Looking to add something new to your landscape? The Boone County Arboretum Plant Sale happens each autumn, providing unbeatable deals on perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs and more, with many plant nurseries participating. Proceeds from every purchase at this event go to Friends of Boone County Arboretum, a non-profit organization in support of the Arboretum itself.

Saturday, October 3, 2026

The Fall 2026 plant sale will again be hosted at Ammon Nursery, with many other nurseries bringing and selling plants selected from their own inventory. Join us 9am to 2pm, for the largest selection of plants you'll ever find in one location. Educational booths and craft beer are also available.

Please, for your safety, NO EARLY ARRIVALS before 9am! The vendors have large vehicles needing ample space to deliver inventory and move to their final parking area before customers begin crowding the aisles!

Pro tip: for easier transport of plants, feel free to bring your own wagon or cart. (Bigger wheels are better - the walking surface through most of the nursery is gravel.)

Ammon Nursery
6089 Camp Ernst Rd
Burlington, KY  41005
 

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Plant Availability Lists

These lists have been provided by the vendors as what they anticipate bringing, as of days/ weeks ahead of time. Inventory and availability at the sale is subject to change. Be there at event opening for the best selection!

 

Home Grown Habitats

Sun-Loving Perennials

• Achillea millefolium
• Agastache foeniculum
• Amsonia hubrichtii
• Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
• Asclepias tuberosa
• Coreopsis lanceolata
• Echinacea purpurea
• Eryngium yuccifolium
• Heliopsis helianthoides
• Monarda fistulosa
• Passiflora incarnata
• Penstemon digitalis
• Phlox paniculata
• Pycnanthemum muticum
• Rudbeckia hirta
• Senna hebecarpa

Moisture-Loving & Wet-Site Plants

• Acorus americanus
• Hibiscus moscheutos
• Juncus effusus
• Lobelia cardinalis
• Silphium perfoliatum

Shade-Tolerant Plants

• Chasmanthium latifolium
• Heuchera villosa
• Polemonium reptans
• Iris cristata
• Sedum ternatum

Woody Plants

• Asimina triloba
• Hypericum prolificum
• Sambucus canadensis

 

 

Baeten's Nursery

Fall Color & Seasonal Favorites

• Hardy garden mums
• Sunbeckias
• Ornamental kale and cabbage
• Celosia
• Pansies
• Pearl millet

Trees & Shrubs

• 5+ ft. Pawpaw trees
• Tree-form Hydrangeas

 

 

The Pawpaw Patch

• Pawpaw seedlings grown this year from seed collected from named cultivars
• Fig trees in a variety of sizes
• Four types of Zone 6 hardy pecan trees
• Moringa trees
• Papaya plants for indoor growing
• An assortment of succulents

 

 

Bartlett Tree Experts

Bartlett Tree Experts primarily attend the event as an educational booth, providing guests with the opportunity to talk trees, tree care, and proper plant selection with an experienced arborist. But they will these native trees seedlings available:

• American Sycamore
• Eastern Redbud
• Flowering Dogwood

 

 

Bioactive Rex

A great selection of tropicals, unusual foliage plants, and houseplant collector favorites.

• Alocasia: Polly, Yucatan Princess, Pink Dragon, Silver Dragon, variegated Odora, Regal Shields
• Philodendron: Burle Marx, Ring of Fire, Longilobatum, Dean McDowell, Summer Glory, Gloriosum
• Pothos & Trailing Plants: Global Green, Neon, Champs Elise, Shangri La, Marble Queen, Jade, Marmalade, Golden Callisia, Pink Panther Callisia, and more
• Tradescantia & Relatives: Zebrina, Cerinthoides, Zanonia, plus many additional cultivars
• Earth Star Cryptanthus
• Ctenanthe
• Homalomena
• Variegated Callisia fragrans
• Musa acuminata ‘Zebrina’
• Ledebouria socialis
• Euphorbia species
• Apoballis ‘Lavallei’
• Dichorisandra pendula
• Tripogandra species

 

 

Ammon Nursery

As the host site for the event, Ammon Nursery’s entire nursery inventory will be available, including nearly 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses. And just for this day, Ammon Nursery is offering 15% off your entire purchase, excluding mums and hardgoods. A sampling of what you’ll find:

• Evergreens: Boxwoods, yews, junipers, arborvitae and more, including Tater Tot, Anna’s Magic Ball, Spring Grove and Junior Giant.
• Flowering Shrubs: Roses, weigela, lilacs, abelia, azaleas, spirea, sweetshrub, crapemyrtle, Rose of Sharon, beautyberry, buttonbush, elderberry, smokebush and many more.
• Hydrangeas: More than 25 varieties, including panicle, smooth, bigleaf and oakleaf types.
• Perennials & Pollinator Plants: Shasta daisies, black-eyed Susans, daylilies, hostas, ferns, salvias, coneflowers, coral bells, dianthus, catmint, Russian sage, clematis, hardy hibiscus and more.
• Japanese Maples: More than 20 varieties in multiple sizes, including Emperor I, Viridis, Red Dragon, Tamukeyama and Fireglow.
• Ornamental Grasses: Maiden grass, feather reed grass, switchgrass, Carex, bluestem, dwarf fountain grass, Japanese silver grass and more.
• Trees: Red maples, elms, oaks, redbuds, magnolias and other landscape trees in a range of sizes.
• Fruit-Bearing Plants: Blueberries, blackberries, Marionberries, strawberries, figs, Yezberries, plus apple and cherry trees.
   

This is only a small sample of what will be available. View Ammon Nursery’s full catalog at: https://ammonplants.com/catalog/

 

 

Treasure Lake Nursery

Native Trees & Shrubs:

• Witch Hazel
• Carolina Allspice
• Buttonbush
• Cranberry Viburnum
• Nannyberry
• Indigo Shrub
• Kentucky Coffeetree

Edible Plants:

• Chicago Hardy Fig
• Currants
• Gooseberries
• Apple trees

 

 

Native Roots Plant Market

Perennials:

• Asters
• Turtleheads
• Coneflowers
• ‘Kobold’ Blazing Star
• Bee Balm
• Catmint
• Goldenrods
• Toad Lilies

Shrubs

• ‘Aphrodite’ Sweetshrub
• ‘Sugar Shack 2.0’ Buttonbush
• Northern Spicebush

 

 

Yew Dell Botanical Gardens

Yew Dell is bringing an especially interesting selection of unusual perennials, woodland plants, and Kentucky natives.

All plants will be offered bareroot.

Cobra Lilies

• Himalayan Cobra Lily (Arisaema consanguineum)
• Cobra Lily (Arisaema fargesii)
• Dwarf Yellow Cobra Lily (Arisaema flavum)
• Japanese Cobra Lily (Arisaema thunbergii subsp. urashima)
   

Woodland & Shade Garden Favorites

• Wild Ginger
• Eastern Solomon’s Plume
• Mayapple
• Giant Solomon’s Seal
• Dwarf Solomon’s Seal
• Variegated Solomon’s Seal
• Bellwort
• Japanese Roof Iris
   

More Unusual Finds

• ‘Boone’ Hardy Gladiolus
• Spider Lily
• Purple Wood Sorrel
• Celandine Poppy

 

 

Friends of Boone County Arboretum Plants

Many of these are available in very limited quantities, so if something catches your eye, come early.

Roses:

• Golden Celebration
• Wollerton Old Hall
• Celestial Night
• Sunbelt Crazy Love
• Dee-Lish
• Hot Cocoa
• Mother of Pearl
• Jump for Joy
• Apricot Candy
• Plus assorted Knock Out, Drift and Oso Easy

Perennials & Native Plants

• Golden Alexander
• Pink Lemonade Baptisia
• Cinderella Swamp Milkweed
• Baptisia australis
• Alma Potschke New England Aster

Trees, Shrubs & Evergreens

• Chicago Hardy Fig
• Ginkgo ‘Troll’
• Hardy Orange
• Buttonbush
• Stonehenge Skinny Yew
• Large Yews
• Skinny Skip Cherry Laurel
• Calgary Carpet Juniper

 

 

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Several selections in this lineup are available in quantities of only three to five plants, so come early if you have your eye on something!

Trees & Shrubs:

• Deam’s Arrowwood (Viburnum deamii)
• Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
• Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
• Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
• Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
• Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
• Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria)
• Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
• Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
• Umbrella Magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)
• Shining Sumac (Rhus copallinum)
• Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
• Dwarf Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Nanus’)

Perennials, Grasses & Ferns:

• ‘Autumn Bride’ Coral Bells (Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’)
• Palm Sedge (Carex muskingumensis)
• Rosy Sedge (Carex rosea)
• Seep Muhly (Muhlenbergia reverchonii)
• ‘Jeana’ Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’)
• Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
• Threadleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
• Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii)
• ‘Sandhill’ Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Sandhill’)