Who Doesn't Pine for Plants? And Pollinators!

UC Davis Arboretum plant sale is an opportunity to select what you'd like to see in your garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is sponsoring its annual fall clearance plant sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4 at its Arboretum Teaching Nursery headquarters on Garrod Drive, UC Davis campus. The inventory includes more than 16,000 plants and almost 550 varieties.

And you're invited.

And it's all for a good cause; to benefit the good work that the Arboretum does.

It may be raining, but not to worry. There's a special rainy day discount; Arboretum officials say that everything will be at least 25 percent off with even deeper discounts on selected plants. Members receive an additional 10 percent off (and you can join at the gate or online.)

Featured will be many of their Garden Gems. What's a Garden Gem? A low-water plant well-suited to the Central Valley climate. They include some of our favorites (and pollinator favorites!):

• Chilean rock purslane, Calandrina grandiflora
• Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii
• Laura Beard tongue, Penstemen 'Pensham Laura'
• Pomegranate, Punica granatum 'Wonderful'
• Black sage, Salvia mellifera
• Red-violet autumn sage, Salvia 'Dark Dancer'
• Furman's red autumn sage, Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red'
• San Carlos festival sage, Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'
• Spreading purple sage, Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal'

Other popular plant lists are Life After Lawn, and Durable Delights.

You can also download the entire plant sale inventory:
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)

What to bring? Yourself. Your family and friends. Your umbrella.

And BYOB, BYOC or BYOW. That would be Bring Your Own Box, Cart or Wagon as this will smoothe and expedite your browsing/sale experience.