Bare Root Plants for Sale
Thank you for your interest and happy growing!
PLEASE READ: If you are local or regional to the Finger Lakes area (able to pick up in person), feel free to reach out to hello@edibleacres.org with a clear wish list of plants as an alternative to ordering here and we will work to arrange a pickup.
We update our offerings on March 1st for Spring bare root sales and September 1st for Fall bare root sales. If you are visiting this page and see all plants as sold out, please make a note in your calendar to revisit at our next ‘opening’ and pick up some lovely plants!
Our Fall offerings tend to have higher numbers of trees, shrubs, cuttings and a medley of our abundant and Fall appropriate herbaceous perennials. Spring will generally have more herbaceous perennials and grasses, and a smaller number of trees and shrubs. We weight our inventory in large part based on seasonal appropriateness for establishment. We hope you understand and visit again if you don’t find the plants you are looking for this time.
If you are super eager to get plants now, we now have a Permaculture Nursery page that lists friends of ours with ethical and thoughtful growing practices. We strongly encourage you to check them out and get some awesome plants from them too!
Please be aware that some plants are considered ‘illegal’ in some states. It is possible that some of our plants are not allowed to be planted where you live. If you are in doubt, you can search the plant and your state and see if it they are prohibited or ‘illegal’ to plant and if so please don’t order them. Thanks.
TIP: Use the tags above to help filter our offerings by characteristic (ie. click on ‘fruit’ to find any fruit bearing plants we offer, etc.) As we add more and more it is a helpful way to find a plant to fit your goals…
Comfrey - Bocking 14
Comfrey - Bocking 14
Symphytum Uplandicum - “Bocking 14”
Probably one of the most useful, beneficial plants you can grow that has one of the worst reputations of any plant! Some people hate comfrey, because ‘it spreads everywhere’... In our 6 years of growing this plant, it has never spread unless disturbed. If you like to rototill or plow your gardens, forget this plant. Established as a component of a polyculture or support of other plants, it is simply exquisite.
Gorgeous, large, fuzzy green leaves continue to erupt all season from the root crown, and gentle nodding purple flowers pop up to provide nectar adored by bees. Can be used as a medicine, or leaves chopped and composted to help your soil grow. Excellent all around support plant and ‘dynamic accumulator’ with it’s massive deep, mining root system. We can’t get enough of it at Edible Acres (but we don’t own a tiller!)
Size:
Up to 4’ when in flower
Site Preference:
Can grow in basically any soil and site.
Hardiness:
Zone 4 (although we’ve been told by someone in North Central Alberta, zone 3, that it has grown well for them for 20 years with no shelter!)
You can get established plants or root fragments by the 20 pack which will quickly root for you once in your soil. We can offer discounts for bulk orders of rootlets (100+), email sean@edibleacres.org for details
Watch the video below to see how we plant both the rooted crowns and root fragments we offer. It is incredibly easy to plant and establish this wonderful plant…
