Panax Quinquefolius (Araliaceae)
Ginseng is a very well known medicinal plant native to the NE United States. Well known by the Chinese for centuries, where a similar species grows, the wild plant was nearly extirpated from the native forests for the Asian market where the wild American ginseng commanded a premium. Today it is grown commercially, but very often under poorly regulated circumstances. So why not grow your own! We have been propagating the plant from seed for the past few years and will have several generations of stock. The bare root is fairly easy to handle when dormant and can be established into a woodland environment in the spring. Prefers an old, north facing hardwood stand. It rises from the root as a single stem dividing at the top into three leaves, each with five leaflets. The flowers are a non showy umbrels that develops into a red berry containing multiple seeds. Slowly colonizing by seed which you can help along by distributing them when mature. At least five years to harvest, but can live for decades.
Ginseng is a very well known medicinal plant native to the NE United States. Well known by the Chinese for centuries, where a similar species grows, the wild plant was nearly extirpated from the native forests for the Asian market where the wild American ginseng commanded a premium. Today it is grown commercially, but very often under poorly regulated circumstances. So why not grow your own! We have been propagating the plant from seed for the past few years and will have several generations of stock. The bare root is fairly easy to handle when dormant and can be established into a woodland environment in the spring. Prefers an old, north facing hardwood stand. It rises from the root as a single stem dividing at the top into three leaves, each with five leaflets. The flowers are a non showy umbrels that develops into a red berry containing multiple seeds. Slowly colonizing by seed which you can help along by distributing them when mature. At least five years to harvest, but can live for decades.
Ginseng is a very well known medicinal plant native to the NE United States. Well known by the Chinese for centuries, where a similar species grows, the wild plant was nearly extirpated from the native forests for the Asian market where the wild American ginseng commanded a premium. Today it is grown commercially, but very often under poorly regulated circumstances. So why not grow your own! We have been propagating the plant from seed for the past few years and will have several generations of stock. The bare root is fairly easy to handle when dormant and can be established into a woodland environment in the spring. Prefers an old, north facing hardwood stand. It rises from the root as a single stem dividing at the top into three leaves, each with five leaflets. The flowers are a non showy umbrels that develops into a red berry containing multiple seeds. Slowly colonizing by seed which you can help along by distributing them when mature. At least five years to harvest, but can live for decades.