Merryspring's Annual Plant Sale Expanded To Three Days

Camden/Rockport, Maine - This year’s Merryspring Plant Sale has been expanded to three days over the Memorial Day Weekend to give midcoast gardeners more opportunity to find those perfect plants for their flower gardens and vegetable plots.  As usual, the Members Only Sale will take place on Friday, May 22, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Plant Sale is then open to all garden enthusiasts on Saturday, May 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. and again on Sunday, May 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you’re not a Merryspring member but want to take advantage of Friday’s early-bird special, you can become a member by calling 236-2239 or by signing up at the sale on Friday.

Preparing Your Vegetable Garden? This year’s Plant Sale will definitely appeal to your taste buds.
We have a great selection of special tomatoes from FEDCO: Soldacki, Cosmo-naut Volkov, Amish Paste, Sungold, Brandywine, and several other varieties. We also have a wide selection of basils to spice up your salads, make tea and pesto, or just for sprinkling on pasta for a simply delicious entrée. These basil varieties include Mammoth, Genovese, Sweet, Sacred, Anise, and Dani Lemon. We have squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, and many other vegetables and herbs ready for planting.

Looking For Special Roses? After all the crazy weather and damage this past winter, you may be in the market for new roses. Or you may want to add some roses to an existing garden. Glenn Jenks, Merryspring’s own master rosarian, has selected a wonderful array of Canada-grown roses for this year’s Plant Sale. Chosen for their beauty and hardiness, the roses being offered include Graham Thomas, Heritage, Frontenac, Gemini, and Julia Child. Many of these beauties already reside in Merryspring’s Rose Garden.

Searching For New Flowers? Of course, the Merryspring Plant Sale always features a diverse selection of annuals and perennials for your flower gardens. This year we have beautiful Heuchera and Dianthus as well as hostas, daylilies, grasses, and some subdi-visions from our own gardens and from some of our members. We also offer an abundance of dahlias from Endless Summer Flower Farm and the private gardens of Bart Wood. In addition, we have a variety of small trees and shrubs, some native and some uncommon for your landscape, including Buddleia, Forsythia, white oak, white cedar, redbud, and pussy willow.

Need Some Advice? Throughout the sale, Merryspring volunteers will be on hand to help you make selections and get advice on growing your plants. Volunteers from the Maine Daylily Society, which has a display garden of colorful, beautiful daylilies at Merryspring, will also be available to sell some of their daylilies. So come join the fun and make your garden grow.

All proceeds from the Plant Sale benefit Merryspring and help us provide educational programs as well as maintain the gardens and grounds.

Merryspring is a member-supported, non-profit nature education center and park located at the end of Conway Road just off Rt. 1 by the Hannaford shopping plaza in Camden.

For more information, call Merryspring at 236-2239, email info@merryspring.org or visit our website at www.merryspring.org