Medicinal

'Summer Berries' Yarrow

24" plants with flat-topped clusters of blooms in cheery shades of salmon, apricot, red, white, pink, yellow, and more. Excellent cut flower.

Lovage

Edible celery-flavored perennial grows to 60". Good for the permaculture garden with its flowering tops attracting beneficial insects. 

Fireweed

NATIVE wildflower to 42" with masses of deep pink flowers. Pioneer plant spreads quickly by long rhizomes. Young shoots and leaves are edible, older leaves may be dried and used for tea.

Stinging Nettles

Edible and medicinal super-plant. Greens are spring tonic and used for fertilizer and compost. Has spines that can cause skin irritation.

German Winter Thyme

This is the most popular variety of thyme for culinary use with strongly aromatic tiny leaves on 12" plants. Pink flowers are loved by bees. 

Black Elderberry

NATIVE somewhat sprawling (5'-10' tall and wide) suckering shrub produces bountiful large clusters of tiny cream-colored flowers in early summer followed by purple-black berries used medicinally and for pies, jam, etc. Raw seeds poisonous.

Lady's Mantle

Versatile medicinal plants with unique leaves that catch and hold the sparkling dew. 18" stalks with small yellow flowers good in fresh or dried bouquets.

Bocking 14 Russian Comfrey

Vigorous medicinal perennial with large leaves, great for mulch, compost, and fertilizer. Purple flowers on 24" plants attract bees. 

Purple Coneflower

NATIVE wildflower to 42" loved by pollinators. Long reflexed pink petals surrounding dark seed head. Widely used medicinally to ward off colds and flu. 

White Yarrow

NATIVE bitter medicinal perennial to 18". White flowers great for bouquets and beneficial insects. Great permaculture companion for the orchard. 

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