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Black Maca, Peruvean Ginseng Lepidium meyenii
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

With its extreme temperatures and poor rocky soil, the area rates among the world's worst farmland, yet over the centuries, Maca learned to flourish under these conditions. After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that...
  • Purity: 96%
  • Collection Locale: Peru
  • Seeds Per Pound: 217,920
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 71%
Iowa
Des Moines
Common Flax, Flax, Linseed Linum usitatissimum
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 75,364
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Height: 2 feet
  • Species: usitatissimum
  • Germination: 99%
  • Common Name: Common Flax, Flax, Linseed
Iowa
Des Moines
Watermelon Citrullus lanatus Crimson Sweet
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time. Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Cultivar: Crimson Sweet
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Common Name: Watermelon
Iowa
Des Moines
Fordhook Swiss Chard Beta vulgaris Fordhook
Price : CALL

* The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. Excellent for use in salads or steamed. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat.
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 67
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,764
  • Cultivar: Fordhook
  • Botanical Name: Beta vulgaris Fordhook
Iowa
Des Moines
Vegetable Sponge, Sponge Gourd Luffa cylindrica - Luffa aegyptica , Luffa aegyptiaca
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

They may also be grown as an ornamental plant . It is native to northern Africa. Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown...
  • Common Name: Vegetable Sponge, Sponge Gourd
  • Genus: Luffa
  • Botanical Name: Luffa cylindrica
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,902
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Iowa
Des Moines
Black Maca, Peruvean Ginseng Lepidium meyenii
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

With its extreme temperatures and poor rocky soil, the area rates among the world's worst farmland, yet over the centuries, Maca learned to flourish under these conditions. After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that...
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: meyenii
  • Collection Locale: Peru
  • Germination: 71%
  • Crop Year: 2017
Iowa
Des Moines
Woodland Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Price : CALL

In Turkey hundreds of tons of wild fruit are harvested annually, mainly for export. The seedlings are very small and slow-growing at first, but then grow rapidly. Vesca contains the ellagitannin agrimoniin which is an isomer of sanguiin H-6.
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Genus: Fragaria
  • Species: vesca
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Iowa
Des Moines
Common Flax, Flax, Linseed Linum usitatissimum
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt .

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    • Botanical Name: Linum usitatissimum
    • Germination: 99%
    • Family: Linaceae
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Seeds Per Pound: 75,364
    • Purity: 99%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Turnip, Purple Top White Globe Turnip Brassica rapa Lorifolia Purple Top White Globe
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * High in Vitamins! * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.
    • Height: 18-24 inches
    • Botanical Name: Brassica rapa Lorifolia Purple Top White Globe
    • Cultivar: Purple Top White Globe
    • Common Name: Turnip, Purple Top White Globe Turnip
    • Quantity: 1.19 lb
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Blessed Milkthistle, Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Holy Thistle Silybum marianum
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    The leaves can be trimmed of prickles and boiled and make a good spinach substitute or they can also be added raw to salads. * For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day. Around the 16th century the milk thistle became quite popular and almost all...
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Botanical Name: Silybum marianum
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Purity: 99%
    • Height: 3-4 feet
    • Common Name: Blessed Milkthistle, Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Holy Thistle
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Chinese Ginseng Panax ginseng
    Price : CALL

    * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Botanical Name: Panax ginseng
    • Height: 2-3 feet
    • Common Name: Chinese Ginseng
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Bouncing Bet, Soapwort, Bouncingbet Saponaria officinalis
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. Its strongly irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate the cough reflex and increase the production of a more fluid mucus within the respiratory passages[
    • Family: Caryophyllaceae
    • Collection Locale: Germany
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Species: officinalis
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 97
    • Genus: Saponaria
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Snapdragon, Garden Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus Maximum
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies. * In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D"...
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
    • Botanical Name: Antirrhinum majus Maximum
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,951,000
    • Crop Year: 2002
    • Family: Scrophulariaceae
    • Common Name: Snapdragon, Garden Snapdragon
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with blue-gray disc florets . * Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across,...
    • Botanical Name: Echinops sphaerocephalus
    • Species: sphaerocephalus
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Height: 5-6 feet
    • Lot#: 9401
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Cucurbita pepo Atlantic Giant
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    If you really want to grow a record breaker do your homework on growing techniques, fertilization, etc. GOOD LUCK! * The world record holder weighed in at 2009 pounds! * There is an art to growing the giants so don't be discouraged if you don't get pumpkins...
    • Cultivar: Atlantic Giant
    • Germination: 98%
    • Height: 3 feet
    • Quantity: 1.28 lb
    • Family: Cucurbitaceae
    • Common Name: Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Calico Aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - Aster lateriflorus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The flowers are white, borne in fall. * Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems.
    • Crop Year: 1999
    • Collection Locale: Iowa
    • Genus: Symphyotrichum
    • Height: 1-3ft
    • Common Name: Calico Aster
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    White Clover, Ladino White Clover Trifolium repens Ladino
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky.
    • Species: repens
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Quantity: 19.99 lb
    • Germination: 90%
    • Genus: Trifolium
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Black Beauty Eggplant, Black Beauty Aubergine, Black Beauty Melongene Solanum melongena Black Beauty
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It was originally domesticated in India and Bangladesh from the wild nightshade, the thorn or bitter apple, S. Eggplant grown in temperate climates fares better when transplanted into the garden after all danger of frost is passed.
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Solanum melongena Black Beauty
    • Variety: Black Beauty
    • Height: 2-3 feet
    • Quantity: 2.71 lb
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Common Anise, Burnet, Saxifrage, Anise Burnet Saxifrage Pimpinella anisum
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Anise plants grow best in light, fertile, well drained soil. * The leaves have a sweet aniseed flavour, they are very refreshing to chew and are also nice as a flavouring in salads, puddings, soups, stews etc.
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Germination: 80%
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Common Name: Common Anise, Burnet, Saxifrage, Anise Burnet Saxifrage
    • Genus: Pimpinella
    • Purity: 99%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Creeping Red Fescue, Red Fescue Festuca rubra
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover. Shade tolerant and sod forming. It is found worldwide and can tolerate many habitats and climates; it generally needs full sun to thrive.
    • Germination: 94%
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 870
    • Genus: Festuca
    • Height: 6-12 inches
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Goldenmane Tickseed Coreopsis basalis
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers.
    • Lot#: 050215
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 82
    • Height: 12-18 inches
    • Common Name: Goldenmane Tickseed
    • Seeds Per Pound: 449,460
    • Family: Asteraceae
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Sweet Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Fennel is used as a flavoring in some natural toothpastes. The seeds, leaves and roots can be used, but the seeds are most active medicinally and are the part normally used. The seeds are used in cookery and sweet desserts.
    • Germination: 91%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Seeds Per Pound: 85,660
    • Common Name: Sweet Fennel
    • Family: Apiaceae
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 135
    • Height: 2-3 feet
    • Genus: Achillea
    • Germination: 71%
    • Common Name: Sneezewort, Sneezeweed
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Chia Salvia hispanica
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of Cortez (behind corn and beans and in front of amaranth), and has long been an important crop in Mesoamerica for the unique nutritional qualities of its seed.
    • Purity: 99%
    • Family: Lamiaceae
    • Genus: Salvia
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1744
    • Collection Locale: Mexico
    • Botanical Name: Salvia hispanica
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    American Ginseng, Huaquishen Panax quinquefolius
    Price : CALL

    When taken over an extended period it is said to increase mental efficiency and physical performance whilst helping the body adapt to high or low temperatures and stress. American ginseng is found in full shade environments in these deciduous forests...
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Family: Araliaceae
    • Height: 18 inches
    • Genus: Panax
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Italian Rye-grass, Italian Ryegrass, Italian Rye Grass, Annual Ryegrass Lolium multiflorum - Lolium perenne multiflorum
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is in flower from May to September. * Uses: A good green manure crop, it can be sown in autumn or spring and is often combined with clover. * Lolium multiflorum is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft).
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 216
    • Germination: 98%
    • Species: multiflorum
    • Common Name: Italian Rye-grass, Italian Ryegrass, Italian Rye Grass, Annual Ryegrass
    • Seeds Per Pound: 100,788
    • Purity: 99%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Switch Grass, Cave-in-Rock, Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Cave-in-Rock
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    The stiff straw is exceptional as field borders and wind barriers and its extensive root system provides an excellent stabilizing force for soil erosion and control. The stiff-stemmed, upright growth is highly rated for wildlife nesting, brood rearing...
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Family: Poaceae
    • Purity: 99%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Genus: Panicum
    • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
    Iowa
    Des Moines
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