February 25, 2026 – Plant Sale at Winter Picnic

Wednesday, February 25.   Plant Sale is 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: General Gomez Arts and Event Center, 808 Lincoln Way, Auburn

At the Redbud Winter Picnic, we’ll be holding an accompanying plant sale. Come early for best selection. Winter is still a good time to plant native plants. Many of our local natives have lost their leaves, so this sale will focus on perennial evergreen plants that keep their leaves year-round. We’ll have a variety of trees, shrubs, perennial herbaceous plants, iris and a few grasses. (Cash or check only; thank you!)

Trees & Shrubs

Silktassel (Garrya fremontii)
Photo by Diane Wetzel

California bay (Umbellularia californica)
Photo by Shane Hanofee

McNab cypress (Hesperocyparis macnabia)
Photo by Shane Hanofee

Trees will include McNab cypress (Hesperocyparis macnabia), California bay (Umbellularia californica) and a few oaks, including Quercus durata, the leather oak, which is slow growing and gets only 12 feet tall. This oak is a keystone species, providing very high wildlife value; it’s perfect for a small garden.

We’ll have a wide variety of shrubs such as redbud (Cercis occidentalis), pinemat manzanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis), silk tassel (Garrya fremontii), Sierra gooseberry (Ribes roezlii), and Lemmon’s ceanothus (Ceanothus lemmonii).

Smaller Shrubs, Perennials & More

Shelton’s coyote mint with two tiger swallowtails
Photo by Nancy Gilbert

Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
Photo by Chrissy Freeman

Western columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
Photo by Chrissy Freeman

Smaller shrubs and herbaceous perennials will include western columbine (Aquilegia formosa), alumroot (Heuchera micrantha), blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), Shelton’s coyote mint (Monardella sheltonii).and mountain strawberry (Fragaria virginiana). We’ll also offer a few Hartweg’s iris (Iris hartwegii), hybrid pacific coast iris, and a grass or two, such as California fescue (Festuca californica).