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Bi-Color Daylily
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

Mid-late season bloomer. Grows 22'' tall. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan.
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Max Height (feet): 22"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Season Color: Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: sinensis
New York
Locke
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: sinensis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 1.24 lb
New York
Locke
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
  • Height: 3-12 feet
New York
Locke
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves.
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
  • Botanical Name: Agave utahensis
  • Family: Agavaceae
New York
Locke
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute to its radial growth. Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Quantity: 2.89 lb
  • Genus: Dracaena
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2017
New York
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Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute to its radial growth. Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It...
  • Genus: Dracaena
  • Seeds Per Pound: 953
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Height: 50-60 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
New York
Locke
Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Family: Leguminosae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 350
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Germination: 98%
New York
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Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Lot#: 9902
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: ACER
  • Collection Locale: R. Macedonia
New York
Locke
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.43 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,587
New York
Locke
Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Genus: Mirbelia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia
New York
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An introduction to Aloe Flowers, part 4 of 5: Aloes S-Z
This pictorial article is the 4th of an alphabetical introduction to some of the most magnificent flowering succulents. And then they open showing their deep red stamensAloes with huge flowers like these are very popular with the beesLike many aloes with...
California
El Segundo
European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

The young shoots or suckers from the bottom of the plant are also used. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf is up to 1-1.5 m long, with the leaflets...
  • Common Name: European Fan Palm
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Quantity: 5.42 lb
New York
Locke
Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine Pinus muricata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California...
  • Species: muricata
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,811
New York
Locke
Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 91%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Genus: Fraxinus
New York
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European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

The young shoots or suckers from the bottom of the plant are also used. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf is up to 1-1.5 m long, with the leaflets...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Chamaerops
New York
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Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.
  • Germination: 90%
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Genus: Canavalia
  • Species: pubescens
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
New York
Locke
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.
  • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Genus: Canavalia
New York
Locke
Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine Pinus muricata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California...
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Collection Locale: Mendocino County Ca
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,811
  • Purity: 99%
New York
Locke
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 bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Genus: Cornus
New York
Locke
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 bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Species: rugosa
New York
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Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Also tolerates some drought. Prune in early spring. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Family: Clusiaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,286,960
New York
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Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Also tolerates some drought. Prune in early spring. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
  • Genus: Hypericum
  • Species: prolificum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Clusiaceae
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
New York
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Scorpion Senna Hippocrepis emerus     - Coronilla emerus
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae family. * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor...
  • Genus: Hippocrepis
  • Species: emerus
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 77
New York
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Scorpion Senna Hippocrepis emerus     - Coronilla emerus
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae family. * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Hippocrepis
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 71,732
New York
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Common Rue Ruta graveolens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of...
  • Common Name: Common Rue
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 256
  • Species: graveolens
  • Quantity: 2.32 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
New York
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