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Edelweiss
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green foliage. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Leontopodium alpinum
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 6-9''
  • Zones: 3-7
Illinois
Bloomington
Purple D\'Oro Daylily
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun.
  • Max Height (feet): 20"
  • Spread: 12-18''
  • Genus: Hemerocallis 'Purple D'Oro'
  • Colors: Purple
Illinois
Bloomington
Bi-Color Daylily
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

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. Mid-late season bloomer. Grows 22'' tall.
  • Colors: Orange, Red, Yellow
  • Max Height (feet): 22"
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Illinois
Bloomington
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana     - Agrostis lessoniana    , Stipa lessoniana    , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,043,000
  • Botanical Name: Anemanthele lessoniana
New York
Locke
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana     - Agrostis lessoniana    , Stipa lessoniana    , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 221
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Botanical Name: Anemanthele lessoniana
  • Height: 3 feet
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.
  • Species: dilatata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 326,880
  • Genus: Mirbelia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 350
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Collection Locale: R. Macedonia
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Crop Year: 1999
  • Common Name: Balkan Maple
New York
Locke
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,587
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Crop Year: 1999
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Purity: 98%
  • Species: heldreichii
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.
  • Genus: Mirbelia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Seeds Per Pound: 326,880
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: dilatata
  • Collection Locale: Australia
New York
Locke
Lawson\'s Pine Pinus lawsonii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in Mexico. * Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to May dry season.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,795
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Height: 80-100 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
New York
Locke
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
  • Common Name: Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina  duriuscula
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A drought resistant plant once established. * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.
  • Genus: Festuca
  • Variety: duriuscula
  • Germination: 80%
  • Quantity: 3.18 lb
  • Height: 16 inches
  • Botanical Name: Festuca ovina duriuscula
New York
Locke
Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.
  • Species: orientalis
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Germination: 83%
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. * Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter. Mass plantings are spectacular!
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination: 40%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
  • Common Name: Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass
  • Botanical Name: Carex testacea
New York
Locke
Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. * Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter. Mass plantings are spectacular!
  • Common Name: Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass
  • Species: testacea
  • Botanical Name: Carex testacea
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
New York
Locke
Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Carpinus orientalis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,056
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Common Name: Oriental Hornbeam
New York
Locke
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 1.24 lb
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
New York
Locke
Lawson\'s Pine Pinus lawsonii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in Mexico. * Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to May dry season.
  • Height: 80-100 feet
  • Species: lawsonii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,795
  • Botanical Name: Pinus lawsonii
  • Common Name: Lawson's Pine
New York
Locke
Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina  duriuscula
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A drought resistant plant once established. * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.
  • Purity: 97%
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Variety: duriuscula
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 823
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Common Name: Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
New York
Locke
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers. * Seed - surface sow in a light position, April in a warm greenhouse. Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Agave
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Family: Agavaceae
New York
Locke
Five-lobed Chinese Maple, Marijuana Maple, Five Leaf Maple ACER pentaphyllum
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 packet

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 8,122
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Collection Locale: NSW, Australia
  • Species: pentaphyllum
  • Botanical Name: ACER pentaphyllum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
New York
Locke
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
  • Botanical Name: Canavalia pubescens
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
  • Species: pubescens
New York
Locke
Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood of the Pinus leiophylla is hard, dense and strong. It is planted commercially in Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia at high altitudes. * Unlike virtually all members of this genus, trees of this species can be coppiced.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 45,400
  • Species: leiophylla
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Height: 70-100 feet
  • Quantity: 0.99 lb
  • Family: Pinaceae
New York
Locke
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Canavalia pubescens
  • Genus: Canavalia
  • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
New York
Locke
Jack Tree Sinojackia rehderiana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Flowers give way to woody drupes that ripen in July-September. Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces. * Jacktree is a small spreading deciduous tree or large shrub that typically grows to 15-20' tall.
  • Crop Year: 2011
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,362
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Sinojackia rehderiana
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
New York
Locke
Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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. Prune in early spring. Blooms on new growth.
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Genus: Hypericum
  • Common Name: Shrubby St. Johnswort
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,286,960
New York
Locke
Jack Tree Sinojackia rehderiana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Flowers give way to woody drupes that ripen in July-September. Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces. * Jacktree is a small spreading deciduous tree or large shrub that typically grows to 15-20' tall.
  • Common Name: Jack Tree
  • Height: 15-20ft
  • Quantity: 0.26 lb
  • Genus: Sinojackia
  • Family: Styracaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,362
New York
Locke