From the Master Gardeners of San Juan County
Annual Native Plant Sale – Order Now for Best Selection!
With the New Year rolled over and the seed catalogues arriving daily in the mailboxes, gardeners are making their to do list for the perfect dream garden. The Master Gardeners of San Juan County have a suggestion: The Annual Native Plant Sale.
Nothing is better for the garden, for your environment and the community, or for your back than planting native plants. Once established native species thrive without a lot of work by you and, if you put them in the right place, with little or no water. Where to get them? Right next door on your own island.
The Master Gardener Annual Native Pant Sale is now taking orders for plants to be delivered on April 6, 2013 on San Juan Island, Orcas Island, and Lopez Island. Orders are filled on a first come, first serve basis, so don’t procrastinate! Order now for the best selection. Certain popular species sell out quickly! Conifers such as Alaska Yellow Cedar, Doug Fir, and Shore Pine sell out each year. Other shrubs, such as Evergreen Huckleberry, Oregon Grape, Red Flowering Currant and Serviceberry are gone before you know it!
The plants are one to two years old, either bare-root or plugs, are conservation stock (not retail nursery stock) and are typically sold in bundles of five plants.
Find the entire list of plants at sanjuan.wsu.edu/mastergardeners/index. You can also print out an order form that you can complete and mail to the Master Gardener Program.
If you cannot access the Internet, call the WSU Extension Office, 378-1441 and ask that an order form be sent to you. Deadline for ordering is Thursday, March 21, 2013. Plants are available for pick up on Saturday April 6, 2013 at: SJCounty Fairgrounds on San Juan Island, the Orcas Grange on Orcas Island, and Sunset Builders on Lopez Island.
Questions? Call Kris Bayas, 378-4414 or Jody Burns 378-2780.
