Looking to add something new to your landscape? The Boone County Arboretum Plant Sale happens each year in mid-September, 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, September 21, 2024

The fall 2024 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, food, craft beer and ice cream 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

Only Members Get Early Access On Friday!

Members of Friends of Boone County Arboretum will be granted early access, 5:00--7:00 pm on Friday, September 20 (the evening before the public sale). Vendor participation in this early access sale is optional; some vendors might not be present. Please, no early arrivals, we need time after Ammon's closes for the day to set up our own stuff before you arrive!

PLEASE complete any new membership purchases by noon on Thursday, September 19, for entry into this members-only timeframe.

Participating Vendors & Exhibitors:

PLANT SALES: Ammon Nursery, Bayer Farms, B.C. Nursery, Blue Skies Bouquets, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Dendrological Sales, Friends of Boone County Arboretum, Gro-4u, Lagergren Nursery, Native Roots Plant Market, Our Land Organics, Perrydise Farms, Riverfarm Nursery

EDUCATIONAL BOOTHS: Arboretum on Wheels, Bartlett Tree Experts, Boone County Conservation District, Boone County Cooperative Extension Service, Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council, Ohio Asian Longhorned Beetle Cooperative Eradication Program, Sanitation District #1, Spring Meadow Nursery & Proven Winners, Taking Root

FOOD & DRINK: Darkness Brewing, Friends of BCA Bake Sale, KP Sweets and Eats

Interested In Helping Us Run This Event?

Click on a link below to sign up for one or more of the volunteer opportunities:

Assisting with Fall Plant Sale (and Bake Sale) - volunteers needed for various tasks during the sale on Friday Sept. 20 and Saturday Sept. 21.
Baking for the Bake Sale Booth - quality homemade baked goods are needed for our bake sale booth at the Fall Plant Sale. Advance coordination required, ready-to-sell packaged items due to us early morning Sept. 21.

Plant Availability Lists:

As each of the individual nurseries send us notice of what they intend to bring, we will post their list here, in the order we received them; check back regularly for updates to this list. Inclusion here is not a guarantee the plant will be brought, nor that it will still be available at the time you arrive to a given booth the day of the sale. Also be sure to check out our Facebook Event Discussion Page, as several of the vendors are posting pictures of their plants.

=Ammon Nursery=

As the location for this amazing sale, the entirety of Ammon Nursery's inventory will be available. Browse through their catalog on their website: https://ammonplants.com/catalog/

= Lagergren Nursery =

Perennials:

Allium 'Millenium'
Amonsonia 'Blue Ice'
Aralia 'Sun King'
Aruncus 'Chantilly Lace'
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
Caryopteris
Chelone 'Hot Lips'
Coreopsis 'Zagreb', 'Crazy Cayenne'
Crape Myrtle 'Center Stage Red', 'Center Stage Coral'
Daisy Montauk, 5 gallon
Echinicea 'Pow Wow Wild Berry'
Epimedium 'Amber Queen'
Fern 'Ghost', Autumn Fern
Geranium 'Rozanne'
Grasses (assorted) Pennisetum 'Desert Plains', Panicum 'Apache Rose'
Heuchera 'Caramel', 'Lemon Love', 'Plum Pudding'
Hibiscus 'Spinderella' and 'Evening Rose'
Hostas, assorted
Liriope, varigated and spicata
Monarda 'Jacob Cline' and 'Coral Reef'
Mum 'Hillside Sheffield Pink'
Nepeta 'Cat's Meow'
Peony 'Felix Crousse'
Penstemon 'Dark Towers'
Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush'
Salvia 'Violet Profusion'
Sedums 'Carl', kamtschaticum
Stachys 'Hummelo'
Stokesia 'Honeysong Purple'
Tansy

Shrubs:

Aronia 'Low Scape Mound'
Buddleia 'Queen of Hearts', 'Miss Molly'
Callicarpa 'Pearl Glam'
Carolina Buckthorn
Cephalotaxus 'Duke Garden' 5 gallon
Chamaecyparis 'Saybrook Gold'
Dogwood Red Twig, Cornelian Cherry 'Golden Glory'
Fothergilla 'Legend of the Small'
Heptacodium 'Temple of Bloom'
Hibiscus 'Little Kim Red'
Holly 'China Girl'
Hydrangea 'Incrediball, 'Invincibelle Sublime', 'Little Quick Fire', 'Ruby Slippers'
Itea 'Fizzy Mizzy'
Juniper 'Grey Owl'
Kerria, japanese
Lonicera, golden
Magnolia 'Leonard Messel', Bigleaf, 'Sweetbay'
Poncirus (Hardy Orange)
Rose Petite Red Knockout
Thujopsis, 'Hondai'
Viburnum 'Allegheny', 'Brandywine', 'Glitter & Glows','Pragense'

Trees:

Apple 'Golden Delicious', 'Fuji'
Bald Cypress
Black Gum 'Green Gables'
Crabapple 'Weeping Tina'
Dogwood 'Milkyway' (kousa)
Gingko
Japanese Scholar Tree, weeping form
Juniper 'Star Power', Virginiana Glauca
Magnolia 'Butterflies'
Mimosa 'Ernest Wilson'
Oak 'Bur' 5 gallon
Paw Paw, 3-5 gallon
Redbud Eastern, 'Midnight Express'

Lagergren Nursery Website: http://www.lagergrennursery.net

= Riverfarm Nursery =

Trees:

Acer pseudosieboldianum
Acer truncatum
Carpinus x ‘Skylark’
Cercidiphyllum Claim Jumper
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Cercis Ace of Hearts
Cercis Alley Cat
Cercis Carolina Sweetheart
Cercis Golden Falls
Cercis Hearts A’ Fire
Cercis Midnight Express
Cercis Ruby Falls
Cercis Zig Zag
Cornus alternifolia
Cornus Appalachian Snow
Cornus Constellation
Cornus Greensleeves
Cornus Scarlet Fire
Ginkgo Autumn Gold
Ginkgo Goldspire
Magnolia Green Mile
Magnolia Judy Zuk
Magnolia Judy Zuk
Magnolia Leonard Messel
Magnolia tripetala
Malus Ivory Spear
Metasequoia Amber Glow
Nyssa Forum
Nyssa Nitro
Styrax Evening Light
Styrax Nightfall

Riverfarm website: https://riverfarm.com

= Perrydise Farms =

Perrydise Farms has been actively posting pictures of their plants on our Facebook Event Page Discussion Tab. Be sure to check them out!

Perennials

Achellia Variety
Agastache 'Blue Boa'
Ajuga 'Black Scallop'
Allium 'Millenium'
Aquilegia Mix (Swan Pink & Yellow, Carol Ann)
Artemisia 'Valerie Finnis'
Aruncus dioicus/Goatsbeard
Aster novae-angliae 'Alma Potchke'
Astilbe Variety (Deutschland/Ostrich Plume)
Baptisia 'Lunar Eclipse'
Becky' Shasta Daisy
Bee Balm Mix (Sugar Buzz Grape Gumball, Coral Reef, Jacob Cline)
Brunnera macrophylla 'Emerald Mist'
Buddleia 'Grand Cascade'
Cardinal Flower
Caryopteris 'Pavilion Pink'
Caryopteris Dark Knight
Catmint 'Purrsian Blue'
Clematis Variety
Clethra 'Ruby Spice'
Coneflower Varieties (Double Scoop/Sombrero)
Coreopsis 'Zagreb'
Euphorbia Polychroma
Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie)
Geum 'Totally Tangerine'
Heuchera Variety
Hosta Variety
Hydrangea 'Moon Rock'
Hydrangea paniculata 'Skyfall'
Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva'
Hyssop 'Blue Fortune'
Indian Summer' Rudbeckia
Iris Variety (Bearded Iris)
Iris x robusta 'Gerald Darby'
Paeonia Variety (Karl Rosenfield/Sarah Bernhardt)
Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash'
Rose of Sharon White/Red Eye
Salvia 'Caradonna'
Tall Phlox Variety

Trees and Shrubs

Skyrocket' Juniper
Forsythia 'Lynwood Gold'
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Acer p. 'Emperor I'
Acer p. 'Fireglow'
Acer p. 'Sango kaku'
Acer p. 'Ukigumo'
Acer p. dissectum 'Tamukeyama'
Acer p. dissectum 'Orangeola'
Aesculus × carn. 'Briotii'
Heptacodium miconioides
Magnolia 'Sunsation'
Yucca 'Color Guard'
Hollywood Juniper
Elderberry Variety

Grasses

Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
Shenandoah' Switch Grass
Miscanthus Sinensis Purpurascens
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' (Hakone Grass)
Overdam

Succulents

Indoor Succulents Mix
Echeveria Mix (Ghost/Topsy Turvy)
Aeonium Kiwi
Sempervivum Mix ('Jade Rose', 'Black')
Sedum Mix (Autumn Joy/Vera jameson)
Mangave 'Pineapple Express' (Not Hardy/Houseplant)
Hardy Succulents (Angelina/Blue Spruce)
Crassula Ovata Mix
Succulent Arrangements w/ Hand Made Containers

Own Root Roses (2/3 Year)

Auscot (English Rose)
Peggy Martin Cl.
Ausmove Cl. (English Rose)
Rosa 'Leonardo da Vinci'
Rosa 'Perfume Delight'
Rosa 'New Dawn' Cl.
Rosa 'Madame Plantier'
Austiger (English Rose)

Annuals/Tubers

Potted Canna Mix

Perrydise Farm website: https://perrydisefarm.com

= Our Land Organics =

Perennials

Achillea Millefolium - Common Yarrow
Andropogon gerardii - big bluestem
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed
Aster nova-anglea 'Purple Dome' - New England aster
Bouteloua Gracilis - grama grass
Cheloni Lyonii 'Hot Lips' - Turtlehead
Echinacea P. Powwow Wildberry - Purple coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake master
Eurtrochium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye
Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine' - Bee balm
Penstemon digitalis "Blackbeard" - Foxglove Beardtongue
Physostegia 'Pink Manners' - Obedient plant
Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod
Vernonia fasciculata - Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root

Our Land Organics website: https://www.ourlandorganics.org/

= Bartlett Tree Experts =

Bartlett Tree Experts will be attending primarily as an educational resource, but will have the following species at their table. They are providing these plants for free, but a donation to the Arboretum is requested

Lacebark Elm
Swamp White Oak
Redbud
Purple Beautyberry

Bartlett Tree Experts website: https://www.bartlett.com

= Gro-4U =

Gro-4U specializes in rare, tropical, and unique houseplants, including:

Aglaonema
Alocasia
Anthurium
Hoya
Monstera
Philodendron
Water Lily
Plus carnivorous plants!!

Gro-4U website: https://gro-4u.com

= Blue Skies Bouquets =

Blue Skies Bouquets will be selling cut flower bouquets: wrapped for $12, or arranged in a jar for $17.

= Dendrological Sales =

•    Acer palmatum "Beni Shichihenge"
•    Acer palmatum "Pixie"
•    Acer palmatum "Pung kil"
•    Chamaecyparis obtusa "Fillicoides Compacta"
•    Chamaecyparis obtusa "Gitte"
•    Chamaecyparis obtusa "Kosteri"
•    Chamaecyparis obtusa "Verkade's Golden"
•    Ginkgo biloba "Elmwood" (Chub)
•    Ginkgo biloba "Golden Arches" High Graft
•    Ginkgo biloba "Queen City"
•    Ginkgo biloba "Weeping Wonder"
•    Metasequoia Gold Rush Dawn Redwood
•    Metasequoia Gold Rush Dawn Redwood
•    Metasequoia North Light Dawn Redwood
•    Metasequoia "Seedling Selection"
•    Picea abies "Tompa"
•    Picea glauca "Blue Teardrop"
•    Picea glauca "Echiniformis"
•    Picea glauca "Duck Pond"
•    Picea orientalis "Ferny Creek Prostrate"
•    Pinus Densiflora "Cesarini Variegated"
•    Pinus parviflora "Aoi"
•    Pinus parviflora "Azuma Goyo"
•    Pinus parviflora Gimborn's Ideal
•    Pinus parviflora "Hagarumo" on standard
•    Pinus strobus "Sea Urchin" on standard
•    Pinus strobus "Tom Dirr"
•    Pinus sylvestris "Gold Coin"
•    Pinus thunbergii "Golden Bare "
•    Thuja occidentalis "Brobeck Tower"

Dendrological Sales website: http://www.dendrologicalsales.com

= BC Nursery =

Due to time constraints, Chris is unable to provide a preview list of plants he will be bringing to the sale this year, but you can rest assured that beautiful, rare conifers and many other extremely difficult-to-source plants will be at the sale! If you are looking for something specific, browse his nursery list below, and if you find what you are looking for you can contact him to see if he can make sure it gets loaded.

The BC Nursery price list can be found here: https://bcnurseryohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/B.C.-Nursery-2024-Price-List.pdf
And the front page of their website is: https://bcnurseryohio.com

= Native Roots =

Abelia 'Rose Creek'
Anemone 'Red Riding Hood'
Asclepias tuberosa
Calamintha 'Blue Cloud'
Polistichum acrostichoides
Hakonechloa 'All Gold'
Muhlenbergia 'White Cloud'
Rudbeckia maxima
Sempervivum 'Clairchin'
Sporobolus heterolepis
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
Aster 'Lady In Black'
Aster 'Little Carlow'
Carex 'Bunny Blue'
Carex 'Evergold'
Vernonia 'Iron Cross'
Chionanthus pygmaeus
Parrotia subequalis
Passiflora incarnata
Clematis virginiana
Clematis 'Tranquilite'
Clematis 'Stand By Me'
Phlomis russelliana
Schizachyrium 'Ha Ha Tonka'
Silphium perfoliatum
Verbascum 'Dark Eyes'
Indigofera heterantha
Cryptomeria 'Black Dragon'
Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls'

For a complete Native Roots availability list at their nursery: https://nativerootscincy.com/product-category/all/

= Friends of Boone County Arboretum =

Perennials

Ajuga / bugleweed (x28)
Aquilegia / columbine (x1)
Brunnera (x7)
Comfrey (x23)
Daylily (x35)
Epimedium (x5)
Fern (x5)
Geranium (x4)
Grape Hyacinth (x44)
Hardy Ageratum (x5)
Hardy Begonia (x13)
Hellebore (x7)
Hosta (x20)
Ice Ballet Carex (x10)
Indigofera (x3)
Jack in the pulpit (x6)
Jewelweed (x2)
Jindai Aster (x10)
Monkey Grass (x78)
Mountain Mint (x4)
Obedient Plant (x5)
Pulmoneria (x2)
Rubus (x5)
Spurge (x8)

Trees & Shrubs

Bottlebrush Buckeye (x1)
Copper Tree (x2) (Not winter hardy outside)
Dogwood - Spring Grove (x10)
Fig - Celeste (x8)
Fig - Chicago Hardy (x6)
Katsura (x2)
Maple - Japanese (x2)
Maple - Silver (x1)
Rose of Sharon (x5)
Vitex (x1)

= Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden =

Asimina triloba / Paw Paw
Betula alleghaniensis / Yellow Birch
Callicarpa americana / American Beautyberry
Cornus sericea / Red Twig Dogwood
Euonymus atropurpureus / Eastern Wahoo
Nyssa sylvatica / Black Gum, Black Tupelo
Passiflora incarnata / Purple Passionflower
Spiraea tomentosa / Steeplebush
Staphylea trifolia / Bladdernut
Styrax americanus f. Kankakee / American Snowbell (Kankakee form)

More plant lists will be added here, AND ON OUR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE DISCUSSION TAB, when they are submitted to the Arboretum