The Blue Ridge Community College horticulture program will host a public plant sale on Saturday, April 22, in the Bullington Greenhouse of the College’s Henderson County Campus. The popular annual event attracts plant appreciators from across Western North Carolina to enjoy and purchase plants grown by the College’s students.
Please note: The Bullington Greenhouse is located on East Campus Drive near the Spearman and Parkhill Buildings (view map).
What?
Student Grown Native and Ornamental Plants
Vegetable Starts
Bedding Plants
Succulents
Perennials
Herbs
Hanging Baskets
Cash or check only.
All proceeds benefit the Horticulture programs of Blue Ridge Community College.
This year’s sale will feature a range of native and ornamental plants including herbs, vegetable starts, succulents, hanging baskets, and perennials. Guests can also purchase food and beverages from local vendors who will be on-site during the event.
Plant List
for Blue Ridge Community College 2023 Plant Sale
All vegetable starts and herbs organically grown.
50+ varieties of vegetable and melon starts including:
- beans
- broccoli
- cantaloupe
- cabbage
- carrot
- cauliflower
- celery
- cucumber
- eggplant
- honeydew melon
- kale
- lettuce
- peas
- peppers (green, red, habanero, sweet banana, ghost, cayenne, and thai)
- watermelon
10 tomato varieties including:
- Cherokee Purple
- Parks Whopper CR Improved
- Pink Girl
- Better Boy
- Big Beef
- Burpee Big Boy
- Beefmaster
- Sweet Million
- Sweet Gold
- SuperSweet 100 VF
6 squash varieties including:
- Early Summer Crookneck
- Early Butternut
- Enterprise Hybrid
- Green Machine Hybrid
- Spineless Beauty
- Sunburst Hybrid
9 pepper varieties including:
- Park’s Whopper II
- Big Bertha PS Hybrid
- Red Knight
- Sweet Habanero Orange
- Sweet Banana
- Ghost (Bhut Jolokia)
- Early Jalapeño Organic
- Cayenne Long Red Slim
- Thai Hot
14 varieties of herbs including:
- Basil
- Cilantro
- Chives
- Dill
- Lavender
- Lemon Grass
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Shiso
- Thyme
Colorful hanging baskets and Boston ferns
40+ varieties of bedding plants and annuals including:
- begonias
- coleus
- cosmos
- dahlia
- dianthus
- dusty miller
- impatiens
- lantana
- marigold
- nasturtium
- New Guinea impatiens
- petunia
- salvia
- scaviola
- zinnia
- and many more
Perennials including:
- begonias
- coleus
- cosmos
- dahlia
- dianthus
- dusty miller
- impatiens
- lantana
- marigold
- nasturtium
- New Guinea impatiens
- petunia
- salvia
- scaviola
- zinnia
- and many more
Groundcovers including:
- Blue Star Creeper
- Japanese Sweet Flag
- Pachysandra
- Purple Heart
- Wire Vine
30+ cultivars of Succulents including:
- Jade plants (Crassulas)
- Echeverias
- Graptopetalum
- Kalanchoe
- Sedums
- Sempervivums
