The prices are never cheap but you will get a decent size plant and it WIll be healthy! They have a list of availability online, check out Annuals for Salvias if interested.

They also have:

Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink) better leave me one...
Cuphea David Verity
Salvia involucrata Mulberry Jam
Ruellia elegans



http://www.rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/spring.html

Pam NJ 6B

Now I'm jealous! I spent 6 years at Rutgers and had no clue about this. The plant list is great.

Priya
Zone 7, Maryland

Yes the Rutgers Plant sale : Visions of gardeners lined up behind a caution tape, the staff cuts the tape with scissors and it's a mad scramble to the plants . A few years ago I watched as an older lady almost got trampled at the starting gate , It's like Black Friday for Gardeners !!

An exiting event -Hopefully things have gotten a little more civil !

This is where I bought 2 Red Buckeyes, Blue Muffin Viburnum, Cranberry Viburnum, and several other goodies thru the past few years. The sale seems to get bigger and more elaborate every year . I happen to be at Rutgers Gardens this evening ( I was birding - not peeking !) and saw them setting up , they do it at the Log Cabin in the back now.
One tip if you are going BRING A WHEELBARREL if you have a truck so you don't have to lug stuff around by hand ! I noticed they are selling Red Buckeye again this year .


Zone 6b New Jersey

visit my hummer photos athttp://www.flickr.com/photos/38829896@N00/

I am jealous too. I would love to find a plant sale like that locally.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

The plant sale sounds fantastic. Any NJ residents looking for Red Buckeye and wanting to avoid the stampede, Rare Finds Nursery has some pretty big plants.

Hi Priya(Sarathy),

This is Suchie(also from Rutgers). Now, don't tell me I am wrong.

Suchie

Hi Suchie,
Wish I'd known you at Rutgers!

Priya (Srinivasan)
Zone 7, Maryland

Hi Priya,

This is too much. I was so sure when you mentioned that you spent 6 years at Rutgers, now it turns out that there is another Priya S that spent 6 years there.

Glad to have met you through the forum.

Suchie

Plant sale was exhausting. I had to lug a plastic carry container all the way back to Timbuckto because I refused to bring me cart with me. I thought if I brought it, I would over spend. So I just balanced plants on my head all the way back to the car!
I came home with:

Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink) for the hummers
Coreopsis verticillata Crème Brulee for the butterflies
Salvia Interupta Waverly for hummers
Salvia guaranitica Argentine Skies smells sooooo good
Impatiens Congo Cockatoo for ME! http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1566-085325 Very cool

Also a few cacti for me.

No one ran over me, it was pretty civilized, But there wasn't many volunteer helpers around like on a Saturday. If anyone needs Veggies, this is THE PLACE to go. They have EVERYTHING.

I was home by 11am and spent the day planting and digging and spreading compost. I am EXHAUSTED. NIght everyone!




Pam NJ 6B

Pam,

Wow! Your area has a lot of plant sales! You certainly are doing a bang up business too...
I'll have to look into seeing if there are other plant sales around. Not that I need any more plants, it's just that I got accustomed to mainly going to our nurseries. It would be nice to see what other places I can go to next Spring. Going to the University's plant sale last month for the 1st time was a blast, even if I did go by myself!

Susan Louise
from Branford CT/ live in Lincoln NE
Zone 5

Susan,

Rutger's is a University also, I should have added that. I went to that one by myself, but there were plenty of like minded people around to share my joy with!! I'm considering joining a local gardening club....

Pam NJ 6B

Sounds like you had a great time, wish I could have gon