After several years of neglect, I’m preparing to revive my little nursery. The work has already begun and will continue through fall and winter. All of the plants below, except ginseng, will be propagated by seed, root division, or cuttings from my existing plants. I order stratified seeds for the ginseng. Email to get […]
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The temperatures have been near, at, or over 100 for the past week or two and it’s taking a toll on the ginseng nursery. All of the plants are beginning to show signs of stress and decline. They’re going to head into dormancy now and so it’s the end of potted seedling season for the
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I will have a limited number of potted 1rst year seedlings available this year. Initial estimates are around 50 plants, but there may be more. I’ll update with specifics next week. The listing to order plants for local pickup is live with an inventory set to 50. Pickup is available anytime after May 1 at
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I just returned from going out to check on seedlings. Unfortunately, not many survived the herd of pigs that apparently have taken up foraging out there. Between the neighbor’s escaping cows and the wild roaming swine, it’s making things difficult for my nursery. I’m going to need additional fencing. There probably aren’t going to be
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American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) 2025 Update: 1rst Year Seedlings I will have first year seedlings potted up this year! Please email me to get on the list if you think you will want some. I’ll send an email to notify availability in late April, earlier if they come up sooner: . 2nd & 3rd Year Potted
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I’m late getting my seeds planted. They ordinarily would go in the ground in fall, but this year I didn’t get the opportunity to do so. Now we’ve got freezing temps and snow on the ground. The snow should melt soon, with more possible next weekend. So at some point this week I’ll get them
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This morning I walked through the nursery area to fulfill the last of the 2024 rootlet orders. First year seedling usually do get seeded into a specific location, where it’ll be easier for me to find an pot them the following May for local orders. But this is a wild-simulated nursery, and so plants are
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This year started out with low inventory because I didn’t get a chance to plant seeds last fall. We had a lot of rain early on, and then a lot of drought since summer began. Most of the seedlings I did have for sale in May were sold, and the remainder will ship out as
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The ginseng is beginning to unfurl. Some are already unfurled, mostly the yearlings. Goldenseal in my near-the-house garden is up and blooming, but the ones in their natural settings in the woods are still barely opening up. Trout lilies haven’t yet bloomed, but bloodroot is almost finished blooming. The crested irises are showing buds, but
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The woods are still wrapped in the relative peace of winter around here at Wild Ozark. However, the vernal witch hazel is blooming. Everything blooms and sprouts a little later here in our little valley. It’s a microcosm separated by about a week or even more from areas around us. This year is going to
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