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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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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PARCHED. If I wanted to dig any roots right now, I’d have a heckuva time finding them. The tops have mostly dried up and fallen away now, but there are still a few stems left standing. A few golden ones now, too. Everything wrapped up the growing season early here because we just haven’t had
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From this point onward during the hot summer months, I will only transplant to pots when there is an order to fill. 1rst, 2nd, but no 3rd year seedlings are available. These are potted seedlings, and I don’t ship those. Bare root seedlings will begin shipping once the weather cools off in fall. It takes
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Here’s what I’ll have with me at the Alpena Mercantile tomorrow (Apr 22). All of these are in pots. You can also reserve these to be picked up at the nursery by emailing me (), and I’ll update the list to strike out the sold out if I get the email this evening. Otherwise, I’ll
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UPDATE: Canceled due to weather potential. Anytime there’s a 40% chance of thunderstorms and folks are traveling hours to get here, it’s a game of odds with potential wasted time and fuel cost. I usually let the parties traveling the greatest distance choose whether or not to take that chance when it’s an unclear forecast.
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I planted my seeds today. Fingers crossed there’s no extreme weather again next spring like the hailstorm we had in May this year! If you want me to add you to a notify list when it’s close to time to pick up potted plants (mid-May), let me know. Bare-root won’t ship out until fall, but
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This year has been a hectic one at Wild Ozark and I haven’t been able to devote as much time to the ginseng as I would have liked. There are still seedlings available in pots, but these are only for local pickup. In fall, I will have first year seedlings that will ship out. Email
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The ginseng garden is waking up! The ginseng habitat garden is a small area of land on a piece of our property that was once logged. Over the past ten years, I’ve worked toward restoring the native plants as the shade has filled in to provide a better environment for them. It is open to
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