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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. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 85,352
  • Collection Locale: USA
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Height: 1-3 feet
United States
Iowa
Summer-sweet, Sweet Pepper Bush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet, Summersweet Clethra Clethra alnifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * 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;...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,433,440
  • Genus: Clethra
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
United States
Iowa
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Thick, woody, red roots go deep and help plant withstand droughty conditions, but make established shrubs difficult to transplant. Toothed, broad-ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 108,960
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: americanus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
United States
Iowa
Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval...
  • Genus: Aristolochia
  • Botanical Name: Aristolochia serpentaria
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 63,560
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
Iowa
Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum ). * Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub.
  • Common Name: Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Botanical Name: Lonicera xylosteum
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: xylosteum
United States
Iowa
Common Privet, European Privet Ligustrum vulgare
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Plant indoors or out in full sun and shade in warmer climates. * A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens. All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Genus: Ligustrum
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Species: vulgare
United States
Iowa
Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii   Rem Red
Price : CALL

The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source. Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US. * Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle was developed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in the 1960's.
  • Cultivar: Rem Red
  • Species: maackii
  • Common Name: Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
United States
Iowa
Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * The fruit falls from the tree in autumn and is then stored until fully ripe. * Pawpaw is a large shrub or small tree growing to a height of 11 meters.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 363
  • Quantity: 47.58 lb
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Iowa
Purple Bauhinia, Butterfly Tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Camel\'s Foot, Hawaiian Orchid Tree Bauhinia purpurea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,498
  • Species: purpurea
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Height: 50 feet
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Iowa
English Primrose Primula vulgaris     - Primula acaulis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

A mild flavour,though the texture is a bit tough. * 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...
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 403,200
  • Genus: Primula
  • Species: vulgaris
  • Common Name: English Primrose
United States
Iowa
Mugwort, Common Wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, St. John\'s Plant Artemisia vulgaris
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This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to be confused with St John's wort ).
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Height: 3-7 feet
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Name: Mugwort, Common Wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, St. John's Plant
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Iowa
Firefly Heather
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

Firefly's intensely colored tiny evergreen leaves that cover the stems of the plant are a brilliant combination of yellow and chartreuse in the summer. In late summer, lots of purple-pink flowers open up to make a stunning contrast with the foliage.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Genus: Calluna vulgaris 'Firefly'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 2
United States
Iowa
Aaron\'s Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower Hypericum calycinum
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For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3"...
  • Genus: Hypericum
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Species: calycinum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum calycinum
United States
Iowa
Spicebush, Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush, Common Spicebush, Spice Bush, Carencro Bush Lindera benzoin
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* Spicebush is a Missouri native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit which typically grows 6-12' (less frequently to 15') high in moist locations in bottomlands, woods, ravines, valleys and along streams.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Lauraceae
  • Common Name: Spicebush, Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush, Common Spicebush, Spice Bush, Carencro Bush
  • Botanical Name: Lindera benzoin
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Iowa
Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica     - Cassia marilandica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves area safe and effective cathartic. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. A poultice of the root has been used in treating sores. The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as...
  • Botanical Name: Senna marilandica
  • Species: marilandica
  • Common Name: Maryland Senna, Wild Senna
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Genus: Senna
  • Lot#: 9901
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Iowa
Kamchatka Bugbane, Black Bugbane, Autumn Snakeroot CIMICIFUGA simplex
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 61
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 2-4ft
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Iowa
Black-Eyed Susan
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

Grow 2-3' tall. They are insect and disease free and resistant to drought and deer. Bloom: July-September. Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black centers.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Season Color: Summer
United States
Iowa
Sakaki, Japanese Cleyera Cleyera japonica
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

It can reach a height of 10 m. * Sakaki ( Cleyera japonica ) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub native to warm areas of Japan , Korea and mainland China . * Sakaki is one of the common trees in the second layer of the evergreen oak forests.
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,784
  • Height: 21-30 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Theaceae
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Iowa
Shasta Daisy
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off. Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: White
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Max Height (feet): 30"
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Iowa
Running-postman, Scarlet Runner Kennedia prostrata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * Kennedia prostrata, commonly known as Running Postman or Scarlet Runner,...
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Common Name: Running-postman, Scarlet Runner
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
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Iowa
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Genus: Cornus
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Iowa
Butcher\'s Broom, Knee Holly, Jew\'s Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. Since Butcher's broom tightens blood vessels and capillaries, it is used to treat varicose veins. * A study published in 1999 suggested that Butcher's Broom may also improve symptoms...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: aculeatus
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Collection Locale: Spain
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,816
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Iowa
Purple Coneflower
Prices start at : 4.49 USD / each

Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers. Purple Coneflowers are practically indestructible because they are sub-zero hardy and withstand heat, grow in dry locations and love poor soil.
  • Colors: Purple
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Spread: 18-24''
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
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Iowa
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,...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 73
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Quantity: 1.49 lb
  • Height: 6-10ft
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Iowa
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths. The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 880
  • Common Name: Sweet William
  • Cultivar: Single Mix
  • Germination: 89%
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Purity: 99%
United States
Iowa
Black & Bloom Salvia, Anise Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. It flowers earlier and is a more vigorous plant overall growing slightly larger and has thick deep green quilted foliage.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Scott Trees, Ball Horticulture, 2015
  • Indoor Light: ,
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Iowa
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.
  • Native To / Origin: Part of the Suntory Collection
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Grows To: 4-6''H and spreading
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10
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Iowa