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Plant Sales: SPRING & FALL
Jay & Parky Dodge at the 2003 Spring Plant Sale Orchid Society tent. You can be a Garden Volunteer, too! Official Plant Sale lists are issued at each sale. Below you will find a list of plants highlighted by Ryan Merck, SCBG Nursery Manager. These plants are examples of the types of plants you will find at the Plant Sale in October. Be sure to take home a SCBG souvenier from the Garden Gift Shop at the Plant Sale ~ Garden Mugs, Seat/knee cushions, T-Shirts, Ball Caps, Gardening Gloves and Aprons are available. Cold drinks are also available. Home & Garden Information Center pamphlets are also available at the Plant Sales.	Plant Sales are a SCBG Tradition! If you have never been to a SCBG Plant Sale, you are missing out on a great opportunity to find the best plants for gardens in this area. Not only will you have the chance to talk to Master Gardeners and SCBG Volunteers and staff members on plant selection and the care of your plants, but all proceeds benefit the South Carolina Botanical Garden! This is our biggest entrepreneurial effort all year and supports our equipment and facilities needs, propagation and garden development, and it is our biggest chance to educate gardeners like you in the community. Friday: Preview Plant Sale for Friends of the Garden & Geology Museum 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m New Friends may join at the sale. Saturday: Public Plant Sale 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Open to the public, free. Fall Plant Sale 2007: September 28 & 29


Featured Plants ~	Ryan Merck, Nursery Manager

The South Carolina Botanical Garden Fall Plant Sale is just around the corner. We could not be more excited because fall is the best time to plant trees, shrubs, and many perennials. Our inventory this year offers many new and unusual trees and perennials in addition to many great foundation plants. Because we offer over three hundred cultivars and varieties there are just too many to list, but the following are highlights of the selection. We look forward to seeing you all again this fall!



Rhododendron ‘Stonewall Jackson’ Decidous azalea From the “Maid in the Shade” series by Tranplant Nursery in Lavonia, Ga. Large pure yellow fragrant flowers in April. Back to Top

Pieris japonica ‘Cavatine’ Mountain Laurel A truly outstanding selection that stays low and compact. Green buds open to white flowers covering the entire plant. Slow growing reaching a height of 2 feet after 10 years. Back to Top

Hosta ‘Island Charm’ Small white-centered leaves with green borders. Scapes and seed pods are tinted pink. Excellent for edging. Back to Top

Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Woodlander’s Blue’ Beautiful native plant with remarkable blue foliage that turns yellow-red in fall. Excellent for moist soils.

Oxydendron arboreum Sourwood Honeybees relish the nectar of the small urn-shaped flowers that are held in 4” to 10” panicles that appear from June to July. This beautiful native is usually the first to show off its fall colors with leaves turning bright yellow, orange, red to purple. Back to Top

Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ Henry Lauder's Walking Stick An unusual shrub that is sought by florist who use the corkscrew branches in floral arrangements. Discovered in 1863 at Frocester, Gloucestershire, England growing in a hedgerow.

Ilex x meserveae ‘China Girl’ A heat tolerant Blue Holly with lustrous bright green leaves and abundant dark red berries. New variety in 2003.

Pittosporum heterophyllum We are very excited about this Pittosporum. Growing in the Garden for several years, this plant has performed beautifully. Glossy green foliage has never exhibited any signs of winter burn. Pale yellow, fragrant flowers on slender pedicels to 1/2” long. Back to Top

Ilex crenata ‘Beehive’ A semi-dwarf Japanese Holly with tiny leaves reaching a mature height of three to four feet.

Ilex x ‘Sparkleberry’ Considered one of the best deciduous hollies. Very bright red berry set. Back to Top

Osmanthus x fortuneii Fortune's Tea Olive Hybrid between O. fragrans and O. ilicifolius. Makes an excellent shrub for screening in full sun to shade. Fragrant flowers from October to November.

Lagerstroemia faurei ‘Fantasy' Crepe Myrtle White flowers contrast nicely with the beautiful red bark! Back to Top

Styrax obassia The Fragrant Snowbell is a handsome small tree that reaches a height of twenty to thirty feet. Flowers are fragrant 4”-8” racemes borne in May to June.

Magnolia acuminata x denudata ‘Elizabeth’ A cross between M. acuminata and M. denudata that resulted in the first yellow flowering forms of the Magnolias. The fragrant flowers appear before the leaves in the spring. Back to Top

Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ A new selection from Roslyn Nursery in NY. This is a sport of Clethra ‘Pink Spires’ with intense ruby flowers that do not fade. Has fragrant flowers in July thru August. Will tolerate heavy shade. Grows naturally in wet areas. This year we will offer this plant in ten gallon containers to serve as an instant landscape planting.

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Lady In Red’ One of the hottest new Hydrangea to be introduced by Dr. Michael Dirr of the University of Georgia. A lacecap with blooms that open as pink or white and grow to a burgundy red. The stems, petioles, and leaf veination are red and the fall color is an attractive burgundy. Back to Top

Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ Japanese Dogwood Dr. Michael Dirr describes the parent plant as six feet in height and wide, with a spreading shrubby habit. Very attractive leaves with prominent white margines. Does best in partial shade.

Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Japanese Dogwood Introduced from Japan by Barry Yinger of Hines Nursery, CA for its variegated foliage that is splashed with broad bands of gold that is maintained through the spring and summer. Described as a superior selection.

Centaurea montana Montana Bluestar A garden-worthy species valued for cut flowers. Makes a great placement in the front of a perennial border. Back to Top

Amsonia hubrectii Light blue, star-shaped flowers are held in terminal panicles above the alternate leaves. Leaves are willow-like. They are particularly lovely in early spring as they break through the ground and rapidly extend to their mature stature.

Teucrium chamaedrys Dwarf plant with glossy evergreen foliage resembling minature oak leaves. Pink to purple to white flowers in late spring. In the mint family. Back to Top

Indigofera decora Indigo Low growing spreading shrub with pink drooping flowers throughout Spring and Summer.

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pia’ Usually no taller than 18 inches, this dwarf Hydrangea is typically pink flowered but may be blue in acidic soils. Sometimes sold under the trade mark name Pink Elf.

Quercus glandulifera Korean Oak The Konara Oak is a small tree of elegant habit, with silky-haired new shoots, and attractive leaves that are described as “apple green” above and white beneath. Serrated margin that have gland-tipped teeth. Back to Top

Plant Sales: SPRING & FALL

Plant Sales are a SCBG Tradition!

Fall Plant Sale 2007: September 28 & 29

Featured Plants ~

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