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41st Annual Spring Plant Sale

The largest plant sale in the Bay Area featuring rare and unusual plants from the Garden's own collection:

Saturday, May 3, 2008 10 am - 2 pm

• Plant Sale Floor Plan
  Map out your route (PDF 480k)
• Spring Plant Sale Survival Guide
  Tips for getting the most out of the sale

Featuring:

• Members-Only Preview Sale & Silent Auction: FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008, 5pm–8pm
• 20,000 plants/4,000 different kinds, many exclusive to the Garden Nursery, all suitable for Bay Area gardens
• Knowledgeable volunteers available to answer questions
• Plus: Great selection of new books, used book treasures, and garden gifts

San Francisco Botanical Garden's 40th Annual Spring Plant Sale is the largest plant sale in the Bay Area; a botanical extravaganza offering more that 4,000 different kinds of plants, many from the Garden's own collection. This much-anticipated, annual event provides Bay Area gardeners and plant-lovers an opportunity to learn about and purchase many rare and unusual plants not found at other regional plant sales or commercial nurseries.

The San Francisco Botanical Garden Nursery has for years specialized in uncommon and unusual plants. Many beautiful plants thrive in the frost-free fog belt of the Bay Area, but chain stores do not carry them because of limited marketability, or because of the difficulty to propagate on a mass scale. The Nursery is able to offer a large selection of rare cloud forest plants such as tree dahlias and tree senecios, drought resistant protea-family plants, and mite resistant fuchsias.

The Garden's Nursery also propagates a large selection of California natives and the annual Spring Plant Sale offers native plants at their seasonal peak. There are many reasons to use native plants--they are relatively easy to care for, many species are highly drought tolerant, their seeds and nectar sustain the native wildlife, and they bring a natural authentic beauty to California gardens. The 40th Annual Spring Plant Sale will feature 300 to 400 varieties of California natives including 40 different varieties of natives specific to San Francisco.

Other Plant Sale highlights include cactus and succulents, herbaceous perennials, vines, ferns, roses, rock garden plants, salvias, and rhododendrons, as well as a unique variety of Asian and Mediterranean shrubs.

All plants sold at the 40th Annual Spring Plant Sale are suitable for Bay Area gardens and most are propagated from San Francisco Botanical Garden¹s own collection. This is a unique opportunity to take home a piece of the Garden!

Featured Plants

Cacti & Succulents
A large variety of Aeonium (many big plants)
Agave species
Aloe species
Echeveria hybrids
Gasteria
Oscularia deltoides

California Natives
Aesculus californica
Allium
Anemone deltoides
Arctostaphylos & Ceanothus for ground cover or accent
Aristolochia californica
A selection of coastal natives from central California
Calochortus
Camassia quamash
Choice Native Grasses and Native Ferns
Dichelostemma ida-maia
Disporum smithii
Fremontodendron californicum selections
Heracleum lanatum
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Lupinus succulentus and Lupinus arboreus
Native coastal Iris - many hybrids & colors Select forms of coastal redwoods - 1 & 2 gallons
Native plants for shade, including a large supply of wild ginger & redwood sorrel
Oenothera hookeri
Phacelia bolanderi
Ribes sanguineum glutinosum
Romneya coulteri
Romneya coulteri 'White Cloud' ( a limited number)
Sambucus racemosa
Sidalcea malviflora
…and many more!

Ferns
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese Painted Fern)
Blechnum penna-marina (Alpine Water Fern)
Blechnum occidentale (Pink Hammock Fern)
Cybodium glaucum (Silver Hawaiian Tree Fern)
Didymochlaena truncatula
Phyllitis scolopendrium
Woodwardia radicans (European Chain Fern)

Grasses
Carex - many species
Chondropetalum tectorum
Elegia capensis
Hahonechloa macra aureola
Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata'
Uncinia uncinata

Perennials
Aquilegia vulgaris - many varieties including 'Woodside'
Bergenias-several species
Cannas
Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue'
Dicentra 'Snowdrift'
Francoa
Geraniums- many species for shade and sun
Gunnera chilensis
Hedychium - 3 species Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus lividus
Helleborus orientalis, and Helleborus sternii
Heuchera-several species
Hosta spp.
Libertia - 3 species, including L. peregrinans
Ligularia - 3 speciesLobelia cardinalis
Omphalodes cappadocia
Pelargoniums
Phormium
Thalictrum Tricyrtis - 12 varieties

Rhododendrons
A huge selection of large and small leafed rhododendrons ranging in size from 2 - 15 gallons
Exotic Vireya rhododendrons

Rock Garden
A wide selection of unusual plants including:
Pleiones - several varieties
Primula auricula
Raoulia lutescens

Roses
Climbers, including:
'Eden', 'Fourth of July', 'Iceberg', 'Joseph's Coat', 'Royal Sunset',
Floribunda, including:
'Flirtatious', 'Grand Prize', 'Honey Perfume', 'Hot Cocoa', 'Outrageous'
Hybrid teas, including:
'Tiffany', 'Double Delight', 'Fragrant Cloud', 'Gemini', and 'Marilyn Monroe'
Shade-Tolerant Roses, including:
'American Pillar', 'Bourbon Queen', 'Eglantine', 'Nozomi', Rosa rubrifolia (glauca)

Salvias
S. argentea
S. cacaliafolia
S. confertiflora
S. disjunta
S. gesneriflora.
S. guaranitica
S. 'Hot Lips'
S. iodantha (purple form)
S. mexicana
S. sagitttata
S. 'Waverly'

Shrubs
Abutilon - many hybrids
Buddleia lindleyana
Cistus 'Elma'
Deutzia x hybrida 'Magicien'
Fuschia paniculata
Hebe 'Youngii'
Heptacodium miconiodes
Leptospermum - many species
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diablo'
Rosmarinus - many varieties
Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki'
Sambucus nigra 'Madonna'
Spirea x bumalda 'Magic Carpet'
Weigela 'Variegata nana'
Viburnum 'Mohawk'

Vines
Ampellopsis
Bomarea
Clematis
Jasminum - many varieties
Kennedia macrophylla, Kennedia nigricans
Lapageria rosea
Lonicera (honeysuckle) - many varieties
Pandorea pandorana
Passiflora - many, many varieties
Solandra maxima
Thunbergias
Vines for shade and difficult situations
Wisteria - Many varieties

More
Caudex plants
Epiphyllums
Gesneriads
Houseplants
Orchids
Trees
Tropicals