need groundnut, chinese yam, skirret...

Need groundnut, chinese yam, skirret, walking/multiplier onion, and good daylily, starts for fall planting.

Also need chestnut, pine nut, yellowhorn, wild parsnip, seed.

Will trade or pay reasonable cash. I have a good collection of tree seed going to trade with, mostly species for my cold dry Eastern WA climate.

Email me? practicalnaturalist (At) gmail.com

Thanks!

I too would love to have starts of these plants, or seeds, all but the chestnut which I already have babies growing of.

Hi Brenda,

Oikos was sold out of their groundnuts . But I found some cultivated selections at Tripple Brook Nursery. The Groundnut Farm sells a wild type. Both have websites.

I recently picked a garbage bag full of domestic Harrismodel Parsnips, as well as some Takinagawa Gobo seeds. And I plan to gather some gingko seeds soon. I'm still looking to make trades.

-Kyle

what zones are the above plants perennial in? I'm in zone 4 with zone 5 near the house and warmer in greenhouse, but it is very small..I can also use protection and cold frames..

I've got American/something else hybrid chestnuts that have naturalized in a small area of SW Washington near the Columbia. they're larger than pure American, but sweeter and easier to peel than Asian or European species. and I've got a couple varieties of groundnut that seem to be doing well here. Hudson and Densituberous, I think. both have set seed, though I've never collected any. you're welcome to some of any of those if you stop by, though I don't know how well they would make the transition to your side of the state. I'm also looking for skirret for myself.

I purchased chinese yam seeds here last year and I got about 50% germination. Very cheap.

Chinese Yam Seeds

I would like to find Groundnut (Apios Americana) as well.

I have been looking for groundnut for quite some time. It seems there are a few online places that sell it, mostly in the US, but they only have limited supply and only sell them by December, during a short time. I think the best would be to wait and order from http://www.oikostreecrops.com/

Chinese yam; its available in ebay as mentioned. For me, the difficult to get is air potatoes.

Skirret: I got a plant 3 years ago, which I am growing. I only had it flowering once and saved seed. I am now trying for the first time to germinate that seed for about a month, and I think I got one seedling (but 1 out of 20 seeds) and it germinate in the fridge (during 1 month cold stratisfication). But you are lucky; they sell skirret seeds here: http://www.magicgardenseeds.com/SIU01
Its probably cheaper for you to buy it from here, rather than having me sending you.

Walking onion: you can find them in several places; I ordered them in ebay and I am now growing them, but they are still seedlings, so I haven't seen the "walking" activity yet. They germinate easy, just like onions.

Other difficult plants I am havng trouble to find, are mauka, ulluco, mashua and vetiver.