More than 65 varieties of native wildflowers, shrubs and trees will be on hand for the Native Plant Center’s ninth annual Wildflower and Native Plant Sale. There’s no admission charge to the sale, which will run, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Valhalla campus of Westchester Community College.

Look for the big tent near Parking Lot 1 at 75 Grasslands Road. And come early if you want the good stuff – the sale has sold out for the last several years.

Many rare and unusual plants will be available this year, including a pink form of shadbush (Amelanchier Rosea), a showy and fragrant swamp pink (Helonias bullata) and a naturally dwarf birch (Betula uber) recently rediscovered in the mountains of Virginia.

Here are a few photos from North Creek Nurseries of plants from the sale. Carolina lupine (Thermopsis villosa):

As in years past, there will be lots of ferns, groundcovers and grasses. Some of the most popular groundcovers and grasses from recent years are offered again this year, including meadow anemone, crested iris, green-and-gold and wavy hairgrass, a drought-resistant native grass.

New York aster:

Plant Sale chairwoman Carolyn Summers emphasizes that all items for sale are nursery propagated; none are taken from the wild.

Fledgling gardeners from the greenhouse program at Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry will be bringing several varieties of plants they’ve been tending all spring, including native hibiscus, butterfly weed, asters and two types of annual black-eyed Susans grown from seed. Native Plant Center co-chairwoman Barbara Fischer is a horticultural therapist at Children’s Village.

Once again, the Native Plant Center has teamed with the venerable New England Wild Flower Society to offer rare plants from its expanded nursery operation at Nasami Farms in Massachusetts.

Baptisia hybrid ‘Twilite Prairieblues’:

The Native Plant Center, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, is dedicated to educating about the importance of wildflowers and native plants in the Northeast. It’s the first national affiliate of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas.

If you want to learn more about which native plants do particularly well in the Hudson Valley, be sure to visit the Lady Bird Johnson Demonstration Garden and the Stone Cottage Garden on the college’s campus.

Visit www.nativeplantcenter.org or call 914-606-7870.

To help prepare for the sale, volunteers are needed this week. Contact volunteer coordinator Beth Roach at Elizabeth.Roach@sunywcc.edu or 914-606-7876.