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 20, 2025

The fall 2025 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
 

Interested In Helping Us Run This Event?

• To volunteer during the day of the plant sale, sign up here.
• To prepare baked goods for the bake sale booth, sign up here.

 

 

Plant Availability Lists

Presented in the order received; scroll to bottom of list for any new additions since your last visit.

For pictures of some of these plants and to interact with some of the nurseries, check out the "Discussion Tab" posts on our Facebook event. 

 

** Ammon Nursery:

As the host site for this event, their entire current plant inventory will be available for sale, including almost 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses.
Some items are listed below, but a full availability list is on their website.

Evergreen Shrubs

• Boxwoods in multiple varieties, #2, #3, #5 and B&B sizes.
• Taxus Yews in multiple varieties, #3, #5, #7, and #10 sizes.
• Junipers in multiple varieties, #3 and #5 sizes.
• Arborvitae in multiple varieties #3, #5, #7, #10, and #15 sizes including Tater Tot, Anna’s Magic Ball, Spring Grove, Junior Giant as well as many others.
   

Flowering Shrubs

• Roses, Weigela, Summersweet, Lilac, Abelia, Butterfly Bush, Azaleas, Spirea, Bluebeard, Sweetshrub, Camillia, Forsythia, Crapemyrtle, Rose of Sharon, Beauty Berry, Coral Berry, Buttonbush, St. John’s Wort, Smokebush, Elderberry and many others.
   

Hydrangea

• Over 25 varieties, including Panicle, Arborescens, Macrophylla, and Oak Leaf.
   

Perennials-Pollinators

• #1 Shasta Daisy, Black Eyed Susan, multiple varieties Daylilies, multiple varieties Hosta, multiple varieties Ferns, Salvia, Gara, Cone Flower, Dianthus, Cat Mint, Russian Sage, and many others.
• #1 Clematis, multiple varieties.
• #2 Peonies, multiple varieties.
• #3 Hardy Hibiscus, multiple varieties.
   

Japanese Maples

• #5, #7, #10, and #25 sizes in over 20 varieties including some of the most popular, Bloodgood, Red Dragon, Tamukeyama, and Fire Glow.
   

Decorative Grasses

• #2 and #3 sizes, Maiden Grass, Feather Reed, Switch Grass, Carex, Bluestem, Dwarf Fountain, Japanese Silver Grass as well as many others.
   

Trees

• Red Maple, Elm, Oak, Redbud, various varieties, #10, #15 and #25 sizes.
• Magnolia in various varieties, #7, #15, and #25 sizes.
   

Fruit Bearing Plants

• #3 Blueberry-5 varieties
• #3 Blackberry
• #3 Marionberry
• #1 Strawberry
• #7 Apple trees-Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Scarlet Sentinel, and Pink Lady
• #7 Cherry trees-North Star, Sweet Cherry Pie, and Rainier
• #3 Yazberry
• #5 Fig
   

Again, this is just some of their items. Check their website for a more complete listing.

 

 

** Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden:

Big Trees

• Gymnocladus dioicus
• Juglans cinerea
• Quercus michauxii
• Taxodium distichum
   

Small Trees

• Asimina triloba
• Magnolia ashei
• Sassafras albidum
   

Shrubs

• Aesculus parviflora
• Callicarpa americana 
• Calycanthus floridus var. purpureus
• Diervilla lonicera
• Euonymus americanus
• Hamamelis virginiana
• Hydrangea arborescens
• Hypericum frondosum
• Physocarpus opulifolius
• Staphylea trifolia
• Viburnum deamii
• Viburnum trilobum
   

Perennials

• Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’
• Asclepias incarnata
• Blephilia subnuta
• Carex leavenworthii
• Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
• Conoclinium coelestinum
• Coreopsis tripteris 
• Eupatorium perfoliatum
• Hibiscus lasiocarpus
• Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’
• Liatris aspera
• Physostegia virginiana
• Pycnanthemum muticum
• Rudbeckia fulgida ssp. fulgida
• Rudbeckia x ‘American Gold Rush’
• Silphium trifoliatum
• Silpium lacinatum
   

Vines

• Aristolochia tomentosa
• Loncera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’
   

 

 

** B.C. Nursery & Zax Rox Gift Shop

This is a sample list (not complete) of plants available at B.C. Nursery. Some one-of-a-kind finds, some are multiples, some are bonsai-stylable, and some are available in various sizes. Plants we bring on Sept 20 will be under 6 feet tall; larger sizes may be available but would probably need to be picked up at B.C. Nursery.

Zax Rox will also have a variety of rocks, crystals, fossils, jewelry, Suiseki etc. at our booth.

For details of particular plants or rocks don’t hesitate to contact us: 513-724-9032 (call) OR 513-560-2551 (call or text).

Japanese Maples & Unique Trees

• Acer ‘Ryuzu’
• Acer japonicum ‘Shigishishira’
• Acer palmatum ‘Aoba Jo’, ‘Kurue Jishi’, ‘Metamorphosa’, ‘Bene Yubi Gohon’
• Acer truncatum ‘Joe Witt’
• Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’ + seedlings
• Ginkgo biloba ‘Weeping Wonder’
• Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)
• Magnolia ‘Ann’
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Daweswood Tiny Fleece’
   

Conifers Galore (Perfect for Collectors!)

• Abies koreana ‘Silberperl’
• Chamaecyparis obtusa cultivars (‘Becky’s Broom’, ‘Torulosa Wild Hair’, ‘Divine Gold’, ‘Silver Lode’, etc.)
• Chamaecyparis pisifera (‘Broom Tree’, ‘Ice Berg’, others)
• Picea abies ‘Doc’s Red Cones’, ‘Dumpy’
• Picea meyeri, Picea orientalis, Picea rubens
• Pinus koraiensis (‘Oculus Draconis’, ‘Unryu Blue’)
• Pinus strobus (‘Nana’ std., ‘Tiny Twists’, ‘Golden Candles’, ‘Squiggles’, ‘Wiggles’)
• Thuja occidentalis (‘Gold Spire’, ‘Whiskers’, ‘Pin Cushion’, ‘Gorgon’s Layer Cake’, ‘Little Filly’, many more)
• Tsuga canadensis ‘Stupka’s Sparkler’
   

Flowering Shrubs & Natives

• Aesculus parviflora & Aesculus pavia (ex Brotzman)
• Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)
• Callicarpa ‘Plump & Plentiful’
• Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’
• Cornus sericea ‘Silver & Gold’
• Cotoneaster ‘Tom Thumb’
• Hydrangea paniculata ‘Snow Queen’, ‘Pee Wee’
• Hibiscus syriacus ‘Starry Starry Night’ (seedlings)
• Syringa ‘Red Pixie’
• Potentilla ‘Abbotswood’, ‘Gold Finger’
• Salix ‘Arctic Blue’
   

Other Treasures

• Juniperus horizontalis ‘Icee Blue’
• Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’
• Taxodium distichum (‘Gee Whiz’, ‘Chapel’ std., and more)
• Taxus (rare golden/green globe forms)
• Many more small treasures for bonsai or rock garden use!
   

 

 

** Native Roots

Perennials & Wildflowers

• Acanthus spinosus #1
• Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern) #1
• Amsonia ‘Butterscotch’ #1
• Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Blue Star) 1 qt
• Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ #1
• Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) #1
• Aster ‘October Skies’ #1
• Aster ‘Purple Dome’ 1 qt
• Astilbe ‘Visions in Red’ #1
• Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern) #1
• Brunnera ‘Jack of Diamonds’ #1
• Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta #1
• Coreopsis ‘Darling Clementine’ #1
• Dryopteris ‘Brilliance’ #1
• Echinacea ‘Kaleidoscope’ 1 qt
• Eucomis ‘Safari Adventure’ #1
• Eupatorium ‘Baby Joe’ #1
• Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’ 1 qt
• Gaura ‘Sparkle White’ #1
• Geranium ‘Rozanne’ #1
• Heliopsis ‘Summer Sun’ #1
• Helleborus ‘Picotee’ #1
• Hypericum ‘Rose von Sharon’ #1
• Lysimachia ‘Firecracker’ #1
• Monarda punctata (Spotted Bee Balm) #1
• Pulmonaria ‘Spot On’ #1
• Rudbeckia ‘Glitters Like Gold’ #1 MN
• Schizachyrium ‘Prairie Blues’ #1
• Sedum ‘Wildfire’ 6" GPF
• Solidago ‘Solar Cascade’ #1
• Spigelia ‘Little Redhead’ #1
• Verbena hastata #1
• Veronica ‘Royal Candles’ #1
• Veronicastrum ‘Album’ #1
   

Trees & Shrubs

• Poncirus ‘Flying Dragon’ (Hardy Orange)
• Calycanthus ‘Hartlage Wine’
• Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)
• Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)
• Aralia spinosa (Devil’s Walking Stick)
• Fargesia ‘Flying Dragon’ (Clumping Bamboo)
• Cryptomeria ‘Black Dragon’
• Lonicera ‘Kintsley’s Ghost’ (Silver Honeysuckle)
• Clerodendrum ‘Shooting Star’
• Hibiscus coccineus (Scarlet Rose-mallow)
• Wisteria ‘Amethyst Falls’
• Magnolia ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’
• Mahonia ‘Marvel’
• Hydrangea ‘Haas Halo’
   

Exotics & Tropicals

• Carica papaya (Papaya)
• Fatsia ‘Spider Web’