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Jack Tree Sinojackia rehderiana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Obovate-elliptic to elliptic leaves (to 3 1/2" long) are glossy dark green. * Jacktree is a small spreading deciduous tree or large shrub that typically grows to 15-20' tall. Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Jack Tree
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination: 90%
  • Family: Styracaceae
  • Genus: Sinojackia
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Jack Tree Sinojackia rehderiana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Obovate-elliptic to elliptic leaves (to 3 1/2" long) are glossy dark green. * Jacktree is a small spreading deciduous tree or large shrub that typically grows to 15-20' tall. Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,362
  • Common Name: Jack Tree
  • Botanical Name: Sinojackia rehderiana
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Germination: 90%
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Royal Poinciana, Flame Tree Delonix regia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is much loved in the Caribbean ; for example, many Puerto Rican paintings feature Flamboyant Trees, it can also be found in The Bahamas as well. * In areas with a marked dry season, it sheds its leaves during the drought, but in other areas it is...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: regia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: China
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Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.
  • Botanical Name: ACER heldreichii
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination: 91%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: R. Macedonia
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Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.
  • Species: heldreichii
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Quantity: 0.43 lb
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Balkan Maple
  • Lot#: 9902
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Royal Poinciana, Flame Tree Delonix regia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is much loved in the Caribbean ; for example, many Puerto Rican paintings feature Flamboyant Trees, it can also be found in The Bahamas as well. * In areas with a marked dry season, it sheds its leaves during the drought, but in other areas it is...
  • Quantity: 309.4 lb
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Height: 15-30 feet
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Northern Catalpa, Western Catalpa, Northern Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree, Hardy Catalpa Catalpa speciosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Heart-shaped leaves to 1'; fast grower, yellow and white flowers in late June; large and sometimes rather coarse; fall color yellow, not an asset; tolerates heat and drought; wood slow to rot in soil; native to south central U.S. * The wood is soft,...
  • Genus: Catalpa
  • Height: 45-60 feet
  • Quantity: 2.4 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: speciosa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 23
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Northern Catalpa, Western Catalpa, Northern Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree, Hardy Catalpa Catalpa speciosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Heart-shaped leaves to 1'; fast grower, yellow and white flowers in late June; large and sometimes rather coarse; fall color yellow, not an asset; tolerates heat and drought; wood slow to rot in soil; native to south central U.S. * The wood is soft,...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Genus: Catalpa
  • Height: 45-60 feet
  • Germination: 36%
  • Quantity: 2.4 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 23
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Woman\'s-tongue Tree, Woman\'s Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law\'s Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood Albizia lebbeck
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.
  • Height: 50-100 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Common Name: Woman's-tongue Tree, Woman's Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law's Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: lebbeck
  • Germination: 98%
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Woman\'s-tongue Tree, Woman\'s Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law\'s Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood Albizia lebbeck
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Woman's-tongue Tree, Woman's Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law's Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood
  • Species: lebbeck
  • Genus: Albizia
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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
  • Height: 80-100 feet
  • Species: lawsonii
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 1.29 lb
  • Germination: 98%
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Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * 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...
  • Common Name: Oriental Hornbeam
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Purity: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,056
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Height: 30 feet
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Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * 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...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Carpinus orientalis
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Common Name: Oriental Hornbeam
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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.
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Pinus lawsonii
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
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Honeylocust, Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
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Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar. The pods have been seen as a good antidote for children's complaints. * A good city tree that withstands harsh conditions; delicate bright green compound leaves cast a light shade;...
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Common Name: Honeylocust, Honey Locust
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Thornless Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos   Inermis
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The light shade the bright green summer foliage casts allows grass to grow next to the trunk. The pods have been seen as a good antidote for children's complaints. It is a popular street tree in the East and Midwest and offers a graceful habit and fine...
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Height: 60-100 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Cultivar: Inermis
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Honeylocust, Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
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Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar. The pods have been seen as a good antidote for children's complaints. * A good city tree that withstands harsh conditions; delicate bright green compound leaves cast a light shade;...
  • Common Name: Honeylocust, Honey Locust
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Species: triacanthos
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Montane Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris    Montane - Pinus australis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. * A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Montane Longleaf Pine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Botanical Name: Pinus palustris Montane
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20")...
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,146
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Germination: 97%
  • Species: palustris
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
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Desert Ash, Caucasian Ash Fraxinus angustifolia oxycarpa    - Fraxinus oxycarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Eastern Europe north to the Czech Republic, southwest Asia east to northern Iran. Oxycarpa M.Bieb. Oxycarpa (M.Bieb. Ex Willd.) Franco & Rocha Afonso (syn. * Fraxinus angustifolia subsp.
  • Purity: 95%
  • Species: angustifolia
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 8,172
  • Germination: 77%
  • Collection Locale: Australia
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20")...
  • Germination: 97%
  • Height: 98-110 feet
  • Botanical Name: Pinus palustris
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,146
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 7.01 lb
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Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. It is used as a houseplant and conservatory tree in colder climates.
  • Species: funebris
  • Genus: Chamaecyparis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
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Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. It is used as a houseplant and conservatory tree in colder climates.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 249,700
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
  • Lot#: 9501
  • Genus: Chamaecyparis
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Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry Celtis laevigata  reticulata   - Celtis reticulata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Celtis reticulata , or Netleaf Hackberry , with other names including Netleaf Sugar Hackberry , Sugar Hackberry , Texas Sugarberry , Palo Blanco , Acibuche , is a medium-sized tree native to North America , in the Western United States and Northern...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Species: laevigata
  • Common Name: Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry
  • Height: 20-30 feet
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Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
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Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.
  • Genus: Castanopsis
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
  • Species: chrysophylla
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Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * Native to India and China. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.
  • Common Name: Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,856
  • Species: variegata
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
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Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
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Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.
  • Species: chrysophylla
  • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Castanopsis chrysophylla
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