Saratoga Seed Sells Live Plants Including Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense

This handsome, fragrant plant creates a striking groundcover at the base of tall trees in woodland gardens, since the large heart-shaped leaves create a low, solid, dark green carpet. The flowers are barrel-shaped, nodding under the leaves with three reddish-brownish triangular petals. Like many other plants with attractive leaves, this famous wildflower is grown almost exclusively for its decorative foliage. As for the common name, this eastern woodland plant is no relation to the culinary gingers, which are tropical plants. Wild ginger spreads somewhat rapidly and is a favorite feature in fine, shaded wildflower collections, often used as a contrast companion plant for more showy species such as maidenhair, trilliums and violets.

Botanical Name: Asarum canadense

• Striking, dark green heart-shaped leaves up to 6″ diameter
• Unusual reddish flower in Spring, hidden beneath foliage
• 6″-12″ height, great groundcover
• Naturalizes well
• Evergreen leaves
• Shipped as mature, live bareroot plants
• Shipping Now! Order from our website at SaratogaSeed.com
• Zones 4,5,6,7

Saratoga Seed Company Adds Greenhouse Space in Florida

Saratoga Springs, NY based Saratoga Seed Company has added a growing facility in central Florida.  The Company will propagate and grow additional live plants in the new location for shipment within the U.S.

John Karling, founder of the online agricultural company, says that the benefits of year-round growing of rare and heirloom plants will help reduce stock outages during the Spring planting season. Karling says, "The months of April through June are so busy for Saratoga Seed, that we are focused on shipping and customer service.  Many times we'll know we're running out of our bestsellers, but we can't do anything about it. Having a full time grow facility helps us smooth out our inventory holes."

Saratoga Seed
6 Cygnet Circle
Saratoga Springs NY  12866
https://saratogaseed.com

New Plant for Sale at Saratoga Seed- Gooseneck Loosestrife, L. clethroidesis

 New this summer at Saratoga Seed.

L. clethroidesis better known as Gooseneck Loosestrife because its slender arching spikes of white flowers have a graceful crook that looks somewhat like the shape of a goose neck. 

Bloom is abundant from July into September; plant multiple plants to naturalize a sea of white spikes every summer. Plants grow to 3′ and are vigorous to the point of invasiveness, which we admire. A superb ground cover in any soil, in full sun or partial shade; it also deserves a role in the border with plants that can help restrain its enthusiasm.  Edging or pots can help control its naturalization in more formal gardens, otherwise, let it create new waves of white blooms every year!

Botanical Name: Lysimachia clethroidesis

Plant Information

• Zones: 3-8
• Ship Season: Mid-April through late Fall
• Ships as: Mature bareroot plants
• Soil: Well drained.
• Sun: Full Sun or Part Shade
• Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
• Height: 36″
• Spacing: 18″