[Green] Plant acquisition for fall planting of Fort Street site

[Rebecca Phillips]

George, we would need to buy or scavenge pots. My understanding is that each flat is a single species, so we would need to have a bit less species diversity than we might otherwise, though on such a large space, 32 or 50 milkweeds, sunflowers, or whatever should fit with no problem. Still, 50 plants for $80 (and those are the expensive ones) is a deal.

Rebecca

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero

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Subject: Re: [Green] Plant acquisition for fall planting of Fort Street site

Rebecca,

    My inclination would be to go with this wholesale distributor--reduced price and wide selection. Would we have to buy pots for all our acquisitions?


---- Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> Caroline of Passiflora is working with a volunteer group on the Harmar Bridge Company planting and has access to wholesale nurseries. Unfortunately, wholesale requires a $500 minimum order, which is too much for that small site. Would we be interested in sharing an order for flats of landscape plugs? One problem, though, is that if we do so, we will need volunteers to transfer the plugs into larger pots and babysit them for the summer. Another issue is that we would be getting either 50 or 32 of a single species, depending on plug size (except for those plant flats we split with the other site).
>
> The plants in Caroline's Maple Street design are monarda "Jacob Cline" (not the straight species, but gorgeous), purple coneflower, and butterfly weed. Here is a link to the company's availability list for those who want to see what is currently available. https://www.northcreeknurseries.com/_ccLib/downloads/North_Creek_Availability_Landscape_Plugs.pdf
>
> Please let me know ASAP.
>
> Rebecca
>
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero

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