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Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves...
  • Genus: Asclepias
  • Common Name: Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Collection Locale: USA
  • Quantity: 1.8 lb
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Simi Valley
Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage Salvia coccinea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long.
  • Height: 12 inches
  • Seeds Per Pound: 394,240
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Quantity: 0.85 lb
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
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Simi Valley
Black-Eyed Susan
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

It blooms from early summer until frost. Black-eyed Susans are ideal for sunny borders, along walls, by driveways or as a focal point in perennial bed. Bloom: July-September. Great cut flower.
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Genus: Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Season Color: Summer
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Simi Valley
Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis
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* A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 340
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Hesperis
  • Botanical Name: Hesperis matronalis
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Simi Valley
French Marigold Tagetes patula
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. * Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the soil, effective against nematodes and to some extent against keeled slugs.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Species: patula
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Seeds Per Pound: 141,875
  • Genus: Tagetes
  • Botanical Name: Tagetes patula
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Simi Valley
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

* Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found...
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 61
  • Quantity: 2.03 lb
  • Germination: 80%
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Simi Valley
Twoleaf Senna, Twin-leaf Senna Senna roemeriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels,...
  • Botanical Name: Senna roemeriana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: roemeriana
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 85
  • Purity: 96%
  • Lot#: 9701
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Simi Valley
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China , Korea , and southeastern most Russia...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 453,092
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Sweet William
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Simi Valley
Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis
Price : CALL

* A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...
  • Germination: 89%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: Dames Rocket
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Collection Locale: OR
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Simi Valley
Goldilocks, Goldilocks Aster Aster linosyris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bright yellow flowers.
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Lot#: 9501
  • Common Name: Goldilocks, Goldilocks Aster
  • Quantity: 0.27 lb
  • Purity: 97%
  • Genus: Aster
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Simi Valley
Summer Jewel Red Scarlet Sage, Blood Sage, Hummingbird Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately fertile to poor soils. Average to dry soils with good to excellent drainage. Do not overwater.
  • Grows To: 18-24"H x 18-24''W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA, MS, GA, AL, FL - Bred by Takii & Co, Ltd
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Simi Valley
Prairie Blazing Star, Thickspike Gayfeather, Kansas Gayfeather, Liatris
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

The tall sturdy dense spikes of rich purple flowers of this beautiful native wildflower attract loads of butterflies and pollinators in summer. When the Liatris are in flower, few plants can compete for the multitude of butterflies and other pollinators...
  • Native To / Origin: US - Central and NE
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist to moderately moist, acidic to neutral, low to moderately fertile soils.
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Grows To: 36-60"H 12-18''W
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Simi Valley
Under the Sea Selfheal, Heal-all, Prunella
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

An easy groundcovering perennial, Under the Sea Selfheal produces fat spikes of dark bracts from which tubular purplish pink flowers emerge over an extended period from late spring and through early summer providing nectar to bees, butterflies, and other...
  • Grows To: 8-14"H x 18-24"W, space at 12" apart
  • Native To / Origin: US, Europe, Asia
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, preferably well-drained but adaptable.
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Balloonplant Asclepias physocarpa     - Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is often used as an ornamental plant. * The name "balloonplant" is an allusion to the swelling bladder-like follicles which are full of seeds. * Gomphocarpus physocarpus is a food of the caterpillars of Danaus butterflies, including the monarch butterfly.
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Genus: Asclepias
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 56,750
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
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Simi Valley
Lady Margaret Passion Flower, Passionvine
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. A tamer passionvine than many others but it certainly does not lack for vigor.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10,11,(*8B?)
  • Native To / Origin: Garden hybrid - P. incarnata (or P. caerulea) x P. coccinea (or P. vitifolia)
  • Grows To: 6-12'H+, reported to reach 30'+ where winters are mild.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, fertile, well-drained soils. Allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
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Simi Valley
Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Grow as annuals in St. Louis, either in the ground or in containers. * It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. Set plants out after last frost date.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 29
  • Height: 10-18 inches
  • Quantity: 0.92 lb
  • Common Name: Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii
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Simi Valley
Dwarf Mouse-Eared Coreopsis, Dwarf Lobed Tickseed
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Provide Mouse-Eared Tickseed with average moisture and good drainage in average garden soils for best results. An evergreen perennial that slowly develops into a 6-9" high slowly spreading stoloniferous groundcover.
  • Grows To: 6-9''H x 10-12''W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Native To / Origin: US - Eastern
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Simi Valley
Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium     - Achillea lanulosa    , Achillea millefolium occidentalis   , Achillea occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 6-36 inches
  • Collection Locale: NZ
  • Species: millefolium
  • Quantity: 2.36 lb
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Simi Valley
Pam Puryear\'s Pink Turks Cap
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The more sunlight they get the fuller the plants tend to be and the more flowers they generally produce. A relatively new introduction from that great Texas plantsman Greg Grant and was named after his friend and the 'Rose Rustler' founder Pam Puryear.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Fertilizing: Use a balanced, preferably slow-release, fertilizer in spring-midsummer if needed.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 3-5'H x 3-5'W
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Mexican Hat, Grey Headed Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Red Hats
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

Great for smaller pollinators. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Flowers can range from nearly solid burgundy to nearly solid yellow and almost any combination in between.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to well-drained soils. Moderately drought resistant once well-established.
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Drumstick Primrose, Drumstick Primula Primula denticulata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China .
  • Crop Year: 2000
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Purity: 97%
  • Family: PRIMULACEAE
  • Quantity: 0.00442 lb
  • Collection Locale: Poland
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Buttered Popcorn Cassia, Peanut Butter Senna
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub. Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance of freshly buttered popcorn.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11,(9?)
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sun
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Simi Valley
Miss Molly Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. The 'red' coloration of this butterfly magnet is often most pronounced in southern climates.
  • Container Size: 2.25 inch DP / 12 fl.oz. / 354ml
  • Grows To: 4-5'H x 5-6'W
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils.
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Hungarian Lilac Syringa josikaea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming. * Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine .
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 88
  • Seeds Per Pound: 44,078
  • Height: 6-12 feet
  • Species: josikaea
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
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Purple Coneflower
Prices start at : 4.49 USD / each

Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower. The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Purple Coneflowers are practically indestructible because they are sub-zero hardy and withstand heat, grow in dry...
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Genus: Echinacea purpurea
  • Spread: 18-24''
  • Colors: Purple
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Simi Valley
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Today, many families still use wild bergamot during the cold and flu season. * Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) is an herbaceous perennial that grows from slender creeping rhizomes, thus commonly occurring in large clumps.
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Monarda fistulosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 94%
  • Crop Year: 2015
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Simi Valley
Lavender Porterweed
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. I would be surprised to find a plant that produces a more continuous supply of nectar rich flowers from summer to frost, even...
  • Pruning: Not needed except to remove spent flower stems though it's not required, pinch to improve branching.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Fertilizing: Spring-frost or year round in warm, frost free conditions.
  • Native To / Origin: American Tropics
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