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Screamin\' Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False Indigo, Baptisia
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Baptisias resent being transplanted once established. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. TScreamin' Yellow Baptisia was selected for its flower power and compact habit. A multitude of sturdy spikes filled with brilliant yellow pea-like blossoms...
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Native To / Origin: US - South Central - selected by Larry Lowman, Ridgecrest Nursery, Wynne, AR
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Purple Smoke Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

Images courtesy of AG 3, Inc. Dark sturdy spikes are covered by smokey purple pea-like blossoms with a darker purple eye in mid spring. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established and eventually develop an extensive taproot from which to regrow...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - North Carolina Botanic Gardens, introduced by Niche Gardens in 1996
Louisiana
Merryville
Midnighttm Prairieblues Baptisia, False Indigo
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Midnight Prairiebluestm creates an upright to vase-shaped plant that blooms for an extended period in spring. Loads of 2' long spikes of deep violet-blue pea shaped flowers are held well above the green foliage of this new hybrid Baptisia from Dr. Jim...
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 3-4'W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
Louisiana
Merryville
Yellow Heartleaf Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Considered deer proof. The Yellow Baby Sunrose is a naturally evergreen perennial tropical plant and is considered to be hardy to 25 o F for short periods although some resources suggest it is hardy into zone 8.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 2-6"H x 12-24"W
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,11,(*9A?,*8B?)
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
Louisiana
Merryville
Purple Smoke Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Images courtesy of AG 3, Inc. Dark sturdy spikes are covered by smokey purple pea-like blossoms with a darker purple eye in mid spring. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established and eventually develop an extensive taproot from which to regrow...
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
Louisiana
Merryville
Whirling Butterflies Gaura, Apple Blossom Grass, Wand Flower, Lindheimer\'s Bee Blossom
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Gauras are hardy and reliable drought tolerant native perennials. Gaura's drought tolerance makes it a suitable perennial for xeriscaping. Flowering begins and spring and often lasts until fall.
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9,10
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 18-30''W
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Apple Heartleaf Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Considered deer proof. The Red Apple Ice Plant is a naturally evergreen perennial tropical plant and is considered to be hardy to 25oF for short periods although some resources suggest it is hardy into zone 8.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
  • Grows To: 2-6"H x 12-24"W
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,11,(*9A?,*8B?)
Louisiana
Merryville
Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False Indigo, Baptisia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, and easy. Baptisia's only get better with age producing more and more spikes of flowers successively each year that they are allowed...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderate to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Plumeria, Frangipani
Prices start at : 24.99 USD

Excellent for containers. Checkout our new Plumeria Growing Guide for more detailed growing information. An easy to grow tropical whose flowers are used to make the familiar Hawaiian leis.
  • Indoor Light: Direct sun, High
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Deer Resistance: Not Likely to be Bothered
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11
  • Grows To: 6-10'H x 4-6'W in containers, 15-30'H and wide in tropical climates
Louisiana
Merryville
Mezoo Variegated Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia, Variegated Red Apple Heartleaf Ice Plant
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

There appears to be some confusion as to the proper botanical name for this plant in the nursery trade. Can be overwintered indoors where not hardy or use it as a vigorous annual. A drought resistant perennial, the Baby Sunrose is also salt tolerant and...
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
  • Native To / Origin: South Africa for the commonly cultivated Aptenia
Louisiana
Merryville
Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia, False Indigo
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, and easy. A vigorous hybrid native perennial, Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia can produce up to 100 spikes per plant of deep violet-purple...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Grows To: 3'H x 2-3'W
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Carolina Moonlight Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Alba that was developed by the late Rob Gardner Curator of Native Plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and subsequently introduced by the NCBG in 2002. An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant,...
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Rob Gardner, Curator of Native Plants at the North Carolina Botanic Gardens, 2002
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
Louisiana
Merryville
Edelweiss
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green foliage. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts.
  • Genus: Leontopodium alpinum
  • Zones: 3-7
  • Colors: White
  • Max Height (feet): 6-12"
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Purple D\'Oro Daylily
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Colors: Purple
  • Max Height (feet): 20"
Illinois
Bloomington
Bi-Color Daylily
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan. Grows 22'' tall. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. Mid-late season bloomer.
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 22"
Illinois
Bloomington
White Refined Beet Sugar
Price : CALL

Maximum cu content: 3 ppm. 10 radiation : normal (cs-137 at % bq per kg) crop: crop is 2010 or later Moisture : 0.04% maximum reducing sugar : 0.05% maximum by weight pb content: 1 ppm maximum as content: 1 ppm.
Hertfordshire
Hertford
European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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 50-80 cm long.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: European Fan Palm
  • Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilis
New York
Locke
European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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 50-80 cm long.
  • Species: humilis
  • Genus: Chamaerops
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: European Fan Palm
  • Quantity: 5.42 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
New York
Locke
Nevada Mormon Tea, Nevada Jointfir Ephedra nevadensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Ephedra
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 20,228
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Ephedra nevadensis
New York
Locke
Nevada Mormon Tea, Nevada Jointfir Ephedra nevadensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America.
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Family: Ephedraceae
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: nevadensis
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Ephedra nevadensis
New York
Locke
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 98%
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Quantity: 1.24 lb
New York
Locke
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia sinensis
New York
Locke
Washoe Pine Pinus washoensis
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North Plateau race of ponderosa pine. * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Washoe Pine
  • Germination: 71%
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Height: 180 feet
  • Genus: Pinus
New York
Locke
African Wattle Parkinsonia africana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Botanical Name: Parkinsonia africana
  • Lot#: 9601
  • Genus: Parkinsonia
  • Common Name: African Wattle
New York
Locke
Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni
Price : CALL

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the United States .
  • Height: 50-60 feet
  • Common Name: Interior Live Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus wislizeni
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
New York
Locke
Washoe Pine Pinus washoensis
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North Plateau race of ponderosa pine. * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,074
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Height: 180 feet
New York
Locke
Sonoran Scrub Oak Quercus turbinella
Price : CALL

It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico , to west Texas , where it grows in woodland, chaparral , forest, and other habitat.
  • Species: turbinella
  • Common Name: Sonoran Scrub Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
New York
Locke