Our Edible + Medicinal Native Foraging plot is made up of native species that are either edible or sought out to make teas from for various purposes. The edible species are Common Milkweed (Cooked), Ohio Spiderwort (Cooked or Raw), Evening Primrose (Cooked), Slender Nettle (Cooked - Use gloves to harvest), and Cut-Leaf Coneflower (Cooked). The herbs that can be used for tea or culinary flavoring are Wild Bergamot, Spotted Bee Balm, and Native Wild Mint aka Field Mint. The herbs that are not typically used for culinary purposes but rather for medicinal purposes are Purple Coneflower, Yarrow, and Heal All.

Native Applicability

This 11 species mix is mostly native to the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast. Purple Coneflower has a limited native range whereas the other 10 species are native throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast. This mix ranges from 6 inches tall to 48 inches tall. It’s adapted to as little as 4 hours of sunlight per day to a full day’s sun. It can grow in drier soils, intermediate moisture soils, and seasonally saturated soils of Clay, Sand, or Silty soil textures. With the exception of Purple Coneflower not being native to some of the following states; this mix is native and applicable to Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Oklahoma.

Species List

Edible

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca, Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohioensis, Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis, Cut Leaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata, Slender Nettle Urtica gracilis

Herbal or Culinary

Wild Bergamot Monarda Fistulosa, Native Yarrow Achillea millefolium, Purple Coneflower Echinecea Purpurea, Spotted Bee balm Monarda punctata, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata Heal All, Field Mint Mentha arvensis

500 square feet - $100

1,000 square feet - $135

2,000 square feet - $185