Two big plant sales happen this coming Saturday morning, April 29: the Kelowna Garden Club Sale at Guisachan Gardens and the Okanagan Xeriscape Association Xeriscape Plant Sale at the unH2O Xeriscape Garden in front of the H2O Aquatic Centre, 4075 Gordon Drive.
Both begin at 9 a.m. OXA香蕉视频直播檚 runs to noon and KGC香蕉视频直播檚 ends at 1 p.m.
The xeriscape plants sell quickly so you might want to go there first. This is my last of three columns about what will be at the OXA sale.
Aside from very healthy, well-labelled plants we will have:
香蕉视频直播� Xeriscape experts and Master Gardeners to answer questions
香蕉视频直播� The Okanagan Basin Water Board香蕉视频直播檚 Make Water Work program to encourage reduction in landscape irrigation and promote use of water-wise plants
香蕉视频直播� Free invasive plant books (supplied by the Regional District) for pick up from the Master Gardener香蕉视频直播檚 table
香蕉视频直播� The Border Free Bee program with information about the Nectar Trail being created between Summerhill Winery and the unH2O Garden, their pollinator pasture project, native bees, and how to attract pollinators to your garden
香蕉视频直播� SeedCo selling Okanagan native seeds
香蕉视频直播� Information about the Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program (OCCP).
New this year we will have Wild Bloom Nursery selling xeriscape plants that OXA is not able to propagate. Some of these are much sought after and hard to find.
OXA will be selling 2017 memberships to support the work of this not-for-profit organization. Membership benefits include:
香蕉视频直播� 10 per cent discount at eight local nurseries
香蕉视频直播� 10 per cent discount off OXA classes and workshops
香蕉视频直播� Free admission to member-only events including pruning workshops
香蕉视频直播� An opportunity to learn by volunteering in the unH2O Garden.
OXA will also be selling plant photo cards, class registrations and our favourite xeriscape reference 香蕉视频直播楥reating the Prairie Xeriscape香蕉视频直播� by Sara Williams.
For a list of plants available at the plant sale check under the plant sale poster at www.okanaganxeriscape.org where you will also find photos and details of all the plants for sale on OXA香蕉视频直播檚 plant database.
In addition to the Okanagan native plants mentioned last week, some of the other extremely drought tolerant plants available at OXA香蕉视频直播檚 sale in the Mediterannean and Rock Garden sections are:
香蕉视频直播� Tall late blooming sedums: 香蕉视频直播楢utumn Fire香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播楳atrona香蕉视频直播�
香蕉视频直播� Ground cover sedums: 香蕉视频直播楩uldeglut香蕉视频直播�, 香蕉视频直播楢ngelina香蕉视频直播�, and Russian stonecrop
香蕉视频直播� Dwarf grasses: Blue fescue, blue hair grass, and blue gramma grass
香蕉视频直播� Nepeta 香蕉视频直播榃alker香蕉视频直播檚 Low香蕉视频直播�, an exceptionally long-blooming and well-behaved catmint, is a pollinator magnet
香蕉视频直播� A limited number of Opuntia polycantha cactus pads.
In addition there will be a small selection of low-water, part shade plants set out under the Golden Rain tree in the Mediterranean Garden.
Summerland Ornamental Gardens big, two day plant sale is May 6 and 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.summerlandgardens.org.
The last spring session of OXA香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播業ntroduction to Xeriscape香蕉视频直播� workshop is Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Kelowna. For information and to register, go to the classes page at www.okanaganxeriscape.org.
Gwen Steele is executive-director of the non-profit Okanagan Xeriscape Association.
