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Historically the foliage was rubbed on the skin as a repellent by Indigenous tribes, as well as being placed with storage to prevent pests.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Quart","offer_id":51354971570497,"sku":"MON-FIS-001","price":9.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/PXL_20240703_200126155.jpg?v=1772362819"},{"product_id":"swamp-milkweed-asclepias-incarnata","title":"Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Quart Pot","description":"\u003cp\u003e​Swamp milkweed is a stately, clump forming perennial known for its smooth, lance shaped leaves and showy, fragrant, deep pink flowers. Reaching 3 to 5 feet, this moisture-loving species is a fundamental host for Monarch caterpillars and a primary nectar hub for hummingbirds and various swallowtails during the peak of summer. While it naturally thrives in wet meadows and alongside ponds, its deep root system allows it to adapt surprisingly well to average garden soil. It remains in a tidy upright mound without spreading by runners, making it a dependable, high-impact choice for gardens \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Quart","offer_id":51379470270785,"sku":null,"price":9.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c41359f2-aac7-41bf-8935-ac37d5235eec.jpg?v=1770611585"},{"product_id":"basil-bee-balm-monarda-clinopodea-gallon-pot","title":"Basil Bee Balm (Monarda clinopodea) Gallon Pot","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a heavily aromatic personality, Basil Bee Balm is right at home in the kitchen, This species boasts a profile similar to oregano with a bit of a citrus twist. Unlike other species of Monarda, this Bee Balm has an all white flower and prefers a bit more shade than its cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Gallon","offer_id":51613926261057,"sku":"MON-FIS-002","price":18.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/PXL_20240701_104120813.jpg?v=1770463943"},{"product_id":"eastern-prickly-pear-opuntia-humifusa-gallon","title":"Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) Gallon Pot","description":"\u003cp\u003eEastern prickly pear is a prostrate, sprawling cactus reaching 6 to 12 inches tall and spreading to form dense, succulent mats of paddle-like pads. A specialist of high-exposure environments, it thrives in full sun and demands dry, sandy, or gravelly soils, utilizing a specialized \"antifreeze\" chemical in its cells to survive sub-zero winters that would kill most cacti. This plant is a significant culinary resource; once stripped of its tiny spikes, the young pads (nopales) are peeled and grilled like green beans, while the late-summer red fruits offer a sweet, watermelon like flavor for jams and syrups.  Historically, Indigenous tribes like the Lakota and Apache used the mucilaginous juice as a cooling treatment for burns and skin sores, while the juice of the fruit was used as a natural red dye. In the garden, it provides a unique architectural element and serves as a host plant for the arge tiger moth and a vital nectar source for specialist bees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Gallon","offer_id":51634726961473,"sku":"OPU-HUM-GAL","price":18.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/Screenshot_2026-03-15_at_12-42-52_Photo_-_Google_Photos.png?v=1773593183"},{"product_id":"cinnamon-vine-apios-americana-quart-pot","title":"Cinnamon Vine (Apios americana) Quart Pot","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eHopniss, Cinnamon Vine, Groundnut, Potato Bean, Hodoimo, no matter what you call it, Apios americana is a plant we should all be familiar with.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eHopniss has a rich history in the Americas as both a wild food and cultivated crop. For thousands of years this vine was utilized for its various edible components and even interplanted as a companion in The Three Sisters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eLike other (but not all!) legumes in the Fabaceae family, the roots of the American Groundnut form symbiotic associations with nitrogen fixing bacteria and provide a much needed source of nitrogen for food crops. Monocots like corn, which are heavy nitrogen users, benefit immensely from this companionship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe roots also form tubers which are commonly referred to as Groundnuts, not to be mistaken with Nutsedge or Chuffa which is sometimes also called groundnut depending on who you're talking to. These tubers are nutty and nutritious. Packed with protein, a quick boil removes the latex and leaves them ready to use like any other root veg. Mashed or pan fried is always a winner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe colloquial name Cinnamon Vine comes from the flowers which have a scent often compared to a faint cinnamon and violet. Similar to squash flowers, these beautiful clusters become a crispy delight when deep fried!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe flowers of the Potato Bean are quite specialized and need small native pollinators to trigger the unique pollination mechanism in the flower. This means honey bees can't access the pollen and nectar source, but your native leaf cutters can! Given the prevalence of honey bees in our community and the massive discrepancy in range between native bees and honey bees, it is important we offer our native pollinators some degree of food security.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Google Sans Text'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFrom that Pollinator interaction, we are often left with a wonderful string of edible beans. However, due to a quirk of genetics, two varieties of Apios bare distinction. A copy of genetic material created a split between a fertile \"Diploid\" generation that produces beans and an infertile \"Triploid\" generation that does not produce beans, but instead has larger tuber production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Quart","offer_id":51644219588929,"sku":null,"price":18.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/PXL_20250822_103142222.jpg?v=1772363132"},{"product_id":"swamp-milkweed-asclepias-incarnata-gallon-pot","title":"Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Gallon Pot","description":"\u003cp\u003e​Swamp milkweed is a stately, clump forming perennial known for its smooth, lance shaped leaves and showy, fragrant, deep pink flowers. Reaching 3 to 5 feet, this moisture-loving species is a fundamental host for Monarch caterpillars and a primary nectar hub for hummingbirds and various swallowtails during the peak of summer. While it naturally thrives in wet meadows and alongside ponds, its deep root system allows it to adapt surprisingly well to average garden soil. It remains in a tidy upright mound without spreading by runners, making it a dependable, high-impact choice for gardens \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Gallon","offer_id":51644690039105,"sku":null,"price":14.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c41359f2-aac7-41bf-8935-ac37d5235eec.jpg?v=1770611585"},{"product_id":"sochan-rudbeckia-laciniata-landscape-tray","title":"Sochan (Rudbeckia laciniata) Landscape Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso known as cutleaf coneflower, is a towering, long lived perennial that brings both vertical drama and edible history to the garden. Reaching 6 to 10 feet, it is easily identified by its deeply lobed, \"cut\" leaves and bright yellow flowers with distinct, drooping petals surrounding a green central cone. In bloom they service generalists pollinators while in seed offers winter life for birds once the ground is frozen. This plant thrives in moist, rich soils and is a staple of bottomlands and damp habitats. Sochan has been a vital traditional food source for centuries, particularly for the Cherokee people, who traditionally harvest the tender young leaves in early spring to be cooked as a nutritious, mineral-rich \"pot herb.\" In the garden, Cutleaf Coneflower should be anchored at the very back of a moist border or along a sunny woodland edge, where its massive 5 to 10 foot stature can serve as a living privacy screen or a golden backdrop for shorter perennials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foragers Folly","offers":[{"title":"Landscape Tray (DP50)","offer_id":51645251780929,"sku":null,"price":141.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/3847\/6353\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c2c045c0-ac5a-48df-b549-436f22ce06ca.jpg?v=1770244702"},{"product_id":"clustered-mountain-mint-pycnanthemum-muticum-gallon-pot","title":"Clustered Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Muticum) Gallon Pot","description":"\u003cp\u003eClustered mountain mint is a lush perennial reaching 3 feet tall with mild spread, instantly recognizable by the frosty, silver-white bracts that frame its small flower clusters. 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