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Osha (Ligusticum porteri)
Native to the Rocky Mountains, this is bear medicine. Many have already benefitted from bringing this wild mountain lovage-like plant into cultivation in the garden. The plant thrives on moist soils that are high in organic, forest-derived debris and likes a good mulching with bark. Osha associates with aspen groves and oak, and it prefers a part shade situation although I've also found it growing out of rock at high elevation in scorching sun, so it really can adapt to a wide range of conditions. This is one of our best native medicines, with a strong healing influence on the upper respiratory system. It is the dried root from plants of sufficient size (probably at least 4 years old) that is most effective. Not to be used during pregnancy. This offering of osha plants is somewhat rare in the nursery trade, and we hope and pray that they find good homes among those that truly appreciate and honor their incredible nature.