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Fevertree, Pinckneya, Georgia Bark, Poinsettia Tree, Feverbark Pinckneya bracteata     - Pinckneya pubens
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

* 1/2-1" yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers backed by white, pink, or rose sepals, "beautiful for flower effect" (Dirr); dark green simple 4-8" leaves; likes moist acid soil; native to southeast U.S. * In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated...
  • Botanical Name: Pinckneya bracteata
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Species: bracteata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 34
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Iowa
Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulangeana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter, lasting through summer until autumn. Quinquepeta; large spreading shrub or small tree; flowers of plants from seed, 5-10", may be...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 4.64 lb
  • Height: 10-20 feet
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Iowa
Water Birch, River Birch Betula nigra    Northern
Price : CALL

It is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps . It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable; likes...
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Location: Northern
  • Common Name: Water Birch, River Birch
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
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Iowa
Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana  australis
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* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Botanical Name: Magnolia virginiana australis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: virginiana
  • Variety: australis
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Iowa
Alleghany Serviceberry, Smooth Shadbush Amelanchier laevis
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* The nicest tree form of Serviceberry. * The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. * The bark can be made into a herbal medicine for expectant mothers.
  • Height: 25-30 feet
  • Species: laevis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Amelanchier laevis
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Iowa
Persian Parrotia, Persian Ironwood Parrotia persica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to northern Iran , where it is endemic in the Alborz mountains. * Leaves shiny dark green, coloring to an often incandescent red, orange, and yellow in fall; often shrubby; a witch-hazel relative; tiny flowers with red anthers in early spring;...
  • Botanical Name: Parrotia persica
  • Common Name: Persian Parrotia, Persian Ironwood
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Genus: Parrotia
  • Family: Hamamelidaceae
  • Species: persica
United States
Iowa
Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis    Northern
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is best planted out of strong winds and sun in moist, acid soil, although may tolerate some lime. This is the parent of a large number of cultivars, it is native from coastal Canada to Minnesota and south to Georgia and Alabama.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Common Name: Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 127,887
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Iowa
Red Bay, Sweet Bay, Swamp Bay, Laurel Tree, Tisswood, Florida Mahogany Persea borbonia
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fresh or dried leaves can be used as a flavouring in soups etc. * The wood is hard, heavy, close-grained, very strong, rather brittle. * A large roundish or oval shrub or small tree; inconspicuous creamy flowers, dark blue fruit on red stems; likes...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,103
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Species: borbonia
United States
Iowa
Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus     - Quercus montana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: prinus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Quercus prinus
United States
Iowa
Common Silverbell Halesia tetraptera     - Halesia carolina
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Halesia tetraptera, commonly known as the common silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States. But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas.
  • Species: tetraptera
  • Family: Styracaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,362
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 0.26 lb
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Iowa
Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana  australis
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* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.
  • Botanical Name: Magnolia virginiana australis
  • Common Name: Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Species: virginiana
United States
Iowa
Alleghany Serviceberry, Smooth Shadbush Amelanchier laevis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The nicest tree form of Serviceberry. * The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. * The bark can be made into a herbal medicine for expectant mothers.
  • Species: laevis
  • Quantity: 9.91 lb
  • Botanical Name: Amelanchier laevis dried berries
  • Genus: Amelanchier
  • Germination: 83%
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
Iowa
Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. * It is ripe in November/December and is about 15mm in diameter. When fully ripe it falls from the tree and so it is advisable to grow the plant in...
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Botanical Name: Arbutus unedo
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: unedo
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Height: 15-35 feet
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Iowa
Paper Birch, Canoe Birch, White Birch Betula papyrifera
Price : CALL

* It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 35 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The sap can also be fermented to make birch beer or vinegar. * This is the superb white-barked native birch that offers better resistance...
  • Genus: Betula
  • Common Name: Paper Birch, Canoe Birch, White Birch
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: papyrifera
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Iowa
Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus     - Quercus montana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 44
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: prinus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Collection Locale: Logan Co, Ill
  • Botanical Name: Quercus prinus
United States
Iowa
Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis    Northern
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is best planted out of strong winds and sun in moist, acid soil, although may tolerate some lime. This is the parent of a large number of cultivars, it is native from coastal Canada to Minnesota and south to Georgia and Alabama.
  • Height: 100-150 feet
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Quantity: 4.87 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: canadensis
  • Location: Northern
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Iowa
Japanese Red Pine Pinus densiflora
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. * Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish;...
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Pinus densiflora
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
United States
Iowa
Tallowwood Eucalyptus, Australian Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas. * The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish. It has many commercial uses. Tallowwood is drought and frost tender.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Species: microcorys
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Germination: 71%
  • Genus: Eucalyptus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
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Iowa
Western Yellow Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa scopulorum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Branches usually drooping, smaller in all its parts, of more columnar habit. Mostly at 1000-3000 m (Kral 1993). * Ponderosa pine was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it especially for its antiseptic and...
  • Collection Locale: Black Hills , SD
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
  • Species: ponderosa
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
United States
Iowa
Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. * It is ripe in November/December and is about 15mm in diameter. When fully ripe it falls from the tree and so it is advisable to grow the plant in...
  • Common Name: Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree
  • Height: 15-35 feet
  • Botanical Name: Arbutus unedo
  • Genus: Arbutus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Seeds Per Pound: 171,612
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Iowa
Monterey Pine, Insignis Pine, Radiata Pine Pinus radiata    New Zealand
Price : CALL

* Bright green needles to 6", 7" cones; native to California south to Baja; grows quickly when young; "a beautiful specimen" (Wyman); used ornamentally in southern California, especially along the coast, and as a timber tree throughout the world in Mediterranean...
  • Botanical Name: Pinus radiata New Zealand
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 50-150 feet
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
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Iowa
Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Quantity: 2.31 lb
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Genus: Oxydendrum
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,311,800
  • Common Name: Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree
  • Germination: 40%
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Iowa
Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
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* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Common Name: Sawtooth Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus acutissima
  • Species: acutissima
United States
Iowa
Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta  murrayana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its antiseptic and healing properties on wounds, infections etc, and also for its beneficial effects upon the chest and lungs.
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Variety: murrayana
  • Species: contorta
  • Common Name: Lodgepole Pine
  • Quantity: 1.32 lb
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Iowa
Common China Fir, Chinese Fir Cunninghamia lanceolata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

They are native to China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, where they may reach 50-55 m in height. In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir).
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 53
  • Quantity: 3.84 lb
  • Botanical Name: Cunninghamia lanceolata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,320
  • Family: Cupressaceae
United States
Iowa
Giant Sequoia, Bigtree, Sierra Redwood, Wellingtonia, Sierran Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a beautiful, dense and oval-conical tree when young, with a narrow conical crown atop a bare trunck in maturity. The spongy reddish-brown bark is ridged and furrowed and it is native to the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
  • Genus: Sequoiadendron
  • Species: giganteum
  • Botanical Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum
  • Quantity: 20.29 lb
  • Height: 275 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 83,680
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Iowa
Momi Fir, Japanese Fir Abies firma
Price : CALL

* Said to be heat tolerant and grows throughout the South. * Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern United States.
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Genus: Abies
  • Botanical Name: Abies firma
  • Common Name: Momi Fir, Japanese Fir
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Iowa