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The Mulberry Tree: Is it a Friend or a Foe? Is it Wonderful Fruit or Free Bird Food?
Notice the main picture in the article; this showcases both the dark purple and the white berries. This fruit grows without a lot of extra care and you'll be delighted to say that the berries in your pie were grown in your garden.If you don't care to...
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Longstalk Holly Ilex pedunculosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A dark red dye is obtained from the leaves. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot regions; native to Japan and China.
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Botanical Name: Ilex pedunculosa
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Germination: 99%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Genus: Ilex
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Longstalk Holly Ilex pedunculosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A dark red dye is obtained from the leaves. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot regions; native to Japan and China.
  • Botanical Name: Ilex pedunculosa
  • Crop Year: 2001
  • Lot#: 010804
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: China
New York
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Dyeing Eggs Naturally
Also have on hand paper towels and cleanser in case you get some of the dye on the counter as some of them will stain. Place eggs and juice in a bowl and refrigerate overnight.can be made with red cabbage.
California
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The Quilting Bee: Natural Dyes
Because it has no pattern it is called a crazy quilt.The second photo is a quilt done by my Gramma Ell during the mid 40's. Some were so old and worn they had ragged edges, but there was a saying in my family: "Old quilts wrap you in love." I do believe...
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El Segundo
Cochineal Dye: Have You Eaten a Bug Lately?
Then in 1704, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, using his new invention the microscope, discovered insect parts in the dye. Prickly pears have been imported all over the world for food and horticulture.
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El Segundo
Chinese Sumac, Potanin Sumac Rhus potaninii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.
  • Purity: 96%
  • Quantity: 3.47 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,300
  • Family: ANACARDIACEAE
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 64
  • Germination: 83%
New York
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Lichen, an Ecosystem Wonder
The association between a large diversity of lichens and unpolluted habitats is so evident, scientists use lichens as indicators of ecosystem continuity to help identify areas that should be protected.trees is usually covered by white lichens.
California
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Glossy Buckthorn Frangula alnus     - Rhamnus frangula    , Frangula dodonei
Price : CALL

* The wood is used to make wooden nails, shoe lasts, veneer etc. * Rhamnus frangula is a tall deciduous shrub, sometimes referred to as a small tree, that grows up to 6 m (20 ft) tall and 4.5 m (15 ft) wide.
  • Genus: Frangula
  • Species: alnus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 20ft
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Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies. A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. * Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, buckhorn...
  • Family: Plantaginaceae
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Common Name: Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain
  • Quantity: 0.92 lb
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Purity: 99%
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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus quadrangulata
  • Species: quadrangulata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,341
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Blue Ash
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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Common Name: Blue Ash
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Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies. A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. * Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, buckhorn...
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 225,910
  • Height: 12-15 inches
  • Botanical Name: Plantago lanceolata
  • Common Name: Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribwort Plantain
  • Quantity: 0.92 lb
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The Protein Plant: Stinging Nettle
She stood up straight, her head tipped back, her eyes looked down her nose at me, and while she was in the middle of her tirade about my attitude, I fainted dead away and landed on old Doc's highly polished brogans.I don't remember much more about that...
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Bitter Dock
I was curious about the plant, because it was one of those that I caught its stem at the base of the blooms, and gently pulled my fingers along the stem. I had told her that it would have to be a good strong bright golden yellow dye, and she told me that...
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El Segundo
Pappy Joe and Wild Indigo
It was a little brush, so I wasn't worried about it being missed. I happened to have several white pinafores when I was little, and I talked my mother into letting me have one just to play in.I gathered my red dye, my blue dye, and snitched a paint brush...
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El Segundo
Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Price : CALL

* Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western...
  • Genus: Linaria
  • Botanical Name: Linaria vulgaris
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
New York
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Punjab Sumac Rhus punjabensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* An oil is extracted from the seeds. It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 74
  • Botanical Name: Rhus punjabensis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Rhus
  • Species: punjabensis
  • Purity: 96%
New York
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Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Price : CALL

* Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western...
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae
  • Species: vulgaris
New York
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Decorative and Functional: Traditional Uses of African Landscaping and Hobby Plants
This is not a dead or dying academic subject. Therefore, your landscaping and collector plants are more than curiousities. This article deals with the traditional uses of southern African plants that are used virtually solely as decorative items in the...
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The Truth about Chicory
But suddenly I smelled it before I saw it, a tiny shack just off the road surrounded by about a half dozen pickup trucks and maybe as many cars."Nope", he said with the widest grin.
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Chicory chick, cha la cha la.....
And Aunt Bett replenished her stash of chicory pretty often. It is bitter, it is rather harsh, and it makes coffee just that much darker, but oh myall the memories that come rushing back with that first taste of chicory coffee!Uncle Dock and Aunt...
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El Segundo
Royal Knight\'s-spur, Larkspur, White King Larkspur Consolida regalis  White King   - Delphinium consolida  White King
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae . * A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against aphids and thrips.
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Seeds Per Pound: 156,176
  • Variety: White King
  • Botanical Name: Consolida regalis White King
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Species: regalis
New York
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Bachelors Buttons, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Centaurea cyanus   Tall Choice
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A hardy cool season annual with blue, pink, or white 1 1/2" flowers, Branching, slender stemmed, spreading to 10 to 12 inches. The dye gives a lovely colour to linen, but it is transient.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 100,889
  • Genus: Centaurea
  • Cultivar: Tall Choice
  • Height: 10-12 inches
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Germination: 85%
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Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica     - Prunus pennsylvanica
Price : CALL

Fall foliage is colorful. * Fire cherry or pin cherry is a slender, sometimes shrubby, tree, 35-50 ft. Fine-textured, bright red branches; reddish to yellow-orange, mature bark; flat-topped clusters of white flowers; and bright red fruit are some of the...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: pensylvanica
  • Common Name: Pin Cherry
  • Genus: Prunus
New York
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White Alder, Sierra Alder Alnus rhombifolia
Price : CALL

* A decidious Tree growing to 12 m at a fast rate. White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACW Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After...
  • Species: rhombifolia
  • Common Name: White Alder, Sierra Alder
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Alnus
New York
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Bachelors Buttons, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Centaurea cyanus   Tall Choice
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A hardy cool season annual with blue, pink, or white 1 1/2" flowers, Branching, slender stemmed, spreading to 10 to 12 inches. The dye gives a lovely colour to linen, but it is transient.
  • Quantity: 1.96 lb
  • Botanical Name: Centaurea cyanus Tall Choice
  • Germination: 85%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 10-12 inches
  • Species: cyanus
New York
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