2025 Garden Extravaganza
Mark your calendar for the Garden Extravaganza to be held Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Extension Office located at 589 Racoon Road in Waynesville, NC.
This annual event is hosted by the NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ (EMG)volunteers of Haywood County. It’s our biggest event of the year and proceedsfrom the sale support the local EMG program. The Garden Extravaganza featuresa Pass-Along Plant Sale, Second-Hand Treasures and Garden Art.
The Pass-Along Plant Sale features a wide variety of unique perennials, nativeplants, houseplants, vegetables, shrubs and more. The plants are produced byour local EMG volunteers who have divided perennials and root cuttings fromtheir gardens and started plants from seed for you to enjoy in your garden. Therewill be hundreds of plants available at reasonable prices.
The Garden Art Sale includes hand-crafted garden art made by EMG volunteerssuch as wind chimes, decorated pots, hand-painted light-up wine bottles, wall art,candles, bird feeders and more.
Please Note: This Sale is CASH or CHECK only.
Sample of plants being offered at our 2025 Garden Extravaganza
This list includes many of the plants we will have at the sale. It is not inclusive and there will be more varieties at the sale than are on this list. Plants are sold first come, first served.Anise Hyssop, Agastache coccinea
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia fulgida
Blue Sage, Salvia azurea
Blue Star, Amsonia tabernaemontana
Blue Vervain, Verbena hastata
Calico Beardtongue, Penstemon calycosus
Carex Bunny Blue, Carex laxiculmis
Creeping Phlox, Phlox subulata
Dense Blazing Star, Liatrus spicata var. resinosa
False Blue Indigo, Baptisia australis
Foxglove Beardtongue, Penstemon digitalis
Golden Groundsel, Packera aurea
Great Blue Lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica
Heart leaved aster, Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Hummingbird Mint, Agastache
Ironweed, Vernonia glauca
Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata
Little Bluestem grass, Schizachyrium scoparium
Mistflower, Conoclinium coelestinum
Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemun montanum
Mouse Eared Coreopsis, Coreopsis auriculata
New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus
Pagoda dogwood, Cornus alternifolia
Phlox, Phlox paniculata
Poke Milkweed, Asclepias exaltata
Prairie Blazing Star, Liatrius pycnostachya
Purple Bee Balm, Monarda fistulosa
Purpletop Grass, Tridens flavus
River Birch, Betula nigra
Scarlet Bee Balm, Monarda didyma
Seedbox, Ludwigia alternifolia
Snakeroot, Ageratina aromatica
Stokes Aster, Stokesia laevis
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Sweet coneflower, Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Switch Grass, Panicum virgatum
Thornless Blackberry, Rubus canadensis
Wild Bergamot/Bee Balm, Monarda fistulosa
Wingstem, Verbesina alternifolia
Witch alder, Fothergilla gardenii
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis
Cinnamon fern, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Common Pawpaw, Asimina triloba
Coral Bells, Heuchera americana
Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis
Maidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum
Northern Spicebush, Lindera benzoin
Red Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Wood fern, Dryopteris internalia
Wood Poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum
Aloe, Aloe vera
Amaryllis, Amaryllis belladonna
Artichoke globe, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Avens, Geum
Blackeyed Susan Vine, Thunbergia alata
Borage, Borago officinalis
Boston Ferns, Nephrolepsis exaltata
Cardinal climber, Ipomoea sloteri
Christmas Cactus, Schlumbergera
Cosmos, Cosmos bipinnnatus
Crocosmia, Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Daffodil bulbs, Narcissus
Dahlia, Dahlia pinnata
Daylilies, Hemerocallis
Hardy kiwi vine, Actinidia arguta
Ox eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgar
Queen of the Night, Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Rosemary, Salvia rosmarinus
Sage, Salvia officinalis
Sedum, Sedum spp.
Sempervivums, Sempervivens
Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum superbum
Siberian iris, Iris sibirica
Snake plant, Dracaena trifasciata
Spider Plants, Chlorophytum comosum
Autumn fern, Dryopteris erythrosora
Lenten Rose/Hellebores, Helleborus
Hosta, Hosta
Japanese Anemone, Anemone
Japanese Beech fern, Phegopteris decursive-pinnata
Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis
Proceeds from the plant sale fund Extension sponsored horticultural projects in Haywood County, including elementary school gardens; community gardens; demonstration gardens; educational workshops; Extension Master Gardener℠ programs and more.
