Choose from over 120 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns and vines. Over 4000 plants! Spring 2012 Native Plant Sale Saturday, April 28 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Sunday, April 29 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Sensory Garden Opening and Member Preview Night Friday, April 27 6:00 – 8:00 pm Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19128 215-482-7300 Welcome Spring! Naturepalooza Dear Gardeners, Saturday, April 28, 10 am—2 pm As I write this letter, we are in the midst of winter, albeit a rather Come to the plant sale and stay for mild one. In nature, it is a time of dormancy, of hibernation and the party! Our pavilion stage will inactivity, of scarcity and thrift. Trees and wildflowers patiently host a rotation of live music, animal await spring’s arrival. shows, poetry, and special guests. I, on the other hand, am not so patient. I am anxious to get out in Nature walks, environmental art, the garden to watch my plants wake up from their winter quies- games and story times round out cence. I find great joy in seeing the plants I’ve placed carefully this special celebration of Earth Day. around my yard mature as the years pass. I make a mental note of the subtle changes I observe: the first time a young tree flowers or a Monarch butterfly’s first visit to the milkweed. My plants are my 2012 Native Plant Sale children, and I feel deeply connected to them. Schedule of Events SCEE’s Native Plant Sale celebrates that connection we all share Friday, April 27, 6:00-8:00 pm with the green and growing things on Earth. What better way to Members Only Preview Sale honor this bond than by reconnecting with the plants, the wildlife, Sensory Garden Opening the collective biodiversity of which we are a part? It really is as Bartlett Tree Experts—Ask simple as creating a native garden—a garden that nourishes not the Arborist* only your senses, but the Earth itself. Raffles: Native Flowering This sale is a great place to start. We’ve got a wonderful selection Tree, Gardener’s Gift of quality plants, with many grown right here in our onsite nurse- Saturday, April 28, 8:30 am-4:30 pm ry. Browse the catalog and make your shopping list. If space is Plant Sale your constraint, consider the dwarf selections we’re offering for the Bartlett Tree Experts— Ask first time this year. We also have a good mix of plants that perform the Arborist* well in containers. New this year, we have a mix of heirloom and Expert habitat advice from organic vegetable starts. If you’re not sure what belongs in your PA Audubon volunteers garden, come to the sale and we’ll help you with your selections. Raffles: Native Flowering See you there! Tree, Children’s Garden Set Naturepalooza! Joanne Donohue, Manager of Land Restoration Sunday, April 29, 9:00 am –1:00 pm Plant Sale Expert habitat advice from PA Audubon volunteers Raffles: Native Flowering Tree, Children’s Garden Set * ISA certified arborist Stephen Goin will answer your questions on tree and shrub care. Bring pic- tures or samples for diagnosis or a 2-cup soil sample for free analysis. 2 New Selections for 2012 Aster oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’- Aromatic Aster Trees & Shrubs Baptisia x‘Purple Smoke’- False Indigo Cornus alternifolia - Pagoda Dogwood Callirhoe involucrata - Poppy Mallow Lindera benzoin- Spicebush Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’- Dwarf Crested Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’- Dwarf Summer- Iris sweet Phlox divaricata ‘Manita’- Woodland Phlox Itea virginica ‘Little Henry’- Dwarf Sweetspire Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida - Black-Eyed Susan Hydrangea quercifolia ‘PeeWee’- Dwf. Oakleaf Spigelia marilandica- Indian Pink Hydrangea Silene virginica - Fire Pink Ilex verticillata ‘Red Sprite’- Dwarf Winterberry Carex laxiculmis ‘Hobb’- Bunny Blue Sedge Ilex glabra ‘Compacta’- Dwarf Inkberry Holly Edibles Herbaceous New this year! A selection of vegetable and herb Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot starts, with heirloom varieties Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’- Blue Star Soil Aquilegia canadensis ‘Corbett’- Yellow Columbine Organic peat-free soil from Organic Mechanics Aster laevis ’Bluebird’- Smooth Aster We’d like to thank the following businesses for their generous donations to the Native Plant Sale. Thank you to all the local businesses that support our Native Plant Sale! Thank you also to our volunteers who help to make the Native Plant Sale a huge success. If you’d like to volunteer for this year’s sale, please contact Joanne Donohue at (215) 482-7300 x144. 3 Member Benefits Membership has its perks! At the Schuylkill Center, one of those perks is free admission to the Preview Night Plant Sale. Don’t miss out! Member Preview Night Be sure your membership is up-to-date today! Friday, April 27, 6:00-8:00 pm To check the status of your membership prior to Join us for a botanical happy hour in the Center’s new the Preview Night (or at any time), or to renew or Sensory Garden at twilight. Shop to your heart’s con- rejoin, contact our administrative office at (215) tent at the plant sale while you socialize with other 482-7300 x 117. We’re here to assist you! native plant enthusiasts and enjoy light refreshments. SCEE Members enjoy many benefits at the Native You can now become a member or renew your Plant Sale: membership online using our secure provider, NetworkforGood. Through NetworkforGood, Shop our selection before the sale opens to the public you can schedule automatic renewal and pay- Free plant* New this year! Members receive 5% off your total ment of your membership dues on the date of plant purchases during the sale. your choice in the amount of your choice! Gift receipts are instantly emailed to you. In addition * Limit one per family. While supplies last. to the convenience of automatic renewals, this The Sensory Garden was made possible by a generous method saves time, resources and energy. Simply donation from the following: visit our homepage, click on the green ‘Donate ArcelorMittal Now’ button, and follow the prompts – or use the Johnson & Johnson through Partnership for the QR code below. Delaware Estuary Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of A list of current Membership levels and benefits is America viewable on our website at: www.schuylkillcenter.org/donate/membership. The official registration and financial information of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1(800)732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. Photo Credits Catherine Clark Stephen Aldrich Joanne Donohue 4 2012 Plant List and Cultural Information (Plant sizes may vary. Quantities are limited.) HERBACEOUS PLANTS Wildlife Benefit Botanical Name Color Bloom Light Soil Ht. (Nectar, Pollen, Fruit, Seed or Host) Actaea pachypoda Pt Sun- Creamy White Apr-May M 1-3’ Birds and small mammals Doll's Eyes Shade Amsonia 'Blue Ice' Full-Pt Dark Blue Apr-May M 12-15" Hummingbirds, bees, & butterflies Blue Star Shade Aquilegia canadensis Part Red & Yellow Apr-May M 1-3' Hummingbirds & butterflies Wild Columbine Shade Aquilegia can. 'Corbett' Pt Sun- Yellow Apr-May M 12-18" Hummingbirds & butterflies Yellow Columbine Shade Aquilegia 'Little Lanterns' Pt Sun- Red & Yellow Apr-May M 12-18" Hummingbirds & butterflies Dwf Wild Columbine Shade Arisaema triphyllum Green/Maroon Apr-June Shade M 1-3' Birds, mammals, & turtles Jack-in-the-Pulpit Aruncus dioicus Pt Sun- Creamy White May-June M 3-6' Bees and other pollinators Goatsbeard Shade Asarum canadense Maroon May-June Shade M 6" Larval host- swallowtail butterfly Wild Ginger Asclepias incarnata Sun– Pt Rose-Pink Jul-Sept M-W 3-5’ Larval host- monarch & queen butterflies Swamp Milkweed Shade Asclepias tuberosa Hummingbirds & butterflies; larval host- Orange Jul-Sept Full Sun M-D 18-24” Butterfly Weed grey hairstreak, monarch, queen butterflies Aster cordifolius Pt Sun- Light Blue June-Aug M 2-3’ Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators Blue Wood Aster Shade Aster divaricatus Pt Sun- White Jul-Oct M-D 1-3’ Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators White Wood Aster Shade Aster eric. ‘Snow Flurry’ Sun-Pt Bees & butterflies; larval host- pearl White Aug-Oct M-D 6-8” White Heath Aster Shade crescent Aster laevis 'Blue Bird' Sun-Pt Violet-Blue Aug-Sept M-D 3-4' Bees, butterflies, & other pollinators Smooth Aster Shade Aster macrophyllus Pt Sun- Lavender-Blue Aug-Sept M-D 3-4’ Bees, butterflies; larval host- pearl crescent Bigleaf Aster Shade Aster novae-angliae Sun-Pt Bees & butterflies; larval host- pearl Pink-Violet Aug-Sept M 2-5’ New England Aster Shade crescent & checkerspot butterflies Aster obl. 'Raydon’s Fav.' Sun-Pt Lavender Sept-Oct M-D 3' Bees, butterflies, & skippers Aromatic Aster Shade Baptisia australis Sun-Pt Blue May-June M-D 3-4' Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators False Blue Indigo Shade Baptisia x 'Purple Smoke' Sun-Pt Purple May-June M-D 3' Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators Purple Wild Indigo Shade Callirhoe involucrata Purple Jul-Sept Full Sun M-D 8-12" Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators Poppy Mallow Caulophyllum thalictroides Green/ Purple Apr-May Shade M 2-3' Early pollinators Blue Cohosh Key to Soil: M= Moist, D= Dry, W= Wet 5 HERBACEOUS PLANTS (continued) Wildlife Benefit Botanical Name Color Bloom Light Soil Ht. (Nectar, Pollen, Fruit, Seed, or Host) Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' Sun-Pt Larval host- Baltimore checkerspot Rose Pink Jul-Sept M-W 2-3' Turtlehead Shade butterfly Chrysogonum ‘A.Bush' Pt Sun- Golden Yellow May-Jul M-D 4-6" Early pollinators Green and Gold Shade Cimicifuga racemosa Pt Sun- Butterflies and bees; larval host for spring White June-Jul M 4-6' Black Snakeroot Shade azure Claytonia caroliniana Part White/Pink Mar-June M-W 6-8" Early pollinators Carolina Spr.