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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Everything is grown onsite from seed or cuttings. A wide
Keeping up with demand is an ever increasing challenge selection of those trees and shrubs are available as
The nursery stocks a wide variety to keep up with customer needs tubelings. Seeds are planted into individual Anderson Band
Growing plants with well established root systems Pots or Ellepot Trays filled with specially designed paper and
media, German explained. “Rather than bareroot seedlings,
While working for 17 years with Baltimore County the industry now wants well-established root systems.”
Environmental Protection as a registered professional Tubelings are ready to transplant into a field or into a larger
forester, List saw increasing requirements and regulations container without stunting. Their small size makes them easy
from the state of Maryland regarding restoration and to transport and perfect for large-scale projects.
mitigation using native plants, particularly for protection of
the Chesapeake Bay. The company is thus committed to Trees and shrubs also are available in container sizes #1, #2,
growing and distributing native plants that are critical to the #3, #5 and #7, again with well-established root systems which
establishment of biodiverse natural ecosystems. will minimize the transplant shock usually associated with
bareroot plants.
Since 1998, American Native Plants has provided millions
Some species also are available as live stakes, cut to order.
of plants to landscapers and contractors, including plants
These materials are typically used to stabilize stream banks
for beach restoration after Hurricane Sandy and for the 9/11
or restore natural shorelines along with other various
Memorial in honor of Flight 93.
bioengineering techniques.
Stefan German, head grower and operations manager,
oversees the herbaceous and woody section growers For wholesale clients who need mature plants or a large
and maintains a production database. He observed, “We quantity of specific plants, American Native Plants offers
predominantly sell pioneer trees — oak, maple and hickory contract growing. The company can work with clients to
— and understory trees such as redbud, dogwood and meet plant volume, size, quantity and budget requirements.
magnolia, as well as many shrubs.” The nursery is open year-round and has 15 to 20 employees,
depending on the season. New crops are constantly being
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