Dormant live roots ordered now will ship fall of 2025

Petasites Live Root (Petasites palmatus)

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$6.00$30.00

Family:  Aster (Asteraceae)

Zones 6 to 10

(Western Butterbur) Herbaceous perennial flowering white to 3 feet tall.  Native to the Western US.  The plant bears luxurious, umbrella-shaped leaves up to a foot across. Traditional use (TWM, Native American):  Antitussive, pain relief, poultice to swellings, rheumatic joints.  Contains low levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.  Plant prefers gravelly soils, regular garden soils, and/or streamside habitat.  Will take sun or shade.  Easily grown from a root, just nestle the root into the surface of the soil with the rootlets going down the rhizome (the long, fat part) about half covered with soil.  Keep watered until the root sends up leaves.  After that, water occasionally.  Space plants 1 foot apart.

Live root, Open Pollinated, Untreated, NO GMO’s

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  1. Question

    Tae Ho Noh

    Could you please ship now?
    I need to plant these days.

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  2. Julie Preston

    Julie Preston (verified owner)

    Packaged with great care. Generous size, some with foliage. Planted easily. Thank you.

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