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Milkweed, Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The sprouted seeds can be eaten. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. It grows in sandy soils and appreciates lots of sunlight. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 77,634
  • Common Name: Milkweed, Common Milkweed
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Germination: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.77 lb
  • Collection Locale: Genoa, NY
Michigan
Detroit
Meadow Fescue Festuca pratensis     - Festuca elatior
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

A tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). It has a short ligule compared to other grasses, and is an important forage crop. Stays green a long time. Rather slow to establish.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 469
  • Common Name: Meadow Fescue
  • Genus: Festuca
  • Species: pratensis
Michigan
Detroit
African Hackberry, White Stinkwood Celtis africana
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* Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family. It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring followed by mini orange fruits.
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Botanical Name: Celtis africana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Ulmaceae
Michigan
Detroit
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.
  • Species: benzoin
  • Genus: Lindera
  • Family: Lauraceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Michigan
Detroit
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The 2-3 inch pink (5-8cm) flowers usually occur singly, but may appear in groups of 2 or 3. It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom. * A poultice of the chewed leaves has been used to alleviate the pain of...
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Genus: Rosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,234
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Montana
Michigan
Detroit
Oriental Photinia Photinia villosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood is hard and heavy, suitable for making furniture and other small articles. * Dark green shiny leaves, yellow, bronzy, and red in fall; 1/3" bright red fruit, good bird food; large shrub, can be trained as a small tree; susceptible to fireblight;...
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Species: villosa
  • Purity: 97%
  • Crop Year: 1998
  • Common Name: Oriental Photinia
  • Quantity: 0.85 lb
Michigan
Detroit
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 succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * A drought resistant plant once established.
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 823
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: ovina
  • Botanical Name: Festuca ovina duriuscula
  • Common Name: Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
Michigan
Detroit
Ocean Spray, Cream Bush Holodiscus discolor
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the forest understory at low to moderate elevations. * Succeeds in a good loamy soil that does not become too dry in summer, in full sun or light shade.
  • Species: discolor
  • Germination: 40%
  • Quantity: 0.95 lb
  • Collection Locale: Montana
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Height: 12 feet
Michigan
Detroit
European Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles.
  • Quantity: 0.64 lb
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Species: racemosa
  • Height: 10-15 feet
  • Common Name: European Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry
  • Germination: 91%
Michigan
Detroit
Common Boneset, Thoroughwort Eupatorium perfoliatum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant". It was introduced to American colonists by Indians who used the plant for breaking fevers by means of heavy sweating.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Purity: 71%
  • Botanical Name: Eupatorium perfoliatum
  • Genus: Eupatorium
Michigan
Detroit
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Germination: 90%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Crop Year: 2015
Michigan
Detroit
Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Stems sulcate, pubescent or glabrescent. Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and The Satellite have all been...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Botanical Name: Filipendula palmata
  • Height: 36-48 inches
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Common Name: Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet
  • Species: palmata
Michigan
Detroit
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The 2-3 inch pink (5-8cm) flowers usually occur singly, but may appear in groups of 2 or 3. It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom. * A poultice of the chewed leaves has been used to alleviate the pain of...
  • Botanical Name: Rosa nutkana
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Genus: Rosa
Michigan
Detroit
Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii   Rem Red
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It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places. It was touted as a great plant for wildlife and erosion control. * Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle was developed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in the 1960's.
  • Species: maackii
  • Botanical Name: Lonicera maackii Rem Red
  • Cultivar: Rem Red
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
Michigan
Detroit
Scrub Oak, Bear Oak Quercus ilicifolia
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* This oak has been used in revegetation projects on the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island. * Bears consume the acorns, especially when preparing for hibernation. * This plant provides food and shelter for many animal species.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Quercus ilicifolia
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Common Name: Scrub Oak, Bear Oak
Michigan
Detroit
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen. * The root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavor.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 31,780
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
  • Common Name: Greater Burdock
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Crop Year: 2016
Michigan
Detroit
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 is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family.
  • Common Name: Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 4351
  • Species: siphilitica
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,709,000
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
Michigan
Detroit
Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry Callicarpa dichotoma
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The flowers are pink to white. They are cultivated for ornamental use in gardens. * Lavender flowers from June until August, followed by violet fruits in October; extremely attractive, smaller than C.
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa dichotoma
  • Genus: Callicarpa
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • Germination: 71%
  • Purity: 99%
Michigan
Detroit
Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis  forbesii   - Hesperocyparis forbesii    , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* A Tecate Cypress planted at Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco is showing vigor and produces viable cones at forty years of age. * The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper limits of Coal Canyon and on Sierra...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Tecate Cypress
  • Germination: 33%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,848
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Crop Year: 2018
Michigan
Detroit
Sakaki, Japanese Cleyera Cleyera japonica
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Sakaki is one of the common trees in the second layer of the evergreen oak forests. It can reach a height of 10 m. * The small, scented, cream-white flowers open in early summer, and are followed later by berries which start red and turn black when...
  • Family: Theaceae
  • Purity: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Cleyera japonica
  • Species: japonica
  • Genus: Cleyera
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Michigan
Detroit
Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Set plants out after last frost date. It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy, the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie in Afrikaans.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 145,280
  • Species: jamesonii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Collection Locale: Netherlands
Michigan
Detroit
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen. * The root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavor.
  • Botanical Name: Arctium lappa
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Genus: Arctium
  • Quantity: 0.56 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
Michigan
Detroit
Leather Oak Quercus durata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Quercus dumosa revoluta Sarg.) is an oak endemic to California . * Quercus durata ( California Scrub Oak , Leather Oak ; syn. This plant is often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant.
  • Height: 12-15 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus durata
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 160
Michigan
Detroit
Scrub Oak Quercus berberidifolia     - Quercus dumosa  f. berberidifolia
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* The word chaparral is derived from the Spanish word for scrub oak, chaparro. * The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus berberidifolia
  • Genus: Quercus
Michigan
Detroit
Milk Vetch, Chinese Milk Vetch Astragalus sinicus
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China.
  • Quantity: 2.62 lb
  • Common Name: Milk Vetch, Chinese Milk Vetch
  • Species: sinicus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Height: 4-12 inches
Michigan
Detroit
Dwarf Chinkapin Oak Quercus prinoides
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* Dwarf Chinkapin oak can produce acorns at 3 - 5 years. * The acorns of dwarf chinkapin oak are sweet tasting and relished by humans and many kinds of wildlife. * The dwarf chinkapin oak is a large, clonally spreading deciduous shrub or very small tree...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
  • Species: prinoides
Michigan
Detroit
Scrub Oak Quercus berberidifolia     - Quercus dumosa  f. berberidifolia
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* The word chaparral is derived from the Spanish word for scrub oak, chaparro. * The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section.
  • Botanical Name: Quercus berberidifolia
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Common Name: Scrub Oak
Michigan
Detroit