All orders MUST BE PLACED ONLINE.  We are not able to accept orders over the telephone or through the mail.  Having trouble ordering? Call our office or check out our Troubleshooting Page. 

Deadline to order is Friday, October 30, 2026 at 5 p.m.

Plants will be available for pick up between 9am and 5pm on November 5 & 6 at the N.C. Cooperative Extension Cabarrus County Center (715 Cabarrus Ave-West, Concord, NC  28027).  You will receive a reminder note prior to plants arriving. 

All proceeds from the Plant Sale provide N.C. Cooperative Extension programming support.  This plant sale is a fundraiser for the Cabarrus County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension.  All fruit trees & bushes are grown in a nursery in Georgia.  Perennials come from Carolina Native Nursery in Burnsville, NC . All orders are non-refundable. Plants do not have a warranty.  

For questions, call 704-920-3310; weekdays; between 8am and 5pm.

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BERRY PLANTS

All berry plants are sold in 1-gallon containers and are well adapted to the Piedmont growing conditions. Cost for plants is $10 each.

Blueberries
At least two different varieties of blueberries must be planted to ensure cross-pollination in order to produce fruit.
Climax: Rabbiteye blueberry, Early Season Producer. Likes acidic soil. Soil test recommended before planting. Requires more than one variety for pollination. Planting different cultivars will extend season. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vaccinium-virgatum

Premier: Rabbiteye blueberry, Early to Mid Season Producer. Likes acidic soil. Soil test recommended before planting. Self Pollinating. Planting different cultivars will extend season. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vaccinium-virgatum

Powder Blue: Rabbiteye blueberry, Late Season Producer. Likes acidic soil. Soil test recommended before planting. Requires more than one variety for pollination. Planting different cultivars will extend season. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vaccinium-virgatum

Alapaha: Medium-sized, dark blue berry which ripen in late May to early June. Developed at University of Georgia, it is named for the Alapaha (a-LAP-uh-ha) River in southern Georgia. Its combination of early ripening and late flowering makes it relatively frost hardy. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vaccinium-virgatum/

Blackberries

Natchez: Thornless blackberry. Early season. Erect canes. Elongated fruit.
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/blackberries-for-the-home-garden

Apache:  Thornless blackberry. Mid season. Erect canes. medium-size, portions of the fruit may turn white during hot weather. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/blackberries-for-the-home-garden

Muscadines
Carlos:  Standard to make white muscadine wine. It is a bronze self-fertile and contains 16% sugar. Very vigorous, yielding large amounts of quality, medium size fruit. Cold hardy and disease resistant.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vitis-rotundifolia/

Doreen:  Similar to Carlos, more disease resistance, similar berry quality, with a much later harvest and a less dry scar. Better fruit rot resistance.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vitis-rotundifolia/

Tara:  Bronze self fertile, large berry; harvest season is early. Relatively dry stem scar. Good fruit rot resistance and high yield. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vitis-rotundifolia/

Magnolia: Similar to Carlos but with smaller fruit size. Good for snacking or juice.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/vitis-rotundifolia/

Raspberries
Fall Gold:  Self-fertile gold raspberry, the ability to produce two crops each season. After a late summer to fall harvest, a second crop arrives the following spring on the same canes. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/raspberries-in-the-home-garden

Caroline:  Self-fertile red raspberry, very productive, with a rich, full, and intense raspberry flavor. It is a very vigorous variety, with more tolerance for root rot. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/raspberries-in-the-home-garden

Hops

Cascade:  Spurred on by the demands of a burgeoning craft brewing industry and a strong public interest in locally grown ingredients; best variety for NC grown hops.
https://newcropsorganics.ces.ncsu.edu/specialty-crops/nc-hops/

FRUIT TREES

Elderberry

Ranch: Elderberry is a striking deciduous perennial. The shrub is covered in dark green foliage that comes to a point and has serrated edges, and by June, the plant will be dotted by bunches of creamy white flowers. By late summer, the flowers give way to clusters of small dark blue to almost black fruit.

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sambucus-canadensis/

Fig Trees
Fig trees come in 1-gallon containers.  Cost per tree is $10.
Brown Turkey: Popular Fig cultivar. 10-30 feet tall. Self pollinating Harvest twice - spring and late summer. Cold hardy to 10 degrees. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ficus-carica-brown-turkey/

Celeste:Multi-branched shrub - most frequently grown figs. Pest and disease resistant but needs winter protection. It is heat tolerant and self-pollinating. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ficus-carica-celeste/

Black Mission: Uniquely-sweet taste and incredible texture set the Black Mission Fig apart, making it highly desirable for cooking and difficult to find at supermarkets. Dark purple fruit when ripe. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ficus-carica/

Pear Trees 
Pear trees come in 5-gallon containers.  Cost is $25 per tree.
Oriental:  tough, disease-resistant Asian-European hybrid variety recommended for growing across North Carolina. At least two cultivars are recommended for adequate pollination. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/north-carolina-production-guide-for-smaller-orchard-plantings

Keiffer:  Kieffer pear is a heavy bearing tree and can tolerate both drought and flooding. It is resistant to Fire Blight. At least two cultivars are recommended for adequate pollination.  https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/pyrus-communis-kieffer/

Apple Trees 
Apple trees come in 5-gallon containers.  Cost is $25 per tree.
Jonagold: 5 Gallon - The Jonagold apple requires two other apple cultivars for pollination. The fruit is crimson red stippled with yellow-gold. Ripens in mid-September into October.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/malus-domestica-jonagold/

Fuji: Will produce red/pink apples in 3 to 5 years. Soil type needed is average to loamy but responds to enriched soil with better production. Most apple trees do best with a slightly acidic soil pH in the range of 5.0 to 6.8.https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/malus-domestica-fuji/

Gala: The Gala is a propagated apple cultivar, from the 1920s, with a mild, sweet, and sometimes slightly tart flavor. It is a popular apple for fresh eating, salads, and cooking. It is semi-dwarf, meaning its height reaches about 12 to 15 feet at maturity. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/malus-domestica-gala/

Pomegranate Tree
Pomegranate trees come in 3-gallon containers.  Cost is $25 per tree.
Dwarf: Compact shrub-like tree up to 3'. Needs to be planted in a protected area or in a container to overwinter. The plant will be killed to the ground at temperatures below 10 F.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/punica-granatum/

Pecan Tree
Pecan trees come in 5-gallon containers.  Cost is $40 per tree.  
Elliott: Hardy pecan widely planted in the Southeast. Resistant to scab. Small, teardrop-shaped nut of very good quality, usually in alternate years. 50 to 100 feet tall. Need at least two trees from two different cultivars. Type II pollinator. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/carya-illinoinensis-elliot/

Pawnee: Large nut size and early harvest (early Sept). Mature in 8-10 years at 25-30 ft. Good disease resistance, but nut scab can be a problem. Type I pollinator. Requires two other cultivars. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/carya-illinoinensis-pawnee/

Peach Tree
Peach trees come in 5-gallon containers.  Cost is $25 per tree.  
Contender: Great cold-hardy cultivar that can adapt to temperature falls below zero. It is developed in Raleigh, NC. Self-pollinating with heavy bearing each year. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/prunus-persica-contender/

Elberta: Fast growing, traditional variety. Heavy fruiting after 3-4 years. Freestone, July-August ripening stage. https://www.arborday.org/perspectives/elberta-peach-americas-favorite-peach

Plum Tree

Plum trees come in 5-gallon containers.  Cost is $25 per tree.   Bruce:  The Bruce Plum is an early-fruiting, open-spreading small tree, a cross between the Japanese plum and the native Chickasaw plum. https://ediblelandscaping.com/products/bruce-plum

Persimmon

Persimmon trees come in 5-gallon containers.  Cost is $25 per tree.  American: Woody, deciduous tree native to the central and eastern United States and can reach 30 to 80 feet high and 20 to 35 feet wide.  https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/diospyros-virginiana/

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Native Perennials

Come in 1-gallon containers.  Cost is $10 per plant.