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…
Stinging Nettles
Stinging Nettles
Urtica Dioica
Stinging Nettle could be one of the most hated and most loved plants there is. People with limited or no plant awareness can hate this plant since a careless stomp or thoughtless pull can result in a deep stinging sensation. But people that understand how incredibly valuable and worthwhile plants are can appreciate this true powerhouse of a being.
Stinging Nettle may be one of the most nutrient dense plants you could ever hope to eat. Rich in plant protein, it also has high levels of phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, beta-carotene, and incredible amounts of iron. Vitamins A, C, D and B complex are all in this wonderful plant as well.
All this amazing food and medicine in a plant that is an incredibly hardy perennial. Leaves can be harvested and dried to be used as tea and soup stock all winter or blanched/cooked like spinach all growing season. Oh, and that sting everyone seems to hate? It's Formic Acid which has medicinal properties at the low doses present in nettles.
This could be possibly the most useful perennial plant you could want to grow!
We're offering 3 options: 1) Single Plant - which will give you a nice solid set of roots you can plant out or divide a bit to get started, 2) Nettle Patch - which will give you enough root material to establish at least 10 plants in year 1. 3) Nettle Massive Patch - enough root material to plant out or pot up at least 30-40 plants. For those who want the big production quickly! You'll have a thicket in no time!
Size:
Averages 2-3' but can get up to 5' or more in rich soil when flowering
Site Preference:
Nettles can handle most situations but really thrive in deep, rich, moist soils. Since they bioaccumulate incredible amounts of nutrients that you can then eat, it is worth providing it rich, healthy, organic matter heavy soils in good sun.
Hardiness:
Zone 3
