Marietta Gardeners Plant Sale
Our members have started working on plants for the 2015 plant sale.
Confederate roses are in full bloom now until frost. They are so striking you know why everyone should find a place for one. We will be rooting first year plants for next year and we have a few two year old plants for the sale as well.
The angel trumpets are in full bloom and thy are very fragrant. All three colors - yellow, white, and pink have done well this year. We will have first year plants next May for the sale.
The yellow butterfly bushes that were started this summer are now ready for the one gallon pots. We will have several for sale in May. They are excellent for all species of butterflies and hummingbirds also feed on them. Honeybees are especially fond of the yellow variety of this bush.
Our members are gathering seed from the annual plants they grow for the sale including seed for cardinal vines, love in a puff, moon flowers and hyacinth beans.
Members are reporting that their perennial shade plants are doing very well this year. These perennials are being divided this fall and should be available for the plant sale in May.
Our members with day lilies have marked the color and type of bloom. The plants will be ready for sale next year
We have started our giant red hibiscus plants for 2015. The giant red hibiscus bloom on second year growth, so the plants we sell next year will be ready to bloom for the new owners. We should have a few pink giant hibiscus plants for next year.
Our members with canna and calla lilies are also marking the blooming plants, so they can tell which colors the sale plants will be when they bloom.
We will try to have the plants we have on the web page, but weather damage, insects or other circumstances could cause us to omit some plants at the last minute.
Our plants will range in price from $1 to $30 dollars. Most of our plants will be under $6 dollars. We accept cash or checks for payment. We do not accept credit or debit cards.
Members (recognized by red shirts) will be present to answer questions about types of plants, growing conditions, blooming times, and growth habits. Since our members grow the plants they have in depth knowledge about the plants we sell. Most of the plants are large single specimens in individual pots.
Plant signs will help you locate the plants and give details about size and growing instructions. You can take a picture of the sign so you have care information when you plant your plant at home.
The garden council will be selling Atlas gloves at the plant sale. The gloves come in small, medium, and large and in various colors.
Fruits:
Blackberries - thorn-less hybrid
Raspberries
Strawberries
Herbs:
Apple Mint
Chives
Cuban Oregano
Horseradish
Marjoram
Sage
Thyme
Vegetable Plants:
Our plants are large single specimens in individual pots.
Cucumber plants:
Burp-less cucumbers
Lemon cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Straight eight slicing cucumbers
Eggplant plants:
Burpee hybrid - black
Gretel hybrid - white
Millionaire - purple
Melons:
Charentais Cantaloupes
Crimson Sweet Watermelons
Hearts of Gold Cantaloupes
Moon & Stars Watermelons
Sweet Delights Honeydews
Tweety Canary Melons
Pepper plants - belle:
California Wonder - Green
California Wonder - Orange
Golden Belle
Chocolate Belle
Godfather
Purple Bell
Yolo Red Bell
Pepper plants - hot:
Cayenne
Cowhorn
Hubanero
Jalapeno
Squash:
Butternut - Waltham
Patty Pan
Spaghetti squash
Sweet Meat Winter Squash
Yellow Crookneck
Yellow Straight neck
Yellow Zucchini
Green Zucchini
Zephyr Squash
Tomato Plants:
Abraham Lincoln
Beefsteak
Better Boy
Black Crim
Jellybean Grape Tomato - Red
Jellybean Grape Tomato - Yellow
Heirloom Cherry Tomato - assorted colors
Lemon Boy
Red Siberian
Roma
Rutgers
San Marzano Paste
Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato
Tiny Tim
Umberto
Plants for Children:
Corsican Gourds
Luffa Sponge Gourds
Swan Gourds
Cardinal Vines
Hyacinth Beans
Love in a Puff
Money Plant
Moon flowers
Jack be Little Pumpkins
Jack o' Lantern Pumpkins
Sunflowers:
Snacker -6 - 8 ' tall
Mammoth -12 ' tall
Evening Sun - 6 -7 ' tall
Drop Dead Red - 4 -6 ' tall
Sunspot - 2' tall
Teddy Bear - 2' tall
Little Becka - 3 -4' tall