Sandsong Garden
Eastham | Cape Cod, MA
An Earth Harmonious Spirit Garden
Native & Edible Perennial Plants
Started from Seed
Please find the list of available plants below in the following categories:
Native Plants, Native Grasses, Edible Plants, and Seeds
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ABOUT
Sandsong Garden is a small family operated garden on .7 acres in Eastham on Cape Cod. We consider all of the earth on “our property” as part of our garden.
The plants we offer are selected by Shaun who gained his knowledge and experience about plants primarily though working with Edible Landscapes of Cape Cod and attuning with Sandsong Garden.
Sandsong Garden is a young garden, started in 2020 with curiosity and love. We only use organic and regenerative-type practices - never using any pesticides (even organic) though we do use an essential oil spray once a month.
All of the soil we use is either certified organic or from our own compost.
We try to start many plants from seed so please take note of the plants started by seed.
The importance of starting plants by seed:
Starting plants by seed tends to be rare in the plant nursery industry. A lot of plants are propagated through other methods because it’s faster and more cost effective; however, other methods are basically cloning one plant over and over. This leads to a lack of diversity. When started from seed, each plant is genetically unique and adds to the strength of the plants themselves and the overall ecosystem. Just as diversity and patience is key for a more loving, exciting, and robust human experience, it is key for all of life.
Most of the perennial native seeds require cold stratification which is a period of cold exposure, typically 30-90 days. The majority of these seeds were started throughout the winter and have been progressively transferred into larger pots. Solid root systems are most important for plants to get established and thrive in coming years. Most of our plants are ready for a larger pot or to be planted in the ground.
Compostable Pots:
Our mission is to be plastic free. Unfortunately, the gardening industry is paradoxically largely reliant on cheap plastics, often single use and non-recyclable (most plastic doesn’t gets recycled anyway). Any plastic used is re-purposed or re-used, but we are aware that these pots are also likely adding PFAFs and microplastics into the soil...
SO, we try to use compostable pots, which are expensive and limited by size availability. These pots also compost so they do not last long.
All of this is reflected in our pricing.
Plants are available for local pick-up in Eastham
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Native Plants
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Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator - September bloom of yellow flowers
Soil: Well-drained, sandy soils
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Growth habit: 3–5’ tall in bloom
Started from seed
$15 - potted
AVAILABLE
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Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Especially popular with bees and butterflies
Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade
Does well in dry sandy soil
Blooms: August, September
3’ Tall
Started from seed
$15 - 3-5” Pot
AVAILABLE
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Blue-stem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Blooms in late fall - October
Part Sun to Shade!
18” Tall
Great for woodland plantings
Started from seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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Zig-zag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Shade Loving! to part sun
Blooms in Early Fall
Low foliage until later in summer - bloom can reach up to 2’ tall
Deer resistant
Started from seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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Downy Goldenrod (Solidago puberula)
Native Perennial Shrub
12-36” Tall
Sun, Part Shade
Dry to Avg Soil
Host Plant
Attracts birds, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators
Drought Tolerant, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Salt Tolerant
$15 - 4.5” coco coir pot
AVAILABLE
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Shrubby St. John’s wort (Hypericum prolificum)
Native Perennial Shrub
Attracts wide variety of pollinators
Blooms in mid-summer
Up to 4-5’ tall - mound shaped shrub
Deer resistant
Many medicinal uses
True Native - Started from Seed
AVAILABLE - $15 - 4-5” pots
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Native/Wild Strawberry (Fragaria Virginiana)
Perennial Native - This is the Native Strawberry
Small Edible Fruits
Great source for birds, bees, moths, butterflies, and other wildlife
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
6”-8” Tall — Great Ground Cover, walkable
White bloom - April/May
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” coco coir pot
Only 3-5 Available
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Jerusalem Artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus)
Also known as Sunchokes
Perennial Native - September bloom with edible tubers
Harvest tubers Oct-Dec to eat
Vigorous spreading
Tall - 5-6’+
Only 1 Available - $15
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Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata)
Native Perennial Vining Plant
Vigorous spreading via rhizome
Edible Fruit - Maypop - has sweet pomegranate like fruity seeds that smell super sweet and taste banana-mango-like when ripe
Contact to Check Availability - $15
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Sundial Lupine/Perennial Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
This is the Native Lupine
Full Sun
Blooms in May
Started from seed
$15 - 3” pots - SOLD OUT
$25 - 1 gallon pot - ONLY 2 Available
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White wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Blooms late summer/early fall
Part Shade - Full Shade!
12-18”
Great for woodland plantings
Started from seed
$15 - 3-4” pot
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Blue-wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Attracts bees and butterflies
Blooms in Early Fall
Thrives in woodland edges and poor soil
Up to 2’ tall
Started from Seed
$15 - 4.5” coco coir pots
AVAILABLE
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New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Attracts late-season bees and butterflies
Blooms in late fall
Sun to part shade - medium to wet soil
Up to 2-5’ tall
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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Smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Attracts many pollinating insects
Birds love the seeds
Blooms in late summer
Up to 18”-3’ tall
Loose clumps of foliage
Sun to part Shade, dry soil
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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Flax-leaved Stiff Aster (Ionactis linariifolia)
Native Perennial Pollinator
Attracts Butterflies and Bees
Sun
Dry soil
8-12" Tall
Blooms: In late summer
Started from seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Blooms in September/October
Shade to Part Shade!
Up to 2’ tall
Great for woodland and understory areas
Cut back after bloom to prevent spreading
Started from seed
$15 - 3-4” pot
SOLD OUT
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Bee balm - Wild bergamot (Mondarda fistulosa)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Butterflies, bees, and birds
Full sun, part sun/shade
up to 4’ tall
Blooms: July, August, September
True Native - Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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NJ Tea (Ceanothus Americanus)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Leaves can be used for tea
Low growing herbaceous shrub - up to 3’
Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.
Deer resistant
I’ve read they are excellent for hot dry sites
I have had most success in mostly shade with late afternoon sun only.
Blooms in mid-summer
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
Only 2 Available
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Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Attracts hummingbirds
Sun to part shade - dry to moist soil
1-2’ tall
Blooms in mid-spring
True Native - Started from Seed
$15 - 3-4” pot
Available
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Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Host for caterpillars of the American lady butterfly
Late summer bloom
Thrives in driest of soils - Sun
Grey-green foliage with small white flowers with yellow centers
18” Tall
Started from Seed
$15
Only 4 Available
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Broad-leaved mountain-mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
Native Perennial Pollinator
Aromatic minty scent
Tiny white flowers bloom in late summer and attract massive amounts of pollinating insects including bees and butterflies
Sun to part shade - tolerates mostly shade
Up to 3’ tall
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Attracts butterflies and bees
Blooms in mid-summer
Sun to part-shade
Likes wet soil
Up to 3’ Tall
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot
AVAILABLE
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Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Native Perennial Flowering Shrub
4-7’ tall
Full Sun, P Sun
Blooms July-September - Purple-pink-ish flowers
Medium to Wet soil
Started from Seed saved by Sandsong Garden
$15 - 3-5” pots
SOLD OUT
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Aronia melanocarpa
Black Chokeberry
Native Perennial Shrub - 4-6’ Tall
All soil types
Sun, Partial Sun
White Flowers - Bloom in May
Attracts Birds and Pollinators
Likely to be eaten by bunnies and deer - protect newly planted shrubs
Black chokeberry can also be used as an edible fruit crop although the fruit is quite astringent to eat raw.
The high-antioxidant fruit is used in baking and to make jams, jellies, syrup, tea, juice and wine. Fruit can persist into winter and serves as a food source for birds and other wildlife.
Started from Seed
$15 - 3-5” pot - only 4 Available
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Jacob's ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Blooms in mid spring
Sun to Shade
Up to 1’ tall
The True Native (not a cultivar) - Started from seed
$15 - 3” pot
SOLD OUT
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Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Host to Monarch Butterfly!
Also attracts other butterflies and insects
Summer bloom, wildflower
Sun — tough plant, good for trafficked areas
Up to 18” tall
Started from Seed
Not Yet Available
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Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator
Attracts bees, especially female bumblebees
Bloom in early spring - spring ephemerals
Part to full shade - medium, wet soil
Up to 2’ tall
True Native - Started from Seed
Not Yet Available
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Plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
Native Perennial Pollinator
Host plant for American lady butterfly
Low growing - 12”
Blooms in late spring
True Native - Started from Seed
$15
NOT YET AVAILABLE
Native Grasses
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Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Perennial native grass - also known as Northern Dropseed
2’ high with 2-3’ spread
Hardiness Zone 3-9
Med-wet to Dry soils
Blooms: August, September, October
Attracts Birds, deer resistant
Started from Seed
7 - Available
$15 - 3” compostable pots
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Purple Love Grass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Perennial native grass
2’ Tall
Hardiness zone 3-9
Full, partial sun
Dry soil
Bloom: July, August
Started from Seed
AVAILABLE - Only 8
$15 - 3-5” compostable pots
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Squirrel-tail Grass (Hordeum jubatum)
Native Short-lived Perennial
1’ tall
Hardiness Zone 3-10
Full Sun
Medium-Dry, Dry Soil
Bloom: June, July, August, September
Started from seed
AVAILABLE - only 4
$15 - 3-5” Compostable pots
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Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Native Perennial Grass
Full, Partial Sun
Zone 3-9
3ft tall - 2-3’ wide
Medium - Dry soil
Bloom: July - October
Attracts Birds and pollinating insects, deer resistant
Started from Seed
AVAILABLE - Only 1
$15 - 3-5” compostable pots
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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Perennial Native Grass
7’ Tall
Hardiness Zone 3-9
Full, partial Sun
Med-Dry soil
Bloom: June - September
2-3’ between plants
Attracts birds and pollinating insects, deer resistant
Started from Seed
AVAILABLE - only 6
$15 - 3-5” pots
Edible Plants
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Sea Kale (Crambe marítima)
This perennial vegetable has edible roots, shoots like asparagus, leaves like kale, cabbage, or spinach, and flower heads like broccoli.
Full Sun - Blooms late Spring
Native species across coastal areas of Northern and Baltic seas in Europe and on the coast of the Black Sea
Started from seed
$15 - 4.5” coco coir pots
Only 1 Available
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Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)
Edible and Medicinal Herbaceous Perennial
Sun, Partial Sun
3’-6’+ Tall
Marshmallow has been used for at least 2,000 years for food and as a medicinal herb. The root was used to make marshmallows.
Native to Europe an Asia, it is widely cultivated as an ornamental as well as for it’s medicinal properties.
Long history of usage as a source of mucilage to soothe sore throats and inflammation and irritation to the GI tract.
$15 - 3-5” pots
AVAILABLE
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Cape Cod Strawberry (Fragaria X - unknown cultivar)
This is a pretty vigorous plant that fruits in early June on the Outer Cape. The fruit is not the sweetest strawberry but it’s still tasty! Kids love them. Plants are potted right out of our garden.
Local pick-up Only
AVAILABLE
$12
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3 Cultivar Strawberry Pots
Each #1 (1 gallon) pot contains one of each strawberry cultivar (cultivated varieties):
Jewel Strawberry
Sparkle Strawberry
Earliglow Strawberry
$20 each
ONLY 2 LEFT
Local Pick-up Only
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'Black Satin' Blackberry (Rubus spp.)
Good producer of fruit and is said to be disease resistant, vigorous, easy to grow, and thornless. This plant has produced a lot of fruit for us which we have found to be quite tart so have mostly used for jams and baking.
$30 - Only 1 Available
Local Pick-up Only
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'Snowbank' White Blackberry
This is a thorny cultivar where the berries turn white when fully ripe! Blackberries are self fertile and like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Hardiness: Blackberries are hardy to minus 10 F. - USDA Zone 5-8
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6 ft. in height on trellis.
Bloom Time: April
Ripening Time: July
Yield: 10-15 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Blackberries do not suffer from significant pest or disease problems.
$30
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Raspberry
These raspberries are a mix of Coho Raspberry, Royalty Purple Raspberry, and a from a plant originally taken from YMCA in West Barnstable that were planted by Edible Landscapes of Cape Cod. They produce a good crop of tasty raspberries! There are also Fall Gold Raspberries mixed in.
$30
AVAILABLE
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Red Vein Sorrel (Rumex sanguineus)
Edible perennial native to Europe and Asia.
Edible leaves
Pretty herbaceous addition to any garden
Can be a vigorous spreader
Local Pick-up Only
$10 - AVAILABLE
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Sylvetta Arugula (Rucola selvatica)
Beautiful Perennial Arugula! Tasty and great producer - gets large and spreads. It provides us with arugula from April-November.
Heat resistant - slow to bolt.
AVAILABLE - $15
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Flagpole Scallion (Allium fistulosum)
Large, straight, tall scallion
This is a very cold hardy perennial variety
Native to China
*Photo is of the Flagpole Scallion started from seed this year
Started from seed
Available - $15
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Mouse Garlic (Allium angulosum)
Compact Allium with beautiful flowers that attract pollinators
~3’ Tall
Hardiness Zone 4-8
Garlic Chive like flavor to wide flat leaves
Native to a wide region of central Europe and northern Asia, from France and Italy to Siberia and Kazakhstan
Started from seed by Sandsong Garden - seeds saved 2022
AVAILABLE - $15
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Marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Edible Perennial
Lovely spreading culinary aromatic herb
Looks beautiful paired with the Golden Marjoram
Low growing - reaching to about 18” tall
AVAILABLE
$12 - 3-5” Pot
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Golden Marjoram (Origanum vulgare 'aureum')
Edible Perennial
Beautiful spreading culinary aromatic herb
Looks beautiful paired with the darker green of Marjoram
Low growing - reaching to about 12-14” tall
AVAILABLE
$12
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Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Tall herb in the carrot family, native to the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia. Not the bulb fennel.
Good for black swallowtail caterpillars and other pollinators.
Tall grower - 6’+
Sun but can handle partial shade.
Edible fennel seeds and fronds
Will spread vigorously - dead head once goes to see to mitigate spread
Started from seed
Hardiness zone 5-11
1 - AVAILABLE
(Seeds also available)
$10
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Skirret (Sium sisarum)
Perennial Vegetable - Edible
Member of carrot and parsley family. Edible parsnip-like root vegetable.
Native to Asia - Originally from China, skirret was clearly well established in Europe by Roman times.
NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Native Trees
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Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)
Native Tree
Seedlings - Started from Seed winter 2022/2023
Deciduous tree - grows up to 50-75 feet tall
20-45 feet wide
Sun, Part Shade, Shade - said to have best fall foliage colors in full sun. Some recommend at least 6 hours of direct sunlight
Tolerate a range of soil types - moist, acidic, sandy, rocky, well drained
White bark, green leaves - yellow fall foliage
Attracts birds, butterflies, and other wildlife
Host for Luna moth and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Sap can be used to make birch syrup
ONLY 2 AVAILABLE
$30 — 1 gallon pot
Seeds
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Mouse Garlic (Allium angulosum)
Compact Allium with beautiful flowers that attract pollinators
Hardiness Zone 4-8
Native to a wide region of central Europe and northern Asia, from France and Italy to Siberia and Kazakhstan
Started from seed by Seaside Garden - seeds saved 2022
AVAILABLE
$5/packet
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Skirret (Sium sisarum)
Perennial Vegetable - Edible
Member of carrot and parsley family. Edible parsnip-like root vegetable.
Native to Asia - Originally from China, skirret was clearly well established in Europe by Roman times.
AVAILABLE
$5/packet
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Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Tall herb in the carrot family, native to the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia. Good for black swallowtail caterpillars and other pollinators.
Tall grower - 6’ +
Sun but can handle partial shade.
Edible fennel seeds.
Will spread vigorously - dead head once goes to see to mitigate spread.
Hardiness zone 5-11
AVAILABLE
$4/packet
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Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
Native Perennial Flowering Pollinator - September bloom of yellow flowers
Soil: Well-drained, sandy soils
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Growth habit: 3–5’ tall in bloom
AVAILABLE
$4/packet
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Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
AKA Spotted Joe-pye Weed
Native Perennial Flowering Shrub
4-7’ tall
Full Sun, P Sun
Blooms July-September - Purple-pink-ish flowers
Medium to Wet soil
AVAILABLE
$5/packet
