Plant + Seed Exchange

May 19, 2022, 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Due to rain in the forecast, this event will happen inside Plains Art Museum

Do you have plants in your flowerbed that need to be split? Or extra annuals that don’t fit? Participate in our annual plant and seed exchange! Plant & Seed Exchange Instructions: Bring some things, take some things! For example, if you bring two plants, take two plants. No invasive varieties or non-labeled plants! Email amccann@plainsart.org if you have any questions.

We will also be accepting plant donations to the Heritage Garden to be planted during the event from 4-6 PM. We cannot accept unlabeled or invasive varieties (see list below).

  • bearded iris
  • irises
  • begonia
  • lamium
  • black eye susans
  • lavender phlox
  • bleeding heart
  • liatris
  • canadian ginger
  • lily of the valley
  • chives
  • maltese cross
  • columbine
  • meadowsweet
  • cone flower
  • Monarda (bee balm)
  • coral bells
  • native grass
  • cranes bill
  • obedient plant
  • daisies
  • ostrich ferns
  • daylilies
  • peonies
  • dianthus sweet william
  • prairie smoke
  • garden mum
  • rhubarb
  • geranium
  • salvia
  • giant hyssop
  • sedum
  • showy penstemon
  • ground cover sedum
  • silver mound
  • hens and chicks
  • sneezeweed
  • hispid sunflower
  • snow on the mountain
  • hoary vervain
  • speedwell
  • hollyhock
  • swamp milkweed
  • hosta
  • tiger lily
  • hydrangea
  • yarrow

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