Paca Garden Plant Sale
Date: June 3 - 12, 2020
It's the William Paca Garden Plant Sale - reimagined! A tradition for over 40 years, the William Paca Garden Plant Sale will still provide the opportunity to take home a piece of history, but due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, we've had to get a bit creative.
The William Paca Garden Plant Sale will operate on a pre-order/curbside pickup model from June 5 through June 12, 2020.
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Online ordering is currently open! Ordering will be open through 12 pm on June 11th, or while supplies last. The link will be posted here and on our social media pages.
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Orders will be scheduled for curbside pickup at 1 Martin Street from June 5th through 12th (M-F: 10 am - 12 pm, Sat: 10 am - 2 pm, Sun: 11 am - 2 pm). When you order, you'll be able to select your date and time for curbside pick-up.
The 2020 Plant Sale Catalog is now available! Click the button to view.
All proceeds support the programs of the William Paca Garden. Your purchase will ensure the maintenance of our precious cultural site and its future. Thank you!
The William Paca Garden Plant Sale will have everything you need to plant your COVID-19 Victory Garden and bring some colorful history to your garden. Victory Gardens began in World War I to help feed Europeans who were suffering from food shortages. At the same time, Americans were facing shortages of canned goods, and began backyard gardens as a way of filling the gap and allowing more commercial crops to be sent to the troops overseas. To fill your own Victory Garden, the William Paca Garden Spring Plant Sale will feature thousands of culinary, annual, perennial, and vine plants, plus shrubs and trees, all hand raised by Historic Annapolis volunteers. Along with other culinary crops, some special tomatoes including the Micro Tom Tomato will be offered, considered to the be world’s smallest tomato with plants only 6-8 inches tall. In addition to both yellow and red cherry tomatoes, the relatively new Celano Hybrid, a 2020 AAS (All-American Selections Winner) will be available.
A new, fun crop to grow with children are the heirloom peanuts, originally brought to the United States from West Africa in the 17th century and one of the first peanuts imported and grown in the colonies.
Among the annuals that bring color to the garden all summer are Wishbone Plant (Torenia kauai) that likes the shade! And, we have biannual Hollyhocks, Nicotiana (flowering Tobacco), and Verbena Bonariensis (Tall verbena) among many other beautiful, flowering annuals. Among the offerings in the vine category will be the fragrant Snail Vine, which was said to be Thomas Jefferson’s favorite, and Annapolis’s favorite Hyacinth Bean with its purple flowers, stems and beans.
All proceeds support the programs of the William Paca Garden. Your purchase will ensure the maintenance of our precious cultural site and its future. Thank you!
To attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and song birds to your garden, select nectar plants and plants that produce seeds. In addition to nectar-rich plants, butterflies depend on specific host plants for the caterpillar stage. They also need small bushy plants to which the larvae can attach their chrysalis. To create your pollinator garden, try choosing some of these perennials:
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar |
Anemone x hybrida | Japanese Windflower |
Aquilegia (multiple species) | Columbine |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed |
Astilbe (multiple species) | Chinese Astilbe |
Baptisia australis | False Indigo |
Begonia grandis | Hardy Begonia |
Brunnera macrophylla | Siberian Bugloss |
Calaminta nepeta ssp. glandulosa | Lesser Calamint |
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides | Plumbago, Leadwort |
Chelone lyonii | Turtlehead |
Chrysogonum virginianum | Green & Gold |
Convallaria majalis | Lily-of-the-Valley, White |
Convallaria majalis rosea | Lily-of-the-Valley, Pink |
Crocosmia | Falling Star |
Delosperma (Multiple species) | Ice Plant |
Dianthus amurensis | Hardy Pinks |
Echinacea purpurea | Cone Flower |
Epimedium species | Epimedium |
Eutrochium dubium | Dwarf Joe Pye Weed |
Geranium macrorrhizum | Cranesbill Geranium |
Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed |
Hemerocallis | Daylily |
Hosta species | Hosta |
Iris louisiana | Louisiana Iris |
Iris sibirica | Siberian Iris |
Leucanthemum x superbum | Shasta Daisy |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia syphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia |
Monarda fistulosa | Bee Balm |
Nepeta cataria | Catnip |
Nepeta subsessilis | Japanese Catmint |
Oenothera fruticosa | Sundrops |
Oenothera lindheimeri | Wand Flower |
Penstemon barbatus | Beard Tongue |
Perovskia atriplicifolia | Russian Sage |
Phlox divaricata | Woodland Phlox |
Phlox paniculata | Garden Phlox |
Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Black-Eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf Coneflower |
Salvia nemorosa | Woodland Sage |
Salvia x superba | Salvia |
Sedum spectabile | Showy Stonecrop Sedum |
Verbascum x hybrida | Purple Mullein |
Veronica spicata | Speedwell |
A rain garden is a garden of native shrubs, perennials, and flowers planted in a small depression, which is generally formed on a natural slope. It is designed to temporarily hold and soak in rain water runoff that flows from roofs, driveways, patios or lawns.
For the shady rain garden, try:
Asarumcanadense | Wild Ginger | Perennial |
Astilbe x arendsii | Astilbe, 'Bressingham Beauty' | Perennial |
Athyriumnipponicum | Japanese Painted Fern | Perennial |
Clethra alnifolia | Summersweet | Woody |
Cyrtomium fortunei | Holly Fern | Perennial |
Dryopteris x australis | Dixie Wood Fern | Perennial |
Heuchera x hybridus | Coral Bells, 'Amethyst Mist' | Perennial |
Heuchera x villosa | Hairy Alumroot | Perennial |
Hydrangea quercifolia | Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea | Woody |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire | Woody |
Lamprocapnos spectabilis | Bleeding Heart, Common Pink | Perennial |
Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern | Perennial |
Mimulus x hybrida | Monkey Flower | Annual |
Pachysandra procumbens | Alleghany Spurge | Perennial |
Sysrinchium | Little Blue-Eyed Grass, ‘Lucerne’ | Perennial |
Rain Gardens in a sunny area can bring beauty to your yard all summer long and attract both butterflies and pollinators. For a sunny spot, try:
Aesculusparviflora | Bottlebrush Buckeye | Woody |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar | Perennial |
Asclepias curassavica | Silky Milkweed, 'Red Butterfly Weed' | Perennial |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed | Perennial |
Baptisia australis | False Indigo | Perennial |
Betulanigra | River Birch | Woody |
Cercis Canadensis | Eastern Redbud | Woody |
Echinacea purpurea | Coneflower | Perennial |
Eutrochium dubium | Dwarf Joe Pye Weed | Perennial |
Foeniculum | Fennel | Culinary |
Petroselinum | Parsley, Italian Flat Leaf | Culinary |
A native garden incorporates plants that have adapted to the local climate and soil conditions where they naturally occur. These important plant species provide nectar, pollen, and seeds that serve as food for native butterflies, insects, birds and other animals.
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar |
Aquilegia canadensis | Columbine |
Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed |
Baptisia australis | False Indigo |
Chelone lyonii | Turtlehead |
Chrysogonum virginianum | Green & Gold |
Echinacea purpurea | Cone Flower |
Eutrochium dubium | Dwarf Joe Pye Weed |
Iris cristata | Crested Dwarf Iris |
Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia syphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia |
Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern |
Monarda fistulosa | Bee Balm |
Oenothera fruticosa | Sundrops |
Pachysandra procumbens | Alleghany Spurge |
Phlox divaricata | Woodland Phlox |
Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant |
Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint |
Polemonium reptans | Creeping Jacob's Ladder |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Blue-eyed Grass |
Solidago sphacelata | Golden Rod |
Stokesia laevis | Stokes Aster |
Stylophorum diphyllum | Celandine or Wood Poppy |
Tiarella cordifolia | Trailing Foam Flower |
Tradescantia virginiana | Spiderwort |
Woodwardia areolata | Chain Fern |
SHADE GARDEN
If you have an area that gets little sun (four hours or less), think about putting in a shade garden. Shade gardens may occur naturally or by design under trees, as well as on the side of buildings or fences. These perennials adapt well to shade:
Anemone x hybrida | Japanese Windflower |
Aquilegia vulgaris | Columbine |
Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger |
Astilbe chinensis | Chinese Astilbe |
Athyrium nipponicum | Japanese Painted Fern |
Begonia grandis | Hardy Begonia |
Brunnera macrophylla | Siberian Bugloss |
Carex siderosticha | Sedge, wide leaf |
Cyrtomium fortunei | Holly Fern |
Dicentra x 'Luxuriant' | Fern-leaf Bleeding Heart |
Dryopteris x australis | Dixie Wood Fern |
Epimedium species | Epimedium |
Helleborus sp. | Lenten Rose |
Heuchera x hybridus | Coral Bells |
Heuchera x villosa | Hairy Alumroot |
Hosta species | Hosta |
Hypericum calycinum | Creeping St. John's Wort |
Lamprocapnos spectabilis | Common Pink Bleeding Heart |
Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern |
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern |
Pachysandra procumbens | Alleghany Spurge |
Phlox divaricata | Woodland Phlox |
Polemonium reptans | Creeping Jacob's Ladder |
Polygonatum odoratum | Variegated Solomon's Seal |
Polystichum munitum | Sword Fern |
Pulmonaria officinalis | Lungwort |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot |
Stylophorum diphyllum | Celandine or Wood Poppy |
Tiarella cordifolia | Trailing Foam Flower |
Woodwardia areolata | Chain Fern |