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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,   

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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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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  

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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  

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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,   

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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.

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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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Gold 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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Achira

Canna edulis -Full Sun to light shade–  Edible Canna produces starchy rhizomes similar in texture to potatoes. Dig in fall and start inside late winter.

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant,   

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Yacón

Smallanthus sonchifolius -Full Sun to light shade–  Produces large 2″x5″ tubers. Crisp and sweet. Dig in fall, start indoors late winter.

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

North American native plant,   

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Dwarf Crested Iris

Iris cristata -Part to Full Shade–  NA Native wildflower

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

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Seed Sterile Comfrey

Symphytum x uplandicum -Full Sun to Part Shade–  plant in a circle around the base of fruit trees to help them get established and to add nutrients

Considered a “dynamic accumulator,” comfrey has deep tap roots that mine the subsoil for minerals which it makes available to the tree when its leaves die or are slashed periodically throughout the growing season. Comfrey is a “must-have” for every permaculture garden or orchard. It is useful for herbal salves, a wonderful high-protein animal fodder, and attracts beneficial insects. Its leaves are high in nitrogen, and it is used by many organic gardeners as a compost activator. Planted in a ring around a young fruit tree, comfrey grows vigorously, spreads by clumping out and keeps out weeds when full sun is available under the tree (a living mulch). It will gradually die back as the tree gets bigger and casts more shade. We sometimes keep gallon pots of this on hand, but we prefer to sell it by the shovelful, which is a much better value. A shovelful is the same as the gallon pot price: $14

By the shovelful (5-10 divisions): $16

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Ramps

Mertensia virginica -Part to Full Shade–  Ornamental edible with oniony-garlic flavor, prefers damp, rich soil, NA Native LOCAL SEED SOURCE

Highly sought after for it’s flavor and extremely attractive foliage in shady flower beds. Broad, lilly like leaves are some of the first to emerge in the spring.

Quart pots $8

North American native plant,   

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Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris -Part Sun to Full Shade–  new shoots (fiddleheads) are edible, NA native fern

Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16

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Jewel standard Strawberry

(Fragaria vesca) -Full Sun–  midseason ripening, excellent flavor

 late season.  Jewel remains a favorite late variety with many commercial growers and backyard growers alike.  It holds consistent size over the season, has beautiful red color, excellent flavor, and is resistant to many of the common strawberry diseases.  Larger berries than ‘Earliglow’.

3″ pots $4, Quart pots $8

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