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The Umstead Coalition 
Celebrating Umstead State Park since 1934!

Spring Native Plant Sale

  • 05/04/2024
  • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513)

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Our Sprint Native Plant Sale will be on Saturday, May 4 from 12pm-3pm. We'll be selling locally-grown, native  flowers, shrubs and trees.

EARLY ENTRY! — Umstead Coalition Members (with current membership or donations over $15 from October 1, 2023) will get early access from 11am-noon. 

100% of all proceeds from the event go to support William B. Umstead State Park.

Location: We'll be set up in the grassy area on the right when you drive into the parking lot at the Harrison Ave, Cary entrance to Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513).

Registration is not required, but will help us know how many to expect.  Volunteers help make this event successful. Sign up to volunteer here.

Pricing

  • 4 inch: $10
  • 1 gal (except for Pawpaw and Dwarf azalea): $20
  • 1 gal Pawpaw and Dwarf azalea: $25
  • Milkweed seeds: $1
  • Bat House $75

Plant list 

1 gallon:

Asimina triloba "Pawpaw"

Callicarpa americana "American beautyberry"

Corylus americana "American hazelnut"

Cephalanthus occidentalis "Button bush"

Diospyros virginiana "Persimmon"

Ilex verticillata "Winterberry"

Itea virginica "Virginia sweetspire"

Rhododendron atlanticum "Dwarf azalea"

Viburnum dentatum "Arrow wood"

Vaccinium corymbosum "Highbush blueberry"

4 inch:

Amsonia tabernaemontana "Eastern bluestar"

Asclepias tuberosa "Butterfly weed"

Echinacea purpurea "Purple coneflower"

Eryngium aquaticum "Marsh rattlesnakemaster"

Eutrochium fistulosum "Trumpetweed/Joe-pye weed"

Liatris spicata "Blazing star"

Lobelia elongata "Blue lobelia"

Monarda fitulosa "Bee balm / wild bergamot"

Muhlenbergia capillaris "Hairawn muhly"

Physostegia virginiana "Obedient plant"

Pycnanthemum muticum "Mountain mint"

Solidago rugosa "Wrinkleleaf goldenrod"

Stokesia laevis "Stokes Aster"

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae "New England aster"

Verbena hastata "Blue vervain"

The Umstead Coalition

We are a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the natural integrity of William B. Umstead State Park and the Richland Creek Corridor.

WHO WE ARE

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