Spring Native Plant Sale
It’s that time again! The Fall Plant Sale and talk are
The twice yearly plant sales hosted by the Napa Valley Chapter of the CNPS are the biggest botanical events of the year!
Free admission to Skyline Park during the Sale
Native plants will:
- Thrive without fertilizer or pesticides
- Sustain our indigenous wildlife better than non-native plants by giving butterflies not only nectar, but a host plant for their caterpillars, and birds the right kinds of berries and insects at the right time of year.
- Improve air quality by removing and storing carbon deep in their extensive root systems.
- Allow you to retire your lawn mower and use less fossil fuel, if you use them to replace your lawn.
- Hold onto water if it is a deep rooted specimen, and actually help replenish the groundwater.
- Offer you a glorious display of color and life that reflects the seasons.
If you want just one or a whole garden’s assortment of native plants, this is your chance to choose from a wide variety. All specimens are labeled, and an expert or an experienced volunteer will be on hand to help you with your selections and to answer your questions. All proceeds benefit maintenance of the Martha Walker California Habitat Garden and the programs of CNPS.
Some of the plants you will find at the plant sale for a mix of beauty, fragrance, wildlife, and carbon sequestration: Evergreens, like Toyon (bluebirds love the berries), Ceanothus, or manzanita. Salvias provide pollen for native bees and nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies. Long-rooted native grasses sequester carbon deep in the soil while stabilizing banks. Snowberry is good for the oak understory.
For perennial color we will have yarrow, Mimulus (monkey flowers) in colors ranging from red to orange, Eriogonum (buckwheat), Heuchera (coral bells), California fuschia (for late summer and fall blooming), and Penstemon. We’ll have Matilija poppies that require no water at all during the summer and can be used to populate a hillside.
Click Here for the Spring 2017 Sale Plant Availability List