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Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Genus: Echinops
  • Common Name: Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Florida
Gainesville
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 looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 61
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Genus: Centaurea
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket Flower, American Starthistle, American Basketflower, Sweet Sultan, Shaving Brush
Florida
Gainesville
French Marigold Tagetes patula
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the soil, effective against nematodes and to some extent against keeled slugs. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used...

99%

    • Germination: 99%
    • Common Name: French Marigold
    • Seeds Per Pound: 141,875
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Purity: 99%
    • Quantity: 1.48 lb
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
    • Botanical Name: Achillea ptarmica
    • Height: 2-3 feet
    • Family: Asteraceae
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Crop Year: 1997
    • Collection Locale: England
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia
    Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

    Perfect for container planting with its full, well-branched, green foliage. Grows 9-12” tall even in poor soils and is heat tolerant. Plant 10-12” apart in full sun. Once established requires little care.
    • Spread: 10-12''
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
    • Season Color: Summer
    • Zones: 3-10
    • Deer Resistant: Yes
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    Well-known species include Meadowsweet (F. Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and The Satellite have all been...
    • Germination: 30%
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Purity: 99%
    • Common Name: Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet
    • Lot#: 080405
    • Quantity: 0.08 lb
    Florida
    Gainesville
    White Lobelia, Great White Blue Lobelia, White Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphilitica Alba
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family.
    • Genus: Lobelia
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Quantity: 0.11 lb
    • Variety: Alba
    • Height: 2-3 feet
    • Crop Year: 1997
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Dill Anethum graveolens
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes only a few minutes before the cooking is complete. Both the dill "weed" and seed is used.
    • Common Name: Dill
    • Species: graveolens
    • Quantity: 4.38 lb
    • Germination: 83%
    • Family: Apiaceae
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Bi-Color Butterfly Bush
    Prices start at : 5.00 USD / each

    Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. Grows 6-8' tall. Great cut flower. A breakthrough in color! Bi-color is the first Butterfly Bush to feature multiple colors on each...
    • Spread: 4-6'
    • Max Height (feet): 8
    • Deer Resistant: Yes
    • Zones: 5-9
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata Floristan White
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. It is also used in treating kidney diseases.
    • Family: Asteraceae
    • Botanical Name: Liatris spicata Floristan White
    • Collection Locale: NY
    • Quantity: 0.01 lb
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Height: 2 feet
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Mixed Butterfly Bush
    Prices start at : 3.88 USD / each

    These plants are deer and drought resistant. We send assorted colors: rich purples, orchid-pinks and lilacs, vibrant reds, and pure whites. The long flower trusses provide a never-ending source of cut flowers.
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
    • Colors: Mixed
    • Season Color: Summer
    • Spread: 4-8'
    • Zones: 5-9
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina duriuscula
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * A drought resistant plant once established. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland.
    • Common Name: Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
    • Germination: 80%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Height: 16 inches
    • Variety: duriuscula
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is native to Europe and western Asia . * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. Blooms late summer to early fall.
    • Genus: Echinops
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Quantity: 0.86 lb
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Common Name: Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle
    • Species: ritro
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid. * A good fibre is obtained from the leaves, it is said to be suitable for textiles. It also contain the iridoid glycosides aucubin and catalpol.
    • Species: lanceolata
    • Common Name: Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Family: Plantaginaceae
    • Collection Locale: Hungary
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
    • Crop Year: 1997
    • Botanical Name: Achillea ptarmica
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Species: ptarmica
    • Quantity: 0.06 lb
    • Family: Asteraceae
    Florida
    Gainesville
    New England Aster Symphyotrichum nova-angliae - Aster NOVAE-ANGLIAE
    Price : CALL

    It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems.
    • Species: nova-angliae
    • Botanical Name: Symphyotrichum nova-angliae
    • Common Name: New England Aster
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Crop Year: 2017
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Bee Insect Garden
    Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

    Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Mats are 20"x5'.Attracts natues's hardest workers to the garden.
    Florida
    Gainesville
    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 tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade. * Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow.
    • Species: x MARSHALLII
    • Botanical Name: Erysimum x MARSHALLII
    • Germination: 82%
    • Purity: 99%
    • Genus: Erysimum
    • Height: 10-18 inches
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
    • Germination: 91%
    • Lot#: 9401
    • Botanical Name: Echinops sphaerocephalus
    • Species: sphaerocephalus
    • Genus: Echinops
    • Family: Asteraceae
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    Well-known species include Meadowsweet (F. Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and The Satellite have all been...
    • Crop Year: 2008
    • Botanical Name: Filipendula palmata
    • Family: ROSACEAE
    • Purity: 99%
    • Species: palmata
    • Height: 36-48 inches
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured...
    • Germination: 69%
    • Genus: Asclepias
    • Crop Year: 1995
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Purity: 98%
    • Quantity: 1.8 lb
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Magnifica Native Coral Honeysuckle
    Prices start at : 12.99 USD

    This easily grown evergreen vine is an excellent choice for hummingbirds and butterflies that may produce flowers basically year round with peak flowering in early to mid spring as the Hummingbirds arrive.
    • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
    • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
    • Salt Tolerance: Poor
    • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, moderately fertile soils with good drainage. Moderate drought tolerance once well-established.
    • Native To / Origin: US - Abington Church, Gloucester, VA - VA NPS
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Cheyenne Spirit Purple Cone Flower
    Prices start at : 6.99 USD

    Sturdy and winter hardy compact plants with excellent flower power. Provide ample sunlight and good drainage. First image courtesy of Kieft Seed Flowers the first year! Echinacea or Purple Coneflowers are beautiful and hardy, clump forming fibrous rooted...
    • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
    • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
    • Soil & Moisture: Well-draining, average moist soils. Do not keep overly wet or soggy. Drought resistant once well-established.
    • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
    • Grows To: 18-30"H x 12-16"W
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Tickseed, Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flowered Tickseed, Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.
    • Quantity: 0.05 lb
    • Purity: 98%
    • Common Name: Tickseed, Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flowered Tickseed, Coreopsis
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 768
    • Height: 1.5 to 4 feet
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    Florida
    Gainesville
    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. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family...
    • Quantity: 2.47 lb
    • Genus: Allium
    • Botanical Name: Allium schoenoprasum
    • Germination: 91%
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Family: Liliaceae
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Purple Porterweed
    Prices start at : 6.99 USD

    Porterweeds are excellent nectar producers outperforming all other butterfly plants in the garden. The textual version of the link is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430612/
    • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
    • Pruning: Not needed except to remove spent flower stems though it's not required, pinch to improve branching.
    • Fertilizing: Spring-frost or year round in warm, frost free conditions.
    • Grows To: 3-4'H x 3'W
    • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
    Florida
    Gainesville
    Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. * No serious insect or disease problems. * Grow in average to organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun.
    • Common Name: Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy
    • Family: Asteraceae
    • Height: 10-18 inches
    • Purity: 99%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 29
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Florida
    Gainesville
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