All our plants are grown with seed from care and thus are genetically diverse.

At a young age they are paired with beneficial organisms like mycorrhizal fungi and beneficial bacteria.

They are grown in air-pruned pots, which helps them thrive upon transplanting.

These are the highest quality seedlings that science and love have yet been able to produce on this Earth, to our knowledge.

Species Information

White Avens (Geum canadense) - Woodland Understory Perennial for Shade and Pollinators

White avens is a hardy native perennial that thrives in woodland edges, open woods, and naturalized plantings. It handles shade well, forms a leafy clump that can act as a light groundcover, and produces small white flowers that support a wide range of beneficial insects.

Plants typically reach 30-90 cm tall in bloom. Flowers appear from late spring into summer, followed by distinctive seed heads with small hooks that aid dispersal. White avens is adaptable across many soil textures and performs best where soils stay moderately moist, including woodland loams and bottomlands.

Why plant White Avens:

• Strong understory perennial for shade and dappled light
• Supports diverse pollinators and beneficial insects
• Useful for naturalized areas, woodland gardens, and edges
• Tolerates many soil textures when moisture is reasonable

Growing conditions: Best in shade to partial shade with moderately moist soil. More sun is tolerated when soil moisture is higher.

White avens is a practical native for filling understory niches with ecological value.

Species Details

• Primary Trait: Beneficial Insects
• Minimum Winter Temperature: -34 °C
• Optimal Temperature: 18 °C
• Maximum Summer Temperature: 32 °C
• Light: 1500 to 90000 lux; optimal 15000 lux
• Rainfall: 500 to 1300 mm/yr; optimal 850 mm/yr
• Soil pH: 4.5 to 7.5; optimal 6.5
• Soil Fertility (CEC): 6.0 to 20.0 cmol/kg; optimal 12.0 cmol/kg
• Sand Content: 15.0 to 75.0%
• Clay Content: 5.0 to 40.0%
• Hydraulic Conductivity: 0.2 to 6.0 cm/hr
• Traits: Native, Pollinator Friendly, Shade Tolerant, Groundcover, Edible, Medicinal, Beneficial Insects
• Edible Uses: Root used as a flavouring, including in beverages such as ale Root sometimes prepared as a chocolate-like flavour substitute
• Notes: Seed germination improves with cold moist stratification. Suits woodland edges, open woods, and naturalized plantings. More sun is tolerated with higher soil moisture.