Online Rare Plant Auction 2025

Opens 12 Noon on June 10 | Ends 3 PM on June 13

Auction Items (578)

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#433

×Pyracomeles vilmorinii / Vilmorin's pyracomeles / (Cannot Ship)

Plant

$18 Current Bid

1 Bids

#924

×Schimlinia floribunda 'Shima Lina Ding Dong' / mountain schimlinia / (Cannot Ship)

Plant

$300 Current Bid

16 Bids

#498

×Chitalpa 'NCXC1' (El Niño) / desert orchid

Plant

$112 Current Bid

10 Bids

#486

×Fatshedera lizei 'Angyo Star' / variegated tree ivy

Plant

$44 Current Bid

4 Bids

#925

×Gordlinia grandiflora 'Sweet Tea' / mountain gordlinia

Plant

$128 Current Bid

18 Bids

#381

×Pyracomeles 'NCXP2' (Berry Box)

Plant

$90 Current Bid

9 Bids

#258

×Sorbaronia fallax

Plant

$86 Current Bid

7 Bids

#500

Abies bornmuelleriana Bolu-Kokez / Turkish Fir

Plant

$84 Current Bid

6 Bids

#501

Abies fabri / Faber’s Fir

Plant

$74 Current Bid

6 Bids

#502

Abies forrestii var. georgei / George's Fir

Plant

$74 Current Bid

6 Bids

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Welcome to this year's amazing rare plant auction!

Hosted by the JC Raulston Arboretum and Juniper Level Botanic Garden

This Rare Plant Auction is going to be our biggest and best auction to date. When the auction goes live, we'll have hundreds of plants ready for bidding. Plants will be added as we get them (possibly daily), including the days of the Southeastern Plant Symposium itself. Because when cool plant people get together, they share cool plants!

We will be adding plants each day, so check back often. It's a treasure hunt you don't want to miss!

Auction FAQs

Plant Shipping

Shipping is available for smaller plants to the lower 48 states only for a $14 fee per plant.
Not all plants can be shipped. "No Shipping" or "Cannot be shipped" is noted in plant descriptions.
Know what size plant you are bidding on.
Pot size is noted in the description and a "pot" shot is included showing a similar size of the plant. Note: "Glamour" shots are included to show what a more mature plant will look like.

Plant Pick Up:

Winning bidders who are attending the Southeastern Plant Symposium in person may pick up their purchases beginning at 4:30 PM, Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Hilton Raleigh North Hills, located at 3415 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609.
Plants won at the auction may be picked up starting on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at Juniper Level Botanic Garden, 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, NC 27603

Clickbid How To Bid Video - opens in YouTube

Note: Final Winning Bids Will Be Automatically Charged to the Credit Card on File in ClickBid.

You will receive a confirmation from ClickBid after a successful payment transaction.

Questions? Email us at jcra-events@ncsu.edu and we will contact you.

Thank you for your generous support

Proceeds benefit the JC Raulston Arboretum and the Tony & Anita Avent Juniper Level Botanic Garden Endowment. Funds supporting the JC Raulston Arboretum are managed by the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit, Tax ID 56-6049304.