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.

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Grejade'

Baby Jade Japanese boxwood

This compact boxwood holds a deep green color all winter long. It forms a lovely plant with no need for pruning to keep in scale with the landscape.

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.

Cyrilla racemiflora

swamp cyrilla

Small, late summer-flowering, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub. Lanceolate leaves turn crimson in autumn. White flowers. A bee plant. Native to North America to South America and the West Indies. Tolerates both wet soils but is drought tolerant as well. A criminally underused native shrub.

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.

Iris 'Lilla'

tall bearded iris

A re-blooming form with fragrant flowers.

Phedimus spurious 'Voodoo'

Caucasian stonecrop

(aka Sedum spurium) Year-round deep-red scallop-edged foliage with small rosy flowers in summer. Long stolons mean this one is good for weaving through a rock garden.

Rudbeckia maxima

great coneflower

A giant among coneflowers, this plant produces flower stalks that are 6'+ in height atop a tuft of large bluish leaves. The leaves themselves are an ornamental feature.

Sempervivum 'Sunset'

hens and chicks

Emerald-green leaves. Foliage turns orange-red cast in cool fall weather. 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.

Spiraea tomentosa

steeplebush

A native shrub that grows into an upright, multi-stemmed, suckering form...perfect for a meadow garden. Needs moist acidic soils in order to grow well.

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.