http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com Mother's Day weekend at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Thu, 14 May 2009 03:29:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 EVERYTHING is half price. There are lots and lots of great plants left for you to buy at the half-price sale! Remember to record the FULL price on your shopping form and leave the arithmetic to the check-out volunteers with their adding machines. Doors open at noon, wristbands are given out ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/439 So many plants, so little time! Thousands of people made their way through the sale, buying everything from ageratum to zebra plant. After a long wait, the blueberries finally arrived late in the afternoon, thanks to the heroic efforts of the American Blueberry Company. Varieties: Northland, Chippewa, Polaris and Tom Cat. ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/438 The 2009 Friends School Plant Sale opens at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 8. We close at 8 p.m. today, then open up again at 10 a.m. Saturday (with restocking happening on many items before opening), then close at 6 p.m. Sunday hours are 12 noon to 4 p.m., when everything ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/95 Siam Ruby Banana Musa 'Siam Ruby' Baby 'Siam Ruby' plants at Rush Creek Growers 10,000 years of banana cultivation in Papua, New Guinea produced a sport with the darkest red leaves of any banana yet discovered. Originally selling for more than $1500, ‘Siam Ruby’ was brought to the U.S. only three years ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/363 Due to a major shipping error on the part of a grower, we will not have any of the blueberries listed in the catalog. We are so sorry to have to report this. UPDATE: We believe we have found another source for blueberries, and so hope to have them at the ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/437 The wristbands will start to be handed out starting at 8 a.m. on Friday morning. Sunday wristbands will be handed out starting at 10 a.m. http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/436 Duckalicious Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus 'Duckalicious') A brand new flower form for an old favorite, each bloom like a bouquet of tiny yellow duckies’ feet.  Even the leaves are lobed rather than the usual round shape. Trailing. 6-12” sun (A395, page 40) http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/415 Ghost Thistle Onopordum acanthium (A.K.A. Onopordon) You know this giant purple flower better than you think you do: It is the Scottish Thistle, which has been the national emblem of Scotland since the 13th century. According to legend, a Scottish army camp was alerted to the sneak attack of invading Norsemen ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/366