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Plant Sale 2026

Welcome to the WGC Plant Sale

Please Submit your order no later than
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Thank you for your order and continued support!

ORDER PICKUP (One day only):
SATURDAY, MAY 16th 1:00-3:00 PM
504 HAMILTON DRIVE,  WHEATON

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Direct questions to Rosanne Merrill at 630-291-9181
or Courtney Oettel 630-665-1225

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Please note that plant pick-up is one day only.  If you cannot pick-up your plants on that day, please arrange for someone else to pick them up for you.  The Wheaton Garden Club cannot be responsible for the condition of plants not picked up on May 16th.

What’s New for 2026:

Two Specialty Offerings that will last through the years.

  • Hydrangea “Invincibelle” Ruby – A Red/Pink 2020 Hydrangea of the Year.
  • “Oso Easy” Rose “Urban Legend” – Bright Red semi-double landscape Rose.

New Annuals with a focus on Red, White, and Blue in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

  • Agastache colors – Blue and Rose. (4.5″ pots)
  • Angelonia – White color. (4.5″ pot)
  • Several new Begonias
    • “Big” – Red flower with Bronze leaf. (4.5″ pot)
    • Dragon Wing – White color. (4.5″ pot, Hanging Basket, and 10″ Patio Pot)
    • “Waterfall” – Cascading White flowers. (4.5″ pot)
  • Calibrachoa colors – Cherry Star, Red, Yellow Chiffon. (4.5″ pots)
  • Celosia – “Floriosa” Red – Red feather style flower with a dark leaf. (4.5″ pot)
  • Coleus “Coral Candy” – Narrow leaves with salmon-pink color. (4.5″ pot)
  • Cupheas
    • “Enchantia” colors – Purple and White. (4.5″ pots)
    • “Honeybells” – Red tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds. (4.5″ pot)
  • “Venti” Dahlias – “Royal Purple” and “Tequila Sunrise”. (6″ pot Specialty Offerings)
  • Dichondra – “Emerald Falls” and “Silver Falls” with long trailing habit. (4.5″ pots)
  • New Guinea Impatiens – “Color Power” series, offering a variety of colors. (4.5″ pots)
  • Petunia – Double “Jewel” – “Frosted Saphire” (4.5″ pot)
  • Annual Phlox
    • “Gisele” – Pink, Red, White. (4.5″ pots)
    • “Intensia” – Blueberry (4.5″ pot)
  • Scaevola – Added a Pink color. (4.5″ pot)
  • Sweet Potato Vine – “Medusa” – Black (4.5″ pot)
  • Verbena colors – Red, Plum Wine, Violet Ice. (4.5″ pots)
  • Vinca – Nirvana XDR – Blush Splash (4.5″ pot)
  • Zinnia colors
    • “Magellan” – Ivory and Scarlet. (4.5″ pots)
    • “Zahara” – Raspberry. (4.5″ pot)

Note:

  • Pick-up is one day only, Saturday, May 16th.  If you cannot pick-up your plants on that day, please arrange for someone else to pick them up for you.  The Wheaton Garden Club cannot be responsible for the condition of plants not picked up on May 16th.
  • Since we are required to order full cases of each item, we have reduced the plants that we are offering to exclude items for which there were very few purchases last year.
  • Occasionally, our grower substitutes items for those that were ordered.  If your order is affected by this, we will give you the option of accepting the substitution or removing the unavailable item from your order.
  • If a plant is a “Proven Winners” selection, we have noted that in the description of the plant. The Proven Winners website is especially helpful for more information about their plants. This information includes reviews, awards, and recipes for combinations with other plants.
  • We recommend the Ball Seed website for additional information about plants that are not “Proven Winners”.

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Honoring our 100 years of Service to the Community

The Wheaton Garden Club was joined by members of the Wheaton City Council and representatives from the Wheaton Park District on October 23, 2025 to dedicate Wheaton Garden Club’s sculpture honoring our 100 years of service to the community. The bronze sculpture, designed as a wheelbarrow planter with bird and butterfly adornments, is located at the southeast corner of Memorial Park.

The dedication included Mayor Phil Seuss and others thanking and congratulating Wheaton Garden Club for their 100 years of service to the community. Everyone enjoyed coffee, tea and lovely personalized Wheaton Garden Club cookies at the Mary Lubko Center before viewing the sculpture.

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Wheaton Garden Club Celebrates our 100 Year Anniversary

Our Celebration was held at Chicago Golf Club on April 10, 2025. 30 members attended as well as 3 members from Garden Clubs of Illinois.

Our founders, Mrs. Will Lyford (Mary McComas), Mrs. Robert McCormick (Amy Irwin), Mrs. Joy Morton (Margaret Gray), and Mrs. George Plamondon (Laura Hodge) were highlighted as well as the many community projects the club has been involved in over the years.

The menu included cream of butternut squash soup, grilled chicken or shrimp, mixed greens salad with artichoke hearts, grilled asparagus, dried apricots, roasted red peppers and grape tomatoes, followed by celebration cake with vanilla ice cream.

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Our president, Gail, thanked the members of the Anniversary committee for all their efforts in making the afternoon a success. She welcomed our guests from Garden Clubs of Illinois, Diane Greenawalt, President, Linda Groble, Director of District II, and Walter Groble, Treasurer.

INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS

Our new officers, Co-First Vice President Programs, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and 4th Vice President Website Adminstrator, were installed by past President, Jane Fleming.

HISTORY OF THE WHEATON GARDEN CLUB PRESENTATION

Jane Fleming gave a wonderful Power Point slide presentation on the history of the garden club, including many interesting facts about the founders and the City of Wheaton.

Caroline Jacobsen, who has been a member of the Wheaton Garden Club since 1973, added her memories of the club’s activities over the past 50 years, including many funny anecdotes.

Purple and pearls were the theme of the day, as well as fashions from the 1920’s.

We look forward to many more years continuing our tradition of stimulating interest in gardening, conservation, and civic beautification.

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Philanthropy Recipients

Wheaton Garden Club is very pleased to announce its Philanthropy recipients for 2025.

A financial donation was made to We Grow Dreams to go towards roofing repairs. We Grow Dreams is a nursery and greenhouse in West Chicago, which has been providing job training and employment to young adults with disabilities for over seventeen years. Photo: left to right: Gail Bettcher from We Grow Dreams with members of the Philanthropy Committee – Mary Pat, Nancy and Marty.

A financial donation was also given to Sustain DuPage for their programs including a lending library for tools, a protector native seed program and garden restoration programs. Sustain DuPage is a community of organizers working toward the common aim of growing sustainability in DuPage County. Photo: Lindsay Zimmerman, Garden Organizer with David Bravo and Anton Dimov of Sustain DuPage.