Shipping Nov – Dec

Goldenseal Live Root (Hydrastis canadensis), organic

(16 customer reviews)

$7.00

Family:  Crowfoot (Ranunculaceae)

Hardy to zones 4 to 8

Herbaceous perennial native to the hardwood forest biome of the eastern, southern and midwestern states.  Fall-planting of healthy and recently harvested stock is the absolute key to growing beautiful goldenseal from dormant roots. Traditional usage (TWM, Native American):  Premier astringent and tonic agent for treating any and all afflictions of the mucous membranes, including colds, sore throat, sinusitis and conjunctivitis. Incredibly useful in home medicine and as always very big in the herb trade.
Organically Grown at Strictly Medicinal Seeds

Planting Goldenseal Roots:  Best to plant dormant live roots in the fall for emergence in the spring.  May be planted in woodlands, shade garden or in pots.  Prefers dappled sunlight over complete shade.  Grows best in woodlands under the shade of hardwood trees, not conifers.  Choose a place with deep, humus-laden soil.  Organic compost may be added to poor soil in order to improve growth of Goldenseal, but if the soil is already a deep forest loam then amending with compost is not necessary.  Rake away existing mulch and plant root in the mineral soil, just below the surface, buds up, buds barely covered by mineral soil.  Spread out rootlets below rhizome and tamp in firmly.  Then cover with mulch, about 2 inches deep of mulch.  Regular forest mulch, rotted leaves, or coir work well.  Commercial bark mulch is not a good choice. Plant roots between 1 foot and 2 feet apart. Water once after planting, after which winter rain and snowfall will keep them sufficiently watered. The roots will overwinter under the mulch and the plant will emerge and probably flower first thing in the spring.  If during the spring and summer the planting becomes very dry (ie no rain for 2 weeks) then it is a good idea to water them.   That is all the care that is usually required. If potting up, use standard potting soil, one root per pot, gallon pot or bigger. Mulch on top of the pot and place in shade garden.

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  1. Question

    Sasa

    Hello, Do you ship in Europe? Best Regatds, Sasa

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  2. Question

    James

    How old are the goldenseal roots? If I order now in November, when I be receiving them at north carolina?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi James, Thanks for wanting these, a real favorite of our’s. Goldenseal live roots are not order-able right now but you can hit waitlist. We ship these September into November. We aim to give a mature root that will produce a full-size plant the following year or two. We aren’t cookie-cutter propagators–the age of the roots is going to vary. A more relevant choice would be goldenseal potted plant which will be enabled this year for shipment in spring. There, again, hit waitlist. Richo

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  3. One person found this helpful
    Amy Kincer

    Beautiful

    Amy Kincer (verified owner)

    I planted a single root last fall, it emerged recently and just as predicted it’s already flowered. Hopefully this plant likes Michigan. Thank you.

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    • Angie

      Would this plant do well in Miami, Florida?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hello Angie,
      Thanks for contacting. No, goldenseal needs a significantly long cold winter in order to become established. Please read the “Goldenseal” Chapter in “Growing At-Risk.” richo

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    lucasfbrunoiii

    Waitlist?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi lucas, hit the dropdown menu and choose a quantity–the waitlist will then pop up. We won’t be shipping goldenseal bare roots again until next September. Check out the goldenseal potted plants–they are very nice this year–they will ship early spring. richo

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  5. Question

    Laura Scott

    Hi Richo. In the product description you mention mineral soil: Rake away existing mulch and plant root in the mineral soil, just below the surface, buds up, buds barely covered by mineral soil.

    What is mineral soil?

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  6. Question

    Maddy

    Hello,I am a beginner gardener and very much want to grow goldenseal. I live in Atlanta Ga. My land is shaded so I can provide dapple light. I have
    compost . I would like to grow it in a large pot . Would it be possible to have a detailed recipe for the best soil to grow it in?
    Thank you

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  7. Question

    Meta

    Vangoldenseal root be shipped to Canada?

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  8. Question

    Shelli

    Hi! My Goldenseal came up! Yeah! But not thriving , maybe too much west sun? Planted on north west side of house in kitchen garden. Does it need total shade?

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      yes, if goldenseal looks yellow of leaf or brown around edges, it is getting too much sun. one fix for this is to side-dress with organic compost and water daily until it starts looking good. Another option, given that this is a perennial plant and clearly has some life force, allow it to grow where it is this year and then move it to dappled shade, shade garden or woodlands, in the fall. goldenseal really doesn’t withstand full sun at any time of the day. r

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  9. janakei1081367

    Love this shade loving plant

    janakei1081367 (verified owner)

    I planted the roots as soon as they came and they are growing beautifully in the shade of a large crape myrtle.

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  10. Question

    Karmy Mueller

    I live in SW Montana, zone 5. All my trees are ponderosa pines and firs along with native bushes. It is a dry, alpine area at 4600 feet. Should I bother to try to plant goldenseal in the forested area? Or try to grow it in a container?

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  11. Question

    Debi

    Is like to get on your waiting list for the goldenseal roots. Thank you.

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi debi, to get the witlist on this item, go to goldenseal roots and choose a quantity in the dropdown and then the waitlist button will appear. delivery starts september. we’re currently taking orders on goldenseal plants r

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    • Colleen Donovan (verified owner)

      Hi. Do you still have goldenseal plants to sell? I have a small garden of them and would like to add more. For some reason, your roots are always sold out before I get to ordering them- I’m happy to buy some of those as well when the time comes.
      Thank you, Colleen

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Colleen,
      Thanks for contacting. Live roots are available from September to December only, which is when they are planted. Goldenseal plants are currently available and they are lovely this year. Check our youtube channel for goldenseal planting info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kmkXUAASmE
      cheers, richo

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  12. Question

    Sarah

    Do the just-planted roots need shade during the winter? I will have to create artificial shade until my trees grow, but I’d prefer to wait until spring to do that. High winds, snow, and all that. If in an arid climate, how long between snow falls necessitates watering?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Sarah, I can understand why you would want to build shade in the spring instead of now. If it was me, though, I’d plant each root to a gallon pot, mulch well and put in a sheltered, shady place outdoors (like next to a building on the north side). But if you want to plant them in situ in a sunny spot now, then make sure they are well-mulched and water if the surface becomes dry. Goldenseal is really a spring ephemeral–start thinking about providing shade in March. Richo

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      Richo Cech

      Hi Sarah, I can understand why you would want to build shade in the spring instead of now. If it was me, though, I’d plant each root to a gallon pot, mulch well and put in a sheltered, shady place outdoors (like next to a building on the north side). But if you want to plant them in situ in a sunny spot now, then make sure they are well-mulched and water if the surface becomes dry. Goldenseal is really a spring ephemeral–start thinking about providing shade in March. Richo

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    Noor

    Tell me complete process of purchasing!!

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hello noor. ok, available to the usa only. click on the goldenseal root, use the dropdown to choose 1’s or 6’s, enter a quantity, put the item in your shopping cart and pay with paypal or a credit card. We will be sending the roots out in October. r

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    • Jane

      I live out on the cape and would like to try growing this in my abutting woodlands. The soils is Sandy with lots of scrub pines and oaks. Would these do well here or should I stick with potted? Thanks so much!

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Pine woodlands not the best choice for goldenseal–it does do well as a potted plant, though. r

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  14. Question

    Tomi

    If growing in Monterey County, CA how might Goldenseal fair? I believe we are in zone 11-ish. We are a coastal community so we get lots of fog, partial sun. Our weather is closer to Oregon weather. We rarely get real hot temps. The air is pretty moist here most of the year.

    We have pine, oak and silver dollar eucalyptus. The oak and eucalyptus are in the area I would be planting. We have ferns and bleeding hearts that grow in that area, too. The soil is very rich looking, and sandy.

    Would it be worth planting?

    Thank you in advance for you reply.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Tomi, I think its not the best choice because Goldenseal requires a cold dormancy that you don’t have in a Z 11. I’d be leaning toward Yerba manso (Anemopsis californica), which has similar antiseptic properties. Richo

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    • Erika Browder

      Hello, I resided in Phoenix Arizona and would like to know can I plant the goldenseal in a partial shaded area.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Erika, I can relate to your wish to grow goldenseal in Phoenix yet I really do think the air there is too dry, the plant would suffer regardless of positioning. richo

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    • abiggermess (verified owner)

      I planted Goldseal last year. It was on my patio for the entire year and did good last year.

      Not sure if the greenery coming up is Goldenseal or not for this year. I love in Southern Oregon.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      I’m in southern oregon, too, and our goldenseal hasn’t broken surface yet, either. richo

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    • Liz (verified owner)

      I purchased 6 roots last year, planted in New Hampshire late fall. All of them popped up by beginning of May! I planted 4 in a woodland garden, 2 at the base of oak trees, 1 in a sandy spot under the edge of deck… I guess the pack came with 7! Excited to watch them grow.

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    • ecantu

      How about goldenseal in Comal County, Texas?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi! I think it would be better to grow yerba mansa, the plant does some of the same things and would be happier in texas. richo

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    • Tami

      Live in Michigan but would like to plant in pot inside. Any tips on how to do so? Also, in order to use root, do you have to use entire root or will digging up and harvesting a partial root kill plant?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Tami,
      Goldenseal is hardy to Michigan and can be planted in a large, shallow pot with sandy loam for potting soil and a deep mulch of hydrated coir, peat or decomposed hardwood leaves. When the root gets very large, after 3 years, you can depot it and make root divisions, using some for medicinal purposes and replanting the rest. This should be done in the autumn after the plant senesces. Richo

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  15. Question

    Anita

    Can I grow goldenseal in Southern California in the fall?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      The plant goes dormant in the fall, is planted as a dormant root, and comes aerial again in the spring. You can grow it as a potted plant in a shady spot. It probably wouldn’t do well planted in the ground in southern california–too hot! r

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    • Howconnie

      I live in Los Angeles and have grown this plant for years. Because of our short days it can take full sun and won’t do well in shade. It naturalizes well. Grow it with your conifers or ferns. You have to start it in rainy season so it gets a strong root system before the drought.

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    Sandra

    Hi there,
    I am interested in planintg goldenseal. I live 50 miles west off chicago. We usually have very cold winters, would this affect tha plants from sprouting? Also I am considering to use pots and I wonder if I could use soil from the woods since I have woodland behind my house? Thank you

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      Richo Cech

      Hi Sandra,
      Love your area. Did you know that Goldenseal was once native to the Chicago region? Cold winters are needed by the plant, and if the roots are fall-planted then the re-emergence will be in the spring. Woodland soils are preferred. Try to use soils generated from under broadleaved trees, not from under conifers. Read more about all of this in the Goldenseal chapter of “Growing At-Risk.” It is possible to plant goldenseal roots in pots and grow them on that way, but in this case winter protection would be required. Mulch over the pots and keep in a cold greenhouse or similarly protected area. Make sure they don’t dry out. Once the plants come up in the spring, if they’re happy, they’ll fill the pots with roots and will appreciate a dressing of organic compost.
      Richo

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  17. Question

    M. Kent

    Will Goldenseal grow in a pine forrest near a wetland in S.E. Mass? What is the best way to start?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi there, maybe a bit of a long shot, goldenseal prefers to grow under hardwoods and wet feet, despite the genus name “Hydrastis” can be problemmatical. Probably if you fluffed up the bed with a good amount of peat or coir and mulched with hardwood leaves it would be a go. The best choice is our really rather fantastic goldenseal plants at this season. In the fall, get the roots. You left this comment on the roots. richo

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  18. One person found this helpful
    blick002

    blick002 (verified owner)

    I potted up six very healthy live roots in the fall 2017, kept them in the root cellar over winter and planted them outside under maples after they sprouted and were healthy and vigorous plants the next summer, 2018. All overwintered in zone 3 with record-setting -48F low temp and two plants flowered and set seed this past summer, 2019. Very impressed and pleased!

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    • JD

      I planted 3 roots in Zone 3 a couple of years ago, in shade about 3 feet from a spruce tree. They sprouted and grew the first year, but didn’t re-emerge this year, not sure why–could it be the spruce? I see now that R’s guidance mentions broad-leaved trees are best, not under conifers.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi JD, It would be the spruce allright. Fruit trees and other broadleaf hardwoods will be a better overstory for goldenseal. Appl;ications of organic compost as a side-dressing during the growing season will help immensely. Richo

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    • JD

      Good to know–I am planning on planting some Zone 3/4-appropriate fruit trees, and know where my next round of goldenseal will land! I am also thinking about sea buckthorn as an understory plant under these same trees. I have just recently planted comfrey in the vicinity, too.

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  19. Question

    Cheryl (verified owner)

    I bought golden seal I think from you a couple years ago. We moved from the coast to Medford and they haven’t come up yet. I can see the “nubs in the ground but nothing else

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Forest roots transplants: First they sleep, then they creep, then they leap. Sounds like your’s are either sleeping or creeping.

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    • asheelar (verified owner)

      Are 20 gallon pots good enough? Thanks

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Yes, I suppose so. It would be more about dappled shade, even moisture, a cold winter and a sandy-loam soil than pot size, really.

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    • asheelar (verified owner)

      I don’t think we have a “cold winter” here in TX (zone 9a, mainly 40s and 30sF, a few days of freezing ) so I guess I am out of luck! 🙂

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Not really, you can grow Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis cal.) for a similar activity. We recommend growing this from our sturdy plant starts, as seed is challenging. r

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    • IRMGARD TANK

      I’m going to give it a third try – at my first attempt I planted them in a forested patch here in Washington State, sadly the plants were eaten by deer (and my roots were probably eaten by voles) – then the second time I used pots which were placed in the forest and fenced in to protect from deer! – voles (or field forest mice) ate through the plastic pot to increase the hole size from water drainage, so that they could crawl into the pot and climb/dig up to the root level and devour all….. – this time I’ll try to elevate the pots, have them fenced in and see whether I can protect the precious plants…. 🙂

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    • Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Hello Irmgard,
      Thanks for your great persistence. But the comments are puzzling to me. I wonder if the pots themselves are attractive to varmints. We grow great numbers of Goldenseal here in the woods in open beds, mulched, and deer do not bother the plants at all. Mice and other such creatures do not bother them, either, the Goldenseal is very bitter. I’ve had mice chew off the buds from my Ginseng, which was annoying, but never had them go for the Hydrastis. I think you should abandon the pots and plant directly in the forest soil. Washington is famous for producing goldenseal outside its native range and I think you can do it, too. Make sure to plant enough of them, it takes critical mass to naturalize.
      Richo

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    • Kelly

      How many plants does it take to reach “Critical mass”?

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      At least 3.

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    • jefflin breuer

      Hi! I want to buy some golden seal and grow it in a big tub, I unfortunately do not have a yard or woods to plant it in, but I would love to give it go. Should I plant in sandy soil with lots of leaf mold?

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Hello Jefflin,
      Thanks for getting in touch. Yes, basically what you are saying will work. For years I grew goldenseal in deep flats under the benches in my greenhouse and some of the rhizomes exceeded a pound apiece at harvest. Please read my blog at this link https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/a-deeper-look-at-forest-roots/
      Richo

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    • Larry (verified owner)

      I saw the comment and reply you gave to the customer living in Texas in 9 planting zone. I live in the lower desert of Phoenix, Arizona where the planting zones are 9 through 13. I figure I could get the live potted plant of goldenseal and the bare root too plant them in large pots with good composted soil and keep them either under the shelter of the patio and on the west side of the our house where there are fruit trees the diffuse the sunlight and provide plenty of shade. What do you think?

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    • Richo Cech

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      Hi Larry,
      As long as the planting spot does not dry out, you might be OK. We sell goldenseal LIVE ROOTS in the fall and POTTED PLANTS in the spring. The live roots are recommended.
      Richo

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    • Chelsey

      Hi there, I’m in zone 6a, I have a spot in my garden under a big oak that gets morning sun – until almost noon in summer – and shade the rest of the day. Is that too much light for goldenseal?

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      Richo Cech

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      Hi Chelsea, Yes, the plant needs dappled shade all day long, not half a day of full light, and Oak is one of the least supportive overstories to goldenseal–better other hardwoods like maple, ash and alder. You can grow great goldenseal under the benches in the greenhouse…
      Richo

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    • Michael

      For late November planting in Zone 5, what makes more sense, these or the seeds? The planting site is an extension I’m adding to the herb garden into a shaded area between the forest line and a tree on the property.

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      Richo Cech

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      Hi Michael,
      This is the season for the roots, you are in good time for planting them, and the roots always make more sense than the seeds–they will save you years of effort and are a much more sure thing.
      Richo

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    Catherine Gaffney

    what zone does this grow in?

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    Melanie

    Thanks for the extra

    Melanie (verified owner)

    Planted all our goldenseal roots last weekend and look forward to seeing growth next year. Followed all of Richo advice and said prayers over them, now the waiting begins.

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