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Scionwood order
deadline:
February 21, 2025
Priority fulfillment
deadline for trees:
March 7, 2025
Final order deadline for trees:
mid-spring, when we run out of stock
Orders placed on or before March 7 will ship around
March 26 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in
colder areas.
Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late
April
through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.
Sorry, we cannot expedite these orders, add to existing orders or
combine orders.NOTE: Scionwood and early rootstock orders ship around March
10.
Comptonia peregrina2-4'. Fragrant suckering woody shrub has a fern-like appearance. Spreads by rhizome to create colonies.
Woody upright stems are canopied by flat dark green toothed alternate leaves 3–5" long and ¼" wide. Leaf infusions are used topically for easing itchy or irritated skin associated with bug bites, poison ivy and other inflammations.
Associated with woodlands but also found in disturbed sandy infertile soil, often on roadsides. Prefers acidic soil; add peat to the hole when transplanting. Amend soils as you would for growing blueberries. Can be slow to establish at first but once it gets going it is a very tough plant. Nitrogen-fixing. Native to eastern U.S. Z2. Maine Grown. (1–3' bare-root plants)
7524
Sweetfern
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Additional Information
Small Trees and Shrubs
As Green’s Nursery catalog from 1904 explains, “There are many trees that by pruning can be made to resemble shrubs, and many shrubs that by different pruning may be made to produce medium-sized trees.”
