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Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud Cercis glabra     - Cercis funiushanensis    , Cercis pubescens    , Cercis yunnanensis
Price : CALL

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. Bark and branchlets grayish black.
  • Genus: Cercis
  • Botanical Name: Cercis glabra
  • Species: glabra
  • Height: 15-30 feet
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies. * 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.
  • Quantity: 0.14 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 340,500
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 335
  • Purity: 98%
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
  • Germination: 71%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 880,760
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Common Name: Sneezewort, Sneezeweed
  • Botanical Name: Achillea ptarmica
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Scarlet Elderberry, Red Elderberry Sambucus pubens     - Sambucus racemosa  pubens
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Many authorities have now grouped both of these red elders together under the name of Sambucus racemosa. * Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams.
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: New York
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 95
  • Seeds Per Pound: 261,050
  • Height: 8-12 feet
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils, at an altitude of 0–400 metres (0–1,300 ft) above sea level. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching...
  • Species: sphaerocephalus
  • Botanical Name: Echinops sphaerocephalus
  • Common Name: Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Lot#: 9401
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
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.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Genus: Bauhinia
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 4.33 lb
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
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. Both are dried for later use. The leaves area safe and effective cathartic.
  • Genus: Senna
  • Crop Year: 1999
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
  • Botanical Name: Senna marilandica
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
  • Purity: 99%
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Chinese Flowering Quince, Flowering Quince Chaenomeles speciosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is in flower from Feb to June, and the seeds ripen in October. * A decidious Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 5 m (16ft). Numerous cultivars with flowers in shades of white, pink and red have been selected.
  • Genus: Chaenomeles
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Chinese Flowering Quince, Flowering Quince
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Masses of large, crimson-red, flowers from summer to fall! This exciting new variety has the same wonderfully compact, uniform growth habit as Arizona Sun Gaillardia, but in the exciting color of crimson red.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Zones: 3-10
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* White flowers in panicles, midsummer; a handsome shrub with dark green 3" leaves, compact and very adaptable regarding sun and moisture, doesn't mind drought * A refreshing and stimulating tea is made from the dried leaves, it is a good substitute for...
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: New Jersey Tea
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yellow Trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental . The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds . Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Quantity: 1.69 lb
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,346
  • Species: ritro
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Echinops
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Crop Year: 2016
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Amur Mountain Ash Sorbus pohuashanensis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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 to northern China.
  • Quantity: 2.82 lb
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 97%
  • Genus: Sorbus
  • Common Name: Amur Mountain Ash
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

* Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail butterfly. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.
  • Germination: 23%
  • Genus: Aristolochia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Height: 20 inches
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium     - Achillea lanulosa    , Achillea millefolium occidentalis   , Achillea occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Common yarrow is an erect herbaceous perennial plant that produces one to several stems (0.2 to 1m tall) and has a rhizomatous growth form. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun.
  • Botanical Name: Achillea millefolium
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 2.36 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: millefolium
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus     - Quercus montana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 5 m (16 ft) tall. Used commercially like Q. * It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying...
  • Species: prinus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Quantity: 188.75 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Purity: 99%
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Wild Marjoram, Oregano Origanum vulgare
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes,and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with chillies, garlic, onions etc. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems...
  • Germination: 85%
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Common Name: Wild Marjoram, Oregano
  • Quantity: 0.62 lb
  • Genus: Origanum
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Zagreb Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. 2001 RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Zagreb Coreopsis is slightly more compact than Moonbeam. Deadheading will help ensure a fall repeat.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Somewhat dry to average moist soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • Grows To: 12-18''H x 18-24''W
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Selected Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba   Select Seed
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit falls from the tree in autumn and is then stored until fully ripe. * The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear.
  • Common Name: Selected Common Pawpaw
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
  • Botanical Name: Asimina triloba Select Seed
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Tangerine Princess Coral Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

An Almost Eden exclusive! Clusters of soft orange buds open to intense dark orange tubular blooms. This selection of our native Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle was growing in N Louisiana, and was spotted during a Native plant walk with noted Louisiana Plant...
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, moderately fertile soils with good drainage. Moderate drought tolerance once well-established.
  • Native To / Origin: US- LA - Jeff McMillian, Dr. Charles M. Allen, Kent and Sonie Milton, etal.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry Callicarpa dichotoma
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Callicarpa dichotoma (common names, Purple Beautyberry or Early Amethyst ) is species of beautyberry . This species can be found in China and Japan. They are cultivated for ornamental use in gardens.
  • Species: dichotoma
  • Genus: Callicarpa
  • Height: 4 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa dichotoma
  • Common Name: Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lo\' & Beholdtm Lilac Chip Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces, and containers where it is sure to attract loads of butterflies and other pollinators! The Lo & Beholdtm Buddleja...
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-drained soils, with average moisture. Does not tolerate wet feet / poor drainage but are otherwise fairly adaptable.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens- NC, JC Raulston, Dr. Dennis Werner - 2012
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* White flowers in panicles, midsummer; a handsome shrub with dark green 3" leaves, compact and very adaptable regarding sun and moisture, doesn't mind drought * A refreshing and stimulating tea is made from the dried leaves, it is a good substitute for...
  • Quantity: 0.19 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Wild Marjoram, Oregano Origanum vulgare
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes,and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with chillies, garlic, onions etc. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems...
  • Species: vulgare
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Common Name: Wild Marjoram, Oregano
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,800,000
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Cocky\'s Tongue Templetonia retusa
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Height: 3-7 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Black Knight Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

An excellent choice for butterfly gardens as well as providing nectar for a host of other pollinators including hummingbirds. Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some regions, consider sterile selections or deadhead periodically to prevent unwanted...
  • Pruning: Prune in late winter or early spring, rejuvenate with hard pruning every 2-3 years.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
  • Native To / Origin: Netherland Gardens - Ruy , Moerheim Nursery, Dedemsvaart, Netherlands, circa 1959
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-drained to average, moderately fertile soils.
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther...
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Species: rugosa
  • Family: Cornaceae
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh