Friends School of Minnesota 1365 Englewood Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55104 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. Mother’s Day Weekend CLEVELAND AVE. Minnesota COMMONWEALTHTH State Fair May 11,12,13, 2012 280 COMO AVE. Hyacinth Bean COSGROVE AVE COSGROVE Minnesota State Fair DAN PATCH AVE. Dolichos lablab COMMONWEALTH DAN PATCH Page 29—grown Grandstand UNIVERSITY AVE. from seed or THE MIDWAY P CARNES AVE. C014B 94 Free Admission JUDSON AVE. LIGGETT ST. UNDERWOOD ST. UNDERWOOD CANFIELD ST. COMO AVE. SNELLING AVE. www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com 23nd Annual Friends School Plant Sale May 11, 12, and 13, 2012 Friday 9:00 A.M.–8:00 P.M.• Saturday 10:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M. Sunday 12:00 NOON–4:00 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 What’s New PHOTO BY NANCY S. BLEEDING HEART. GOLDHEART How to This Year? Do the Sale New plants Every year, more than 10,000 people visit the Plant There will be over 400 new varieties at the sale, Sale. We make changes each year to make the shop- each marked with the ◊ sign. Some highlights: ping experience as smooth as possible. Read this • Nine lilies in the Perennials section plus a half- section for an overview of the sale and look for other dozen martagons in Rare Plants hints throughout the catalog and on the website. • Over three dozen hostas chosen by our hosta What do I do when I arrive? expert There are many free spaces to park (see map, page 2) • Several apple varieties, including columnar apples near the Grandstand where the sale is held. that are super for smaller spaces • Hanging basket tomato and strawberry plants; Once you arrive, get a wristband from the booth in great for gardeners with limited space the center of the Garden Fair (see page 2 for more • Seven magnolias, including ones bred in Green Bay information on the wristband system). • A dozen succulents, nine coleus, and too many While you wait for your time to enter, visit the roses to list Contents Garden Fair. You will be outside for this part, so • Thirteen tomatoes, including ones developed by dress for the weather! local plantsman Art Boe for short, cool growing ARTICLES seasons. These have long been unavailable. Create an Online List . .3 How do I shop? • Ramps! The native perennial onion relative. About Friends School . .3 Before entering the building, make sure you have a clipboard and tally sheet to record your plants and Seed Savers Exchange at the sale Garden Fair . .4 their prices. (Or make a list ahead of time with our Workshops . .5 Seed Savers Exchange is coming printable online shopping list. See page 3). to the plant sale! They’ll be Seed Savers Exchange . .28 While we have a limited number of carts available, indoors (east of the central stair- Ranching Caterpillars . .50 case) by the Vegetable section. it’s a great idea to bring your own wheeled wagon Map to the Sale . .back cover They’ll be selling lots of seeds, or cart (no sleds or trains, please). On Friday, there including a few vegetables too will also be students from Friends School who can fragile and cold-sensitive to do well as plants at the PLANT LISTINGS help you carry your plants. sale. They’ll also be holding workshops and sharing Rare and Unusual Plants . .6–7 Once you’re inside, the maps and signs will help you info on seed saving in the Garden Fair (more on page Herbs . .8–10 to find the plants you are looking for. 5). See their list of seeds on page 28. Perennials . .11–22 When’s the best time to come? Succulents have moved Daylilies . .14 Each time has its own flavor. Friday and Saturday The Succulents have moved to the front of the Hosta . .16 morning tend to have the most people, so if you Annuals section. For too many years these great Lilies . .19 come at those times you will see the Plant Sale at its plants languished in the back of the big room, so now most festive and busy! Water Plants . .22 they’ll be right there to greet you when you arrive. Vegetables . .23–26 Friday and Saturday later in the afternoon or evening Main gate open, all systems are go are great for relaxed shopping with little waiting, Climbing Plants . .27, 30 The main gate to the Fairgrounds (on Snelling and there are still lots of plants. Avenue) will be open and parking should be easier Annuals . .31–40 Are there lines? because Living Green Expo is scheduled for the Succulents . .31 There are three lines that you might experience: weekend before the plant sale. Things will be more Hanging Baskets . .39 as they were in 2010. Indoor Plants . .40 1. Wristband line: this usually happens in the mornings (see page 2 for booth opening times). Garden Fair Fruit . .41–42 Lots of new offerings in the Garden Fair, including Roses . .43 2. Pre-entry line: this is where you go, briefly, when your wristband number is called. mushrooms you can grow at home and information Shrubs and Trees . .44–47 on bee-friendly plants. See pages 4 and 5. We’re also Native Wild Flowers . .48–52 3. Checkout line: This line peaks 2–3 hours after offering workshops on a range of topics. See page 5. the sale opens. It may look long but it moves, in Grasses . .52–53 Reminder: the sale opens at 9 a.m. on Friday the words of one shopper, “freaky fast.” Look for INDEX continued on page 2 Did you know you can make your By Common Name . .54 Maps and more about shopping list online? SEE PAGE 3 By Latin Name . .55 “doing” the sale: SEE PAGE 2 2 Friends School Plant Sale • May 11–13, 2012 www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com REST CHECKOUT ENTRANCE REST ROOMS ROOMS Hanging Baskets Hanging Baskets N Order Water Plants Indoor 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 (the EXIT Cashiers Bulbs & Bareroots Succulents Midway during the Fair). INFO DESK Seed Climbers Rare Price Check, Savers Master Gardeners booth Vegetables East door Herbs Vegetables Volunteer Curbside plant pickup ENTER entrance Fruit Roses only DAN PATCH Natives Grasses AVENUE REST Shrubs and Trees ROOMS Fruit Garden Fair GRANDSTAND Get wristbands here Disability access. Concerned about physical accessibility to the sale? Please call 651–621–8930 and we’ll call you back to discuss options. CHAMBERS STREET LIGGETT AVENUE Work shops NELSON STREET P Food vendors not an entrance CARNES AVENUE CARNES AVENUE Wristbands each morning How to Do the Sale continued from page 1 Before the sale opens and after opening, until the number the volunteer with the “Enter Line Here” sign. of people wanting to get in lets up, shoppers are given a Later in the day, there are no wristbands, no entry lines, and either a short or no checkout line. numbered paper wristband as they arrive (one per person). How are the plants organized? This means you don’t have to stand in line the entire Within each section (Herbs, Grasses, etc.) plants are alphabetical based on their common names, time. It’s the fairest way to handle the number of people and have the same numbers as in this catalog. who want to enter the sale at the same time. Who can answer my questions? Wristbands are distributed starting at: PHOTO BY JENN M. Look for volunteers in green aprons or tie-dyed shirts, or sale organizers in pink hats, Ask Me! • Friday: 7:00 a.m. tags, or even balloons on their hats. The website and this catalog are full of information and (sale opens at tips for shopping. The Info Desk is under the central staircase. 9:00 a.m.) • Saturday: 8:30 What about checking out? ROUND UP a.m. (sale opens Checkout is a two-step process: Your plants are Friends School Plant Sale is both at 10:00 a.m.) added up at one table, then you pay at the cashier a community event and a • Sunday: 9:00 a.m. tables. You can pay with cash, check or credit/debit fund-raiser for the Friends School (sale opens at card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American of Minnesota. 12:00 noon) Express). There is an ATM between the tally tables We hope you will consider “round- Once the sale opens, you will enter the building in a group, and the cashiers. ing up” your bill to the nearest $5. Rare Plants has its own cashier. You must purchase according to the number on your wristband. Thank you for any rare plants at the time you select them. Then take If you arrive early, plan to visit our outdoor Garden Fair considering a your plants with you during the rest of your shopping. round-up after picking up your wristband (see page 4 for more on the Always write the full price on your tally sheet. On donation. Garden Fair). Please stay on the Garden Fair side of the discount Sunday, the one-third discount is taken at the register.