Well, the pandemic has arrived in Maine. Luckily, it seems to not spread at high rates yet and lots of proactive measures are being taken, so hopefully the spread will be slow enough avoid any worst case scenarios. All edgewood nursery events for the next couple weeks have been canceled and I suspect that will be the case for the next couple months. I will still be shipping plants and seeds as normal. I'm hoping that local people will still want to buy plants this spring and until conditions improve I will be asking people to order plants by email/website/phone and pick up their pre-paid/pre-packed order at the nursery. Once regular open hours I will also be available by phone to help you choose what plants might fit your situation, which is a big part of what I normally offer to in person customers. If the weather keeps being warm, I expect the nursery to open / begin shipping plants in the first week of April. In the mean time seeds and tubers are in stock and ready to ship.
Photos: Dystaenia
(Dystaenia takesimana), Korean common name Seombadi (섬바디), pronounced like the English word "somebody". Always one of the first harvestable plants in my spring garden, sometimes even before the snow melts. These highly nutritious leaves (see photo 3) taste a lot like celery and are the best perennial substitute for that plant that I have tried. Dystaenia comes from Korea, where they primarily use the leaves as animal fodder, but occasionally as a food for humans or in traditional medicine (in this case i think it's roots that are used. Leaves have a long harvest window and when the blooms come out mid-summer they attract huge amounts of beneficial insects. Generally a trouble free plant with a deep gnarly root system, the only real problem I have run into is voles eating the roots. Available soon as a 1gallon plant.
