Fall plant sale grows on customers
Fall sale grows on customers in search of nature's wonder
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MOST POPULAR PLANTS
Brazilian red cloaks
Aluminum plant
Lepedeza little volcano
Musical notes cleodendrum
Black knight butterfly bush in purple
Tangerine beauty cross vine
Sheila Gayle walked around the Victoria County 4-H Activity Center Saturday not quite sure what she would find or what she was looking for.
A greenery of vine, cactus, fern and tropical plants met her eye at every turn during the Victoria County Master Gardener Association semi-annual plant sale.
"I'm not someone that usually takes care of a lot of plants," said the Victoria resident, who works for the school district.
Gayle knew she would be gracing her backyard with some vegetable plants she already had sitting in a cardboard box.
As for some other more aesthetic plants, she was not so sure.
"I don't look for plants very often," she said. "I'm just trying it out."
A plant information center with several master gardener members and books lined around the table were available for those like Gayle, who were interested in learning more.
Gardening enthusiasts had arrived on the overcast, misty Saturday morning prepared with their lists of plants they had sketched for their gardens, said Barbara Hennig, one of the Master Gardener Association chairs.
"By 9:30, most of the plants were gone," Hennig said. "The popular ones were gone by 8:30 a.m. People were in line by 7:15 am."
Gayle, who arrived at the sale close to 10 a.m., did not get to see the splendor of colors present at the opening of the sale, she said.
Word around the center was that popular plants like the Brazilian red cloak and Lepedeza little volcano were gone within 10 minutes, Hennig said.
"The plants that most people wanted had showy flowers and were easy to grow," Hennig reasoned for the fast sales.
More than 1,000 plants grown by master gardeners and the Victoria Educational Gardens were at the plant sale.
Almost 400 people attended the event, Hennig said.
Also at the sale for the first time were plants grown from two Texas nurseries, Hennig said.
Nurseries were used this year because they dry summer heat made it harder to grow plants outdoors with the persistent drought.
"People feel hopeful again after the rain," said Mary McCurdy, also a chairwoman for the association.
While gardeners and newbies alike walked around plant life, little gardeners too were looking to grow a green thumb.
Nikandra Flores walked around pointing at plants she liked for her grandmother's garden back home.
The 9-year-old from William Wood Elementary School has been growing cabbage and watermelon back home and would be interested in gardening in the future, she said.
"I think it's a good experience," she said.
Red wagons filled with plant life exited the activity center, nearly emptying the place.
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September 14, 2009 at 1:50 p.m.