Online Fall Plant Sale

Order Online Sept 5 - 9 | Pick up on Sept 12

The Master Gardenerā„  Volunteers are excited to host their Fall Online Plant Sale!

Shop online September 5–9 and pick up your plants on September 12.

This year’s sale features a wide selection of pollinator-friendly favorites, including coneflowers, beebalm, milkweeds, black-eyed Susans, and more. Browse the plant list below, explore the links for details, and start planning your garden.

Create your shopping list now—and be ready to place your order when the sale opens at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 5!

When will my flowers bloom?

We created this ā€œBloom Chartā€ which lists the pollinator-friendly plants we are selling online. The chart shows their bloom times from June through October, along with sun requirements, height, and flower color. Color-coded bars highlight bloom months, helping gardeners plan for continuous color and pollinator support throughout the season. Click here or on the image for a printable copy.

  • Clusters of pale pink swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) flowers with lance-shaped green leaves, growing in a lush, grassy wetland setting.

    Swamp Milkweed ~ Asclepias incarnata

    Swamp milkweed is a native perennial with pink to rose-purple flowers that bloom from mid-spring to early fall. It provides food for Monarch butterfly caterpillars and attracts a wide variety of pollinators. The plant is deer resistant.

  • Close-up of mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) showing flat-topped clusters of fluffy, lavender-purple disk florets above green, serrated leaves, growing in a garden bed.

    Blue Mistflower ~ Conoclinium coelestinum

    Blue Mistflower (aka Hardy Ageratum) is an herbaceous perennial native to the Eastern United States and is a member of the aster family (Asteraceae). It looks like the annual ageratum and is sometimes called hardy ageratum. 

  • Close-up of threadleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata) showing a bright yellow, daisy-like flower with eight petals and a central disk of tiny florets, surrounded by fine, thread-like green foliage and additional buds in various stages of bloom.

    Threadleaf Coreopsis ~ Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'

    Threadleaf Coreopsis thrives in poor, sandy or rocky soils with good drainage. The plant is tolerant of heat, humidity and drought. May be sheared in mid to late summer to promote a fall rebloom and to remove any sprawling foliage.

  • Cluster of vibrant coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) in bloom, displaying a mix of orange, pink, and magenta petals with prominent spiny central cones, set against a backdrop of green lanceolate leaves and variegated ornamental grass.

    Coneflower 'Cheyenne Spirit' ~ Echinacea purpurea 'Cheyenne Spirit'

    Coneflower ā€˜Cheyenne Spirit’ prefers well-drained moist loams but is adaptable to various soil types. It is drought tolerant once established and can grow in full sun to partial shade. It is easily propagated by seed and will reseed itself.

  • Purple Coneflower ~ Echinacea purpurea

    Purple Coneflower is a native perennial that blooms from early summer to mid-fall, attracting butterflies and native bees. It thrives in full sun to partial shade, tolerates drought once established, and resists deer, heat, humidity, and salt.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly with yellow wings marked by bold black stripes and iridescent blue hindwing patches, nectaring on mauve-pink flower clusters of Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum) amid green lanceolate foliage .

    Spotted Joe Pye ~ Eutrochium maculatum

    Spotted Joe Pye is native to damp meadows, thickets and coastal areas in eastern North America. Spotted Joe Pye Weed displays clusters of purple blossoms through summer into fall.

  • Clump of blazing star (Liatris spicata) in full bloom, with tall upright spikes of dense, feathery purple flower heads emerging from grass-like basal foliage, growing in a garden bed with surrounding perennials.

    Gayfeather ~ Liatris spicata

    Gayfeather (aka Blazing Star), is a clump-forming perennial that typically grows 3 to 6 feet tall. In NC it is found in the coastal and Piedmont areas. The tall spikes of flowers bloom from the top down, are showy and attract pollinators.

  • Close-up of scarlet bee balm (Monarda didyma ā€˜Gardenview Scarlet’) in full bloom, showing a dense cluster of tubular, bright red florets with protruding stamens, set against green serrated leaves in a summer garden.

    Beebalm ā€˜Gardenview Scarlet’ ~ Monarda didyma ā€˜Gardenview Scarlet’

    ā€˜Gardenview scarlet’ Beebalm is a perennial which grows  2-3 feet tall in the garden with showy reddish-scarlet blooms in June to August which attract pollinators.  The plant prefers rich, humusy soils in full sun, but appreciates some afternoon shade in hot summer climates.

  • Clustered mountain mint (Monarda punctata), also known as spotted beebalm, showing tiered whorls of pale pink to lavender bracts surrounding densely packed yellow tubular flowers mottled with purple spots, set against narrow lanceolate green leaves i

    Horsemint ~ Monarda punctata

    Spotted beebalm is an herbaceous perennial in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It's known for its aromatic, spotted, pinkish-purple bracts and its ability to attract various pollinators like butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. 

  • Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana ā€˜Pink Manners’) in bloom, displaying upright spikes of tubular, pale pink to lavender flowers with two-lipped corollas, arranged in whorls along square stems, rising above dark green lanceolate foliage in a gard

    Obedient Plant 'Pink Manners' ~ Physostegia virginiana

    Obedient plant is a native perennial in the Lamiaceae (mint) family.  It grows best in moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soil and sun to part sun.  ā€˜Pink Manners’ is less prone to ā€œfloppingā€ as can be characteristic of this plant.  

  • Cluster of short-toothed mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) in bloom, showing silvery-green, ovate leaves with slightly serrated margins and dense terminal clusters of small, tubular white flowers tinged with pink, forming rounded heads above the f

    Mountain Mint ~ Pycnanthemum muticum

    Mountain mint leaves have a strong minty fragrance when crushed and can be used in cooking and making teas. The densely packed clusters of flowers come in white to shades of purple and attract many pollinators in July to September.

  • Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Rudbeckia sullivantii 'Goldsturm') in bloom, featuring bright golden-yellow ray florets radiating from dark brown, dome-shaped central disks, surrounded by coarse green leaves and stems in a summer garden setting.

    Black-eyed Susan 'Goldstrum' ~ Rudbeckia sullivantii 'Goldsturm'

    This herbaceous perennial has bold dark green foliage, and the flower has rich yellow petal rays with a dark brown center disk. It is a nonstop show of flowers from mid-summer until the first frosts of fall.

  • Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) in profuse bloom, displaying numerous small daisy-like flower heads with bright yellow ray florets surrounding prominent dark brown to black cone-shaped disk florets, borne on branching stems with lanceolate green

    Brown-Eyed Susan ~ Rudbeckia triloba

    Brown-eyed Susan grows easily in average, moist, well-drained soils. It is a resilient plant that tolerates heat, drought, deer predation, and a wide range of soils. Flowers bloom in late summer through fall and make an excellent cut flower.

  • Salvia microphylla ā€˜Hot Lips’ (littleleaf sage) in bloom, showing tubular bicolored flowers with bright white upper petals and striking red lower lips, borne in loose clusters along square green stems with small opposite leaves.

    Hot Lips Salvia ~ Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'

    The pink, red or white flowers occur on spikes and bloom in spring, summer and fall. The flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. The leaves are aromatic and can be used in making teas.

  • Stokes’ aster (Stokesia laevis) in bloom, forming a compact clump of basal green leaves with numerous showy lavender-blue, fringed, daisy-like flower heads held above the foliage, surrounded by green bracts and unopened buds in a garden bed.

    Stoke's Aster ~ Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick'

    Plant this aster as a border or mass planting in a native, pollinator, butterfly, cottage, or winter garden. Its tolerance of moisture also makes it appropriate for a pond margins or rain gardens.

  • Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) in bloom, displaying tall, upright spikes of densely packed, slender white flowers arranged in tapering racemes, rising above whorled lanceolate green leaves, with a brick garden wall in the background.

    Culver's Root ~ Veronicastrum virginicum

    Culver's Root is a native wildflower found in open woods, moist meadows and prairies.   This plant is long lasting and easy to grow. Culver’s Root is ideal for adding vertical lines to a late summer garden.  

  • Pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) in autumn bloom, forming airy clouds of fine, pink plumes above narrow green foliage, planted in a landscape bed alongside a walkway, with trees and urban buildings in the background.

    Pink Muhly Grass ~ Muhlenbergia capillaris

    Pink Muhly Grass is sought after for its spectacular pink plume color, drought tolerance and undemanding nature. Pink Muhly Grass grows in a mound with erect, blue-green foliage until September when spectacular, billowing pink seed heads form a cotton-candy crown.

  • White muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris var. alba) forming dense clumps of narrow green foliage topped with airy, cloud-like plumes of silvery-white flowers, creating a soft, misty effect in the landscape.

    White Muhly Grass ~ Muhlenbergia capillaris

    White Cloud Muhly Grass is an exceptionally showy grass with an airy inflorescence colored creamy white, which dries to a light grey in early November. These grasses have dark green glossy leaves and are excellent winter interest plants.

  • Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) in full form, with tall, upright clumps of arching green leaves topped by airy, open panicles of reddish-brown flowers, planted in a landscape bed with bright yellow companion flowers at the base.

    Heavy Metal Switchgrass ~ Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'

    Heavy Metal Switchgrass is a favorite switchgrass, well-loved for its dramatic, metallic blue foliage and for its strong upright habit that remains standing straight and tall. Pink-tinted, airy blooms appear in July, highlighting the color of its blue leaves.

  • American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in summer, with arching stems lined by clusters of vibrant purple drupes arranged in tight whorls around the leaf axils, contrasting against broad, serrated green leaves.

    American Beautyberry ~Callicarpa americana

    Clusters of small flowers bloom on the stems during the late spring and early summer. Clusters of purplish to bluish berries develop from August through October and encircle the stem. The fruits are a good food source for songbirds and small mammals.

  • White beautyberry (Callicarpa americana var. lactea) with dense clusters of pearly white drupes arranged tightly around the leaf axils along woody stems, framed by broad, serrated green leaves.

    White American Beautyberry ~ Callicarpa americana

    White American Beautyberry is a woody, deciduous, perennial shrub grown for its eye-catching white fruits in the fall. In the spring, green leaves emerge on upright arching stems. In the summer it bears clusters of pale pink flowers that mature to berries in the fall.