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Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are scale-like, 2-5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots. The cones remain closed for many years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire , thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 70-80 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 34,000
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Arizona Cypress
  • Quantity: 11.85 lb
Illinois
Rockford
Snowdrop Bush Styrax officinalis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Fulvescens ( Styracaceae ) have generally been regarded as the same species, but recent molecular analysis has suggested that they may be diverged to the point of being separate species.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Snowdrop Bush
  • Collection Locale: Tobin, California
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Styracaceae
Illinois
Rockford
Shell Leaf Penstemon, Large Beard-tongue, Large Beardtongue, Large Beard Tongue Penstemon grandiflorus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers.
  • Botanical Name: Penstemon grandiflorus
  • Species: grandiflorus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 332
  • Seeds Per Pound: 172,520
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Rockford
Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia. * Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,146
  • Species: palustris
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Germination: 97%
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Common Name: Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine
Illinois
Rockford
Scrub Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni  frutescens
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees. It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 288
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Botanical Name: Quercus wislizeni frutescens
  • Quantity: 0.82 lb
Illinois
Rockford
Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.
  • Genus: Mirbelia
  • Common Name: Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Botanical Name: Mirbelia dilatata
Illinois
Rockford
European Hackberry Celtis australis
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* The flexible thin shoots are used as walking sticks. * A yellow dye is obtained from the bark * It is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant to air pollution and long-living.
  • Common Name: European Hackberry
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Botanical Name: Celtis australis
Illinois
Rockford
Caspian Locust, Persian Honey Locust Gleditsia caspia     - Gleditsia caspica
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Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: caspia
  • Common Name: Caspian Locust, Persian Honey Locust
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,270
Illinois
Rockford
Arizona White Oak Quercus arizonica
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* The acorns usually mature around fall. It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves. * The Arizona White Oak is a perennial tree and may grow up to 60 ft with a diameter of 3.3 ft.
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: arizonica
Illinois
Rockford
Saguaro, Giant Saguaro Carnegiea gigantea
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Flickers excavate larger holes higher on the stem. * The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is an arborescent (tree-like) cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea, which can grow to be over 70 feet (21 m) tall.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: Saguaro, Giant Saguaro
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Botanical Name: Carnegiea gigantea
  • Species: gigantea
Illinois
Rockford
Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound\'s Tongue Cynoglossum amabile   Firmament
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 213
  • Cultivar: Firmament
  • Height: 12 inches
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Common Name: Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound's Tongue
  • Genus: Cynoglossum
Illinois
Rockford
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Kaibab
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Glauca is the Rocky Mountain variety of this tree. Glauca is hardy to Zone 4). * Pseduotsuga menziesii var. * Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a...
  • Location: AZ Kaibab
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 34,277
  • Variety: glauca
  • Collection Locale: Arizona, Kaibab
  • Height: 60-80 feet
Illinois
Rockford
Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine Pinus muricata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,811
Illinois
Rockford
Aaron\'s Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower Hypericum calycinum
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* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April.
  • Collection Locale: CA
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,401,235
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: calycinum
  • Genus: Hypericum
Illinois
Rockford
Cedar Of Lebanon, Lebanon Cedar Cedrus libani
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* The Lebanon Cedar is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, often being planted in landscape avenues, and as focal point trees in large landscapes. * The leaves and the wood are antiseptic and expectorant.
  • Collection Locale: Turkey
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Cedar Of Lebanon, Lebanon Cedar
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,810
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Rockford
Michoacan Pine, Pino blanco, Pino lacio, Pino prieto Pinus devoniana     - Pinus michoacana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from 900 to 2500 m. * Pinus devoniana is closely related to Pinus montezumae (the Montezuma Pine).
  • Height: 70-100 feet
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Species: devoniana
Illinois
Rockford
Myrtle Oak Quercus myrtifolia
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Leaves are obovate with bristle at the rounded tip. It is native to the southeastern United States ( Mississippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina ). Untoothed margins are rolled under.
  • Botanical Name: Quercus myrtifolia
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Common Name: Myrtle Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Rockford
Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine Pinus muricata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Botanical Name: Pinus muricata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Mendocino County Ca
Illinois
Rockford
Siberian Spirea Sibiraea laevigata     - Sibiraea altaiensis
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

Branchlets glabrous; buds ovoid, slightly pubescent. * Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. Leaves usually solitary at axils on current year's growth, clustered on older branchlets; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, broadly lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate,...
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 126
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,026,667
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Collection Locale: Russia
Illinois
Rockford
Smooth-bark Mexican Pine Pinus pseudostrobus
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From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras . It grows between 1300-3250 m. * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well.
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Pinus pseudostrobus
  • Common Name: Smooth-bark Mexican Pine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Illinois
Rockford
Chinese Pear, Sand Pear, Harbin Pear, Ussurian Pear Pyrus ussuriensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Pyrifolia culta in Korea, it is very frost resistant. * Used as a rootstock for P. * This makes a beautiful flowering tree all on its own even though it is primarily grown as an extremely cold hardy rootstock for grafting edible pear varieties.
  • Height: 50ft
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,896
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 42
  • Quantity: 10.5 lb
  • Family: Rosaceae
Illinois
Rockford
Needle Juniper, Temple Juniper, Temple Juniper Juniperus rigida
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* It is grown as an ornamental tree, often planted in temple grounds in Japan. A very ornamental plant. Established plants are drought tolerant, succeeding in hot dry positions. * The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Species: rigida
  • Common Name: Needle Juniper, Temple Juniper, Temple Juniper
Illinois
Rockford
Japanese Black Pine Pinus thunbergii    China - Pinus thunbergiana    China
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on. Pinus thunbergii prefers cooler climates and loves full sun. * Native to Japan. * Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Japanese Black Pine
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Quantity: 16.16 lb
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Rockford
Hamilton\'s Spindle Tree Euonymus maackii
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Its growth is quite variable under both cultivated and wild conditions. * This is one of the most common species in the genus. * Roots yield up to 6% gutta-percha, a non-elastic rubber used as an electrical insulator and in making plastics etc.
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Purity: 97%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,338
  • Species: maackii
  • Germination: 98%
Illinois
Rockford
Semenov\'s Amur Maple, Turkestan Shrub Maple ACER tataricum semenovii
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* Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry! * It has lovely red fall color. * This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions.
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Species: tataricum
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: ACER tataricum semenovii
Illinois
Rockford
Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort Artemisia stelleriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Established plants are drought tolerant. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 80
  • Genus: Artemisia
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Lot#: 080446
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Name: Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort
Illinois
Rockford
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
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A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther...
  • Species: rugosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Height: 6-10 feet
Illinois
Rockford