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Chinese Flowering Quince, Flowering Quince Chaenomeles speciosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A constituent of its extract has been found to be an effective and selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor. Numerous cultivars with flowers in shades of white, pink and red have been selected.
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Chaenomeles speciosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,718
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Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. * Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family.
  • Genus: Aristolochia
  • Botanical Name: Aristolochia serpentaria
  • Height: 20 inches
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 3
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths.
  • Genus: Dianthus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 880
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: barbatus
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Quantity: 0.41 lb
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Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud Cercis glabra     - Cercis funiushanensis    , Cercis pubescens    , Cercis yunnanensis
Price : CALL

Bark and branchlets grayish black. Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. * Trees, 6-20 m tall.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE
  • Common Name: Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud
  • Species: glabra
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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. * Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 34,958
  • Common Name: Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket Flower, American Starthistle, American Basketflower, Sweet Sultan, Shaving Brush
District of Columbia
Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. It is a common weed of cultivated land. Lanceolata contains phenylethanoids such as acteoside (verbascoside), cistanoside F, lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside and isoacteoside.
  • Genus: Plantago
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Plantaginaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 222
  • Botanical Name: Plantago lanceolata
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Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Rubra), native to North America. * Plants 0.6–1.5 m tall. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, many flowered. Ulmaria) and Dropwort (F. The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with large inflorescences of small five-petalled flowers, creamy-white to...
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Height: 36-48 inches
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 110
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 998,800
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Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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 spasms and acts as an expectorant.
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Germination: 69%
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 64
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
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Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds . * Yellow Trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental . It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates.
  • Genus: Tecoma
  • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 31%
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Dill Anethum graveolens
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked, used as a flavouring in salads etc. * This is common dill that is used in pickles and for flavoring. * In Canada, dill is a favorite herb to accompany poached salmon.
  • Common Name: Dill
  • Germination: 83%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Family: Apiaceae
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Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata   Floristan White
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also used in treating kidney diseases. * This is the white flowering form. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America .
  • Genus: Liatris
  • Botanical Name: Liatris spicata Floristan White
  • Cultivar: Floristan White
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Purity: 75%
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Pendulous Lilac Syringa komarowii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Crop Year: 1993
  • Species: komarowii
  • Quantity: 1.45 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 30,000
  • Lot#: 9301
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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

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils,...
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Genus: Echinops
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: sphaerocephalus
  • Botanical Name: Echinops sphaerocephalus
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Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage Salvia coccinea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Spreading growth to 12". * Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. * The plant reaches 2 to 4 ft (0.61 to 1.2 m) in height, with many branches, and a spread of about 2.5 ft (0.76 m).
  • Species: coccinea
  • Germination: 82%
  • Botanical Name: Salvia coccinea
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Family: Lamiaceae
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Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa Knautia arvensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises. * The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Dipsacaceae
  • Botanical Name: Knautia arvensis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 37
  • Quantity: 0.11 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in...
  • Height: 3-8 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 335
  • Seeds Per Pound: 340,500
  • Genus: Leonotis
  • Quantity: 0.14 lb
  • Germination: 91%
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Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata   Floristan White
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also used in treating kidney diseases. * This is the white flowering form. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America .
  • Cultivar: Floristan White
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Germination: 63%
  • Height: 2 feet
  • Genus: Liatris
  • Seeds Per Pound: 152,000
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African Hackberry, White Stinkwood Celtis africana
Price : CALL

* Usually a deciduous tree, pale trunk and branches, fast growing, fairly drought resistant, works well for bonsai. * It is a fast growing and popular garden tree in South Africa and is easily propagated.
  • Botanical Name: Celtis africana
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Height: 80 feet
  • Species: africana
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Buddleia, Glass Slippers
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 Plant

It typically grows to 6-12' tall with a spread to 4-15' wide when not killed back by cold winter temperatures. Buddleia, Glass Slippers is low growing, wide spreading butterfly bush covered from top to bottom with pale-blue clusters.
  • Genus: Buddleia
  • Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Sun: Full Sun
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
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Buddleia, Queen of Hearts
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 Plant

Flowers are mildly fragrant, and very attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. It is noted for its bushy habit, arching stems, showy, fragrant flowers and vigorous growth.
  • Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
  • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
  • Resistant To: Deer
  • Zone: 5-10
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Nodding Lilac Syringa komarowii reflexa    - Syringa reflexa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Lot#: 9502
  • Germination: 83%
  • Family: OLEACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Subspecies: reflexa
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Amur Mountain Ash Sorbus pohuashanensis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Dislikes dry soils. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position. A fast-growing tree, especially in its first few years from seed. * A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native...
  • Purity: 97%
  • Genus: Sorbus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 67
  • Quantity: 2.82 lb
  • Botanical Name: Sorbus pohuashanensis
  • Family: ROSACEAE
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English Primrose Primula vulgaris     - Primula acaulis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Single 1 1/2" yellow, blue, white, green, or purple flowers on long stems in spring; the color range is even broader in cultivated varieties; leaves to 10"; likes part shade and moist fertile soil; native to Europe and Turkey.
  • Botanical Name: Primula vulgaris
  • Family: PRIMULACEAE
  • Seeds Per Pound: 403,200
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
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Late Lilac, Villous Lilac Syringa villosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...
  • Species: villosa
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 73
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 6-10ft
  • Purity: 98%
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Buddleia, Miss Molly
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 Plant

This long-blooming beauty produces the deepest wine-dark pink to red flowers of any butterfly bush you have ever seen. Prune to 1/3 original height in early spring for the best display.

48-60 inches

    • Spread: 48-60 inches
    • Height: 48-60 inches
    • Bloom Season: Summer
    • Genus: Buddleia
    • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
    • Sun: Full Sun
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    Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica     - Cassia marilandica
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.
    • Purity: 99%
    • Crop Year: 1999
    • Genus: Senna
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Species: marilandica
    • Collection Locale: Minnesota
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    Summer-sweet, Sweet Pepper Bush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet, Summersweet Clethra Clethra alnifolia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color; may expand by suckering to form colonies; likes moist soil.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,433,440
    • Crop Year: 2002
    • Family: Clethraceae
    • Quantity: 0.08 lb
    • Species: alnifolia
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
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