Carolina Lupine

Thermopsis caroliniana -Full Sun to light shade–  Showy yellow lupine-like flowers. NA Native, nitrogen fixing, 3-5′ tall, similar to Baptisia but earlier blooming.

Showy yellow flowers cover this native perenial lugume in early spring, followed by ornamental black bean pods. Not technically a lupine despite the common name – it is not edible, but not poisonous like lupines. Vigorous grower once established, reaches 3-5′ tall and has potential as a nitrogen contributing “chop and drop” plant.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant, Nitrogen Fixer  

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Virginia Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum -Full to Part Sun–  one of the best pollinator attractors, does not spread aggressively

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

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Nora Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke)

(Helianthus tuberosus) -Full Sun to part shade–  Norwegion variety but likely with North American origins. Sunflower with edible tubers. Good flavored, productive beige variety.

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant,   

Native sunflower species with large nutritious tubers.  Very easy to grow (hard to get rid of!) and productive.  High in inulin, making them an excellent choice for diabetics.  Raw, they are crunchy and juicy with a faint sunflower-seed flavor.  Cooked they are like a watery potato.  A friend once pickled them and they were fabulous!  Can be harvested all winter so long as you can dig a hole.  Herbaceous perennial–dies to the ground each winter but gets going fast and furious in late spring.  Tall, rough stems can get 8′ tall or more with clusters of small yellow sunflower-like blossoms in the fall.  Makes plenty of biomass–might be good for hay, bedding, or mulch.  Will self-seed readily–beware as they have a notorious reputation for being hard to get rid of.  We recommend planting them in an out-of-the-way place you can mow around or you don’t mind them spreading in.  Pigs will root them up to eat the tubers in the fall.

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Celandine Poppy Stylophorum

Stylophorum diphyllum -Part to Full Shade–  NA Native Woodland Wildflower

This attractive woodland wildflower will grow well in zones 4-8 in with little to no care in rich woodland soils. It can tolerate drier, sunnier sites with some care. Bright yellow showy flowers bloom in April, and are followed by attractive fuzzy seed pods. After seeds drop out of its large, hairy pods, Celandine Poppy will go dormant. Seedlings will readily emerge everywhere if fresh seed is scattered on the soil surface. There is also a European species known as Celandine Poppy that is somewhat weedy and invasive. The two can be differentiated by their seed pods: the European has smooth pods.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Supernova Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke)

(Helianthus tuberosus) -Full Sun to part shade–  Native sunflower with edible tubers. Exceptionally productive white variety.

Also from Oikos, exceptionally productive white-skinned variety that has an interesting “fractal-like” form to the tubers.  They are very lumpy and convoluted, making them much harder to clean than ‘Smooth Red’.

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant,   

Native sunflower species with large nutritious tubers.  Very easy to grow (hard to get rid of!) and productive.  High in inulin, making them an excellent choice for diabetics.  Raw, they are crunchy and juicy with a faint sunflower-seed flavor.  Cooked they are like a watery potato.  A friend once pickled them and they were fabulous!  Can be harvested all winter so long as you can dig a hole.  Herbaceous perennial–dies to the ground each winter but gets going fast and furious in late spring.  Tall, rough stems can get 8′ tall or more with clusters of small yellow sunflower-like blossoms in the fall.  Makes plenty of biomass–might be good for hay, bedding, or mulch.  Will self-seed readily–beware as they have a notorious reputation for being hard to get rid of.  We recommend planting them in an out-of-the-way place you can mow around or you don’t mind them spreading in.  Pigs will root them up to eat the tubers in the fall.

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Dwarf Baptisia (Blue False Indigo)

Baptisia australis varr. minor -Full Sun to light shade–  NA Native Nitrogen fixing flower 18-24″ tall and wide

Very showy blue flowers cover this perenial lugume for about 3 weeks in the spring, followed by ornamental black bean pods. Not edible, but not poisonous like lupines. The foliage is compact and very attractive all season long, reaching 18-24″ tall and wide.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant, Nitrogen Fixer  

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Big Leaf Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum muticum -Full to Part Sun–  one of the best pollinator attractors, spreads like other mints

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

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Hybrids mix Baptisia (Blue False Indigo)

Baptisia australis -Full Sun to light shade–  NA Native Nitrogen fixing flower 3-4′ tall

Very showy sweet-pea type flower spikes cover this perenial lugume for about 3 weeks in the spring, followed by ornamental black bean pods. This is a mix of different colors, so every plant is a surprise! You will likely get a shade of blue, but possibly white, yellow or purple-brown. Not edible, but not poisonous like lupines. Vigorous grower once established, reaches 3-4′ tall and has potential as a nitrogen contributing “chop and drop” plant.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant, Nitrogen Fixer  

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Virginia-native  Wild Strawberry

(Fragaria virginiana) -Full Sun to Full Shade–  Fast growing groundcover with nickle-sized berries

This is a delightful, shade-tolerant, extra low-growing strawberry that readily fills the role of quick-growing groundcover in landscape beds.  It will weave around and through taller elements in your beds and cover the soil to prevent weeds from coming up.  Less susceptible to “overcrowding” die-out that commercial strawberries have after 5 or 6 years.  Pretty white flowers cover the mat of leaves in the spring, and are followed by delicious little red berries with a unique “waffled” texture.  Not as small as you might think, about the size of a nickel.  Self-fertile.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Smooth Red Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke)

(Helianthus tuberosus) -Full Sun to light shade–  Native sunflower with large edible tuber, easy to clean variety

From Oikos Tree Crops in Michigan, this sweet-potato-shaped variety has a stunning red/purple skin and lacks the lumpy side nodules that make most varieties hard to clean.  Not quite as productive as ‘Supernova’ but still plenty to eat each year.

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant,   

Native sunflower species with large nutritious tubers.  Very easy to grow (hard to get rid of!) and productive.  High in inulin, making them an excellent choice for diabetics.  Raw, they are crunchy and juicy with a faint sunflower-seed flavor.  Cooked they are like a watery potato.  A friend once pickled them and they were fabulous!  Can be harvested all winter so long as you can dig a hole.  Herbaceous perennial–dies to the ground each winter but gets going fast and furious in late spring.  Tall, rough stems can get 8′ tall or more with clusters of small yellow sunflower-like blossoms in the fall.  Makes plenty of biomass–might be good for hay, bedding, or mulch.  Will self-seed readily–beware as they have a notorious reputation for being hard to get rid of.  We recommend planting them in an out-of-the-way place you can mow around or you don’t mind them spreading in.  Pigs will root them up to eat the tubers in the fall.

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

Red Yarrow

Achillea millefolium -full sun to part shade–  beneficial insect attractor, herb

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

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Sweetgrass

Hierochloe odorata -Full sun–  Aromatic native grass traditionally used ceremonially as a smudge, also to scent linens and as a tea. Spreads aggressively by root runners but not seed.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

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Oregano Zorba Red

 -Full to Part Sun–  Culinary herb with ornamental red flowers, butterfly and pollinator attractor. Well drained soil.

Quart pots $8

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Rue

Ruta graveolens -Full sun to part shade–  Medicinal herb, insect repellant 2′-3′ tall, sap can irritate skin

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

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Candied Fruit Mint

 -Full Sun to Part Shade–  Good for tea, great pollinator attractor

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.