BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31@rmc-nargs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260411T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260411T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T133507Z URL:https://rmc-nargs.org/events/rmc-spring-plant-sale/ SUMMARY:Saturday Spring Plant Sale for General Public DESCRIPTION:Saturday Rock Garden Plant Sale at Tagawa Gardens\nSaturday\, A pril 11\, 9 AM – 5 PM\n\nThe Rocky Mountain Chapter (RMC) of the North A merican Rock Garden Society (NARGS) is thrilled to invite you to our Sprin g Plant Sale at Tagawa Gardens. This is a must-attend event for gardeners looking for exceptional plants that thrive in rock gardens and perennial g ardens well suited to our region.\n\nYou’ll find a remarkable selection of plants\, including water-wise\, Colorado native\, pollinator-friendly\, and cold-hardy cactus and succulents. Many of these plants are true garde n treasures—rarely available at local nurseries.\n\nThroughout the day\, enjoy three engaging rock garden presentations led by renowned experts: M arcia Tatroe\, Panayoti Kelaidis\, Kelly Grummons.  For detail go to The Magic of Rock Gardens: Expert Talk &\; Garden Inspiration\n\nWe have tw o flyers for our Plant Sale\,  Please download either to promote at your social media platforms\, email to friends or anyone who might be intereste d.  Thank you for helping us promote the sale.\n\nSpring Rock Garden Plan t Sale Flyer\n\nSmaller Spring Rock Garden Plant Sale Flyer\n\nMagic of Ro ck Gardens: Expert Talks &\; Garden Inspiration Flyer\nBelow are local growers that will be participating at this amazing sale!\nCheck out their list of plants they might be bringing. \nDesert Blooms\nDesert Blooms is a family-owned Colorado nursery born from a backyard passion for plants an d inspired by resilient\, beautiful landscapes. They specialize in waterwi se perennials and rock garden plants chosen for hardiness\, longevity\, an d natural beauty. Desert Blooms’ mission is to help gardeners create low -maintenance\, water-smart spaces without sacrificing color or texture—s haring the joy of gardening\, one plant at a time.\n\nDesert Blooms will b ring over 100 varieties of perennials\, including: Agastache\, Alyssum\,  Antennaria\,  Aquilegia\, Arenaria\,  Artemisia\,  Aubrieta\,  Ballot a\, Bergenia\,  Cerastium\, Delosperma\, Dianthus\, Erigeron\, Erodium\, Jovibarba\, Leontopodium\, Lewisia\, Penstemon\, Phlox\, Pterocephalus\, P ulsatilla\,  Nepeta\,  Raoulia\,  Salvia\, Santolina\, Sedum\, Saxifrag a\, Thymus\, Verbena\, Veronica—and more.  Check out  the Plant List f or Desert Blooms\nHigh Plains Environmental Center (HPEC)\nHigh Plains Env ironmental Center (HPEC) in Loveland\, Colorado is a 501(c)(3) that promot es “Suburbitat\,” a philosophy demonstrating that human development an d nature can thrive together. The HPEC Native Plant Nursery specializes in growing and offering regionally native plants for the purpose of conservi ng regional flora and supporting biodiversity in private gardens\, public spaces\, and wildland restoration.\n\nPlants available at the sale may inc lude:\nAmelanchie\,  Anaphalis\,  Artemisia\,  Brickelia\, Campanula\,   Castilleja\, Fallugia\, Glandularia\, Heterotheca\, Heterotheca\, Heuch era\, Penstemon\, Picradanopsis\, Phacelia\, Ribes\, Rubellia\,  Stanleya \, Townsendia and more.    Check out the Plant List for High Plains Envi ronmental Center\nRock Alpines\nRock Alpines\, formerly Mike's Plant\, is a small Colorado nursery focusing on unique alpine plants\, especially wel l suited for rock and crevice gardens. Their carefully curated selection i s ideal for gardeners seeking distinctive\, tough plants with refined beau ty.\n\nPlants may include:\nAndrosace\,  Andryala\,  Arctostaphylos\,  Arenaria\,  Aquilegia\, Betla\, Bolax\, Campanula\, Chaenorhinum\, Cistan the\, Codonopsis\, Daphne\,  Dianthus\, Draba\, Dracocephalum\,  Dryas\ ,  Edraianthus\, Erigeron\,  Eriogonum\,  Erodium\, Erysimum\, Gentiana \, Globularia\, Hieracium\, Hormathophylla\, Hymenoxys\, Hypericum\,  Ibe ris\,  Ipomopsis\, Linum\, Mentzelia\, Minuartia\, Oenothera\, Penstemon\ , Veronica\, Townsendia\, and many more.    Check out the Plant List for Rock Alpines\n\n🔗 https://rockalpines.com\nCold Hardy Cactus\nCold Har dy Cactus specializes in winter-hardy cacti and succulents\, propagating m ore than 200 varieties—including their exclusive Walk in Beauty hybrid O puntia.\n\nTheir diverse offerings are well suited for crevice and rock ga rdens and include standout plants such as Agave\, Aloinopsis\,  Coryphant ha\, Cylindropuntia. Echinocereus\, Escobaria\, Hesperaloe\, Opuntia\, Yuc ca\,  and more.    Check out the Plant List for Cold Hardy Cactus\n\n 🔗 http://coldhardycactus.com    \nDenver Botanic Gardens\nAt the pro duction greenhouses of Denver Botanic Gardens\, they grow more than plants for their Gardens and Living Collections—they also cultivate meaningful connections between people and plants through the Grown at the Gardens pr ogram. Plants grown in-house for public sales feature a thoughtfully curat ed mix of native\, waterwise\, and rock garden species\, along with distin ctive selections rarely found at typical garden centers. These offerings h ighlight staff favorites and uncommon treasures especially prized by local rock gardeners.\n\nDenver Botanic Gardens is excited to bring a selection of plant offerings well suited for crevice and rock gardens\, alongside o ther unique\, garden-grown plants. These include plants propagated from Be tty Ford Alpine Gardens\, featuring multiple Saxifraga and Penstemon varie ties\, as well as rock garden treasures originating from Denver Botanic Ga rdens’ own Rock Alpine Garden and Panayoti Kelaidis’ home garden.\n\nP lants include: Acantholimon\, Aethionema\, Agastache\, Anagallis\, Androsa ce\, Aquilegia\, Arenia\, Bolax\, Commelina\, Cryptantha\, Daphne\, Dionys ia\, Draba\, Dryas\, Epilobium\, Erysimum\,  Globularia\,  Iris henryi\, Leptodactylon\, Lewisa\, Monardella\, Myriopteris\, Papaver\, Penstemon\, Raqulia\, Salvia\, Saxifraga\, Scutellaria\, Silene\, Telexonix\, and man y more.   Check out the  Plant List for Denver Botanic Gardens\n\n🔗 https://www.botanicgardens.org/      \nPlants\nOur sale will feature hundreds of plants to choose from. Below are photos of some of these plant s so you can see how beautiful they look when fully grown.\n\n[caption id= "attachment_18765" align="alignnone" width="251"] Anaphalis margaritaceae (Photo from HPEC)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18818" align="align none" width="268"] Aquilegia pyrenaica discolor (Photo from Rock Alpines)[ /caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18767" align="alignnone" width="225"] Andryala agardhii (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="att achment_18759" align="alignleft" width="216"] Aubrieta x Axcent 'Deep purp le' (Photo from Desert Blooms)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18850" align="alignnone" width="297"] Commenlina erecta (Photo from Lady Bird Jo hnson Wildflower Center)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18742" align ="alignnone" width="300"] Daphne x hendersonnii Jeskyne (Photo from DBG)[/ caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18737" align="alignnone" width="225"] Daphne odora 'Zuika Nishiki'  (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[cap tion id="attachment_18743" align="alignnone" width="300"] Daphne x susanne 'Lawrence Crocker' (Photo from DBG)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_ 18744" align="alignnone" width="300"] Dionysia aretoid (Photo from DBG)[/c aption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18819" align="alignnone" width="225"] D ianthus pavonius (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attac hment_18745" align="alignnone" width="300"] Draba rigida (Photo from DBG)[ /caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18766" align="alignnone" width="225"] Draba zapateri (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attach ment_18752" align="alignnone" width="300"] Echinocereus coccineus (Photo f rom Cold Hardy Cactus)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18753" align=" alignnone" width="260"] Echinocereus reichenbachii v. baileyi (Photo from Cold Hardy Cactus)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18755" align="alig nnone" width="251"] Escobaria leei (Photo from Cold Hardy Cactus)[/caption ]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18754" align="alignnone" width="297"] Echinoc ereus triglochidiatus (Photo from Cold Hardy Cactus)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18824" align="alignnone" width="225"] Edraianthus pumilo ( Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18738" align ="alignnone" width="225"] Edraianthus graminifolius (Photo from Rock Alpin es[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18762" align="alignnone" width="26 3"] Erodium 'Bishops Form' (Photo from Desert Blooms)[/caption]\n\n[captio n id="attachment_18821" align="alignnone" width="300"] Fallugia paradoxa - Apache Plume (Photo from HPEC)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18817 " align="alignnone" width="225"] Globularia meridionalis (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18816" align="alignnone" wid th="225"] Hormathophylla spinosa (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[c aption id="attachment_18825" align="alignnone" width="174"] Hymenoxys gran diflora- Old Man of the Mountain (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[c aption id="attachment_18739" align="alignnone" width="225"] Iberis aurosic a (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18826" al ign="alignnone" width="230"] Leuzea conifer - Pinecone Thistle (Photo from Wild Flower Provence)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18746" align=" alignnone" width="225"] Lewisa ridviva (Photo from DBG)[/caption]\n\n[capt ion id="attachment_18760" align="alignnone" width="300"] Lewisia cotyledon 'Sunset Strain' (Photo from Desert Bloom)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attac hment_18740" align="alignnone" width="225"] Minuartia stellata (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18747" align="alignnon e" width="300"] Monardella macrantha marian sampson (Photo from Plant Sele ct)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18756" align="alignnone" width="2 95"] Opuntia hybrid Walk in Beauty Chocolate Princess[/caption]\n\n[captio n id="attachment_18757" align="alignnone" width="300"] Opuntia 'Dark Knigh t'[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18741" align="alignnone" width="22 5"] Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus' (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[ caption id="attachment_18730" align="alignnone" width="232"] Penstemon rup ic (Photo from DBG)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18750" align="ali gnnone" width="225"] Petunia patagonica (Photo from DBG)[/caption]\n\n[cap tion id="attachment_18763" align="alignnone" width="300"] Phacelia hastata (Photo from HPEC)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18815" align="alig nnone" width="300"] Phlox kelseyi (Photo from Rock Alpines)[/caption]\n\n[ caption id="attachment_18768" align="alignnone" width="200"] Pulsatilla vu lgaris[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18731" align="alignnone" width ="300"] Saxifraga teckles (Photo from DBG)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attac hment_18764" align="alignnone" width="294"] Stanleya pinnata (Photo from H PEC)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_18751" align="alignnone" width=" 225"] Telesonix jamesii (Photo from DBG)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachm ent_18761" align="alignnone" width="300"] Verbena bipinnatifida (Photo fro m Desert Blooms)[/caption] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rmc-nargs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08 /sale-banner.jpg CATEGORIES:Plant Sales,Rocky Mountain Chapter LOCATION:Tagawa Gardens\, 7711 S Parker Road\, Centennial\, Colorado\, 8001 6\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7711 S Parker Road\, Centen nial\, Colorado\, 80016\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Tagawa Gardens:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR