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American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa)
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Slight air movement puts this large foliage plant into motion. Needs organic soil & moisture in summer.
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Aralia racemosa
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American spikenard is an impressive, shrub-sized foliage plant for shade. It has large, compound leaves on striking reddish-brown stems and clusters of white flowers in July and August. A slight breeze will cause the plant to sway and dance. The berries are generally considered inedible. However, the roots have been used as an ingredient for root beer; and native americans used the plant medicinally. Spikenard is a great plant for large, decorative containers on a shady patio.
Uses: Specimen plant, medicinal, cooking, birds, container gardens
Bloom time: July & August
Height: 3 to 4 feet
Space: 3 to 4 feet
Sun: Shade
Moisture: Average to moist
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I planted 5 of these in Spring 2020 along my back property line, which is next to a nasty bunch of vines and honeysuckle. They are all doing pretty good, but 1 of them is several times larger than the rest, and my guess is that it gets a lot more light through the trees than the others do. I keep the vines and honeysuckle away from them to provide as much light as possible. As with all my plants, I put a plastic plant guard around each one of them. With these, I also put cardboard around them to keep the ground ivy and weeds away from them. No insects seem to have bothered them.
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Jeannine
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I planted the spikenard plants I had ordered in between 4 pines trees on the (south east I believe?) of my house. I dug pretty big holes for all three of them. However, I dug one bigger than all the rest. They grew very well, and are still doing so. I rarely ever water them, I have only watered them a few times so far. One thing that striked me however is that one mysteriously dissapeared. I had no idea how it happened, but it was no problem since missouri natives gave me another. The plants that the nursery gave me did not look great at first, but they recovered quickly. They are one of the successes in the garden this year! I would definitely order more plants. Note: I mixed only a bit of the original soil with garden soil I bought from Costco, and planted the spikenard in the mix. I reccomend planting a hole both deep and wide, but that is just me.
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Tarun Senthil
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Is American Spikenard resistant to black walnut?
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Christine
- 5/14/2021
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I planted one under a black walnut in the spring of 2019. It's gotten big and bushy.
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Do you have any aralia racemosa plants in pots that you ship to southern Iowa?
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Michael Farran
- 10/3/2021
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Yes. We can ship to southern Iowa.
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My plant.has leaves and stopped growing. It's about 8 inches tall with 2 stems.
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Jayne L Young
- 7/12/2022
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