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…
Serviceberry
Serviceberry
Amelanchier Alnifolia - ‘Smokey’
There are many names for this lovely plant, Serviceberry, Shadbush, Shadblow, Juneberry, Saskatoon, so many more! We offer seedling grown plants of a named cultivar called ‘Smokey’. This variety is known to be excellent at producing flavorful, sweet, large fruits on suckering canes that top out roughly 6-8’ in height, making it incredibly easy to work with and harvest from. We are offering seedlings that will be coming into their 4th year. Most are ready to flower and fruit at this point. They are slow to establish from seed but we’ve taken care of that part for you :). The flowers come out incredibly early and are quite lovely and the fruit looks a bit like a blueberry but is incredibly mild and sweet in flavor with seeds that once chewed release a vanilla/almond finish that is just beyond delicious. Super special.
Planting multiples if a nice idea if you do not know if there are wild serviceberry in your general area to help with pollination.
Size:
Suckering shrubs will spread over time, but generally reach 6-8’ in height. Quite managable.
Site Preference:
Enjoy full sun but seem OK in partial shade. We’ve found that if they are in crowded or moist conditions they can develop fungal issues that are problematic, so providing nice space and airflow seems helpful.
Hardiness:
Zone 4 reliably, and don’t love zones much warmer than 8 or 9
Your order will provide a seedling grown plant or runner that is at least 8-12” tall but generally taller. They should be at an age to both flower and fruit their first year in the ground and begin spreading.
