The Plant Stand
Next time you are at the JC Raulston Arboretum, be sure to check out the plant sales area 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 11am), so visit often. And don't forget to check out all our other plant sales. too.
Here's what we're offering this week.
Aloysia gratissima 'Punky Brewster'
whitebrush
Thicket-forming shrub. Small leaves and thousands of vanilla-scented flowers in summer. Blooms on new wood so you can prune and shape it almost any time. Growing season pruning stimulates flower production.
Chrysanthemum zawadzkii subsp. zawadzkii 'Apricot'
Weyrich's chrysanthemum
If you've ever grown garden mums, you will appreciate this cultivar which stays lower growing than most at just 10" tall and offers apricot blooms.
Cistus 'Mickie'
variegated rockrose
Grow this one for its evergreen leaves which are widely bordered with brilliant yellow. Really a show stopper year round. The 2.5" white, spring flowers are almost and afterthought compared to the showy foliage. It has performed superbly in sunny, well drained sites at the JC Raulston Arboretum. Although we struggle to keep most rockrose alive here, this one has been long-lived and easy for us. Sun; well-drained soil; 30" tall by 48" wide.
Colocasia gigantea (Thailand giant form)
elephant ear
With enormous leaves on tall stalks, Colocasia gigantea makes a huge impact in the garden. Responds well to heat, water, and fertilizer and can get 8' tall!. Marginally hardy, little or no tuber for winter survival, easy from seed.
Colocasia gigantea (Thailand giant form)
elephant ear
With enormous leaves on tall stalks, Colocasia gigantea makes a huge impact in the garden. Responds well to heat, water, and fertilizer and can get 8' tall!. Marginally hardy, little or no tuber for winter survival, easy from seed.
Coniogramme intermedia 'Yoroi Musha'
bamboo fern
This bamboo fern has pronounced serrations on its fronds. Moderate spread rate. Makes a nice mass. Perfect as an evergreen woodland groundcover.
Crinum firmifolium
crinum lily
From Madagascar. A narrow-petaled white crinum with narrow leaves.
Cyrilla racemiflora 'Woodlanders Littleleaf'
titi
A small native wetland tree from the southeast U.S. This selection is from Woodlander's Nursery and has smaller than normal leaves. Fall foliage is orange to red. Pollinators love the fragrant flowers and birds eat the fruit. A great wetland garden plant.
Heuchera americana 'Dale's Strain'
coral bells
An old-fashioned, but still popular seed strain of an easy to grow native shade perennial that has silver leaves with green veins.
Hosta 'Golden Pixie'
golden pixie dwarf hosta
A dwarf hosta producing a 3" tall patch of golden wavy leaves.
Illicium 'Woodland Ruby'
anise
A stunning hybrid of the red-flowered Illicium mexicanum and white-flowered Illicium floridanum f. album with ruby pink starfish-like flowers. Extended blooming period from the Mexican parent. This is the showiest of all our anise shrubs.
Lonicera nitida 'Maigrün'
box honeysuckle
‘Maigrun’ is an outstanding, low-mounding, evergreen shrub from southeastern China. Its small, flat, bright green leaves arise from arching stems, in orderly pairs. Growing in the JCRA’s Lath House since 2012, it has spread rapidly forming a well-branched and mounding shrub 2’–3’ tall and 5' wide. Spring flowers are creamy-white and small. It is an excellent ground cover for borders, slopes, or banks in locations with part sun.
Neolepisorus fortunei
Fortune's ribbon fern
Fortune's ribbon fern is a striking, non-frilly fern with long, narrow fronds 18" long but only 1.5" across. It is hardy for us in Raleigh and is best sited where it receives some winter protection. It makes a slowly, slowly creeping clump to a few feet wide after many years.
Nepeta ×faassenii 'Walker's Low'
catmint
Mounding habit, aromatic gray-green foliage and masses of lavender-blue flowers. Blooms continuously from late spring through early fall. Heat and drought tolerant.
Phlox paniculata 'Material Girl'
tall phlox
Fuchsia purple flower. Deadheading stimulates rebloom in fall. Powdery mildew resistant.
Pittosporum heterophyllum
Chinese pittosporum
Fast-growing evergreen shrub. Superb glossy green foliage. Bright yellow, sweetly-scented flowers hide amidst the foliage. Perfectly suited for shearing.
Pittosporum tobira 'Kansai Sunburst'
Japanese pittosporum
Brightly-colored cultivar from Japan. Brilliant yellow new growth softens to a creamy edge on evergreen foliage. Fragrant flowers. Reports indicate it may be somewhat tender. Great in full sun to part shade or a container.
Podophyllum peltatum
mayapple
A lovely woodland native plant that spreads by rhizomes. Large umbrella-like leaves hover over the white spring flowers. Will go dormant in summer.
Sabal 'Just Cause'
palm
A cross between Sabal causiarum (female) x Sabal palmetto (male). Winter hardy for years in Augusta, GA. Best for palmophiles, who love to experiment with winter hardiness.
Salvia regla 'Jame'
mountain sage
Silene caroliniana subsp. wherryi 'Short and Sweet'
Wherry's catchfly
A great selection of our native catchfly growing only to about 6"–8" tall. Bright pink flowers top the low plants for more than six weeks in the spring. Easy to grow in almost any soil or situation. Does well in sun or shade.
Sinningia 'Arkansas Bells'
hardy gloxinia
'Arkansas Bells' sports pinkish-red tubular flowers on stalks that are taller than other sinningias. Its flowers have a pleasant, fruity scent and are a delight to hummingbirds. This amazing African violet relative thrives with cactus and agaves. Only winter hardy to 5°F, but is also makes a wonderful container plant.