2019 Annual Native Plant Sale (& Garden Vegetable Plants, too!)

Saturday, May 11th 9 am - 12 Noon

By the front doors of South Milwaukee Middle School—1001 15th Ave. Are your thoughts turning to summer? Are you dreaming of your garden this year? If so, you may want to consider using landscaping plants that are:

* attractive and interesting * hardy, needing very low maintenance * able to thrive in a wide range of soil/sun conditions * native to Wisconsin * perennial (no replanting every year!)

Look no further! On Saturday, May 11th, 9 am - Noon, the SMMS Environmental Club will hold our 2019 Annual Native Plant Sale. We’ll be selling a wide variety of beautiful native flowering plants, garden vegetables and herbs. This year’s species include: Butterfly Weed, Common Milkweed, Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower, Prairie Smoke, Blue Flag Iris, Prairie Blazing Star, Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia, Sweet Black-eyed Susan, Wild Petunia, Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, Prairie Dropseed and a huge assortment of tomatoes, peppers, vegetables and herbs. Just in time for Mother’s Day, these plants would make wonderful gifts! In 2 ½-inch pots, prices start as low as $1 per plant, well below garden center prices, with proceeds going to support our own SMMS Environmental Club. For more detailed plant information check out our Species Info Chart on the district website: www.sdsm.k12.wi.us. Pre-sale orders are accepted, but not necessary--contact Chris Bosetti at 766-5890.

2019 SMMS Native Plant Sale—Information Sheet

Name Common & Botanical

Photographs Information Height

Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Color= Purple Blooms= June - Oct Sun= Full to Partial Soil= Dry to Damp Attracts birds & butterflies Great rain garden plant Deer resistant Great cut flower

2-3 feet

Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa

Color=Brilliant orange Blooms=June-September Sun=Full to Partial Soil=Medium to Dry Attracts birds & butterflies Monarch magnet! Deer resistant Salt tolerant Protected species Great cut flower

1-3 feet

Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum

Color=Pale red/purplish flowers that turn into feathery, pink, smoke-like plumes Blooms=April-July Sun=full sun Soil=dry to moderate moisture

5-16 inches

Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya

Color= Purple Blooms= July - Sept Sun= Part Shade to Full Sun Soil= Medium Dry to Wet and can tolerate heavier soils Attracts birds & butterflies Great raingarden plant Great cut flower

2-4 feet

Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica

Color=Purple & Yellow Blooms=May - July Sun=Full to Partial Soil=Wet to Medium Attracts birds & butterflies Great in rain gardens Deer resistant Salt tolerant Protected species Great cut flower

1-4 feet

Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis

Color=Scarlet Red Blooms=July - Sept Sun=Full to Partial Shade Soil=Wet to Medium Attracts birds & butterflies Great in rain gardens Deer resistant

2-4 feet

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca

Color=Pink/Lavender Blooms=June - August Sun=Full to Partial Soil=Med to Dry Attracts birds, butterflies & hummingbirds Great in rain gardens Sandy & clay soil tolerant

2-4 feet

Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa

Color=Yellow & Brown Blooms=July - October Sun=Full to Partial Soil=Med/Wet to Med/Dry Tolerates heavy soil Attracts birds & butterflies Great in rain gardens Salt tolerant Protected species Great cut flower

2-4 feet

Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

Color=Blue Blooms=July - Sept Sun=Full to Shade Soil=Wet to Med/Wet Attracts birds & butterflies Deer tolerant Clay soil tolerant

1-4 feet

Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis

Color=Purple Blooms=June - August Sun=Full Soil=Damp to Dry Classic petunia form Attracts birds & butterflies Protected species

12 inches

Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis

Color= Green in Summer, turning to pinkish-brown seed heads in Winter Sun=Full Soil=Med to Dry Showy & fragrant Deer resistant Drought tolerant Great erosion control Shallow/rocky soil tolerant Black walnut tolerant Air pollution tolerant

2-3 feet

Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

Color=Purplish bronze “flowers” in Summer, turning to silvery-white seed heads in Winter Sun=Full Soil=Med to Dry Deer resistant Drought tolerant Great erosion control Shallow/rocky soil tolerant Black walnut tolerant Air pollution tolerant

2-4 feet

Big Bluestem (Turkeyfoot Grass) Andropogon gerardii

Color=Purplish red Sun=Full Soil=Med to Dry Deer resistant Drought tolerant Great erosion control Black walnut tolerant Air pollution tolerant

4-6 feet

2019 Annual SMMS Native Plant & Garden Vegetable Sale-Order Form Saturday, May 11th from 9am-Noon

(In front of South Milwaukee Middle School—1001 15th Avenue, South Milwaukee)

Pre-sale orders accepted, but not necessary. (Contact Chris Bosetti at 766-5890.)

Common Name Number Ordered

@ Price Each (2 ½ inch pot)

Total

Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa

$3 $

Broad-leaved Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

$3 $

Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum

$3 $

Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya

$3 $

Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica

$3 $

Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis

$3 $

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca

$3 $

Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

$3 $

Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa

$3 $

Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis

$3 $

Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

$3 $

Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii

$3 $

Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis

$3 $

All Vegetable & Herb Plants (Huge Assortment Available!)

$1 each (or $3 for an

unbroken 4-pack) $

Total = $