The Prospect Area Garden Club: May 2016

Saturday, June 4, 2016: Our Club Plant Sale

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When:
Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ 9:00am

Where:
Prospect Road Elementary School parking lot
(2199 Prospect Rd, Hatchet Lake, NS B3T 1R8, Canada)

What:
The Prospect Area Gardening Club members are potting up some beautiful plants at excellent prices from their very own gardens! Drop in to visit a gardener, talk plants, ask questions, and discover new additions for your garden!

Rain date:
The following Saturday, June 11, 2016 @ 9:00am

Wed. May 25, 2016: Potluck Social & Activities

We support our local food bank by collecting donations at each of our meetings!

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Potluck Social
& Activities

Let's wrap up this year's meetings with a big celebration of the sun!

7:00pm - 7:30pm
We'll start with some social time and get our potluck social underway - it's always a wonderful feast! Sandra will also have some of her tomato plants for sale with part of the procedes going to Prostate Cancer Canada.

7:30pm - 9:00pm
We'll spend a bit of time planning the final details of the yard sale and finish off the evening with a special video on day lilies shared by Ron and Joan.

See you soon!

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NSAGC Plant Sales and More

May 2016 Plant Sales

Bedford Horticultural Society
Saturday, May 21, 10-11:30
at the Scott Manor House, 15 Fort Sackville Drive, Bedford
Halifax Westmoor Horticultural Society
Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 9 am.
at St. John the Baptist Parish Hall, 26 Purcell’s Cove Road, Halifax (near Chocolate Lake Recreational Centre).
Dartmouth Horticultural Society Saturday, May 28, 9-11:30
at the Churchill Academy Gymnasium, 5 Crichton Ave. Dartmouth

Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

I promised I would send out the information of the Rose Milkweed that we gave away at district meeting and here it is.

We still have a few of these large plants left if anyone is interested in purchasing them for $10. They are in a 1 gallon pot. (902) 832-7006 For those who have them, just a reminder, they do need to be hardened off.

Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a showy pink blooming asclepias species that is a food plant for Monarch butterfly caterpillers and a nectar source for adult butterflies. Also known as Swamp Milkweed, it grows well in moist or wet soils.

Zones 3 - 9
Native to North America
Full Sun or part sun
Blooms early to late summer, Pink flowers, 3-4 feet tall, up to 3 feet wide.
Grows in any soil, clay, sandy or average soil
Average moisture, also moist or wet soils