Anemone Quinquefolia
Hello, I've been trying to find the answer to this question all day now, and I've been wondering if anyone can help me: I'm looking for a retailer of anemone quinquefolia (wood anemone) rhizomes. I know that it's quite easy to find the similar type of anemone nemorosa, however, I'd prefer the quinquefolia type since it's native to the US. If anyone can help me please let me know!! Your answer will be greatly appreciated!!
I've also looked for a source of this plant a few times. It's a great little plant for a woodland setting. Unfortunately, this plant is not very suited for commercial production. It takes 3 - 4 years to produce a flowering plant from seed, it's a small plant, both the stem and rhizome are delicate, and it's rhizome is not adaptable to typical nursery containers.
The rhizome is often 5 - 6 inches long, with the stem of the plant on one end of the rhizome, so it takes a large container to grow it. The rhizome grows horizontally and it's thin and very brittle. The rhizome only needs an inch or so of depth, but when grown in standard containers, the producer winds up trying to sell a small plant in a large pot. Shipping a delicate plant in a large pot is not easy or inexpensive.
I think the best chance to find this plant is to look around at local native plant nurseries that sell woodland plants.
The rhizome is often 5 - 6 inches long, with the stem of the plant on one end of the rhizome, so it takes a large container to grow it. The rhizome grows horizontally and it's thin and very brittle. The rhizome only needs an inch or so of depth, but when grown in standard containers, the producer winds up trying to sell a small plant in a large pot. Shipping a delicate plant in a large pot is not easy or inexpensive.
I think the best chance to find this plant is to look around at local native plant nurseries that sell woodland plants.
Try here-
https://www.prairieresto.com/CategoryList.php?cID=10
They sell by the six pack and some plants are available in small pots. They are affordable. They pack their plants so so to eh but the plants are healthy and well grown and will establish nicely. Overall, I think the two of you will be pleased with this nursery.
Your challenge should you choose to accept...
You must get off of their site without buying more than just a six pack of the Anemone quinquefolia. Ha ha ha ha ha! No way will you be able to do this.
Place your order in advance or risk them selling out.
https://www.prairieresto.com/CategoryList.php?cID=10
They sell by the six pack and some plants are available in small pots. They are affordable. They pack their plants so so to eh but the plants are healthy and well grown and will establish nicely. Overall, I think the two of you will be pleased with this nursery.
Your challenge should you choose to accept...
You must get off of their site without buying more than just a six pack of the Anemone quinquefolia. Ha ha ha ha ha! No way will you be able to do this.
Place your order in advance or risk them selling out.
Nope, no mention of mail order at their site.
Here's the deal- they're pretty straight shooters adhering to a 100 mile radius but have made exceptions. In other words; although their site does not encourage or even advertise any mail order at all, they will accommodate some people. You've just got to be from Upper Peninsula MI or from WI and the plant has to be locally native to your county or from somewhere within their 100 mile radius ... you get the idea... from somewhere above the tension line AND the species must be documented as occurring in your county. They don't want to be responsible for a non-locally native species being introduced to a county where it is not documented as having occurred naturally.
The process for ordering isn't that streamlined because they are accommodating people who want a particular species. What you do is you call them up on the phone, tell them what county and state you live in and they tell you if they will sell to you or not. I can assure you that you wouldn't have a chance trying to buy anything from them if you were from PA or from MO and you might as well forget even calling them if you are from anywhere out west on the other side of the Rockies. Once they've determined the plant you want is "locally native" to where you want to use it; all you do is give them your name/mailing address/credit card number/expiration date/etc., and then they ship out UPS.
What they are doing when they sell anything to someone who isn't there in person in their retail store is nothing more than a good-will accommodation. They're not a mail order business and don't want to be. They're ecological restorationists. They've done work down in Illinois and also in Iowa. When they work in those states, they always use locally native genotype seed that they purchase then grow out in their nurseries or they buy the locally native genotype plant material from nurseries in those states for a specific project.
Depending on where JenniferW is, she may or may not be allowed to buy plants from them. I couldn't tell because she has US listed for her location. There are only two other nurseries out there selling the Wood Anemone that I know of and I went with the one with which I had the most familiarity.
NEWisc, I'm relatively confident they would sell that species to you because it occurs naturally in your county where you garden. Me personally, I always try to go for the local genotype but this is a classic example of a plant that isn't a money maker to a nursery for reasons you already outlined so it is not out there to be purchased locally for me. That left me with two options- stealing from the wilds (big no no) or buying non-locally native plants. Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Wild harvesting as in digging up plants on public or private lands or planting material that isn't a local genotype. Gee, which route do you think I took? Just kidding.
Here's the deal- they're pretty straight shooters adhering to a 100 mile radius but have made exceptions. In other words; although their site does not encourage or even advertise any mail order at all, they will accommodate some people. You've just got to be from Upper Peninsula MI or from WI and the plant has to be locally native to your county or from somewhere within their 100 mile radius ... you get the idea... from somewhere above the tension line AND the species must be documented as occurring in your county. They don't want to be responsible for a non-locally native species being introduced to a county where it is not documented as having occurred naturally.
The process for ordering isn't that streamlined because they are accommodating people who want a particular species. What you do is you call them up on the phone, tell them what county and state you live in and they tell you if they will sell to you or not. I can assure you that you wouldn't have a chance trying to buy anything from them if you were from PA or from MO and you might as well forget even calling them if you are from anywhere out west on the other side of the Rockies. Once they've determined the plant you want is "locally native" to where you want to use it; all you do is give them your name/mailing address/credit card number/expiration date/etc., and then they ship out UPS.
What they are doing when they sell anything to someone who isn't there in person in their retail store is nothing more than a good-will accommodation. They're not a mail order business and don't want to be. They're ecological restorationists. They've done work down in Illinois and also in Iowa. When they work in those states, they always use locally native genotype seed that they purchase then grow out in their nurseries or they buy the locally native genotype plant material from nurseries in those states for a specific project.
Depending on where JenniferW is, she may or may not be allowed to buy plants from them. I couldn't tell because she has US listed for her location. There are only two other nurseries out there selling the Wood Anemone that I know of and I went with the one with which I had the most familiarity.
NEWisc, I'm relatively confident they would sell that species to you because it occurs naturally in your county where you garden. Me personally, I always try to go for the local genotype but this is a classic example of a plant that isn't a money maker to a nursery for reasons you already outlined so it is not out there to be purchased locally for me. That left me with two options- stealing from the wilds (big no no) or buying non-locally native plants. Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Wild harvesting as in digging up plants on public or private lands or planting material that isn't a local genotype. Gee, which route do you think I took? Just kidding.
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Check out the native plant nurseries listed for New Jersey in this thread:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8290&start=0
You may be able to locate some with an email or phone call. Sometimes nurseries will have a species on hand in small quantities that they don't list on their website.
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8290&start=0
You may be able to locate some with an email or phone call. Sometimes nurseries will have a species on hand in small quantities that they don't list on their website.