El Dorado CNPS hosts three-day event with wide assortment of shrubs, trees and perennials
Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' grows fast and tolerates fairly dry soil and clay, Calscape notes. It naturalizes well on slope bottoms and north-facing slopes. Courtesy California Native Plant Society
March is great for transplanting California natives – and a great time to buy some, too!
And this sale allows patrons to shop from the comfort of home. (That’s good news with more rain in the forecast!)
This weekend, the El Dorado Chapter of the California Native Plant Society hosts an online native plant sale. The sale opened at 9 a.m. today, Friday, March 14, and continues through 6 p.m. Sunday, March 16.
Pickup day will be next Saturday, March 22, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. only, at the county building parking lot, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville. There are no holds or refunds.
El Dorado CNPS grows a wide variety of native plants that are perfect for foothill and valley gardens. Find dozens of varieties of trees and shrubs as well as scores of perennials.
Among the highlights are eight hybrid varieties of California wild lilacs (Ceanothus) that love Sacramento-area landscapes: ‘Blue Blossom,’ ‘Blue Jeans,’ ‘Dark Star,’ ‘Frosty Blue,’ ‘Joyce Coulter,’ ‘Julia Phelps,’ ‘Monterey’ (also known as ‘Snowball’) and ‘Ray Hartman.”
Support native birds, bees, butterflies and more with excellent wildlife-friendly plants. This sale boasts many of their favorites such as milkweed, snowberry and coffeeberry. Also, find six varieties of native sages, four kinds of California fuchsia and four different buckwheats.
Volunteers also are needed to help on pick-up day. (Sign up and receive a free gift for helping out.)
For information, volunteer sign-ups and online catalog, click here.
For more on El Dorado CNPS: https://eldoradocnps.org/
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