Plant Sales

Get a refill for your garden! The Wildflower Center holds Spring and Fall Plant Sales and Gardening Festivals at the Center. These are opportunities to choose from the best selection of Texas native plants, typically almost 300 species. The events feature artists and authors signing their works in the store and guided walks and talks and tips for your garden from experts.

This year's Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, 2008. The member preview sale is Friday, April 11. The Fall Plant Sale is scheduled for October 18 and 19 with a member preview on October 17.

On Plant Sale weekends:

Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission $7 adults, $6 seniors & students, $5 children 5 through 12, members and children under 12 free. Spring only: University of Texas at Austin faculty and staff, half price admission--$3.50 adult

  • Members-only Preview Sale Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday's preview sale is exclusively for members of the Wildflower Center. Become a member online or at the Preview Sale.
  • If possible, bring your own wagon to haul your purchases
  • Plants may be purchased and held for pick-up
  • Enjoy guided walks of the gardens every hour
  • Plant Prices - click here

 

Online Species List - Species list and photos available here. This gives you an idea of what has been offered. The list for each sale is posted several weeks before the sale. Availability of species is subject to change. Some species available only in limited quantities and sizes.

Printable Species List - Click here for a printable species list.

Seeds - Also at the sale are seeds from Native American Seed.

Plant Sale Activities

These activities are scheduled for both Saturday & Sunday:

  • Guided tours on the hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; meet at the Courtyard Spring.
  • Learn how to start seeds in Ecopots with your little one; under the Info Tent
  • The Little House will be open, but there will not be a room monitor. It will be self-guided activities, such as coloring sheets
  • Enter to win a prize pack valued at over $100 in the Courtyard!

In the Store

  • Booksignings and special demonstrations all three days.
  • Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Jackie Poole signs her new book, Rare Plants of Texas in the store where you can try a taste of jelly, jam and “Hot Salt” from Texas Traditions.
  • Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Wildflower Days™ artist L.Ray signs this year’s commemorative art print and T-shirt. Jen Ohlson signs her book, Every Town Needs a Trail, a tribute to Lady Bird Lake, and George Miller signs Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas.

 

New Plants Offered at Spring Plant Sale

Conoclinium betonicifolium
Ebenopsis ebano
Lantana achyranthifolia
Linum lewisii var. lewisii
Manfreda sileri
Stenosiphon linifolius
Erythrina herbacea
Penstemon havardii
Philadelphus ernestii (fairly new)
Sphaeralcea hastulata (fairly new)
Indigofera lindheimeriana (fairly new)
Yucca treculeana
Phlox roemeriana First time I've grown it)
Castilleja indivisa (First time I've grown it)
Coelorachis cylindria (Carolina Joint-tail)
Senna wislizeni (fairly new)
Yucca louisianensis
Jatropha dioica (fairly new)
Matelea reticulata (fairly new)
Palafoxia texana
Paronychia virginica (fairly new)
Agave havardiana (we are growing it now, but offered before)
Echinocereus reichenbachii (fairly new, we grow it now)
Celtis ehrenbergiana (fairly new)

Recycling
Don't throw those plastic pots away! Bring them to the Wildflower Center for us to reuse. Only 4 inch, 1 gallon or 5 gallon pots, please. A collection bin will be at the front entrance.

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