Sept. 1 Column: Friends of Manito Fall Plant Sale

September 1, 2019 Susan

Friends of Manito fall plant sale, Heliopsis Sunstruck

The garden event everyone in the Inland Northwest has been waiting for is coming up rapidly! That’s the Friends of Manito Fall Plant Sale, and just happens to be the topic of this week’s garden column. Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Eye-catching array as autumn looms.

There are two aspects of the Friends of Manito plant sales that I love: first, they do a great job of selecting plants that are both knockouts and do well in our climate, and second, all proceeds for the sale go into Manito Park improvements. That’s a win-win in my book!

At the bottom of this email, you’ll see photos of some of the amazing plants on offer. I think it’s always good to have a game plan (a.k.a. shopping list!) ahead of time because that’s the most efficient way of snagging the plants you just can’t live without. On the Friends of Manito website, there is a plant list that includes the attributes of each one. That’s a great place to start.

This week’s “Everyone Can Grow a Garden!” video is my next update on how our vegetable garden is doing. Lots of changes!

OK, more plant photos from the Friends of Manito fall plant sale are in order! First of all, that lovely yellow flower with the variegated leaves at the very top of this post is ‘Sunstruck’ false sunflower (Heliopsis). I am in love with this one. The photo of the huge pink flower is a hardy hibiscus.

Remember that you can click on any of the photos to view a much larger image.

Here are the three lovely chrysanthemums I mentioned in my column: