Briarwood Nature Preserve National Historic Place

3 November 2018
Annual Plant Sale
We will be holding our annual plant sale Saturday, November 3rd from 9:00 a.m. till noon, come early for the best selection!  Gates to the preserve will be open at 7:00 a.m. we will have coffee and sweets available in our education building along with Briarwood merchandise which makes excellent Christmas presents for the plant lover in your life.  Our current plant list is shown below or can be viewed on our Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/Briarwood-Nature-Preserve

Price       Start Qty Plant Name 
12.00       8 Acer barbatum---Southern Sugar Maple
12.00       2 Acer rubrum---Red Maple
12.00       6 Aesculus parvifolia---large size pot/ Bottlebrush Buckeye
12.00      11 Aesculus pavia---Red Buckeye
12.00      1 Alnus serrulata - Tag Alder
6.00        4 Asclepias incarnata - - Swamp Milkweed
8.00        6 Aspidistra elatior - Cast Iron Plant
5.00        1 Asplenium platyneuron---Ebony Spleenwort
8.00      19 Athyrium filix-femina---Lady Fern
6.00       4 Baptisia Carolina Midnight
8.00       4 Baptisia Purple Smoke   
10.00     9 Bearded Iris - Large pots - assorted colors
8.00     18 Bearded Iris - Small pots - assorted colors
5.00     12 Begonia 
10.00    3 Callicarpa americana---French Mulberry
10.00    3 Calycanthus floridus---Sweet Shrub
8.00      5 Camellia sasanqua---Sasanqua (fall Blooms)
10.00    6 Carpinus caroliniana---Blue Beech or American Hornbeam
8.00      2 Carya texana - - Black Hickory
10.00    5 Cephalathus occidentalis - - Buttonbush
5.00      3 Cercis canadensis---Redbud
8.00      6 Chelone glabra---Turtleheads
12.00    4 Chionanthus virginicus---Grancy Graybeard
6.00      5 Chrysogonum virginiana var. australe---Green & Gold 
10.00    1 Clethra alnifolia - - Sherry Sue
10.00    2 Clethra alnifolia - - Summer Sweet
12.00    3 Clethra alnifolia "Ruby Spice"---Summer Sweet
12.00    4 Cliftonia monophylla "Chipola Pink"
8.00      2 Coloclinium - - Tall Blue Mist Flower
15.00    4 Cornus drummondii - - Roughleaf Dogwood
10.00    2 Crataegus marshallii---Parsley Haw
12.00    3 Crataegus opaca---May Haw
15.00    2 Crinum americanum---Swamp Sider Lily
10.00    1 Eriobotrya japonica - Loquat
8.00    10 Erythrina herbacea - - Coral Bean, Mamu 
10.00  12 Euonymus americana---Hearts-a-Busting or Strawberry Bush
10.00    2 Firmiana simplex---Chinese Parasol Tree
15.00    4 Fothergilla "Mt. Airy" 
10.00    3 Fraxinus americana - White Ash
10.00    6 Gardenia - - Martha Turnbull
12.00    4 Hamamelis virginiana - Witch Hazel
10.00    6 Helianthus angustifolius - - Narrowleaf Sunflower
8.00      6 Hibiscus coccineus---Red Star Hibiscus
12.00    8 Hibiscus lasiocarpos - - Wooly Rose Mallow
15.00    4 Hydrangea quercifolia---Oakleaf Hydrangea
10.00    4 Hyibiscus species
6.00    12 Hymenocalis - - Spider Lily 
12.00    1 Hypericum crux-andreae - - St. Peter's Wort
12.00    8 Ilex cassine---Dahoon Holly
12.00    1 Ilex cassine---Dahoon Holly---"Tensaw" 
10.00    2 Ilex vomitoria - - Schllings Dwarf
10.00    8 Ilex vomitoria---Shadow's female yaupon
10.00    7 Ilex x attenuata --- Eagleston Holly (Dahoon American Cross)
12.00    3 Illicium floridanum alba---Star Anise (white flowers)
12.00    4 Illicium floridanum---Star Anise (red flowers)
12.00    2 Illicum parviflorum - - "Florida Sunshine"
8.00     6 Ipomea - - Midden Evening Glory 
10.00   3 Juglans nigra - - - Black Walnut
12.00   4 Juniperus virginica - - Eastern Red Cedar
12.00   7 Lagerstroemia species---Crapemyrtle
12.00   2 Liriodendron tulipifera---Tulip Tree
12.00   3 Lyonia lucida---Fetterbush
25.00   2 Magnolia grandiflora---Southern Magnolia
12.00   5 Magnolia macrophylla---Bigleaf Magnolia
10.00   2 Magnolia virginiana - Sweet Bay Magnolia
10.00   1 Malus Angustifolia - - Southern Crab Apple
5.00     1 Marchantiophyta - - Liverwert
5.00     4 Micranthenum - - Mudflower
12.00   6 Morus rubra---Red Mulberry
5.00        Moss Pots - small
5.00     1 Nandina domestica - Sacred Bamboo
15.00    4 Nyssa aquatica - - Water Tupelo
6.00     3 Orontium aquaticum - - Golden Club
12.00   2 Osmanthus americanus---Native Sweet Olive
10.00   5 Osmunda cinnamomea---Cinnamon Fern
10.00   4 Persea palustris - - Swamp Bay - Red Bay
8.00     6 Physostegia virginiana---Obedient Plant
10.00   4 Pinus glabra---Spruce Pine
15.00   2 Pinus palustrus - - Longleaf Pine
5.00     1 Poncirus trifolata - Trifolate Orange
6.00     6 Pontederia cordata---Pickerel weed
12.00   2 Prunus caroliniana---Cherry Laurel
12.00   1 Prunus serotina---Black Cherry
10.00   3 Ptelea trifoliata---Hop Wafer Tree
8.00     9 Quercus michauxii---Swamp Chestnut Oak
10.00   1 Quercus michauxii---Swamp Chestnut Oak
8.00     4 Quercus nigra - Water Oak
15.00   2 Quercus phellos---Willow Oak
15.00   2 Quercus virginiana - Live Oak
6.00     1 Rexia - - Meadow Beauty 
10.00   4 Rhamnus caroliniana - - - Carolina Buckthorn
12.00   1 Rhododendron alabamense
12.00   5 Rhododendron arborescese
12.00   80 Rhododendron austrinum---Florida Flame Azalea
12.00   37 Rhododendron canescen---Pink Native Azalea
12.00   45 Rhododendron flameum--- Oconee Azalea 
12.00   13 Rhododendron prunifolium---Plumleaf Azalea 
12.00    1 Rhododendron serrulatum -- Sweet Native Azalea
12.00    1 Rhododendron Viscosum -- Hummocksweet Native Azalea
12.00    2 Rhododendron x Tallulah Sunrise
15.00    4 Rhus copallinum - - Winged Sumac
10.00    6 Rudbeckia laciniata - - Cutleaf Coneflower
8.00     4 Sabal Minor---Palmetto
10.00   4 Sambucus canadensis -- Elderberry
15.00   4 Sarracenia alata---Pitcher Plants  - - Red/Green
20.00   4 Sarracenia leucophylla - - White Pitcher Plant
15.00   1 Sarracenia purpurea "Venosa Red"
12.00   4 Sassafras albidum - - Sassafras Tree
8.00    10 Silene subciliata - - Fire Pink
5.00     6 Sphagnum Moss
8.00     6 Spigelia marilandica - - Indian Pink
10.00   6 Spiranthes odorata - - Ladys' Tresses Orchid
8.00     6 Stokesia laevis---Stokes' Aster "Peachie's Pick" 
8.00     9 Stokesia laevis---Stokesia or Stokes Aster
12.00   5 Styrax americana---Snowbell
5.00    10 Taxodium distichum -- Bald Cypress - BARE ROOT
8.00    3 Thalia dealbata---Powdery Thalia
5.00        Thuidium delicatulum - - Delicate Moss
10.00   3 Ulmus alata - - Winged Elm
10.00   4 Vaccinium darrowii 'Rosa's Blush', Blueberry
10.00   5 Vaccinium elliottii - - Elliotts Huckelberry
10.00   6 Vaccinium species---Dwarf Huckleberry
8.00     2 White Spiderwort
5.00     1 Wisteria floribunda 'Alba' - White Wisteria
8.00     5 Woodwardia areolata---Net-leaf Chain Fern
120.00  1 x Gordlinia grandiflora - - Sweet Tea Tree
10.00    1 Zenobia pulverulenta "Woodlander's Blue"
6.00      7 Zenobia pulverulenta "Woodlander's Blue"
6.00      4 Zephyrathes atamasco - - Atamasco Lilies 

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TBD 2019​
Annual Spring Fund-raising Picnic
We will hold our annual spring fundraising picnic Saturday, April 7, 2018. 

10:00 Event registration and tour information 

10:30 - Morning walking and cart tours start

11:30- 1:30 Lunch is served in the Interpretaive Center 

11:30 - 2:00 Music by the Back Porch Band at the pavilion. 

1:00 - Door prize & Raffle drawing

2:00 - Afternoon walking and cart tours start

Throughout the day the log house museum will be open for you to view a rare display of Caroline Dormon's art.  

Be sure to take your children to the Children's art area where local art students will help them to complete an art project of their choice.

Attendance is $50.00 per adult, $10.00 for children 13 - 18 with children 12 and under attending for free.

​Tickets may be purchased online at 

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3325128

or by mailing your check made payable to

Caroline Dormon Foundation Inc.

P.O. Box 226

Natchitoches, LA 71458

It looks like we will have a great bloom season for you to see and experience, we look forward to seeing you here!

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