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 and we will work to arrange a pickup.
We update our inventory on March 1st for Spring bare root sales and September 1st for Fall bare root sales. If you are visiting this page and see everything 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 offerings will generally have more herbaceous perennials, grasses, etc 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 what 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!
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…
Nanking Cherry
Nanking Cherry
Prunus Tomentosa
This excellent bush cherry is incredibly hardy and productive. It provides a huge number of fruits early in life and is very reliable even with crazy spring temperatures. One of the very first things to flower in the spring, filling the air with a beautiful scent and providing early browse for the bees. Will produce fruit in full sun to partial shade…
This bush is not grafted, so seedlings that come up will have the same qualities and vigor as its parents. Plant 2 or more for best pollination, although believed to be self-fertile.
Our smaller offering is a first year plant with healthy and vibrant top growth and strong root system that is generally under 1 foot tall or so. Our larger offering is well over 1', often 2' or more and with lateral branching. Both are first year seedlings but will offer fruit within 2-3 years in ideal conditions.
Size:
Roughly 8’ tall x 8’ wide
Site Preference:
Full sun to shade, more productive in sun
Hardiness:
Zone 2
