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Sagittaria latifolia -Sun to part shade– NA Native perennial produces edible tubers, showy white flowers, emergent wetland plant
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.
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,
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.
Iris cristata -Part to Full Shade– NA Native wildflower
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.
Onoclea sensibilis -Part Sun to Full Shade– NA native fern for clay soil, vigourous groundcover 12-24″ tall
Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16
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.
Iris versicolor -Full sun to part Shade– NA Native wildflower, Medium to wet soil, raingardens, bogs, streams
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.
Podophyllum peltatum -Part to Full Shade– NA Native spring ephemeral (goes dormant mid summer), edible fruit if you plant two different for pollination
Quart pots $8, Gallon* pots $16
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.
Baptisia alba -Full Sun to light shade– NA Native Nitrogen fixing flower 3-5′ tall x 3-4′ 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. 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.
Monarda fistulosa -Full to Part Sun– Good for tea, great pollinator attractor
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.
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.
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,
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.
(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.
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.
(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.
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.
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,
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.