The Backyard Plant Sale

Hi Folks,

After the plant sale I usually crash and burn on plant sale stuff! However, despite the delay, I want to update you all. The money is all in to The Nature Conservancy and the total for the 2024 sale was $4154! I’m very pleased. Because the plant sale results depend on plant donations we all make, and the weather, etc, I never quite know how it’s going to turn out. However the only goal is to have fun while making money for a great cause, learn and share about plants, and that is what happens every year!

Thank YOU for the part that you play.

Julie 🙂

Updated Saturday May 4, 10am

* VA native (probably missed some)

More plants will be added tomorrow before the sale starts so check back at this list for an update – day and time will be noted. Many plants are small, some not. Some are small quantities. Some have transplant shock. List will be updated with items that are gone Friday night (hopefully).

X=sold out

Bulbs and Tubers:
X *Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
Canna
Crinum Lily
Daffodils
Daylily
Iris (yellow and purple bearded)
X Iris sibirica – Siberian iris (white, purple)
*Iris Cristata
X Peruvian Lily 

Shrubs:
Aucuba
XAzalea (2 small)
Beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma) native and nonnative?
X *Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus Floridus)
X Carolina Jessamine
Caryopteris
X*Clethra Arnifolia
*Elderberry
Forsythia
Smooth Hydrangea (2 small) Annabelle
X* Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius, red-leaved cultivar)
X Peony
X Poet’s Laurel (likes shade)
Rose of Sharon
X *Strawberry bush (euonymous Americana)
Winter Jasmine

Trees:
Aucuba
*Beech seedling
*Buckeye (2)
*Catalpa seedling (1)
*Cedar tree seedlings
Japanese Cherry Tree
X *Chinquapin Seedling
*Dogwood Seedlings
*Hackberry seedling
Japanese Maple (small)
*Loblolly Pine
*Sugar Maple (1)
*Yellow Pine (1)
*Prunus Americanus
Prunus serotina
*Red Maple
*Redbud seedlings
X *Sassafras
*Winged Elm

Shade plants (or partial sun):
Meadow Anemone (anemonastrum canadense)
X *White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
*Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginicum, native)
*Columbine (native and nonnative varieties)
*Coral Bells (Heuchera 1)
Disporopsis pernyi (evergreen Solomon’s Seal)
X Epimedium (2)
Euphorbia (at least 2 varieties)
Fern – various varieties
* Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) (2)
(Japanase painted fern, *Ostrich fern, *Christmas fern)
*Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Geranium (Cranesbill) white
Scented Geranium
*Goldenrod (Solidago, multiple kinds)
*Green-and-gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) (groundcover)
Helleborus (foetidus and orientalis)
Helleborus seedlings “foetidus”
Helleborus “Cherry Blossom” (from a grower)
*Honewort (cryptotaenia canadensis)
Hosta
X Siberian Iris (white)
X Lily of the Valley
Lysimachia lanceolata (Purple Lance-leaved Loosestrife)
X Lungwort
X Lysimachia ciliata?
*Bee Balm (Monarda)
*Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda Punctata) (1 tiny)
*Golden Groundsel (Packera Aurea)
X Money Plant
X Passionflower (Passiflora Incarnata)
X Primrose (yellow)
*Salvia Lyrata (lyreleaf sage)
dwarf Solomon’s Seal (if someone will dig tomorrow)
X Shredded Umbrella Plant (1) very cool
Variegated Solomon’s Seal
*Spiderwort (Tradascantia)
Spurge (Euphorbia)
Sweet Woodruff
X *Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) maybe 1

Sun plants:
X *Agastache Nepetoides (giant yello hyssop)
X *Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
X *Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
X Narrow leaf Amsonia (Amsonia hubrichtii)
Artemisia
*Stokes aster (Stokesia laevis), native to North Carolina, but not Virginia
Bell Flower (Campanula Glomerata)
Blackberry Lily (also shade)
X Blue False Indigo (tiny seedlings)
Blue-Eyd Grass
*Prickly Pear Cactus
X *Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolium) (1)
X *Clematis
Coneflower (Echinacea)
X Coreopsis lanceolata
*Cup plant – lots!
Crinum Lily
X *Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Lacinata)
*Dogbane (Apocynum cannibinum) (3)
*Echinacea
*Elderberry
*Figwort
X *American Germander (Teucrium canandense)
X Globe Thistle (Echinops)
Iris
*Iris Cristata
Winter Jasmine
*Joe Pye (Eutrochium Dubium)
X *Jerusalem Artichoke (maybe)
Lamb’s Ear (common)
*Lyre-leaf sage
X Lychnis – Rose Campion – Mullein Pink
*Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Nepeta (Catmint)
*Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana, native)
*Penstemon
X *Prunella Vulgaris (also part shade)
*Rudbeckia (multiple kinds)
Yellow evening primrose
*Golden Ragwort
X *Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium Yuccifolium)
X Rose Campion – Lychnis
Black and Blue Salvia
*Sea Oats (chasmanthium latifolium)
*Sedum Ground Cover
Sedum upright
X Veronica (blue)
X * Virginia meadowbeauty (Rhexia virginica)

Herbs, Fruits and Veggies (grow in full sun):
Allium Tuberosum
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
Blackberry
X Chamomile (1 seedling)
Chive
Comfrey
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
*Elderberry
Fennel
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
Mint
*Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
X Oregano
Parsley (tiny seedlings, ask)
Raspberry
*Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) needs shade (1)
Golden Raspberry
Sage (1)
X Strawberry
Tarragon
Thyme
Tomatoes
Yarrow (white)

Grasses:
* Bottlebrush grass (Elymus histrix)
* Deer Tongue
* Sea Oats (Chasmanthium Latifolium)

Groundcovers:
*Green-and-gold (groundcover)

Water plants:
X *Equisetum (horsetails)

House plants:
Orchid Cacti (yellow)
Aloe
X Jade plant
Christmas cactus
Purple Heart Wondering Dude
Queen of the Night
Spider plant

Hello Happy Gardeners!

Despite many warm temperatures, Spring seems to be coming slowly for me. Maybe it’s because I planted about 100 new plants last year, lots from the plant sale and swapping with friends, and I just can’t wait to see what makes it and how it all looks! I’ve created a whole new bed along the fence and expanded other beds. You can visit my new beds when you come to the Annual Backyard Plant Sale!

If you are just hearing about the Annual Backyard Plant Sale, this is a sale I hold in my back yard each year. The plants are donated by interested people like you and come from our own gardens. 100% of the proceeds benefit The Nature Conservancy in Virginia. I will begin collecting plants the weekend or so before the sale.

The dates this year will be: Friday, May 3, 2024 from 4:00 PM to dark and Saturday, May 4, from 9 AM to 1 PM. The location is my backyard at 203 Howard St. in Ashland, VA 23005.

The preview for plant donors only will be from 3 to 4 PM on Friday, May 3. At the preview, plant donors may purchase up to the number of plants donated by that person. The more plants you donate, the more purchasing power you have! I hope you will note this is not a swap but a sale to raise money for a good cause. Hang around until 4 o’clock and the sale is open to everyone for unlimited purchases!

Saturday at 1:00 PM there will be a short, relevant talk, and at about 1:20 PM, all leftover plants are given to any plant donor in any quantity. This part of the event is popular to the plant donors and there are always 100s of great plants left over.

If you have plants to donate, you can leave them on my front porch anytime during the week or so before the sale. (please leave your name so I know who donated what). If you have time to label them with their plant names, or just leave me a list, that’s great. If not, no worries. No invasive alien plants From the Virginia Invasive Species List will be sold (https://tinyurl.com/57rmnk6w) and we love to see Virginia native plants at the sale!

I hope to see YOU at the sale.

Julie

PS: If you sign up for email updates on this page, I will post a plant list the night before the sale and you will get notified. The plant sale also has a facebook page where I tend to post more than on this website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064649655648

2023 Plant List
* VA native (probably missed some)
I do not have time to update the list! New plants coming all the time.

Bulbs and Tubers:
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
Canna
Crocosmia
Daffodils
Dahlia’s
Iris (blue, purple)
Iris sibirica – Siberian iris (white, purple, yellow)
*Iris Cristata
Daylily
Hardy Orchid (Bletilla)
Spanish Bluebells

Shrubs:
Bayberry
Beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma)
Clethra
*Elderberry
Forsythia
Holly
Glory Bower
Rhododendron periclymenoides, pinxter (2 small)
Rose
Rose of Sharon
Viburnum
*Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica, cultivars)
Weigelia

Trees:
*Catalpa seedling
Cedar tree seedlings
*Hackberry
X *Hazelnut (Corylus americanus)*
*American Holly
*Magnolia (1 small)
Japanese Maple (small)
Loblolly Pine
*Osage Orange (3)
*Plum seedlings (prunus Americanus)
Prunus serotina
*Redbud
*Sassafras (1)
Tulip Poplar

Shade plants (or partial sun):
Meadow Anemone (anemonastrum canadense)
*White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
*Bearsfoot (Smallanthus uvedalia)
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
*Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginicum, native)
Cinquefoil tiny groundcover
*Columbine (native and nonnative varieties)
*Coral Bells (Heuchera 1 tiny)
Daylilies
Epimedium
Euphorbia (2 varieties)
Fern – various varieties
Autumn Fern (1 huge!)
*Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Fleabane (Robin’s plantain, Erigeron pulchellus)
Foxglove
Bigroot Geranium
*Green-and-gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) (groundcover)
Hosta varieties
*Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)
Helleborus (foetidus and orientalis)
Helleborus seedlings “foetidus”
Hosta
Jack in the pulpit
Siberian Iris (white, purple, yellow)
Ligularia (1 large)
Lysimachia lanceolata (Purple Lance-leaved Loosestrife)
Lysimachia (one other purple fringy var. not invasive)
*Bee Balm (Monarda)
Money Plant
Nightshade
*Golden Groundsel (Packera Aurea)
Periscaria (Var.)
Primrose – 2 colors
*Salvia Lyrata (lyreleaf sage)
dwarf Solomon’s Seal
Variegated Solomon’s Seal
*Spiderwort (Tradascantia)
Spurge (Euphorbia)
Starry Campion (Silene Stellata)
St. John’s Wort
*Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
*Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
*Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Sun plants:
*Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
Artemisia (2 kinds)
Tartarian Aster
*Stokes aster (Stokesia laevis), native to North Carolina, but not Virginia
*Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
*Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare)
*Bearsfoot (Smallanthus uvedalia)
Bell Flower (Campanula)
Blackberry Lily (also shade)
Blue-Eyed Grass
Canterbury Bells
*Red Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
*Clematis
*Coneflower (Echinacea)
*Cup plant
Chrysanthemum  (Sheffield pink 1)
*Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Lacinata)
Shasta Daisy (1)
Daylilies
Dianthus ‘Bath’s Pink’
*Echinacea
*Elderberry
American Germander (Teucrium canandense)
Helianthus Maximillian
Iris
*Iris Cristata
Winter Jasmine
*Joe Pye weed
*Jerusalem Artichoke
Lamb’s Ear (common)
*Lyre-leaf sage
Lychnis – Rose Campion – Mullein Pink
*Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Also available to dig
at a friend’s after the plant sale.
Swamp Milkweed (white)
Nepeta (Catmint)
*Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana, native
Perovskia Russian Sage
Rudbeckia (multiple kinds)
Yellow evening primrose
Golden Ragwort
Rose Campion – Lychnis
Black and Blue  Salvia
*Sea Oats (chasmanthium latifolium)
*Sedum Ground Cover
*Sedum upright
*Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Stokesia
Yucca

Herbs, Fruits and Veggies (grow in full sun):
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
Blackberry
Chamomile
Evergreen Comfrey
*Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
Cucumber
Elephant Garlic
*Elderberry
X Edible fig
Feverfew
*Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum, native)
Oregano
Golden Oregano
Pepper Seedlings: Mad Hatter, Doe Hill, Mojo Hot, Shishito
*Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) (needs shade)
Strawberry
Tarragon
Thyme
Tomatos: Amish Paste, 4^th of July, Big Beef Plus
Yarrow

Grasses:
Black Moudry Grass
X * Bottlebrush grass (Elymus histrix)
* Deer Tongue
* Sea Oats (Chasmanthium Latifolium)
* Yucca

Groundcovers:
X *Green-and-gold (groundcover)
Heath Speedwell
St. John’s Wort

Water plants:
Equisetum (horsetails)

Other:
White Longaberger vases – 2 sizes

Hello Gardening Friends!

With warm temps, life is busting out, which naturally gets us out in the garden to search for all of the purchases from last year’s Annual Backyard Plant Sale! Hopefully everything made it… Or perhaps you are planning what you will donate to the sale this year??

For you uninitiates to the ABPS, this is a sale I hold in my back yard each year. The plants are donated by interested people like you and come from our own gardens. 100% of the proceeds benefit The Nature Conservancy in Virginia. I will begin collecting plants the weekend or so before the sale.

The dates this year will be: Friday, May 5, 2023 from 4:00 PM to dark and Saturday, May 6, from 9 AM to 1 PM. Location is my backyard at 203 Howard St. in Ashland, VA 23005.

The preview for donors only will be from 3 to 4 PM on Friday, May 5. At the preview, donors may purchase up to the number of plants donated by that person. The more plants you donate, the more purchasing power you have! I hope you will note this is not a swap but a sale to raise money for a good cause. Hang around until 4 o’clock and the sale is open to everyone for unlimited purchases!

Saturday at 1:00 PM there will be a short, relevant talk, and at about 1:20 PM, all leftover plants are given to any plant donor in any quantity. This part of the event is popular to the plant donors and there are always lots of great plants available.

If you have plants to donate, you can leave them on my front porch anytime during the week or so before the sale. (please leave your name so I know who donated what). If you have time to label them with their plant names, or just leave me a list, that’s great. If not, no worries. No invasive alien plants From the Virginia Invasive Species List will be sold (https://tinyurl.com/57rmnk6w) and we love to see Virginia native plants at the sale!

I hope to see YOU at the sale.

Julie

PS: The plant sale has a facebook page where I tend to post more than on this website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064649655648

2022 Plant List
* VA native (probably missed some)
more plants will arrive Friday and Sat morning

Bulbs and Tubers:
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade) (acts like a shrub…)
Crocosmia
Daffodils
Iris
Iris sibirica – Siberian iris (purple, white)
*Iris Cristata
Daylily
Naked Ladies (Belladonna Lily, Amaryllis)
Hardy Orchid
Scilla
Tiger lily

Shrubs:
Alexandrian Laurel – Poet’s Laurel (small)
Aucuba
*Button bush (cephalanthus occidentalis- tiny seedlings)
*Carolina Allspice, Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
Caryopteris (1)
*Elderberry
Mahonia
Nandina (1)
Rosa Rugosa
Rose of Sharon
Spicebush
Spirea (1 Small)
Sweetshrub

Trees:
Banana Tree
*Magnolia (1 small)
Japanese Maple (small)
*Redbud (tiny)

Shade plants (or partial sun):
Meadow Anemone (anemonastrum canadense) (I think Marty bringing some)
Arum
*White Woodland Aster (hope to dig some Friday)
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
*Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginicum, native)
*Cardinal Flower
*Columbine
*Coral Bells (Heuchera 1)
*Cowslip
Daylilies (common)
*Dutchman’s Breeches
Euphorbia (hope to dig)
Fern – various kinds
* Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense, native)
*Green-and-gold (groundcover)
Hosta
*Goldenrod
Gooseneck Loosestrife (be careful, spreads)
Helleborus (foetidus and orientalis)
Helleborus seedlings
Helleborus seedlings “foetidus”
Hosta
Jack in the pulpit
jasmine climbing vine
Siberian Iris
Lily of the Valley
Liriope
Lirope (tiny variety – about 3-4″ tall)
*Bee Balm (Monarda)
*Golden Groundsel (Packera Aurea)
Meadow Anemone (anemonostrum canadense)
Persicaria (hope to dig on Friday)
Tall Phlox (phlox paniculata)
Primrose – 2 colors
*Salvia Lyrata (lyreleaf sage)
Variegated Solomon’s Seal
*Spiderwort (Tradascantia)
Spurge (Euphorbia) hope to dig on Friday
White Cranesbill (geranium sanguineum alba)

Sun plants:
*Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
*Anise Hyssop
Artemisia (hope to dig)
Balloon Flower (1)
Bell Flower (Campanula)
*Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) – also shade
Blackberry Lily (also shade)
*Clematis
*Coneflower (Echinacea)
*Culvers rod
*Cup plant
Chrysanthemum
*Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Lacinata)
*Echinacea – Purple and orange coneflower
*Elderberry (hope to dig Friday)
Elephant Ear
*Narrow-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius, native)
Helianthus Maximillian
Iris – several varieties
*Iris Cristata
*New York Ironweed (vernona novaboracensis)
Winter Jasmine (hope to dig on Friday)
*Joe Pye week (might dig Friday)
*Jerusalem Artichoke
Lamb’s Ear (common)
*Lyre-leaf sage
Daylilies
Lychnis – Rose Campion – Mullein Pink
*Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana, native)
*Milkweed (common 1 and swamp)
*Wild petunia
*Pink ladies
Primrose (red and yellow flowers)
Rudbeckia
Yellow evening primrose
Golden Ragwort
Rose Campion – Lychnis
*Sea Oats (chasmanthium latifolium)
*Sedum Ground Cover
Snow in summer (might dig)
*Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Wild Senna
Shasta Daisy
Stokesia
*Turtlehead (chelone)

Herbs, Fruits and Veggies (grow in full sun):
Asparagus (1)
Basil
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
Blackberry
Chamomile
Evergreen Comfrey
*Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
Egyptian Walking Onion
Elephant Garlic
*Elderberry
Mint
*Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum, native)
Golden Oregano (1)
*Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) (needs shade)
Thornless Blackberry
Strawberry
Thyme (dig tomorrow)
Yarrow

Grasses:
Blue Rye Grass (Leymus)
*Sea Oats (Chasmanthium Latifolium)
*Yucca

Groundcovers:
*Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense, native)
*Green-and-gold (groundcover)
Heath Speedwell

Other:
Moonflower seedling
Orchid cactus
Philodendron

Water plants:
Water iris – purple

Hello Plant Sale Fans!

I hope you all are enjoying watching your gardens come alive this Spring and dreaming about the the 22nd Annual Backyard Plant Sale, April 29 and April 30! I am!

I also hope you will join me on Friday April 29, from 4pm – dark (plant donors can come to the preview at 3pm and purchase up to the number of plants they donate) and Saturday April 30 from 9am – 1pm. The address is 203 Howard Street, Ashland, VA 23005.

If you have plants to donate, you can leave them on my front porch during the week or two before the sale. Those of you coming a long distance can bring your plants with you when you come to the sale. Keep in mind, however, the more I have ahead of time the easier it is for me to get plants tagged and out, and the earlier you dig, the better the plants look!

After the sale at 1pm on Saturday, we will have a short talk by someone very interesting. I do not know who that person is yet, however if you would like to talk, let me know!

After the talk, at about 1:30pm on Saturday April 30, folks who have donated plants to the sale will have the opportunity to take home FREE plants! There is always lots of great stuff left over so I hope you will donate plants to the sale to take advantage of this opportunity.

Feel free to contact me with any questions and come on out!

I will plan to post the plant sale list here the night before the sale (April 28). You can also check the facebook page (Annual Backyard Plant Sale) for other posts.

💚 Julie

facebook (we hope you will like/follow it!): https://www.facebook.com/Annual-Backyard-Plant-Sale-60434839208/

facebook event (we hope you will share with your friends!): https://fb.me/e/39V7K6h4E

More will be coming, may have missed some things. 🙂 some are very small 

2021 Plant List
* VA native (probably missed some)

Bulbs and Tubers:
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade) (acts like a shrub…)
Asiatic lilies
Cannas
Crocosmia
Daffodils
Iris
Iris sibirica – Siberian iris
Iris – white variegated
*Iris Cristata
Daylily
Naked Ladies (Belladonna Lily, Amaryllis)
tulip bulbs

Shrubs:
Butterfly Bush
*Carolina Allspice, Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
Caryopteris (Saturday)
Clethra Alnifolia, “Ruby Spice”
*Elderberry
Hydrangea (*oak leaf and blue)
Mahonia
Rose (Caldwell Pink)
Rose of Sharon
Spirea

Trees:
Banana Tree (1)
*Black Cherry seedlings
Crape Myrtle (tiny seedlings)
*Magnolia (seedlings)
Japanes Maple (2)
Pawpaw seedling (1, Saturday)
Pomegranate seedling (1, coming Saturday)
*Redbud

Shade plants (or partial sun):

Ajuga – purple / white
Meadow Anemone (anemonastrum canadense)
Arum
*White Woodland Aster
*Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
Brunnera (variegated)
*Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginicum, native)
*Cardinal Flower (3)
*Columbine
*Coral Bells (Heuchera)(2)
Daylilies (common)
*Dutchman’s Breeches
Epimedium
Euphorbia – 2 or 3 varieties
Fern – various kinds
* Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense, native)
*Green-and-gold (groundcover)
Hosta
*Goldenrod
Gooseneck Loosestrife (be careful, spreads)
Helleborus (foetidus and orientalis)
Helleborus seedlings “Ruby Wine”
Helleborus “foetidus”
Hosta
Siberian Iris
Lily of the Valley
Liriope
Lirope (tiny variety – about 3-4″ tall)
*Bee Balm (Monarda)
*Golden Groundsel (Packera Aurea)
Meadow Anemone (anemonostrum canadense)
Persicaria (2 varieties)
Tall Phlox (phlox paniculata)
Toad Lily
Tradascantia (Spiderwort)
Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Spurge (Euphorbia)
White Cranesbill (geranium sanguineum alba)
*Woodland Poppy

Sun plants:
*Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
Artemisia
Tartarian aster
*Fragrant aster (Saturday)
Bell Flower (Campanula)
*Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) – also shade
Blackberry Lily (also shade)
*Blue-eyed grass
*Coneflower (Echinacea)
*Coral Honeysuckle
*Cup plant
Chrysanthemum – ‘Sheffield Pink’ and yellow
*Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Lacinata)
Daisies
*Echinacea – Purple coneflower
Echinops – globe thistle (purple)
*Elderberry
*Narrow-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius, native)
Iris – several varieties
*Iris Cristata
Winter Jasmine
*Jo Pye Weed
*Jerusalem Artichoke
Lamb’s Ear (common)
*Lyre-leaf sage
Daylilies
Lychnis – Rose Campion – Mullein Pink
*Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana, native)
Primrose (red and yellow flowers)
Yellow evening primrose
Golden Ragwort
Rose Campion – Lychnis
*Sea Oats (chasmanthium latifolium)
*Sedum Ground Covers
*Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Snow in summer
*Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Yarrow

Herbs, Fruits and Veggies (grow in full sun):
* Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa, native)
chives (1)
Evergreen Comfrey
Tall Russian Comfrey
*Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
*Elderberry
Fennel
Garlic Chives
Mint
*Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum, native) lots!
Oregano

*Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) (needs shade)
Thornless Blackberry
Strawberry
Thyme

Grasses:
Fountain Grass (Pennisetum)
Blue Rye Grass (Leymus)
Miscanthus
*Sea Oats (Chasmanthium Latifolium)
Sweet Flag
*Yucca (small)

Groundcovers:
*Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense, native)
*Green-and-gold (Chrysogenum)
veronica officinalis – pink groundcover (sun/part shade)

Other:
Grapevine wreaths
Aloe plant babies
Moonflower seedlings

Water plants:
Sweet flag

Hello Friends!

I’m late posting and the plant sale is just around the corner – April 30 and May 1. We are back on the Spring sale after the pandemic pushed the sale into the Fall last year.

For those who don’t know, this is a sale I hold in my back yard each year. The plants are donated by interested people like you and mostly come from our own gardens. Proceeds from the sale benefit The Nature Conservancy in Virginia. I will begin collecting plants the weekend or so before the sale and up to the sale. 

The dates this year will be:   Friday, April 30,  from 4:00 pm – dark AND Saturday, May 1st, from 9am – 1pm. The location is my backyard at 203 Howard Street in Ashland.

The preview for donors only will be from 3:00-4:00 pm on Friday April 30  — masks will be required and social distancing in place. At the preview, donors may purchase up to the number of plants donated by that person. So the more plants you donate, the more purchasing power you have! I hope you will note this is not a swap but a sale to raise money for a good cause. Hang around until 4:00 and the sale is open to everyone for unlimited purchases!

Saturday at 1:20, all leftover plants are given to any plant donor in any quantity. This part of the event has become very popular to the donors and there are always lots of great plants available.

If you have plants to donate, you can leave them on my front porch any time during the week or so before the sale (please leave your name so I know who donated what). If you can label them with their plant names or leave me a list, that’s great. No invasive alien plants will be sold (see invasive species list https://tinyurl.com/y38hta49 – it may surprise you!) and we LOVE to see Virginia native plants at the sale.

I hope to see you at the sale. You can find (and Like) a facebook page called “Annual Backyard Plant Sale” to get more frequent updates, photos, and other gardening tidbits.

Thank you!

Julie Ericksen

2020 Plant List
* VA native (probably missed some)

Updated Wednesday 10:30pm
Updated Thursday 2:45 pm

Bulbs and Tubers:
Alstromeria
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade) (acts like a shrub…)
Cannas
Crocosmia
X Dahlia
Iris
Iris sibirica – Siberian iris (purple, white, yellow)
*Iris Cristata
Licoris (1)
Daylily
Rain lilies
*Pink ladies
Hardy Orchid

Shrubs:
Alexandrian Laurel – Poet’s Laurel (small)
Aucuba
*Beautyberry (both native and non-native varieties)
*Button bush (cephalanthus occidentalis)
*Carolina Allspice, Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
Camellia japonica
Caryopteris
Clethra Ruby Spice
Deutzia seedling
X *Elderberry
Hydrangea (*oak leaf seedlings, regular, X climbing)
Lilac
Nandina
White peony
*Rosa Rugosa
Rose
Rose of Sharon (1)
*Serviceberry
White spirea

Trees:
*Catalpa
Crape Myrtle
*Magnolia
Japanes Maple (seedlings)
Plum (seedlings)
*Redbud seedlings
Trifoliate Orange (3 seedlings)

Shade plants (or partial sun):
Ajuga (3 varieties) – purple / variegated / white
Meadow Anemone (anemonastrum canadense)
*White Woodland Aster
Hardy begonia
Cardinal Flower
*Columbine (red native and purple)
*Coral Bells (Heuchera) ‘Guacamole’ and other
Daylilies (common)
Epimedium
Fern – various kinds
                  X Autumn Fern
                  *Christmas Fern
                  X Holly Fern
                  Japanese Painted Fern
                  Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
                  *Sensitive Fern
*Golden Alexander (zizia area) (1)               
*Wild ginger (groundcover)
*Green-and-gold (groundcover)
Hosta
*Goldenrod
Helleborus (foetidus and orientalis)
Hosta
Siberian Iris (white and purple)
Lily of the Valley (lots!)
Liriope (white and purple)
Lirope (tiny variety – about 3-4″ tall)
*Bee Balm (Monarda)
*Golden Groundsel (Packera Aurea)
Meadow Anemone (anemonostrum canadense)
Persicaria (2 varieties)
Tall Phlox (phlox paniculata)
Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Spurge (Euphorbia)

Sun plants:
*Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Alstromeria
*Amsonia tabernaemontana – Blue Star (also shade)
Artemisia
*Fragrant aster
*Wild basil
Bell Flower (Campanula) (purple and Korean)
*Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) – also shade
Blackberry Lily (also shade)
*Blue-eyed grass
*Blue vervain
*Coneflower (Echinacea)
*Cup plant
*Cutleaf Coneflower
Chrysanthemum – ‘Sheffield Pink’ and yellow
Cup Plant
*Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Lacinata)
Dahlia
Daisies
*Downy pagoda plant
*Echinacea – Purple coneflower
Echinops – globe thistle (purple)
Elephant Ear
*Helianthus
Iris – several varieties
*Iris Cristata (white and purple)
*New York Ironweed (vernona novaboracensis)
Winter Jasmine
*Jo Pye Weed
*Jerusalem Artichoke
Lamb’s Ear (common)
*Lyre-leaf sage
Daylilies
Lychnis – Rose Campion – Mullein Pink
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) (LOTS!)
X *Milkweed (common) (1)
*Passionflower
*Wild petunia
*Pink ladies
Purple lovegrass
Golden Ragwort
Climbing Rose
Rose Campion – Lychnis
*Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
*Sea Oats (chasmanthium latifolium)
*Sedum Ground Covers – blue spruce, etc
*Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Stokesia
*Oxeye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
*Turtlehead (chelone)
Veronica Officinalis – pink groundcover

Herbs, Fruits and Veggies (grow in full sun):
*Bee Balm (Monarda)
Epazote
Evergreen Comfrey
Tall Russian Comfrey
*Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
Egyptian Walking Onion
Garlic Chives
Lemon Balm
Mint (Chocolate and other)
*Mountain Mint
Oregano
*Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) (needs shade)
Thornless Raspberry
Strawberry plants
Thyme

Grasses:
Black Fountain Grass (Pennisetum Alopecuroides)
*Sea Oats (Chasmanthium Latifolium)
*Purple lovegrass

Groundcovers:
*Wild ginger (groundcover)
*Green-and-gold (groundcover)
veronica officinalis – pink groundcover

Annuals:
Blue curls

Other:
Poppy Seeds
Begonia (for indoors, not hardy)
Two red tomato devices that will accommodate a wire cage for the tomato plant and provide a watering ring to provide slow water to the tomato plants