Stephen F. Austin State University

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The annual Fabulous Fall Festival plant sale at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Mast Arboretum will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the intramural field on Wilson Drive.

“As usual, a great selection of rare, unusual, and Texas-tough trees, shrubs, vines, herbaceous perennials, and grasses will be available,” said Dawn Stover, Mast Arboretum research associate.

Staples of the fall sale include asters, garden mums, and sages, as well as several outstanding varieties of ornamental grasses.

According to Stover, fall is the best time to establish trees, and Greg Grant, Pineywoods Native Plant Center research associate, has a wide range of native trees available, including oaks, pines, red maple, and black walnut.

“There will be a number of hard to find items including native and hybrid coral bean, crinum lilies, the rare Brazoria sabal palm, the new hybrid coneflowers, variegated sky vine, giant Farfugium, and the rare Hibiscus hamabo,” Stover said. “We will also offer a line of drought-resistant plants like snake herb, wooly stemodia, bamboo muhly grass, and heliotrope.”

Proceeds from the plant sale help support the SFA Mast Arboretum, the Ruby Mize Azalea Garden, the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, and educational programs.

A complete listing of plants is available at www.sfasu.edu/pubaffairs/plants. For more information, call (936) 468-4404.