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Common Names: I

ice plant, hardy
Delosperma cooperi
ice plant, hardy
Delosperma nubigenum
Indian physic
Gillenia trifoliata
Indian pink
Spigelia marilandica
Indian potato
Apios americana
iris, crested dwarf
Iris cristata
iris, dwarf
Iris verna
iris, Siberian
Iris siberica
iris, violet
Iris verna
iris, white-flowered crested dwarf
Iris cristata 'Alba'
irish moss
Arenaria verna

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Catalog as of August 06, 2008

Apios

(Leguminosae - bean family)
Eight to ten species of tuberous rooted, twining perennial herbs.

Apios americana: foliageApios americana: tubers
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