Plant Sale
The Friends 15th Annual Plant Sale:
Save the Dates!
- Friday, April 30, 2010 - Members-only Party and Sale
- Saturday, May 1, 2010 - The Main Event
On-Line Plantlist
So far, hundreds of plants have been ordered for this year's plantsale -- annuals, biennials, perennials, trees, shrubs, herbs and vines! Check them out any time by going to our online plant list. We update it regularly, so you'll want to check it often. Be prepared for the best Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum Plantsale!
More Plant Tidbits
Plant Sale Co-chair, Ilona Ontscherenki has written another "Plant Tidbits" about some of her favorite plants. Read it here.
Containers Video
Plant Sale Co_Chair Ilona has tried her hand at video-making and has come up with this nice collection of container. Look for containers and the plants that make them at this year's Plant Sale.
Sit back and enjoy the music while seeing dozens of pots, troughs and containers beautifying many gardens.
Organic Vegetables
We're offering a large selection of organic vegetables at our plants sale this year! All are grown locally without chemical herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers. The plants were started from non-treated, non-gmo seed and certified organic seed, where possible. Each plant is in a 4-inch biodegradable coir pot in an Organic Material Review Institute approved soilless mix and fed with sea-based fertilizers and compost. Only beneficial insects were used to treat any pests. Plus, many of the varieties are heirlooms! Here are the details:
Plant Tidbits
Co-chair Ilona has created a page of her favorites -- read her comments and see her pictures by going to the Plant Tidbits page.
Plant Experts
One of the highlights of the Members-Only Party and Sale is the availability of advice from genuine plant experts. These friendly faces belong to a group of plantsmen and garden authors who can help you find the best plants for your particular garden. Our Saturday visitors will also receive guidance from several plantsmen available throughout the day. They can help you select that "just right" plant for your garden.
Meet them here on the web on our Plant Experts page.
Tropics In a Container
Turn your patio, deck or a sunny spot in your garden into a tropical paradise using containers. To achieve that lush, overgrown tropical look use a large container or group several smaller ones together. Use a good potting mix, a timed release fertilizer and a bi-weekly dose of liquid fertilizer. Some tropicals like cannas and bananas will grow six feet or more in a season so be generous with your pot size and with fertilizing and watering.
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Shady Perennials Video
Our third video featuring plants in this year's 15th Annual Plant Sale is now available. Focusing on perennials for shady spaces, this video shows plants that love shade and do well in New Jersey's gardens. These plants, and many more, will be available at the sale. After you have watched the movies, check out the full list on our On-line Plant List. This has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few weeks and will continue to do so right up to the sale. Be sure to look regularly.
New Video Posted -- Trees & Shrubs
We are pleased to have posted our second video in preparation for the 15th Annual Plant Sale. This time we have focused on trees and shrubs, the backbone of any garden.
Planning Under Way
The Plant Sale Committee met this past week to begin planning the year's best plantsale! Friends volunteers and Arboretum staff will be busy over the next few months selecting and ordering plants, planning the catering for the Members-only Party Friday evening, arranging the raffle prizes and ticket sales and making sure we have another full slate of Plant Experts.
As the weeks pass, we will post frequent updates about our progress and will shortly begin updating the on-line plant list showing everything on order.
In the meantime, we thought the video on the right would be bring back fun memories: it was built from pictures of the last 10 years of the Friends Annual Plant Sale. Just click on it and sit back and enjoy! Whether sunny or rainy, whether warm or cold, everyone had a wonderful time and brought home great plants. Best of all, they supported the educational activities sponsored by the Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum.
== Sue Acheson, Plant Sale Co-Chair
