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VIP Shoppers
Shop Thursday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Become a VIP Shopper and enjoy early entrance to the sale, a special plant holding area, a VIP air conditioned lounge, and a motorized vehicle to help you check out and transport your plants to your car.
When you join The Mercer Society at the $100 supporting member level or higher, you will receive a special VIP shopper neck wallet to wear during the sale.
Become a Member and Grow with Us!
Annuals and Perennials
Blood Lily (Scadoxus )
Bamboo
Alphonse Karr (Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr')
Angel Mist
(Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus')
Blue Bamboo (Bambusa chungii 'Barbelatta')
Blue Bamboo (Bambusa chungii )
Buddha's Belly (Bambusa ventricosa )
Chinese Goddess (Bambusa multiplex 'Riviereorum')
Fernleaf (Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf')
Giant Timber (Bambusa oldhamii )
Golden Goddess (Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess')
Graceful (Bambusa textilis 'Gracilis')
Green Hedge (Bambusa multiplex 'Green Hedge')
Kanapaha (Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha')
Kimmei (Bambusa ventricosa 'Kimmei')
Lemon Lime (Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridivittata')
Lucky Silverstripe (Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe')
Maculata (Bambusa textilis 'Maculata')
Nana (Bambusa nana )
No Common (Bambusa emeiensis 'Flavidovirens')
Painted (Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata')
Punting Pole (Bambusa tuldoides )
Richard Waldron (Bambusa sp . 'Richard Waldron')
Richard Waldron Seedling (Bambusa mutabilis 'Richard Waldron Seedling')
Rockledge Gardens (Bambusa textilis 'Dwarf')
Sea Breeze (Bambusa malingensis )
Silverstripe (Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe')
Sunburst (Bambusa pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus')
Timor Black (Bambusa lako )
Tropical Black (Gigantochloa atroviolacea )
Wamin (Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin')
Gingers
Butterfly Ginger (Hedychium 'Elizabeth')
Peacock Ginger (Kaempferia 'Silver Elegance')
Natives
Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)
White Snake Root (Eupatorium rugosum)
Plants That Thrive in Shade
Blue Star Fern (Phlebodium aureum 'Blue Star')
Red Ruellia (Ruellia elegans )
Roses
'Cinco de Mayo'
'Julia Child'
Succulents
Aloe (four new varieties)
Firesticks Pencil Cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli 'Rosea')
Trees and Shrubs
Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum )
Self-Pollinating Blueberry (Vaccinium asheii 'Georgia Gem')
Tropicals
Bananas (Musa 'Siam Beauty' and other cultivars)
Papaya (Carica papaya 'Texas Pretty' and 'Golden Sweet')
Vines
Bower Vine (Clematis cultivars)
Passion Vines (Passiflora , five varieties including 'Lavender Lady')
Vegetables
Not-So-Hot Pepper
Tomatillo 'Toma Verde'
Annuals and Perennials
Civil War White Verbena (Verbena urticifolia 'Heritage')
Dianthus (Dianthus ) in two varieties:
'Melody Pink'
'Melody White'
Gingers
Costus Ginger (Costus subsessilis )
Giant Plume Ginger (Curcuma elata )
Natives
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Lanceleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata )
Plants That Thrive in Shade
Firespike (Odontonema strictum )
Rhizomatous Begonias of different varieties, including:
'Immense'
'Lime Swirl'
'Black Fancy'
'River Nile'
'Wild Pony'
bipinnatifida
'Little Darling'
'Marmaduke'
'Bandit'
'Escargot'
Roses
'Belinda’s Dream'
'New Dawn'
Succulents
Frosty Pink Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe pumila )
Hens and Chicks (Echevaria nodulosa )
Trees and Shrubs
Sawara Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Blue Boulevard')
Star Anise (Illicium parviflorum )
Tropicals
Elephant Ears (Alocasia –several new varieties including 'Hilo Beauty')
Hoyas (Hoya sp. )
Vines
Candy Corn Vine (Manettia )
Mercer Blue Thunbergia (Thunbergia battiscombei )
Vegetables
Tomato 'Early Girl'
Tomato 'Matt’s Wild'
March Mart, an annual fund-raising event held the second-to-last weekend in March, is sponsored by
The Mercer Society , a nonprofit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization. The plant sale proceeds support special projects and educational programs at Mercer.
One of the Texas Gulf Coast area’s largest and most anticipated horticultural events, the sale attracts amateurs and experts alike. March Mart features a huge selection, more than 2,000 varieties, of quality plants rarely found at local retail nurseries. Exhibits by local garden clubs and organizations allow gardeners with similar interests to share ideas and information.
This event is conducted by hundreds of volunteers and more than 120 experts will be on hand to answer horticultural and gardening questions. Throughout the year, dozens of volunteers labor to select the plants sold at March Mart, raising many of the plants from seeds, plugs, or cuttings, often from Mercer’s own plant collections.
