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Common Names: G

ginger, European wild: Asarum europaeum
ginger, short-lobed wild: Asarum canadense reflexum
ginger, wild: Asarum canadense
ginger; little brown jugs, arrow-leaved wild: Asarum arifolium
goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus
golden alexanders: Zizia aurea
golden aster, Maryland: Chrysopsis mariana
golden aster, prairie: Chrysopsis villosa
golden bamboo: Phyllostachys aurea albovariegata
golden bamboo: Phyllostachys aurea flavescens inversa
golden buttons: Tanacetum vulgare
golden cinquefoil: Potentilla aurea
golden groundsel: Senecio aureus
golden moss: Sedum acre
golden star: Chrysogonum virginianum australe
goldenrod, blue-stemmed: Solidago caesia
goldenrod, rough-stemmed: Solidago rugosa
goldthread: Coptis groenlandica
grass, Amur silver: Miscanthus sacchariflorus
grass, blue oat: Helictotrichon sempervirens
grass, bottlebrush: Hystrix patula
grass, buffalo: Buchloe dactyloides
grass, citronella: Cymbopogon nardus
grass, eastern gama: Tripsacum dactyloides
grass, giant silver: Miscanthus floridulus
grass, holy: Hierochloe odorata
grass, Indian: Sorghastrum avenaceum
grass, Japanese silver: Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
grass, june: Danthonia spicata
grass, lemon: Cymbopogon citratus
grass, maiden: Miscanthus sinensis gracillimus
grass, mondo: Ophiopogon japonicus
grass, purple love: Eragrostis spectabilis
grass, Ravenna: Erianthus ravennae
grass, reed: Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
grass, ribbon: Phalaris arundinacea picta
grass, rough cotton: Eriophorum tenellum
grass, Seneca: Hierochloe odorata
grass, sweet: Hierochloe odorata
grass, sweet vernal: Anthoxanthum odoratum
grass, tufted hair: Deschampsia caespitosa
grass, vanilla: Hierochloe odorata
grass, variegated common reed: Phragmites australis aurea
grass, zebra: Miscanthus sinensis zebrinus
ground cedar: Lycopodium tristachyum
groundnut: Apios americana

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Catalog as of September 21, 2008

Apios

(Leguminosae - bean family)

Eight to ten species of tuberous rooted, twining perennial herbs.

americana

peren vine • ht 8' • zones 3-10

groundnut; Indian potato

native, edible, fragrant, ground cover, moist - wet, sun - part shade
e and cent N Amer

A slender, twining vine with compound leaves. The small, fragrant, purple flowers appear in late summer. Spreads by means of its root system. Will grow in soil conditions ranging from wet to dry. The root tubers, which resemble small potatoes, grow in strings just below the surface of the ground. They are edible and nutritious, and were highly valued as food by the American Indians and early colonists. Work has begun in recent years to develop this species as a cultivated crop. This year we will have available plants propagated from local, wild stock, as well as plants grown from seed collected by researchers at Louisiana State University during the early stages of their breeding work. We will be offering plants released in 1997 from the breeding program at the University of South-western Louisiana (where the work begun at LSU is now being continued). The last selection mentioned (USL) is probably the best choice if food production is your main interest. The cold hardiness of the LSU and USL selections has not yet been tested here, although they will likely prove hardy at least to zone 5. If you have a preference as to which stock you receive, please indicate this on your order - we should be able to accomodate. Plant labels will indicate their origin.

$9.95 each / 3+, $9.50 ea

TBF native

cat # 5B2D4