Plant Sale Buggy
Next time you are at the JC Raulston Arboretum, be sure to check out the Plant Sale Buggy located outside the Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center. It’s a great spot for visitors to find a wide assortment of choice and unusual plants for your garden. Self-service purchases are made by credit card, cash or check, and it is open rain or shine during regular Arboretum operating hours. New plants are added weekly (typically Monday morning and Thursday morning at around 11:00 AM), so visit often. And don't forget to check out all our other plant sales. too.
Here's what we're offering this week.
Abelia ×grandiflora 'Bailbeliaone'
Vanilla Brandy glossy abelia
A compact selection of Abelia with white-margined variegated leaves. In the fall, leaf margins turn pink to rose. New stems are red-purple through the growing season.
Achillea millefolium 'FLORACHYE2'
Milly Rock Yellow Terracotta yarrow
Compact mounding form with bright flowers all summer (as long as spent blooms are pinched off). Performs best in well-drained soils.
Artemisia arborescens 'Powis Castle'
wormwood
Finely textured, fern-like, silver-gray, aromatic foliage that grows in upright, spreading mounds up to 6 feet wide. A great groundcover for a sunny, dry spot. Does not like wet feet.
Buxus sempervirens 'Dee Runk'
upright common boxwood
'Dee Runk' is among the finest of the upright boxwoods forming a narrow pyramid of deep green foliage. Boxwoods can be grown in full sun but will also perform very well in dry shade.
Calamintha 'Marvelette Blue'
calamint
A compact calamint with blue flowers and minty fresh leaves. Great for an herb garden, rock garden or mass planting. Drought tolerant and easy to grow. The flowers attract hummingbirds too.
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
variegated sedge
Stiff, deep green leaves are each bordered by a white edge for an easy and reliable grass-like perennial all year round. Best if cut to the ground in late winter before new growth emerges. Grow in average to damp soils.
Delosperma nubigenum
yellow hardy ice-plant
A vigorous yellow-flowered species spreading up to 2' wide. Good drainage is essential.
Dianthus 'Paint the Town Fancy'
pinks
1-inch, single, rosy fuchsia flowers with a red eye and serrated petals. Flowers completely cover the plant when it's in peak. Glaucous blue evergreen foliage. Shearing spent flowers encourages rebloom. Heat tolerant.
Dianthus 'Velvet-n-Lace'
China pinks
A short-lived perennial that prefers afternoon shade and average garden soils. Deadheading prolongs bloom. The dark purple, picotee flowers smell like cloves. The flowers attract hummingbirds too.
Disporopsis 'Lily Pads'
evergreen Solomon's seal
Thick glossy green leaves on stiff stems. A nice shade groundcover.
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'
autumn fern
Autumn fern is a colorful ground cover with pink fiddleheads that turn coppery orange as they unfurl. Fronds age to a lustrous dark green and remain well into winter. New growth continues through the season, giving a colorful tapestry effect of copper and green into late fall.
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Glitz 'n Glamour'
yellow lanceleaf blanketflower
A seed strain from Texas that blooms all summer long with yellow flowers. Loves heat. Drought tolerant. Spreads vigorously into a large patch. Prefers well-drained soil.
Hosta 'Curly Fries'
hosta
This hosta makes mounds of narrow, exceptionally wavy-edged, chartreuse foliage like a heaping pile of crinkle-cut fries. With age, leaf stalks get reddish speckles for added interest.
Hosta 'Wiggles and Squiggles'
hosta
Bright yellow leaves are very long and thin and notable for their incredibly wavy margins. It forms a low, wide habit. The more sun you give it, the more yellow the foliage. In shadier spots the foliage tends toward chartreuse.
Iris 'Lilla'
tall bearded iris
A re-blooming form with fragrant flowers.
Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'
moss phlox
A carpet of bright magenta flowers in early to mid spring at the same time as your daffodils. The flowers attract hummingbirds too.
Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'
culinary sage
A variegated culinary sage with tricolor leaves of green, cream, and pink. Will not tolerate wet soils.
Sedum reflexum 'Sunsplash'
stonecrop
Chartreuse foliage. Full sun is needed to maintain a tight rosette form. Drought tolerant but look best if watered weekly when temps exceed 80F. Will not tolerate wet soil.
Teucrium chamaedrys
germander
An evergreen sub-shrub with flowers loved by pollinators. The aromatic leaves are frequently used in potpourri. Does best in well drained, lean soil. Spreads via rhizomes into a colony.
Thymus ×citriodorus 'Silver King'
thyme
A white-edged variegated thyme with lemon-scented foliage. Great for a container, rock garden, or living mulch.
Viburnum prunifolium
blackhaw viburnum
Glossy dark green leaves turn to attractive shades of red and purple in fall. Berry-like fruits which often persist into winter and are quite attractive to birds and wildlife.
An archive of what we've offered in the past is also available.