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 – Friday, April 25, 2025, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Public sale – Saturday, April 26, 2025, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
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.
The full event details for Raulston Blooms! can be found online at https://jcra.ncsu.edu/raulston-blooms/.
2025 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 226–239 of 239
Stokesia laevis 'Divinity'
Stokes' aster
Stokes' aster is a prized garden perennial for its extra long lasting summer flowers. This form of one of our favorite native plants has pure white flowers over the deep green foliage. Stokes' aster will tolerate, even thrive with wet soil.
- herbaceous perennial to 12"
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 5
- pure white flowers in summer–early fall
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
- native
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Pink'
aster
A compact, clump-forming aster with pink fall flowers. Easy to grow. You may be used to pinching your asters to make them grow bushier and then staking them but this compact form does not need either treatment.
- herbaceous perennial to 12"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 4
- pink flowers in fall
- butterfly/pollinator friendly
- native
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5
Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Wood's Purple'
aster
A compact, clump-forming aster with purple fall flowers. Easy to grow. You may be used to pinching your asters to make them grow bushier and then staking them but this compact form does not need either treatment.
- herbaceous perennial to 12"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 4
- purple flowers in fall
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 21
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Professor Anton Kippenburg'
New York aster
A fall blooming plant (late August to mid October). This selection stays shorter than most other New York asters and has excellent powdery mildew resistance. Moist rich soils are preferred. A great plant for the butterfly garden.
- herbaceous perennial to 2'
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 4
- lilac-blue flowers in late summer
- butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant
Container size: 2" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 11
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Royal Opal'
New York aster
A fall blooming plant (late August to mid October) with icy blue flowers. This selection stays shorter than most other New York asters and has excellent powdery mildew resistance. Moist rich soils are preferred. A great plant for the butterfly garden.
- herbaceous perennial to 16"
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 4
- icy blue flowers in late summer
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9
Thuja occidentalis 'Bobozam'
Mr. Bowling Ball American arborvitae
A slow growing dwarf conifer taking 10 years or more to reach just 30". Great as a container plant, low hedge or foundation planting.
- dwarf conifer to 30"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 3
- grrat plant, dumb name
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6
Thymus praecox subsp. articus 'Elfin'
white creeping thyme
Fragrant foliage plant can tolerate some foot traffic.
- evergreen perennial to 2" × 12"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 5
- purple flowers in summer
- deer resistant
Container size: 1 pt
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17
Thymus pulegioides 'Archer's Gold'
creeping thyme
Bright gold creeping foliage in winter follows attractive dark green foliage in summer. Tolerates moderate foot traffic...and smells good too.
- evergreen perennial to 2" × 12"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 5
- pink flowers in summer
- butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
Container size: 1 pt
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
wild thyme
A low growing creeper with woolly green foliage. Blooms in mid-spring with salmon-pink flowers.
- evergreen mat to 1"
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 4
- pink flowers in spring
- deer resistant
Container size: 1 pt
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 13
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Albo-Rosea'
Culver's root
A native perennial easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun. Appreciates some afternoon shade in the deep south. Tends to flop and require support if grown in too much shade. Soils should not be allowed to dry out. Deadhead spent flowers to extend bloom period.
- herbaceous perennial to 5'
- plant in sun
- hardy to zone 5
- pale pink flowers in late summer
- deer resistant
Container size: 3" pot
Price: $9.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8
Viburnum carlesii
Korean spice viburnum
Lovely clusters of small fragrant white flowers open from glossy red buds and perfume the garden in spring.
- deciduous shrub to 7'
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 4
- fragrant, white flowers in spring
- blue-black fruit in fall
- attracts birds
- great fall color
Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5
Viburnum 'NCVX4'
Sweet Talker viburnum
Blooms in late winter with hundreds of small trumpet-shaped pink flowers with a spicy honey scent. The rest of the time you can enjoy the lovely evergreen foliage.
- evergreen shrub to 10'
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 7
- pink flowers in late winter
- deer resistant
Container size: 3 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4
Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'
European cranberry bush
Synonymous with V. opulus 'Sterile', this is an old cultivar with 3" flower clusters. It is vigorous and flowers are showy over a long period. Despite the name, it is not pink flowered, but flowers will often fade to pale pink with age. It is outstanding in flower.
- deciduous shrub to 6' tall
- plant in sun to part shade
- hardy to zone 3
- white fading to pink flowers in early spring to summer
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15
Woodwardia fimbriata
chain fern
A large fern native to the west coast...in fact it is the largest native fern in the United States. With consistenly moist soils it can be grown in full sun. Prune once per year...cut back to the ground in late winter just before the new fiddleheads begin to emerge.
- evergreen fern to 5'
- plant in part sun
- hardy to zone 8
- deer resistant
Container size: 1 qt
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30
Items 226–239 of 239