Ginseng Articles and Headlines

Wild and Virtually-Wild (or Wild-Simulated) American Ginseng

All of the information I have is free on my website (see my list of links below), but I’ve compiled some specifically about choosing the right sites and planting the seeds in a little book if you want a paperback of something like that: https://www.wildozark.com/shop/diy-ginseng/

On FB there are a few groups of growers who share information with each other. Here’s one of them: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1489867761319939/

We have a ginseng habitat garden and nursery. If you are local and want to come out to see how ginseng looks in a restored natural environment, it’s a great opportunity to do that.

If you have any questions along the way or just want some help with photo identification of plants, feel free to email me.

The most popular links:


My drawing of Ginseng in October. Prints available in our online shop.

Ginseng in Arkansas

Although my information is about ginseng and ginseng habitat in the Ozarks, the information applies to anywhere this amazing plant calls home. Some of the environments might have different trees and shrubs, but most of them are common throughout the area where ginseng grows.

For those local to northwest Arkansas, we have a nursery. We offer potted plants for specimens or re-establishing habitat. For the spring 2019 season I am not “really” operating, but if you contact me I may be available to let you in to dig your own seedlings. With enough advance notice, I can probably get some potted up for you. Season starts in mid-to-late April, but for the month of May I’ll be out of pocket. An appointment is necessary. Email me to set one up at . I’ll be back to actively promoting this aspect of Wild Ozark later in 2019 to be ready for fall planting season.

If you have tips or links to articles you want me to add to this page, leave a comment and I’ll move them to the body of this page.

Click here for Regulations and Good Stewardship brochures from all ginseng producing states (FREE).

FREE Ginseng Articles From Wild Ozark™

  1. Ginseng Sustainability: Conservation or Profit?
  2. Plants that Look Like Ginseng – “Look Alikes”
  3. What does a ginseng plant look like? (shows seedling, 2-, 3-, and 4-prong)
  4. 5 Ways to Tell if You Can Grow Ginseng in Your Backyard
  5. Ginseng and Wild Strawberry Comparison
  6. How to Grow Ginseng
  7. When and Where to Plant Ginseng
  8. Where NOT to plant Ginseng
  9. How to Find Ginseng
  10. 2014 Ginseng Root Prices
  11. 2015 Ginseng Prices
  12. Monster Ginseng Roots from Arkansas 2014
  13. Ginseng FAQ
  14. So How Does Ginseng Taste?
  15. Can’t Find Ginseng?
  16. Questing for Goldenseal (ginseng companion plant)

Stories and Ginseng Articles from other sources

Some of these links may be old or broken. If you find one that doesn’t work, leave me a comment and I’ll remove it if I can’t find the new link.

Ginseng Conservation Information

Books from Wild Ozark™

American Ginseng & Companions

This is my favorite of our books on the topic of ginseng. For color photos of ginseng and companion plants, you won’t find a better one out there. Of course, that’s my biased opinion and I’d love to hear what you think of it. This isn’t a “how to” book, but a celebration of the beauty of the plant and the habitat where it lives. Anyone who wants to learn to find ginseng will benefit from seeing these photos because it’ll help with recognizing habitat.

A photo-filled book about American Ginseng and Companion Plants.

Other Books from Wild Ozark

I also have another book out to show you the difference between the look-alikes and ginseng. Some of these photos are in my other books, but this book focuses only on these things and includes more information than the other chapters in the other books.

The new edition of Ginseng Look-Alikes is now available in paperback format!

The book has several very good reviews and one terrible review. Of course, Amazon shows the terrible review first and it takes up most of the review space because the commenter was very detailed and even posted photos to demonstrate his complaint.

I took a lot of his issues to heart and rewrote the book. His complaints were valid and I did appreciate the time he took to make the comment. However, the placement of the review is killing my sales of that book. If you decide to take a chance on it, please leave a review if you liked it. If you didn’t like it, please email me and if it is something I can do something about, I’ll do what it takes to make it a better resource and refund your money if you were terribly dissatisfied.

Ginseng and Companion Plants

The Wild Ozark™ Nursery will be open by appointment only (except during the month of May) in 2019.

This is a great place to see the plants growing in a restored natural habitat. You can come pick up your plants and tour the Ginseng Habitat Demonstration Garden. We won’t be doing mail order of rootlets or plants this year.

Arkansas Ginseng Regulations

https://plantboard.arkansas.gov/PlantIndustry/Documents/ginsengReg.pdf

Other State’s Ginseng Regulations

As I run across these, I’ll post them here. If you have the link to one, post it in the comments and I’ll add it.

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