UC Davis Arboretum hosts biggest plant sale of spring

If you’re looking for water-wise plants, this is the sale you’ve been waiting for.

On Saturday, May 2, the Arboretum Teaching Nursery at UC Davis hosts its biggest public plant sale of the season. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the sale is open to the public; first come, first served with free admission.

The one-acre nursery is overflowing with plants, all proven to succeed in water-wise Sacramento-area landscapes. Find hundreds of unusual varieties (including more than two dozen different kinds of agave).

“Everyone is welcome to shop our incredible selection of attractive, low-water plants perfect for our region,” say the organizers.

Friends of the Arboretum get a 10% discount; join at the gate and get a $10 coupon to use on plant purchases.

Besides Arboretum All-Stars and other famous water-wise recommendations, the nursery also is offering a large selection of grafted fruit trees. Many of the trees will bear more than one variety of fruit.

Need some inspiration? The Arboretum will host guided garden habitat tours at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Meet at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, no advanced registration necessary.

After this sale, only one opportunity to shop the Arboretum’s inventory remains this spring: The nursery’s clearance sale May 16.

The Arboretum Teaching Nursery is located on Garrod Drive near the Small Animal Veterinary Hospital on the UC Davis campus. Paid parking is available in adjacent lots.

Make sure to study the inventory list before shopping – there are thousands of plants from which to choose. There’s a nursery map, too, to guide shoppers through the plant tables.

Find all the links including the plant inventory here: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/plant-sales.

Details and directions: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/