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…
Geranium - Big Root Hardy
Geranium - Big Root Hardy
Geranium Macrorrizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’
This incredibly hardy, beautiful and potent plant has found its way to the base of many a tree at Edible Acres. Technically edible as well, we use this robust plant mainly as an very strong aromatic ground covering defender of young trees and as a boundary plant. It seems to do an excellent job at repelling herbivores while being a visual stunner at the same time.
At our zone 5B sites, this plant is very close to a full evergreen, with it’s intense aroma present just about year round. For burrowing creatures like voles and mice, a carpet of this plant as an understory to a young apple, chestnut, etc. can prove a formidable challenge. Topping off at 1’ makes it easy to design with in taller permanent perennial guilds, too!
Size:
Tops out at about 1’ and spreads indefinitely in all directions!
Site Preference:
Happy in a wide range of light from full sun to pretty shady, seems to enjoy a better drained soil.
Hardiness:
Zone 3 or 4 (we’ve read both)
We offer single rootlets or bundle offerings to get you started with serious ‘thickets’ very quickly…