Spring Plant Sale (On-site)
Tired of winter? Ready for spring? We are, and we're kicking the season off right with a hybrid plant sale (on-site and online). This year's spring plant sale opens with an online sale and ends with our traditional on-site sale during our Raulston Blooms! Spring Festival
Our sales have a reputation for including hot new introductions, hard to find specialty plants, and our favorite reliable performers. This sale has it all. Our horticulturists have been busy creating an amazing plant list including plants from greenhouses and nurseries around the country!
JCRA members shop our sales first. It is our way of saying, "thank you for the continued support." Not a member, join today! We are passionate about connecting people with plants and love our plant-loving community.
Members-only Preview Sale – Members get early access to shop! See the event listing for dates, times and details
Public sale – See the event listing for dates, times and details
Our in-person sale has an amazing selection of plants. Raulston Blooms! is a ticketed event. Tickets are free for members. We love celebrating spring with Raulston Blooms! It's a beautiful time of year to spend the day in the garden with your family and friends.
2026 Spring Plant Sale Preview
Some plants are available in limited quantities. Arrive early for the best selection.
Note: The quantities listed below are accurate at the start of the sale.
Items 26–50 of 227
Asarum caudatum f. album
wild ginger
(Recently potted) A white or pale-green flowered version of the West Coast's wild ginger. Best grown in the leafy humus layer underneath trees. Spreads on stolons to form a patch.
- herbaceous perennial to 4"
- plant in shade
- hardy to zone 6
- white flowers in spring
Container size: 2" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 13
Asclepias incarnata 'Milkmaid'
milkweed
A Monarch butterfly magnet, this clumping perennial features erect stems with fragrant clusters of white flowers. It grows well in normal garden soil but also does well in moist and low spots.
- herbaceous perennial to 4'x2'
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 4
- white flowers in summer
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24
Asclepias tuberosa
butterfly weed
Flowers provide nectar for butterflies, and foliage provides food for monarch, gray hairstreak and queen butterfly larvae.
- herbaceous perennial to 24"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 3
- orange flowers in summer
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
- the signature plant for monarch butterflies
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24
Aspidistra elatior 'Morning Frost'
cast iron plant
A selection with a frosted variegation and occasional stripe. An excellent houseplant or shade garden plant.
- evergreen perennial to 30"
- plant in shade
- hardy to zone 7b
Container size: 1 pt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15
Asplenium scolopendrium
hart's tongue fern
An easy fern that forms tight rosettes of leaves. Plant in a moist, well-drained, partly shaded spot. One hundred percent deer proof.
- evergreen perennial to 18"
- plant in shade
- hardy to zone 5
- deer resistant
- non-ferny fern
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 11
Astilbe ×arendsii 'Beauty of Lisse'
Color Flash Lime astilbe
The new foliage of this selection emerges bright lime green before fading to green. Spring flowers are pink. Astilbes need shade and moist soils in the Raleigh area to thrive.
- herbaceous perennial to 24"
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 4
- pink flowers in spring
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Astilbe 'Cappuccino'
false spiraea
White flowers atop bronze foliage for the moist shade garden. A great companion plant for Brunnera, Ligularia, Lobelia and Hosta.
- herbaceous perennial to 24"
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 3
- white flowers in spring
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Athyrium 'Lady In Red'
lady fern
This striking selection from the New England Wildflower Society has unique, dark red stems. Each spring, there is a fresh flush of lacy new fronds. Lady ferns are slowing spreading (3' in about five years), dependable, and easy to grow garden plants.
- herbaceous perennial to 20"
- plant in shade
- hardy zone 4–9
- deer resistant
- light green fronds with red stipe
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24
Aucuba japonica 'Daisuke's Tiger'
Japanese aucuba
A variegated Aucuba selected by Japanese plantsman Daisuke Muramatsu, and named for him by Barry Yinger of Asiatica Nursery. 'Daisuke's Tiger' is mostly gold around the margins and tips and spotted with green while the green centers are speckled with gold. It gives a distinctly different look than the old 'Gold Dust' or 'Crotonifolia' forms. This coloration takes several years to fully develop from a small plant. Tolerates dry shade once established.
- evergreen shrub to 6'
- plant in shade
- hardy to zone 7b
- small burgundy flowers in winter to early spring
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15
Aucuba japonica 'Koshiji Nishiki'
Japanese aucuba
This dwarf aucuba has green leaves that are heavily mottled with irregular faint yellow blotches.
- broadleaved evergreen shrub to 5'–6' × 6'
- plant in shade
- hardy to zone 7b
- small burgundy flowers in late winter to early spring
Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12
Baptisia 'American Goldfinch'
wild-indigo
One of the largest and most floriferous baptisias on the market today. Loaded with spikes of yellow flowers each spring.
- herbaceous perennial to 5'
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 4 hardy
- yellow flowers in spring
- butterfly/pollinator friendly
- drought tolerant, native
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9
Baptisia 'Grape Escape'
wild-indigo
An improvement over the popular 'Grape Taffy'. Baptisia 'Grape Escape' produces long dusky purple flower spikes with cream keels. It is taller, more floriferous, and has deeper red-purple than its predecessor. Native plant.
- herbaceous perennial to 42"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 4
- purple flowers in spring
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12
Baptisia 'Lunar Eclipse'
false indigo
Forms a 3' by 3' clump of soft green foliage topped in spring by flower spikes that emerge white and age to blue, for a 2-toned effect. Stunning, low-care, long-lived native perennial when planted in sun to light shade.
- herbaceous perennial to 3'
- plant in sun to light shade
- zone 4
- white aging to blue flowers in spring
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
- native
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Baptisia 'Periwinkle Popsicle'
false indigo
A dark blue selection that is later to bloom than most other baptisias. The habit is taller than it is wide, with an elegant vase shape. Easy to grow. Low maintenance. Drought tolerant once established.
- herbaceous perennial to 4'
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 5
- dark blue flowers in spring
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
false indigo
An older cultivar that still stands up to the newer ones. Pale lavender flowers and gray stems.
- herbaceous perennial to 3'–4' tall and wide
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 4
- smokey purple-violet flowers in mid spring
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9
Baptisia 'Sparkling Sapphires'
false indigo
Vivid violet-blue flowers on this compact baptisia will knock your socks off in late spring. This perennial is easy to grow, low maintenance, and native to North America.
- herbaceous perennial to 30"–36"
- plant in sun to part sun
- hardy to zone 5
- violet-blue flowers in late spring-early summer
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15
Begonia emeiensis
hardy begonia
Features large, green, stubble-covered leaves on petioles and lovely autumn flowers.
- herbaceous perennial to 2'
- plant in light shade
- hardy to zone 8
- pink flowers in fall
Container size: 2 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'
crossvine
'Tangerine Beauty' crossvine is a JCRA introduction that is still proving its worth 2 decades after it first appeared on the scene. This evergreen vine is covered with bright deep-orange flowers in spring and will rebloom later in the season.
- evergreen vine to 20'–30'
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 6
- tangerine-red flowers in spring
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Brunnera 'Balfrosmic'
Frost Magic brunnera
Silver leaves with green veins. A nice companion for hosta in the shade garden. Does not tolerate drought so water regularly.
- herbaceous perennial to 12"
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 3
- blue flowers in spring
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12
Callicarpa salicifolia
willowleaf beautyberry
A loose, airy growth habit on this Chinese species. Mid summer through fall, it is covered with clusters of light pink flowers that are large (for a beautyberry). The flowers, while not very showy, last longer than any other beautyberry. Lavender berries in late fall, winter.
- deciduous shrub to 8'
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 8
- pink flowers in summer
- purple fruit in fall
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5
Callirhoe involucrata
winecup
A lovely low growing perennial with bright magenta flowers in late spring. Looks great crawling through other perennials or draping over a wall or container. Native.
- herbaceous perennial to 12" tall by 36" wide
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 4
- magenta flowers in spring to early summer
- deer resistant
- drought tolerant
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12
Camellia caudata
long-tailed tea
A species native to Bhutan, southern China and Vietnam with narrow, long-tipped leaves and lovely open white flowers. The foliage emerges deep burgundy. Not as cold hardy as C. japonica or C. sasanqua. A cool curiosity for the Camellia collector.
- evergreen shrub to 10'
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 8
- white to pale pink flowers in October-January
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Camellia 'GNC-CAM1'
Royal Flush Shishi camellia
The new growth on this compact camellia is variegated yellow and green. Flowers are rosy-pink semi-double and appear in fall and winter.
- evergreen shrub to 5'
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 7b
- pink flowers in fall
Container size: 3 gal
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3
Camellia japonica 'Jacks'
Japanese camellia
Also known as 'Broadrose'. Deep rose color with a formal double form. Smaller habit than most Camellia varieties. One of the best!
- evergreen shrub to 6'
- plant in light shade
- hardy to zone 7
- rose flowers in spring
- lovely flower form
Container size: 3 gal
Price: $40.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Camellia japonica 'Miss Biloxi'
Japanese camellia
3-4" pearl white blooms are rose-form to double.
- evergreen shrub to 10'
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 7b
- white flowers in March
Container size: 3 gal
Price: $40.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15
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