Fall plant sales kick off with online ordering of California natives
Fall planting season requires plants, of course. And among the best plants to put in your garden right now are California natives. They can grow all comfy in the still-warm soil before winter cold and rains hit.
The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Caifornia Native Plant Society is at your service, this weekend offering native plants chosen for and raised in our climate.
The sale will be online only, going live at 7 a.m. this Saturday, Sept. 21, and concluding at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Customers must choose a pickup time when ordering; times will be available on Sunday, Sept. 29, or Sunday, Oct. 6; both from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “If none of the time slots work for you, pick one anyway and contact us at PlantSale@sacvalleycnps.org,” say organizers.
To view the plants available, and to make a wish list, go to https://www.sacvalleycnps.org/shop/
The list includes trees, shrubs, flowers, bulbs, vines and groundcovers, with prices ranging from $6 to $13 each. Favorites such as ceanothus, milkweed, sticky monkeyflower, tidy tips, California fuchsia and manzanita are among them, along with five varieties of native oaks.
The CNPS chapter is looking for volunteers to help on pickup days. They also welcome donations of (clean) used nursery pots. For information, go to https://www.sacvalleycnps.org/plant-sales/
The CNPS nursery site is near the American River Parkway, on the grounds of Soil Born Farms, 2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova.
For gardeners looking ahead, here are dates of a few more plant sales headed our way. We’ll have more on the blog as we learn dates:
— UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Members-only plant sale Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Later sales are Oct. 26 (members only during the first hour) and Nov. 16 (clearance sale open to all). https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/plant-sales
— Sacramento Perennial Plant Club. Friday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 877 53rd St. Sacramento. Perennials, natives, bulbs, vegetables and more. https://www.facebook.com/sacperennialplantclub
