The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will have its annual plant sale in Oak Ridge in April.
It’s the 57th Spring Plant Sale, and it’s scheduled for April 12 and 13 at the UT Arboretum at 901 South Illinois Avenue (State Route 62). There will be a “members only” sale from 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 12, and the public sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, April 13.
Society memberships or membership renewals may be purchased on Friday evening for the “early bird” shopping opportunity, a press release said.
“By joining UTAS?on Friday?night, people can enjoy the membership benefit of having the first pick of our beautiful selection of plants, some of which sell out that evening,” the press release said.?Checks, cash, and credit cards will be accepted.
Tennessee Naturescapes from Clinton, Riverdale Nursery from Knoxville, and East Fork Nursery from Sevierville will be offering a large and varied selection of shrubs, native plants, perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetable starts, berries, and brambles, the press release said.
Each nursery will be featuring special plants.
East Fork Nursery will feature four native azaleas?new to the sale in limited numbers: Bob’s Choice Yellow, Auburn Orange, Pink Peppermint Stripe, and Coleman’s Sunshine. They will also feature one new conifer, Chamaecyparis thyoides (Red Velvet) and an?evergreen azalea, Venus’ Baby.
Tennessee Naturescapes will feature elderberries in quart and gallon pots.
Riverdale Nursery will be featuring the re-introduction of some old-fashioned hydrangeas that they are bringing back into cultivation, the press release said. These include Michael Dirr’s Hydrangea serrata (Painter’s Palette), Hydrangea macrophylla (Jogasaki), and Hydrangea serrata (Bluebird), and more. Riverdale will also feature beautiful White Lady Banks Roses, the press release said.
UT Arboretum Society members will be on hand to help answer questions and to help load plants.
“We will also have our red wagons available to help you in loading your plants,” the press release said.
To learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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