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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. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: sinensis
  • Germination: 98%
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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. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Common Name: Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod
  • Purity: 99%
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Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: utahensis
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
  • Family: Agavaceae
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Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny...
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Botanical Name: Agave utahensis
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
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Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena draco was not known until the 15th century. * Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 953
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Common Name: Dragon Tree, Dragontree
  • Genus: Dracaena
  • Purity: 99%
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Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena draco was not known until the 15th century. * Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus...
  • Height: 50-60 feet
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Genus: Dracaena
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: California
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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.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 326,880
  • Species: dilatata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Botanical Name: Mirbelia dilatata
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
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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.
  • Species: heldreichii
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Quantity: 0.43 lb
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,587
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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.
  • Quantity: 0.43 lb
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Common Name: Balkan Maple
  • Genus: ACER
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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.
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Family: Leguminosae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 326,880
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
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European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild.
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilis
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Quantity: 5.42 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Chamaerops
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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 plant can tolerate maritime exposure. It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. * The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m.
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Botanical Name: Pinus muricata
  • Common Name: Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine
  • Germination: 98%
  • Height: 50-80 feet
  • Collection Locale: Mendocino County Ca
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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark.
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
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European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild.
  • Genus: Chamaerops
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilis
  • Species: humilis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
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Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. * 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.
  • Botanical Name: Canavalia pubescens
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 542
  • Species: pubescens
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
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Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. * 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.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark.
  • Species: quadrangulata
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,341
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
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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 plant can tolerate maritime exposure. It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. * The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,811
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Collection Locale: Mendocino County Ca
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Botanical Name: Pinus muricata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
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Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
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* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Species: rugosa
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Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
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* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Species: rugosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
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Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Blooms on new growth. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Also tolerates some drought. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
  • Common Name: Shrubby St. Johnswort
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,286,960
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum
  • Germination: 40%
  • Genus: Hypericum
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Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Blooms on new growth. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Also tolerates some drought. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 97%
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Scorpion Senna Hippocrepis emerus     - Coronilla emerus
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 71,732
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 77
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Family: Fabaceae
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Scorpion Senna Hippocrepis emerus     - Coronilla emerus
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 71,732
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 77
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Crop Year: 2014
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Common Rue Ruta graveolens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 256
  • Botanical Name: Ruta graveolens
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 2.32 lb
  • Species: graveolens
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Common Rue Ruta graveolens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye...
  • Common Name: Common Rue
  • Seeds Per Pound: 238,947
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 18-24 inches
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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. * Pinus lawsonii occurs in forest and woodland at 1300-2600 m elevation.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,795
  • Botanical Name: Pinus lawsonii
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