Small Plants, Big Impact
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We grow plants in a variety of sizes, and increasingly are offering plants in gallon sizes. But when it comes to installing plantings, smaller sizes are our go-to. We're talking 3'' x 5'', 3'' x 3'', and even 2.5'' plug sizes, usually plants in their first year of life. The reason for this is simple: smaller plants are the most economical way to create a densly planted garden. Densly planted gardens mimic the way plants normally grow in community with each other. This minimizies the need for mulch, reduces weed pressure, and increases the potentency of the planting's ability to support life at every level.
Smaller, younger plants: withstand transplant easier, reduce labor costs due to relative ease and speed of planting, and have more energy available to devote to root growth.
A tray of first year Monarda fistulosa seedlings potted in 2.5'' pots or deep 3'' six packs- Each are about 5 inches tall by the end of June
Monarda fistulosa started from seed in midsummer going into the ground in early fall
The same Monarda fistulosa planting the next July
Plants we grow
Upland (dry to average) Plants & Seed Provenance (County, State)
Achellia millefolium - Lincoln, ME
Ageratina altissima - WSP
Allium schoenoprasum - Knox, ME
Anaphalis margaritacea - Lincoln/Knox, ME
Antennaria neglecta - Knox, ME
Aquilegia canadensis - Lincoln/Knox, ME
Asclepias syrica - Lincoln, ME
Asclepias tuberosa - Lincoln, ME (garden escapees- extirpated in ME)
Baptisia tinctoria - Prairie Moon, Midwest
Campanula rotundifolia - Sagadahoc, ME
Ceanothus americanus - WSP/Prairie Moon
Chamerion angustifolium - Lincoln, ME
Circaea canadensis - Lincoln, ME
Danthonia spicata - Lincoln, ME
Desmodium canadense - Sagadahoc/Lincoln, ME
Diervilla lonicera - Lincoln, ME
Eragrostis spectabilis - Westchester, NY
Eurybia macrophylla - Lincoln, ME
Fragaria virginiana - Lincoln, ME
Geranium maculatum - Lincoln/WSP ME
Ionactis linariifolia - Lincoln, ME
Lespedeza capitata - Sagadahoc, ME Rockingham, NH
Liatris novae-angliae - York, ME
Lobelia siphilitica - WSP
Monarda fistulosa - WSP
Monarda punctata - WSP
Oenothera perennis - Lincoln, ME
Packera aurea - Edgewood Nursery, not local ecotype
Penstemon hirsutus - WSP
Penstemon pallidus - Lincoln, ME
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Lincoln, ME
Pycnathemum tenuifolium - Sagadaho, ME
Pycnathemum muticum - WSP
Schizachyrium scoparium - Lincoln, ME
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata - Lincoln, ME
Solidago bicolor - Lincoln, ME
Solidago caesia - WSP
Solidago juncea - Lincoln, ME
Solidago nemoralis - Sagadahoc, ME
Solidago puberula - Lincoln, ME
Solidago speciosa - Prairie Moon, Midwest
Symphyotrichum cordifolium - Lincoln, ME
Symphyotrichum pilosum - Kennebec, ME
Swida racemosa - Lincoln, ME
Teucrium canadense, Edgewood Nursery, Cumberland, ME
Ziza aurea
Wetland Plants & Seed Provenance (County, State)
Asclepias incarnata - Lincoln/Sagadahoc, ME
Bidens cernua - Lincoln, ME
Chelone glabra - Lincoln/Sagadahoc, ME
Eupatorium perfoliatum - Lincoln/Sagadahoc, ME
Eutrochium maculatum - Lincoln, ME
Gentiana clausa - Sagadahoc, ME
Gentianopsis crinita - Cumberland, ME
Helenium autumnale- Penobscot, ME
Iris versicolor - Lincoln/Sagadoc, ME
Lobelia cardinalis - Lincoln, ME
Packera schweinitziana - Edgewood Nursery, local ecotype
Sambucus nigra - Lincoln, ME
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