The annual ULM Spring Plant Sale will have a wide assortment of blooms and blossoms Friday through Sunday, April 4 - 6, at the Plant Research Center/ULM Greenhouse (3903 Bon Aire Dr.). Friday and Saturday hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday hours are 12 - 5 p.m.

This popular sale, held in support of the ULM Herbarium and Museum of Natural History, offers a variety of plants: annuals, perennials, herbs, Louisiana native wildflowers, hanging baskets, peppers, tomatoes (and not just the usual varieties). The sale will continue April 11 - 12 if any plants remain.

Proceeds typically do four things:

• pay for the operation of the day-to-day costs.
  
  
• provide funds to long-term digitization goals. Dr. Tom Sasek is at the beginning stages of the process. The plant sale will allow the purchase of a complete digitization system, providing access to information and high-resolution photos to anyone interested.
  
  
• support/create the museum displays related to botany and the educational aids which accompany them.
  
  
• improve the infrastructure of the greenhouses and plant research areas.

For more information, contact: (318) 342-1792 or (318) 547-6462.