Hundreds of varieties of field grown perennials
103 Lincoln Road
Saco, Maine
282-1174
Saco, Maine
282-1174
AS OF 6:30 PM, Tuesday, May 12 I have about 400 pots remaining. 10 varieties of Hosta, 6 of Sedums, 4 ornamental grasses, Chives, and a few odds n' ends.
This year, 2026, will very likely be my last year in business. I really can't afford to retire, but I sometimes feel like, as Elton John said about the Rolling Stones, an "arthritic old monkey". I'm going to open a little later than usual- May 9, as I'll need extra time to dig and pot up a ton of plants. If I can't dig everything I want, I may have a second sale a few weeks later. We'll see.
I'm not going to change much on this site, just update my plants available list, adding a few and subtracting a few. Everything I'll have for sale this year will be my own field grown, organic plants, except for Clematis, which I always buy to resell. Nearly every plant I dig will be two years old or divisions of bigger plants. A few things to know-
All pots are $7
I only take CASH or checks.
I only have a few carts- so bring you own if you want.
I'll be open daylight hours, that's around 5:15 AM till it gets dark.
I'm no longer accepting returned pots.
Please don't ask to come sooner than opening day, or to have me save out plants for you.
My name is Kenneth Rice- welcome to my website, I built it myself (using Weebly). I'm a farmer and gardener, not a computer geek, so keep that in mind. I'm the sole proprietor of Log Cabin Perennials, a one acre nursery in Saco, Maine, 13 miles south of Portland and about six miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in USDA climate zone 5.
I raised my price 2 years ago from $5 to $6, as the price of everything I use in my business and in other aspects of living had increased 'a bit'. I had a $5 price on all pots for a number of years. A lot of folks told me I needed to raise my prices, (they must have looked at my clothes and felt sorry for me) but I didn't want to. Multiplying by 5 and making change was really easy. Unfortunately, prices I have to pay for pots, labels, seeds, compost, superhumus, tools, electricity, and especially plugs, plants and shipping (when I do have to buy them) have skyrocketed. Even though I grew and sold more plants in each of the last two years, my net income was lower than 3 years ago. I'm not a business genius like some people claim to be, but selling more and working harder to make less money doesn't make sense. That's the long way of saying that I'm increasing my price to $6.64 plus 5.5 % Maine sales tax for an even $7. That would still put me lower by far than every other nursery that I know of, and as low or lower than regional wholesale nurseries. And, as usual, I take cash and checks- I DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS. Also, I have a very limited number of wagons/carts available to use, so if you wish to bring your own to carry pots in, by all means do so.
The last three years have been crazy in more ways than one- I've been selling out of all my stock in just a few weeks, probably because my price is so low. I'm going to keep my open times the same as last year- basically daylight hours. I'm generally in my gardens at daybreak, so if any one wants to buy plants at 5:15 am, that's fine. I'll have my honor system /payment box available too, so anyone stopping by later in the evening can put cash or checks in it- in case I can't drag my body out after supper.
Maine
This year, 2026, will very likely be my last year in business. I really can't afford to retire, but I sometimes feel like, as Elton John said about the Rolling Stones, an "arthritic old monkey". I'm going to open a little later than usual- May 9, as I'll need extra time to dig and pot up a ton of plants. If I can't dig everything I want, I may have a second sale a few weeks later. We'll see.
I'm not going to change much on this site, just update my plants available list, adding a few and subtracting a few. Everything I'll have for sale this year will be my own field grown, organic plants, except for Clematis, which I always buy to resell. Nearly every plant I dig will be two years old or divisions of bigger plants. A few things to know-
All pots are $7
I only take CASH or checks.
I only have a few carts- so bring you own if you want.
I'll be open daylight hours, that's around 5:15 AM till it gets dark.
I'm no longer accepting returned pots.
Please don't ask to come sooner than opening day, or to have me save out plants for you.
My name is Kenneth Rice- welcome to my website, I built it myself (using Weebly). I'm a farmer and gardener, not a computer geek, so keep that in mind. I'm the sole proprietor of Log Cabin Perennials, a one acre nursery in Saco, Maine, 13 miles south of Portland and about six miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in USDA climate zone 5.
I raised my price 2 years ago from $5 to $6, as the price of everything I use in my business and in other aspects of living had increased 'a bit'. I had a $5 price on all pots for a number of years. A lot of folks told me I needed to raise my prices, (they must have looked at my clothes and felt sorry for me) but I didn't want to. Multiplying by 5 and making change was really easy. Unfortunately, prices I have to pay for pots, labels, seeds, compost, superhumus, tools, electricity, and especially plugs, plants and shipping (when I do have to buy them) have skyrocketed. Even though I grew and sold more plants in each of the last two years, my net income was lower than 3 years ago. I'm not a business genius like some people claim to be, but selling more and working harder to make less money doesn't make sense. That's the long way of saying that I'm increasing my price to $6.64 plus 5.5 % Maine sales tax for an even $7. That would still put me lower by far than every other nursery that I know of, and as low or lower than regional wholesale nurseries. And, as usual, I take cash and checks- I DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS. Also, I have a very limited number of wagons/carts available to use, so if you wish to bring your own to carry pots in, by all means do so.
The last three years have been crazy in more ways than one- I've been selling out of all my stock in just a few weeks, probably because my price is so low. I'm going to keep my open times the same as last year- basically daylight hours. I'm generally in my gardens at daybreak, so if any one wants to buy plants at 5:15 am, that's fine. I'll have my honor system /payment box available too, so anyone stopping by later in the evening can put cash or checks in it- in case I can't drag my body out after supper.
Maine
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Hummingbird taking a break Anthemis tinctoria Helleborus niger
All photos were taken in my gardens using a Cannon Rebel.
All photos were taken in my gardens using a Cannon Rebel.
Background plant above is Astilbe "Visions in Pink"