Annual Event: Native Plant Sale

Journey all the way to the top of the mountain to enjoy the traditional in-person native plant sale at Kings Gap State Park on May 11, 2024 (10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) and May 12, 2024 (Noon – 4:00 p.m.)

Sponsored by the Friends of Kings Gap, this plant sale includes native plants, and a few “naturalized” favorites. All sales are cash or check. 500 Kings Gap Rd, Carlisle, PA 17015

  • All pots are $7.00 — support the park and pick up native plants for your garden
  • Impromptu Educational Programs
  • Honey and other bee products from the Happy Beekeeper
  • Proceeds benefit Kings Gap State Park!

Saturday:

  • Vegetable seedlings available from LEAF Project
  • Additional plants from Spring Haven Nursery

All proceeds support the park and benefit the Friends of Kings Gap!

Common NameScientific Name
Wildflowers
Blue Star, DwarfAmsonia ‘Blue Ice’
Columbine, WildAquilegia canadensis
Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
Butterfly WeedAsclepias tuberosa
Wood Aster, BlueAster cordifolius
Aster, New England (Purple)Aster novae – angliea
Wild Indigo, BlueBaptisia australis
Tea, New JerseyCeanothus americanus
Turtlehead, WhiteChelone glabra
Turtlehead, PinkChelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
Coreopsis, TallCoreopsis tripteris
Coneflower, Bush’sEchinacea paradoxa
Coneflower, PurpleEchinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
Rattlesnake masterEryngium yuccifolium
Joe-Pye WeedEupatorium fistulosum
Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
American AlumrootHeuchera Americana
Blazing Star, ButtonLiatris aspera
Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalis
Beebalm, Oswego Tea (Red)Monarda didyma
Beebalm, SpottedMonarda punctata
Jacobs LadderPolemonium reptans
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia fulgida ‘ Goldstrum’
Coneflower, GiantRudbeckia maxima
Pink, IndianSpigelia marilandica
Upland IronweedVernonia glauca
Golden AlexandersZizia aureus
Vines
Trumpet HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
Grasses and Sedges
Sedge, AppalachianCarex appalachica
Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
Common and scientific names of native and naturalized plant species available for 2024 sale
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Nursery / Dealer Certificate