Plant Availability

I fell in love with our native flora in a rough patch of my life, during which the only time I felt okay was when I was out alone on wild land; it was then that I started foraging and my fascination with plants was born.  In recent years working as a gardener specializing in native plants, I grew increasingly frustrated that so much native biodiversity is missing from our gardens because the species just simply aren't available to buy.  This is why I grow these plants – because nobody else is. 

I spend my year planned around collecting seed from plants all around the state.  The vast majority of my plants are grown from the seed that I seek out, but there are some that I propagate vegetatively by dividing stems and rhizomes from a small number of wild collected plants, such as Opuntia (prickly pear), Sedum (stonecrop) and Viola (violets and pansies).  I never directly sell plants that I have collected from the wild, with the except of a small number of plants salvaged from situations in which they would have otherwise been destroyed. 

Sustainability is a work in progress for all growers, and I feel pretty good about where I'm at so far.  My operation is 100% peat free, and I've transitioned away from coir to using aged bark and sometimes some pumice.  I try to avoid the use of industrially-intensive soil additives like perlite; a bit of vermiculite is used for winter stratification.  I reuse plastic containers as fast as I acquire them.  I use beneficial microbes instead of the standard fungicides for seedlings. 

I try to have as little negative impact on the land as possible.  Fertilizers are slow-release (Osmocote and Micromax), and the closest I come to a pesticide is a very short-lived horticultural peroxide, Zerotol, which I use for controlling algae.  Seeds and cuttings are sometimes treated with standard plant hormones (IBA and gibberelic acid), and occasionally with liquid smoke.  Pest management is limited to beer traps and copper barriers for slugs, and cayenne to deter eastern grey squirrels from newly-potted plants.  

Currently available plants are available on a first-come basis (either in-person sales or via the online store).  If you'd like to put in a special order of a quantity of plants to be grown from seed specifically for you, email jo@nobodynursery.com for my entire seed inventory that is available for special ordering plants.  Note: the wild-collected seed is not available for direct purchase, but only to have grown for you here in the nursery

The minimum special order size is 72 individual plants, and container sizes can range from plug to trade gallon.  ***There is no minimum for normal orders placed via the online store***

Under my standard shipping rates, plants are shipped bare-root.  To inquire about custom rates for shipping in pots (with soil), email jo@nobodynursery.com.  

10% . . . orders of $100 or more

15% . . . orders of $500 or more

20% . . . orders of $1000 or more

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