New Native Plant Seeds in the Seed Library

Wednesday I stocked the Seed Library with over 300 new seed packets!

Here’s the list of Native Plants in the Seed Library

Common Name	Scientific Name
Giant Blue Hyssop	Agastache scrophulariaefolia
White Snake Root	Ageratina altissima
Tall Hairy Agrimony	Agrimonia gryposepala
Roadside Agrimony	Agrimonia striata
Prairie Onion	Allium stellatum
Lead Plant	Amorpha ceneocens
Pearly Everlasting	Anaphalis margaritacea
Thimble Weed	Anemone virginiana
Pussytoes	Antennaria plantaginifolia
Columbine	Aquilegea canadensis
Prairie Sage	Artemisia ludoviciana
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnati
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa
Smallspike False Nettle	Boehmeria cylindrica
Side-Oats Grama	Bouteloua curtipendula
Blue Grama	Bouteloua gracilis
Fringed Brome Grass	Bromus cilites
Bellflower	Campanula americana
Common Hop Sedge	Carex lupulina
Sprengel's Sedge	Carex sprengelii
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculate
Lance-leaf Coreopsis	Coreopsis lanceolata
Prairie Coreopsis	Coreopsis palmata
Purple Prairie Grass	Dalea purpurea
Prairie Cinquefoil	Drymocallis atguta
Pale Purple Coneflower	Echinacea pallida
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea
Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium yuccifolium
Large Leaved Aster	Eurybia macrophylla
Joe Pye weed	Eutrochium maculatum
Sweet Joe Pye Weed	Eutrochium purpureum
Blanket Flower	Gallardia species
Northern Blue Flag Iris	Iris versicolor
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale
Early Sunflower	Heliopsis Helianthoides
Alum Root	Heuchera richardsonii
Shrubby St. John's Wort	Hypericum prolificum
Rough Blazing Star	Liatris aspera
Meadow Blazing Star	Liatris ligulistylis
Prairie Blazing Star	Liatris pycnostachya
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica
Lupine	Lupinus perennis
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa
Spotted Bee Balm	Monarda punctata
Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana
Jacob's Ladder	Polemonium reptans
Solomon's Seal	Polygonatum biflorum
Yellow Coneflower	Ratibida pinnata
Brown-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia triloba
Wild Petunia	Ruellia humilis
Stiff Goldenrod	Solidago rigida
Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium
Early Figwort	Scrophularia lanceolata
Late Figwort	Scrophularia marilandica
Blue-eyed Grass	Sisyrinchium shortii
Indian Grass	Sorghastrumnutana
Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis
Heart Leaved Aster	Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Sky Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Short's Aster	Symphyotrichum shortii
Tall Meadow Rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata
Hoary Vervain	Verbena stricta
Prairie Ironweed	Vernonia fasciculata
Culver's Root	Veronicastrum virginicum
Golden Alexander	Zizia aurea

November Events

Upcoming Events

Nov 5, Tuesday, 5-8pm – Seed Packaging

Lion’s Den room in the White Bear Lake library, 2150 2^nd St, White Bear Lake, MN

We have seeds that need packaging and we need lots of helpers!

Come to this fun event to help the Seed Library package seeds for the coming season. Enjoy talking to your fellow gardeners while packaging seeds. Get a first peek at any new varieties we’ll have available. Bring any harvested seeds you wish to donate to the seed library. This is a great time to talk about your garden successes and less-than-successes (we all have them). This is an open event – come when you can, stay as long as you are able.

No experience necessary!   Easy and Fun!  Treats Provided!

Note: This is the same day as voting day, so if you vote at the library why not combine your trip and help the Seed Library too?

Nov 9, Saturday, 9 am -1 pm– Winter Farmer’s Market

Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Rd, White Bear Township, MN

The Winter Farmer’s Market is back again this year! Many produce vendors and educational organizations will be at the winter farmer’s market. So will the Seed Library! Come check it out and stop by the Seed Library table to say hi. I also have a game kids and adults can play for a treat.

See https://forksinthedirt.com/winter-farmers-market/ for more info.

Nov 13, Wednesday, 6:30 pm – Seed Talk - How to Start Native Plant Seeds

Lion’s Den room in the White Bear Lake library, 2150 2^nd St, White Bear Lake, MN

Learn several ways to start native plant seeds. Why do many native plant seeds need a chilling period before they will germinate? What is the winter sowing method? And how to use the winter sowing method for seeds other than native plants.

If you are interested in trying out the winter sowing method save your rinsed plastic milk/juice/water half gallon or gallon jugs. You can pick up some native plant seeds at the seed library and then all you need is some potting soil. I’ll show you how to do it at this talk.

As always, Seed Talks are really gardener discussions about a specific topic, though we do occasionally wander into other related topics. Please come and share your tips and questions!

Hope to see you at these events!

Pam