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Nodding Lilac Syringa komarowii reflexa - Syringa reflexa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A large multistemmed shrub with narrowly conical, sometimes pendulous clusters of purple-pink flowers, pink with white inside as flowers begin to fade; said by Dirr to lack fragrance; native to central China.
  • Purity: 96%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Subspecies: reflexa
  • Species: komarowii
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Crop Year: 1995
British Columbia
Vancouver
Mugwort, Common Wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, St. John\'s Plant Artemisia vulgaris
Price : CALL

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Height: 3-7 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Species: vulgaris
British Columbia
Vancouver
Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis forbesii - Hesperocyparis forbesii , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Tecate cypress is the only plant on which the rare Thorne's Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus thornei) lays its eggs. * Cupressus forbesii is native to montane chaparral and woodlands habitats in the western Peninsular Ranges.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus guadalupensis forbesii
  • Germination: 33%
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,848
  • Species: guadalupensis
British Columbia
Vancouver
Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.
  • Common Name: Sneezewort, Sneezeweed
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Seeds Per Pound: 880,760
  • Botanical Name: Achillea ptarmica
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Germination: 71%
British Columbia
Vancouver
Chinese Flowering Quince, Flowering Quince Chaenomeles speciosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Numerous cultivars with flowers in shades of white, pink and red have been selected. It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. * The fruit has been part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years, used to treat arthritis, leg edema,...
  • Botanical Name: Chaenomeles speciosa
  • Species: speciosa
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2007
  • Genus: Chaenomeles
  • Family: Rosaceae
British Columbia
Vancouver
Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera - Ratibida columnaris
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.
  • Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Seeds Per Pound: 429,196
  • Height: 24-30 inches
  • Germination: 40%
  • Genus: Ratibida
  • Botanical Name: Ratibida columnifera
British Columbia
Vancouver
California Yerba Santa, Mountain Balm, Consumptive Weed, Bear Weed Eriodictyon californicum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yerba Santa (the name means Holy weed) is a famous domestic remedy from south-western N. These compounds have potential uses in food and pharmaceutical industry to mask bitter taste.
  • Common Name: California Yerba Santa, Mountain Balm, Consumptive Weed, Bear Weed
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 217
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,506,080
  • Family: Hydrophyllaceae
  • Species: californicum
British Columbia
Vancouver
Glossy Privet Ligustrum lucidum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. * Noxious weed in California * Chinese privet has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 1,000 years. * Modern research has shown that the plant increases the white blood cell count and is of...
  • Botanical Name: Ligustrum lucidum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 35
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,344
  • Common Name: Glossy Privet
  • Quantity: 1.83 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
British Columbia
Vancouver
Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa Knautia arvensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used as a blood purifier and as a treatment for eczema and other skin disorders. Europe, Caucasus, western Siberia. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on...
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Family: Dipsacaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa
  • Collection Locale: Germany
British Columbia
Vancouver
Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Gray-head mexican-hat is a 3-5 ft. * The disc heads have a scent reminiscent of anise when crushed. * It is attractive to butterflies and birds. It can grow in moist or dry habitat.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Ratibida
  • Quantity: 1.9 lb
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
British Columbia
Vancouver
Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis forbesii - Hesperocyparis forbesii , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Tecate cypress is the only plant on which the rare Thorne's Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus thornei) lays its eggs. * Cupressus forbesii is native to montane chaparral and woodlands habitats in the western Peninsular Ranges.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,848
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Common Name: Tecate Cypress
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus guadalupensis forbesii
  • Variety: forbesii
British Columbia
Vancouver
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
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 880
  • Species: barbatus
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Botanical Name: Dianthus barbatus Single Mix
British Columbia
Vancouver
Early Lilac Syringa oblata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Corolla purple, lilac, or sometimes white; tube subcylindric, 0.6-1.7(-2.2) cm; lobes ovate-orbicular to oblong or obovate-orbicular, 4-8(-10) mm, spreading. Branchlets glabrous, puberulent, or pubescent.
  • Species: oblata
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Botanical Name: Syringa oblata
  • Quantity: 3.12 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 83%
British Columbia
Vancouver
Yellow Cone Flower, Bush\'s Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate. Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. * The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
  • Genus: Echinacea
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Collection Locale: AR
British Columbia
Vancouver
Stinging Nettle, Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Nettles are the exclusive larval food plant for several species of butterflies, such as the peacock butterfly or the small tortoiseshell, and are also eaten by the larvae of some moths including angle shades, buff ermine, dot moth, the flame, the gothic,...
  • Common Name: Stinging Nettle, Common Nettle
  • Species: dioica
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Urticaceae
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
British Columbia
Vancouver
Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they...
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Species: siphilitica
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,709,000
  • Genus: Lobelia
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Germination: 86%
British Columbia
Vancouver
Selected Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba Select Seed
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Trees grown from this seed will exhibit better fruiting qualities than wild collected seed. * The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear.
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Species: triloba
  • Common Name: Selected Common Pawpaw
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
British Columbia
Vancouver
Buddleia, Queen of Hearts
★★★★★
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / 1 Plant

It is noted for its bushy habit, arching stems, showy, fragrant flowers and vigorous growth. Large, cone-shaped panicles 9-12” long are produced from top of the plant to the bottom.
  • Genus: Buddleia
  • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
  • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Zone: 5-10
  • Height: 3-4 feet
British Columbia
Vancouver
Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera - Ratibida columnaris
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.
  • Botanical Name: Ratibida columnifera
  • Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Seeds Per Pound: 429,196
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 216
  • Collection Locale: TX
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
British Columbia
Vancouver
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

This plant is native to Western North America where it grows in moist openings and less often on open hillsides. * A poultice of the chewed leaves has been used to alleviate the pain of bee stings.
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Species: nutkana
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,234
  • Botanical Name: Rosa nutkana
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
British Columbia
Vancouver
Butterfly Bush, Nanho Purple
★★★★★
Prices start at : 13.99 USD / 1 Plant

It grows best in full sun but will tolerate some shade and under most conditions will bloom from June to September. Blossoms are great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds and as cut flowers.

60-72 inches

    • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Cut Flowers
    • Spread: 60-72 inches
    • Sun: Full Sun
    • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
    • Height: 60-72 inches
    • Life Cycle: Perennial
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
    Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple.
    • Height: 3-8 feet
    • Genus: Leonotis
    • Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia
    • Collection Locale: Hawaii
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Purity: 98%
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
    Columnar Buckthorn, Tallhedge Frangula alnus - Rhamnus frangula Columnaris
    Price : CALL

    The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose. * Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming. * This variety is upright growing, very columnar.
    • Genus: Frangula
    • Botanical Name: Frangula alnus
    • Species: alnus
    • Height: 20ft
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
    Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud Cercis glabra - Cercis funiushanensis , Cercis pubescens , Cercis yunnanensis
    Price : CALL

    Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.
    • Species: glabra
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Genus: Cercis
    • Common Name: Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
    Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
    Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host:...
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 3
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Quantity: 0.00507 lb
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Family: Aristolochiaceae
    • Purity: 99%
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
    Devil\'s Bit Scabious, Devilsbit Succisa pratensis
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...
    • Height: 12-16 inches
    • Germination: 91%
    • Crop Year: 1995
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Botanical Name: Succisa pratensis
    • Quantity: 0.69 lb
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
    Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina duriuscula
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland.
    • Genus: Festuca
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Botanical Name: Festuca ovina duriuscula
    • Variety: duriuscula
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Family: Poaceae
    British Columbia
    Vancouver
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