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Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket Flower, American Starthistle, American Basketflower, Sweet Sultan, Shaving Brush Centaurea americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation. The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Species: americana
  • Botanical Name: Centaurea americana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Quantity: 2.03 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 61
Iowa
Des Moines
Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Occidentalis) and Queen-of-the-prairie (F. Vulgaris), both native to Europe, and Queen-of-the-forest (F. Stipules semicordate, large, herbaceous, margin sharply doubly serrate; petiole pubescent or subglabrous; leaf blade pinnate, with 2 pairs of lateral...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 998,800
  • Botanical Name: Filipendula palmata
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Lot#: 080405
  • Genus: Filipendula
Iowa
Des Moines
Mixed Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.88 USD / each

These plants are deer and drought resistant. The Mixed Butterfly Bush has fragrant 8-10'' flower spikes and grows 4-8' tall. One of the most prolific sources of massed color, blooms from July to frost.
  • Spread: 4-8'
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Buddleia davidii
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Des Moines
Red Royal Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Drought tolerant. This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red flowers. Deer resistant. Plant in full to partial sun. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of...
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Genus: Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Iowa
Des Moines
Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Northern grown 1 year old roots. Plant 2' apart. To cover steep slopes, poor soil trouble areas, stream or pond banks where erosion control is needed, there's no better and prettier ground cover to use than House of Wesley's Carefree Beauty Crownvetch.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Colors: Pink
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 12-24"
Iowa
Des Moines
Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica     - Cassia marilandica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. A poultice of the root has been used in treating sores. An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 99%
  • Lot#: 9901
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
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Des Moines
Catnip, Catmint, Catswort Nepeta cataria
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The tea shouldbe infused in a closed container in order to preserve the essential oils, boiling is said to spoil it. The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 762,720
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 333
  • Species: cataria
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2014
Iowa
Des Moines
Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata   Floristan White
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also used in treating kidney diseases. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars).
  • Genus: Liatris
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Liatris spicata Floristan White
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Cultivar: Floristan White
  • Collection Locale: NY
Iowa
Des Moines
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The root is thought to be particularly good at helping to eliminate heavy metals from the body. * Arctium lappa, commonly called greater burdock, gobo,edible burdock, lappa, or beggar's buttons, is a biennial plant of the Arctium (burdock) genus in the...
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Common Name: Greater Burdock
  • Species: lappa
  • Botanical Name: Arctium lappa
Iowa
Des Moines
Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.29 USD / each

Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Mixed colors only. Rose of Sharon is lovely all through the growing season. These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful hedge.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Spread: 5-7'
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Zones: 5-9
Iowa
Des Moines
Max Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum maximum     - Chrysanthemum maximum
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It has a fringe of 20 to 30 white ray florets around a center of many densely packed yellow disc florets. * It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles.
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Genus: Leucanthemum
  • Seeds Per Pound: 755,987
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
Iowa
Des Moines
Sweet Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

In many gardens it self sows freely. * In Israel, fennel salad is made of chopped fennel bulbs flavored with salt, black pepper, lemon juice, parsley, olive oil and sometimes sumac.
  • Species: vulgare
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 85
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 5-7 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Iowa
Des Moines
Chives, Wild Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Allium
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 356
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Des Moines
American Elderberry, Common Elderberry
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

It is a large growing native deciduous shrub whose cooked fruit and flowers are used to create healthy and delicious confections, syrups, jellies, wines and more. Occasionally we pick the large ripe fruit clusters whole as a treat for our chickens.
  • Salt Tolerance: High soil and aerosol salt tolerance
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 6-12'H x 6-12'W
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Des Moines
Yellow Boy Mexican Hat, Grey Headed Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Red Hats
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The disc flowers that compose the 'cone' attract a variety of smaller pollinators. This is a solid yellow flowered seed grown strain that we have selected. Brilliant golden yellow drooping petals surround the tall gray cones from late spring to fall.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
  • Native To / Origin: N America
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 24-30''W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
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Des Moines
Dill Anethum graveolens
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* In Canada, dill is a favorite herb to accompany poached salmon. * Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: graveolens
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Common Name: Dill
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 206
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Des Moines
Large White Trillium, White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as great white trillium or wood lily, is a simple, graceful perennial that is one of the most familiar and beloved of the spring woodland wildflowers in eastern North America.
  • Species: grandiflorum
  • Common Name: Large White Trillium, White Trillium
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Trillium
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Des Moines
Pink Tapien Verbena
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Use Pink TapienVerbena as a groundcover, a spiller in containers, or as a beautiful hanging basket. A nearly endless procession of rich pink flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this wonderful free-flowering perennial Verbena.
  • Grows To: 4-6''H and spreading
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: Part of the Suntory Collection
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Des Moines
Lo\' & Beholdtm Pink Micro Chip Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Lo' and Beholdtm Pink Micro Chip is a sterile selection so it does not spend its energy producing seed but instead produces an endless display of nectar rich flowers. An excellent choice for small spaces, the front of the garden and landscape, as well...
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 18-24''W
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens- NC, JC Raulston, Dr. Dennis Werner - 2013
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
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Siberian Wallflower Erysimum x MARSHALLII     - Cheiranthus allionii
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed.
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 0.99 lb
  • Common Name: Siberian Wallflower
  • Species: x MARSHALLII
  • Height: 10-18 inches
  • Seeds Per Pound: 315,860
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Lindley\'s Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

The blooms are borne continuously from late spring to fall. An unusual variety. Deep violet flowers hang like grapes from this upright to arching shrub. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 6'H x 6'W
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Des Moines
Wolf\'s Lilac Syringa wolfii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Capsule oblong, (1-)1.2-1.7 cm, smooth. Anthers yellow, inserted near or slightly below mouth of corolla tube. Petiole 1-3 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade elliptic-oblong, elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 3.5-12(-18) 1.5-7(-10) cm, adaxially glabrous...
  • Species: wolfii
  • Height: 15ft
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 35,000
  • Quantity: 1.15 lb
  • Purity: 97%
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Des Moines
Glossy Privet Ligustrum lucidum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Good results have also been achieved when the fruit has been used in treating respiratory tract infections, hypertension, Parkinson's disease and hepatitis. * Modern research has shown that the plant increases the white blood cell count and is of value...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,344
  • Species: lucidum
  • Quantity: 1.83 lb
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Botanical Name: Ligustrum lucidum
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Orange Glory Butterfly Plant
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

Drought resistant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, fragrant, for a rain garden, deer resistant and great for cut flowers. The Orange Glory Butterfly plant enjoys full sun and will withstand long periods of summer drought.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Max Height (feet): 2
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 2'
  • Colors: Orange
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Des Moines
Narrow-Leaved Mountainmint, Slender Mountain Mint
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. Grown from locally collected seed. The finely textured blue-green to deep green fragrant foliage of Narrow-Leaved Mountainmint is topped by large clusters of tiny light lavender to light pink tubular blooms in...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 18-24''W
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US- Eastern and South Central
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Des Moines
Common Boneset, Thoroughwort Eupatorium perfoliatum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The plant, however, should be used with some caution since large doses are laxative and emetic and the plant might contain potentially liver-harming pyrrolizidine alkaloids. * Thoroughwort is one of the most popular domestic medicines in North America...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,223,400
  • Purity: 71%
  • Lot#: 070634
  • Crop Year: 2007
  • Quantity: 0.61 lb
  • Height: 3 feet
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Des Moines
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The popular old-fashioned flower; likes limey soil; native to Russia and China. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees...
  • Genus: Dianthus
  • Quantity: 0.41 lb
  • Germination: 89%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 880
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Common Name: Sweet William
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