http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com Mother's Day weekend at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:16:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Salvia guarnatica 'Black and Blue' Most flowers that hummingbirds like are red or orange, but this one is deep blue. It is not hardy here, but it will flower like this from late summer through the fall. 36-48" sun http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/464 Pseudofumaria lutea (AKA Yellow Corydalis) A nice little shade plants that blooms from spring to even after frosts. The blue-green foliage always looks fresh and the cheery yellow flowers never need deadheading. If happy with its location it will form a large clump and also seed itself in an un-obnoxious ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/463 Kansas Sea Holly, Eryngium leavenworthii Hmmm, a "Sea Holly" from land-locked Kansas. Begins to give you some idea of the quirky nature of this annual flower. Each of the many small flowers look like a metallic purple pineapple with a wild, jagged haircut and wearing an equally wild and jagged tutu. ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/462 Just for fun, here is the recent plant introduction Duckalicious Nasturtium (Tropaeolum 'Duckalicious') with Coleus 'Quack' and some Duckfoot Ivy. A brand new flower form for an old favorite, each bloom is like a bouquet of tiny yellow duckies’ feet.  Even the leaves are lobed rather than the usual round shape. ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/461 Gloriosa Lily (Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana') The unusual, almost bizarre, 3–5” blooms of this vine begin as pale green hanging petals that gradually lengthen, become wavy, and arch backward, changing color to yellow and then scarlet in summer. You can lift the roots in fall and overwinter in a dry ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/459 As of February 1, our online sign-up system is live and ready for volunteers to sign up. To give it a try, go to volunteer.friendsschoolplantsale.com. You'll be asked for your name, email, phone and address, and then you'll be able to pick a shift, after reading the brief job description ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/143 Do you have tips for your fellow shoppers (especially first or second-time shoppers) about how you do the sale? Let us know, and we will post it to the website. Do you have a great cart you bring to the sale with special compartments or a built-in stool so you can ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/66 Did you know we've long had gift certificates for the Friends School Plant Sale? But we didn't have an easy way to sell them... you had to send a check to the school. Now you can buy certificates through the school's secure website in the following amounts: $25, $40, $50, $75 ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/458 We all love it when the school bus arrives on Wednesday and the student volunteers run, uh, speed-walk at maximum speed into the Grandstand to start working on the plant sale. Their main jobs are to unload the trucks, figure out where each plant goes and put it there, water the ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/441 Pink Mulla Mulla Ptilotus 'Joey' There are many dozens of this plant still available at half-price on Sunday: if it had been blooming during the sale, it would have sold out the first day! A completely new genus for U.S. gardens straight from central Australia, Ptilotus is pronounced “ty-LOH-tus” (from the ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/361