Blue Oak Horticulture

05/23/2026

“There’s no inappropriate weather, only inappropriate dress.”

See y’all at the Hendersonville Garden Jubilee this weekend y’all!

05/15/2026

It’s going to be a FERNtastic day y’all!

05/02/2026

See y’all Saturday!

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04/23/2026

Pawpaw grafting in the nursery this morning

04/18/2026

What a great crowd at the South Carolina Native Plant Society Upstate Chapter sale today! Thanks so much for supporting our upstate chapter and the native nursery growers in Upstate SC and Western NC

04/16/2026

We sent a lot of plants off to their forever home last weekend but the nursery is still packed. Hope to see y’all in the nursery this weekend or at the SCNPS Upstate Chapter plant sale at Conestee Park on Saturday from 9-1

04/09/2026

What’s your common name of choice for Chionanthus virginicus? White fringetree seems to be becoming more common recently but I can’t shake the association with Lorapetalum chinensis I tend to gravitate towards grancy greybeard but whatever you call them, they’re magical for a brief window in Spring. If you come out to Blue Oak this weekend keep an eye out for the grancy greybeard and pinxterbloom azaleas in the woods along the drive.

We also have a beautiful crop of Chionanthus virginicus available now

03/26/2026

Y'all!!! Check out these awesome plant sales coming up soon.

The Gardening For Life Project is hosting a Spring Native Plant Sale on April 11th in Tryon

The Upstate Chapter of the South Carolina Native Plant Society is hosting their Spring Native Plant Sale on Saturday, April 18th.

The Travelers Rest Farmers Market opening day and Spring Plant Sale is April 25th at Trailblazer Park in Travelers Rest

The Pickens County Native Plant Jubilee is May 2nd at Liberty Elementary

If you can't wait until then, we understand. We'll be open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 9-5 but we hope to see you at these awesome sales as well

03/23/2026

Did you know all of our perennials start their journey in these 10”x10” community trays? After cold stratification or scarification, seeds are group sown into these small flats. They’ll spend their first 4-8 weeks here on heating mats with their soil temperature set for optimum germination. Once they are mature enough, they are transplanted into 3.5” pots or a deep cell plug tray to grow out for the first season.

Since our greenhouse is small we will do four rounds of these trays before we are done with our spring seed production schedule.