I had never heard of these plants, but that is why the Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale is such an anticipated event by gardening enthusiasts all over north central Louisiana. We offer the rare and unusual, giving the gardeners in our area the opportunity to branch out and try new things!
Although the sale didn't start until 9:00 this past Saturday, we had customers waiting in line well before we opened. And when we did open, the atmosphere reminded me of Christmas shopping on Black Friday! People swarmed the tables of perennials, annuals, and herbs rushing to find the most unusual or highly desired.
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| Prior to opening.... |
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| Let the shopping begin! |
Milkweed, valued for attracting the monarch butterfly, literally flew off the shelves!! A stunning new morning glory variety, Split Second, was snatched (and I mean snatched!) up in....well, a split second. Master Gardeners were on hand to answer questions (how tall will this plant get?) and make suggestions (what can I grow in really wet area of my yard?).
All of the plants offered at the sale were grown from seed by dedicated Master Gardeners who began germinating seeds back in January and nursing young seedlings through what proved to be an unusually cold, wet, sunless winter.
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| From this..... |
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| ...to this! |
$.50 - $3.00!!!!!
Joining the Master Gardeners at their sale were other vendors:
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| Our friends from the Outdoor Wilderness Learning (OWL) Center were selling their delicious salsa. |
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| Aaron, from Jennings Apiaries, was selling his wonderful raw honey products. |
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| James Dean's bluebird houses were available for purchase, as well as his wood duck and bat houses. |
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| The talented mother-daughter team from Rosemary's Kitchen kept every one's tummies full with their tasty offerings. |
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| Representatives from Tech were on hand selling flowers and vegetables from the Lomax Greenhouses. (A special thanks goes out to Tech for allowing the Master Gardeners to use greenhouse space in preparation for this sale.) |
There were several other vendors at the sale, but I was working and didn't have a chance to take pictures of them all. That's just another reason why next year the Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale should be a "can't miss" event on your calendar!!!
Love ya'll,
Shelli
1 comment:
Shelli, I hope you bought some browallia. I got some last year and put it in containers and had huge mounds of blue flowers all summer and up until frost. Also tried melampodium for the first time
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