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…
Bronze Fennel
Bronze Fennel
Foeniculum Vulgare
Not your garden standard fennel here… Huge feathery golden green foliage with a very sweet and licorice like flavor erupt early in spring, followed by a tall stalk with huge yellow umbel flowers that just vibrate with pollinators and beneficial insects.
All parts edible and sweet, great for salads, teas, dried, etc. The seeds are potent and add interest to winter dishes, desserts or can be tinctured to make strong licorice drinks.
Great backdrop in a perennial flower garden, or woodland edge installations. With it’s deep powerful tap root and intense aromatics, this is also a wonderful candidate as a companion planting option for establishment of high value trees and shrubs.
Be aware that it is quite viable from seed so it can easily form a thicket if seeds aren’t harvested (that can be a great thing, but in an annual garden it can be a design challenge!)
Size:
About 4’, upwards to 5’ or even 6’ in very prime conditions
Site Preference:
Very hardy plant, can deal with dry or rough soil as it punches down deep with it’s tap root. Enjoys full sun and rich soil but can handle a wider range.
Hardiness:
Zone 5B or colder? (documentation lists it as zone 7, but our 5B area has had them reliably come back year after year)
