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The Umstead Coalition 
Celebrating Umstead State Park since 1934!

Native Plant Sale and Food Truck, 3-7pm

  • 10/08/2021
  • 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • 2100 N. Harrison Ave. Cary, NC 27513

Photo: Steve RogersWe hope you can join us for our Fall plant sale on Oct 8 from 3pm-7pm at the Cary entrance to Umstead State Park (Harrison Ave). We're excited to offer 200 locally-grown native flowers, shrubs and trees! 

Name Botanical name
Lady fern Athyrium filix-femina
Aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium    
Blue lobelia Lobelia elongata
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis
Eastern bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana
Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
Lance-leaf coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Marsh rattlesnakemaster      Eryngium aquaticum
Prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera
Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Spiked wild indigo Baptisia albescens
Stokes aster Stokesia laevis
Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
American beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum
Button bush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
Sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus
Basswood Tilia americana
Black cherry Prunus serotina
Black haw Viburnum prunifolium
Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis
Fringe tree Chionanthus virginicus
Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Red maple Acer rubrum
River birch Betula nigra
Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis
Shumard oak Quercus shumardii
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
White oak Quercus alba

Plus, Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) packets of approx 20 seeds.  $1

Island Coconut Kitchen Food Truck will also be there!


The Umstead Coalition

We are a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the natural integrity of William B. Umstead State Park and the surrounding open space.

WHO WE ARE

The Umstead Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.