I hope it's ok to ask this here, if not please delete.
Does anyone have butterbur, both the regular and variegated that you are willing to wholesale to a garden center for resale purposes? The Garden Center that I work at wants to offer this plant but we cannot find a wholesaler. We are looking for a dozen of each. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you can help. TIA
Petasites japonicus
Just bought Petasites g. variegatus at Lael's Moon Garden way down in Rochester, WA. There wasn't a grower tag, but their phone should be in the Yellow Pages to ask where they got it. Good luck in your search! I love Petasites.
I have petasites , the regular butterburr with pink 'flowers'. I don't have enough for wholesale but I'm willing to trade for some leafed out roots, plus more sections of root.. You can easily (very easily) propgate these by taking sections of the root and putting them in moist peat. I did this for Dgardeners and the roots took off fast. They get bigger each year until their largest size is reached. Just email me if you are interested.
In trade I'd be looking for some delphinium, in particular, or some interesting primulas, but I'm fairly open. I have lots of garden space.
Melissa
Thanks Galega, we were forunate enough to get a dozen from a member here for a trade.
Melissa, thanks for the offer, I appreciate it. We are good on the solid green but are still after the variegated. I have one of each here at home and I am crazy for it too, it looks like it's really going to take off this year. Thanks for the rooting tip too!
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Branka,
Glad you found some! Regarding the roots, just make sure when you cut them you have an area where it looks like two pieces of root are joined together. I'm sure this has a name, but it escapes me at the moment. Anyway, this is where the new rootlets will form and then the leaves will begin. Bigger pieces of root appear to make larger 'plantlets'.
Good luck!
Pixydish