/IFAS are planning NFREC, to 155 offer. Research Quantities Rd., Quincy are lim- ited! The Plant Sale Extravaganza will be held at the University of Florida NFREC just off SR 267 (Pat Thomas Parkway) in Quincy. This event will be free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT. Proceeds will benefit the new botanical garden, “Gardens of the Big Bend”, at NFREC. What: Spring Plant Sale Extravaganza/NFREC Art, Garden, & Farm Family Festival! When: Saturday, October 5th, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00pm EDT. Where: University of Florida/IFAS, North Florida Research and Education Center, off Pat Thomas Highway, SR 267 at 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL. Located just north of I-10 Exit 181, 3 miles south of Quincy. For more information: [email protected] or 850-875-7162 Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’ Lonicera fragrantissima Centratherum punctatum Magnolia x (Gresham hybrid) ‘Moondance’ Plant List & Descriptions: Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Prostrata’. Magnolia x (Gresham hybrid) ‘Winelight’ Chrysanthemum x morifolium Magnolia ‘Jon Jon’ Fall Plant Sale Clappertonia ficifolia– white and purple Magnolia kwangtungensis Colocasia ‘Dragon Heart Gigante’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘K. Parris’ Croton alabamensis Mecardonia ‘GoldDust®’ Saturday, Oct 5th, Cuphea ignea × micropetala 'David Verity' Myrciathes fragrans Cuphea micropetala Ocimum x ‘African Blue’ Cuphea schumanniii Ocimum labiatum 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cuphea x ‘Vermillionaire’ Ocimum selloi Curcuma rubescens ‘Scarlet Fever’ Odontonema cuspidatum What: Fall Plant Sale Extravaganza! Cycas revoluta Orthosiphon aristatus Dichorisandra thyrisiflora Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Gulftide’ When: Sat., Oct 5th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dichroa febrifuga Phanera yunnanensis Dicliptera suberecta Phlox paniculata 'DITOMDRE' Coral Crème Drop™ Distylium racemosum ‘Mr.Ishii’s Variegated’ Polyspora axillaris Where: University of Florida/IFAS, Duranta erecta ‘Silver Lining’ Polyspora chrysandra North Florida Research and Education Eranthemum pulchellum Pseudoanthermum alatum Center, off Pat Thomas Highway, SR Erythrina crista-galli Pseudocaryopteris bicolor 267 at 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL. Euphorbia tithymaloides Rhododendron ‘Gulf Pride’ LocatedPlant just List north - Gardening of I-10 ExitFriends 181, of the3 BigFarfugium Bend - Fall japonicum Plant ‘SaleGigantea - October’ 5, 2019 - UF/IFASRosa NFREC,'Clothilde Soupert' 155 Research Rd., Quincy Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’ Rosmarianus officianalis ‘Prostrata’ miles south of Quincy. Gloxinia sylvatica ‘Bolivian Sunset’ Rotheca myricoides Hamelia patens Ruellia simplex 'Mayan White' Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek' Hibiscus coccineus Ruttyruspolia x ‘Phyllis van Heerden’ Abutilon ‘Georgia Rose’ Hibiscus x Summerific® ‘Cranberry Crush’ Salix chaenomeloides Abutilon ‘Canary Bird’ Hippeastrum spp.– Red and white Salvia ‘Big Swing’ Alocasia sarawakensis 'Yucatan Princess' Hosta x ‘Francee’ Salvia elegans Aloysia virgata Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ayesha’ Salvia greggii ‘Mirage Cherry Red’ Asclepias curassavica Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Fuji Waterfall’ Salvia leucantha Asclepias curassavacia ‘Silky Gold’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Tough Stuff Aha’ Salvia x ‘Rockin’™ Deep Purple’ Baptisia australis Ilex ‘Elizabeth Coleman’ Salvia x ‘Rockin’™ Fuchsia’ Barleria cristata Illicium floridanum Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Colorblaze Chocolate Begonia ricinifolia Iris domestica Drop’ Billbergia nutans - large foliage Justicia aurea Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Colorblaze Golden Billbergia nutans - thin foliage Kosteletzkya pentacarpos 'Cassandra Loos' Dreams’ Boehmeria nivea ‘Nichirin’ Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘Natchez’ Stachytarpheta jamaciensis Buxus sempervirens Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘Tuscarora’ Strobilanthes dyerianus Caesalpinia pulcherrima Lillium formonsanum Strobilanthes hamiltoniana Calycanthus floridus ‘Aphrodite’ Livistona chinensis Tibouchina clavata Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Duet’ Lobelia laxiflora Tibouchina heteromalla Plant List & Descriptions: Fall Plant Sale Extravaganza Saturday, Oct. 5th, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum ‘Copper Ridges’ Vitex angus-castus ‘LeCompte Woodwardia orientalis **Please note, GFBB cannot offer refunds or plant re- placements due to limited resources. Plant List - Gardening Friends of the Big Bend - Fall Plant Sale - October 5, 2019 - UF/IFAS NFREC, 155 Research Rd., Quincy Rose Creek Abelia Georgia Rose Abelia ×grandiflora Flowering Maple ‘Rose Creek’ Abutilon x ’Georgia Rose’ Fantastic compact evergreen shrub for Showy ornamen- full sun to part shade. Bountiful tal flower produc- spring/summer clus- ing tons of large ters of white flowers dangling red backed by pink sep- blooms from als - - - and the pink sepals persist, giving the effect of pink spring into mid- flowers for weeks! New growth emerges pinkish, matures to summer. Upright growing, this abutilon may best per- dark green and turns purplish in winter. This will be a form in a container in light shade or filtered sun. It spreading rounded shrub growing up to 3 ft. in height and 4 prefers moist well-drained soil. Cold hardiness un- ft. or more wide. Prefers well-drained soil and full to part known. New and not found on the market! sun. Plant List - Gardening Friends of the Big Bend - Fall Plant Sale - October 5, 2019 - UF/IFAS NFREC, 155 Research Rd., Quincy Yellow Flowering Yucatan Princess Ele- Maple phant Ear Abutilon x ‘Canary Alocasia sarawakensis Bird’ ‘Yucatan Princess’ Tall upright flower- ing maple produces Bold upright-growing beautiful dangling elephant ear to 8’ by 5’ soft yellow bell- will become a specimen like flowers from in the garden. Foliage is spring through fall. distinct glossy grayish Easy to grow in green with chocolate un- moist well-drained garden soil in a partial shade site. This dersides. Grow in part semi-tropical shrubby perennial is hardy returning each sun to afternoon shade spring. Hold back on watering in winter and take care not in well-drained average to overfeed with nitrogen in summer. May grow 4-6 feet soil for best results. Bodacious! tall. A specimen ornamental! Sweet Almond Scarlet or Bush Tropical Milk- Aloysia virgata weed Shrubby perennial Asclepias flower which can curassavica grow as large as 12 feet! Flowers on This non-native new wood so it is milkweed grows easy to keep much smaller. Feel free to as a re-seeding cut all the way down in winter to rejuvenate and reshape. annual or tender Small 3- to 4-inch fragrant flowers smell like almonds! perennial up to 4 feet tall. It produces spectacu- The white to cream flower spikes appear in summer con- lar orange-red flowers from spring through fall, tinuing through fall. This is tolerant of a wide range of attracting butterflies, including the monarch and soils and is quite drought tolerant once established. Easy to grow and easy to propagate from cuttings. queen butterfly. Easy to grow in sun to part-sun! Plant List - Gardening Friends of the Big Bend - Fall Plant Sale - October 5, 2019 - UF/IFAS NFREC, 155 Research Rd., Quincy Silky Gold Milkweed Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’ Native to the Eastern United States, this per- ennial flower becomes Perennial flower with studded with beautiful golden flower clusters lupine-like indigo atop 3-4’ stems. Good blooms May to June. color in the warmest Slow growing and re- months while attracting sistant to transplanting nectar-sipping insects, once established. Eventually takes on a shrubby appearance with an open habit especially monarch butterflies. Long lasting color reach-ing 3-4 feet tall and wide. Drought tolerant, prefers well in the mixed flower garden and quite drought toler- drained soil in full sun to part shade. Photo from: http:// ant. Dormant in winter. Not fussy at all except for blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2017/05/17/fact-sheet-blue-false- full sun. (Image courtesy www.smgrowers.com) indigo/ Philippine Castor Bean Violet Begonia Barleria cristata Begonia ricini- Perennial tropical folia ornamental blooms in fall with showy Perennial! This is clusters of bright a great begonia blue trumpet flow- for the shade gar- ers. Growth is up- den. Produces right, dense and fairly narrow keep- large castor bean- ing the plant at 3-4 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. This grows like leaves with reddish undertones. Grows up to 2 well in morning sun and average garden soil. It goes total- feet tall and wide, and makes a great foliage plant. ly dormant here in most winters but returns reliably, some- Cold winters will knock it to the ground, but this times in late spring. May reseed some but easy to control begonia re-emerges again in late spring. Great! spreading. Plant List - Gardening Friends of the Big Bend - Fall Plant Sale - October 5, 2019 - UF/IFAS NFREC, 155 Research Rd., Quincy Broadleaved Narrow-leaved Queen's
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