Friends of JCC Native Plant Sale 2023
Posted:2/28/2023
Jackson
Friends of
Jackson County Conservation is holding a native wildflower sale this spring to
help people obtain native plant species for your garden and home landscaping.
Update 5/11/23:
Pre-sale of plants has ended. There are extra plants available. They will be available for purchase on Sat/Sun May 20/21 between 12:00-5:00.
Those that pre-ordered plants can pick up their plants May 18 between Noon-4:00; May 19 between 9:00-4:00; May 20 between 12:00-5:00; May 21 between 12:00-5:00.
Plants for sale include: native yarrow, lavender hyssop, prairie onion, pasque flower, marsh milkweed, whorled milkweed, silky aster, lance-leaf coreopsis, pale-purple coneflower, rough blazing star, golden alexander, cream wild indigo.
The internet has a lot of information about plants. Here are a few sites we recommend to learn more about the flowers above.
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/
https://www.prairiemoon.com/
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/page/plants-by-name
https://www.agrecol.com/
Prairie plants are finding their way back into Iowa’s landscapes, not
only on public lands, but also in private gardens and yards. Native plants are
a great choice for your yard or garden for many reasons.
- Native flowers and
grasses are well adapted to the local climate, and can better withstand the
severe drought, flooding, and temperatures of Iowa.
- Native plants also require
little to no fertilizers, are resistant to local diseases, insects, and other
pests, as well as provide habitat and food for local wildlife, including our
insect pollinators!
Finding
native plants to include in your yard is not always easy, but worth the extra
effort it takes to locate them. Many of the plants found at local ‘big box’
stores are not native and will not provide the long-lasting benefits of prairie
plants that have spent thousands of years adapting to Iowa’s climate and soils.
Order forms are
available at the Hurstville Interpretive Center and below. Plants are $3.00 each.
Order now! Limited plants available, use the order form to pre-order your plants.
Drop off order form and payment at the Hurstville
Interpretive Center or mail to 18670 63rd St Maquoketa, IA 52060.
Plants will be available for pickup beginning May 19-21 at the Hurstville Interpretive Center.
For more information call (563) 652-3783 or email Jess Wagner at jwagner@jacksoncounty.iowa.gov.
*New - Native Flower SEED Packets available in the gift shop at the Hurstville Interpretive Center.
Friends of Jackson County Conservation also has seed packets of native plants for sale in the gift shop at the Hurstville Interpretive Center. Cost is $3/packet. Seed packet species for sale include:
Poverty Oat Grass
Purple Locoweed
Goat's Rue
Tall Hairy Agrimony
Fragrant False Indigo
Cream Wild Indigo
Blue Joint Grass
Strawberry Blite
Wild Lupine
Wild Four O'Clock
Prairie Sundrops
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Spotted Bee Balm
Silky Prairie Clover
Blue Sage
Little Bluestem
