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Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The bark is thin and scaly, flaking off in small circular plates 5–20 cm across. * A lovely native tree from Alaska to California, where it is an important source of lumber; 1" needles; needs cool moist growing conditions to flourish, not well suited...
  • Species: sitchensis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Sitka Spruce
  • Botanical Name: Picea sitchensis
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: PINACEAE
Illinois
Chicago
Mountain Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana
Price : CALL

It is adaptable to a wide variety of climatic conditions and is widely used as an ornamental (Burns & Honkala 1990) (USDA hardiness zone 5). Heterophylla as timber and as pulp, a fact that has little retarded extensive logging of subalpine forests.
  • Genus: Tsuga
  • Botanical Name: Tsuga mertensiana
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Height: 60-120 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine Pinus clausa    Choctawhatchee
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pinus clausa ( Sand Pine , Sandhill Pine ) is a small, often shrubby tree from 5–10 m (16–33 ft), exceptionally to 21 m (69 ft) tall, found in two separate locations, one across central peninsular Florida , and the other in the western Florida panhandle...
  • Quantity: 0.2 lb
  • Botanical Name: Pinus clausa Choctawhatchee
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Family: Pinaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Scrub Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni  frutescens
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. 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.
  • Common Name: Scrub Interior Live Oak
  • Variety: frutescens
  • Botanical Name: Quercus wislizeni frutescens
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Bristlecone Pine, Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine, Foxtail Pine, Colorado Bristlecone Pine, Hickory Pine Pinus aristata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 and 90cm. * Extremely slow growing, 4' in 16 years, extremely long lived, to thousands of years--is yours a patient and stationary family?; shrubby, has great...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Common Name: Bristlecone Pine, Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine, Foxtail Pine, Colorado Bristlecone Pine, Hickory Pine
  • Botanical Name: Pinus aristata
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
Illinois
Chicago
Common Myrtle Myrtus communis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. * Pre-soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water and then sow it in late winter in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow them...
  • Common Name: Common Myrtle
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Botanical Name: Myrtus communis
Illinois
Chicago
Swiss Stone Pine, Arolla Pine Pinus cembra
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in most situations, flourishing on N. Facing slopes and in moist heavy clay soils. It often reaches the alpine tree line in this area. The mature size is up to 25-35 m height, and 1.5 m trunk diameter.
  • Quantity: 4.09 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Slovakia
  • Height: 90-120 feet
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: Pinus cembra
Illinois
Chicago
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  NM Santa Fe
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir. * Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals.
  • Botanical Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca NM Santa Fe
  • Common Name: Douglas Fir
  • Variety: glauca
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Collection Locale: NM, Santa Fe Forest
  • Height: 100-130 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Green Mormon Tea, Mormon Tea, Green Ephedra, Mountain Joint Fir, Brigham Tea Ephedra viridis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ephedra viridis is a species of Ephedra known by the common names green ephedra and green Mormon tea . The whole plant can be used at much lower concentrations than the isolated constituents - unlikeusing the isolated ephedrine, using the whole plant...
  • Family: Ephedraceae
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination: 79%
  • Genus: Ephedra
  • Common Name: Green Mormon Tea, Mormon Tea, Green Ephedra, Mountain Joint Fir, Brigham Tea
  • Seeds Per Pound: 26,174
Illinois
Chicago
Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis  forbesii   - Hesperocyparis forbesii    , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* Cupressus forbesii is native to montane chaparral and woodlands habitats in the western Peninsular Ranges. * The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper limits of Coal Canyon and on Sierra Peak in the Santa Ana...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,848
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Species: guadalupensis
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus guadalupensis forbesii
  • Genus: Cupressus
  • Variety: forbesii
Illinois
Chicago
Balsam Fir Abies balsamea    Nova Scotia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The resin is used internally in propriety mixtures to treat coughs. * Our Nova Scotia source seed comes from the Balsam Fir Christmas Tree Capital of the World! * A symmetrically pyramidal tree with lustrous dark green needles that are very aromatic.
  • Botanical Name: Abies balsamea Nova Scotia
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Species: balsamea
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 60
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Collection Locale: Nova Scotia
Illinois
Chicago
Jojoba, Pignut, Goat Nut, Deer Nut, Wild Hazel, Quinine Nut, Coffeeberry, Grey Box Bush Simmondsia chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Jojoba grows to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) tall, with a broad, dense crown. Each plant is single-sex , either male or female, with hermaphrodites being extremely rare. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, with 5–6 sepals and no petals.
  • Species: chinensis
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Simmondsia chinensis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 685
  • Collection Locale: Arizonia
Illinois
Chicago
Durango Pine Pinus durangensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a moderately high altitude species, growing at 1,500–2,800 metres (4,900–9,200 ft). * Pinus durangensis is an evergreen tree reaching 25–40 metres (82–131 ft) in height, with a trunk up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in diameter and a broad, rounded...
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Height: 80-120 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Pinus durangensis
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
Illinois
Chicago
Japanese Stone Oak Lithocarpus edulis
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

These can be removed by soaking the seed in water for a few days, changing the soak water regularly. The process can be speeded up by grinding the seed into a powder prior to soaking.
  • Botanical Name: Lithocarpus edulis
  • Common Name: Japanese Stone Oak
  • Germination: 83%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
Illinois
Chicago
Redwood, Coast Redwood, California Redwood Sequoia sempervirens
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

The fibres are beaten for six hours in a ball mill and the paper is a brown colour. Redwoods need watering durning the summer and kept moist in the winter but be careful not to overwater.
  • Germination: 45%
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Genus: Sequoia
  • Quantity: 14.24 lb
  • Botanical Name: Sequoia sempervirens
Illinois
Chicago
Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca   Densata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Very hardy, slow growing, with a compact, symmetrical habit. * White spruce is the state tree of South Dakota. * Native from the Black Hills of South Dakota. * The crushed leaves are quite aromatic.
  • Species: glauca
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Picea
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Botanical Name: Picea glauca Densata
Illinois
Chicago
Manna Gum, White Gum, Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis
Price : CALL

Viminalis is widely distributed in the cooler areas of Australia where the leaves are the favoured food of Koalas. * Quick growing, extremely tall, grows well in poor soil; grayish-white bark, creamy-white branches; bark produces a "manna" eaten by natives;...
  • Genus: Eucalyptus
  • Common Name: Manna Gum, White Gum, Ribbon Gum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Species: viminalis
Illinois
Chicago
Balsam Fir Abies balsamea    New York
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Very popular as Christmas Trees, especially in the northeastern USA. * The resin is used internally in propriety mixtures to treat coughs.
  • Species: balsamea
  • Height: 75 feet
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Botanical Name: Abies balsamea New York
  • Collection Locale: New York
  • Seeds Per Pound: 67,192
Illinois
Chicago
Evergreen Dogwood, Bentham\'s Cornel Cornus capitata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It flowers during the summer in white blooms. * The fruit has a bitter-sweet flavour, tasting like an over-ripe banana. * It is grown elsewhere as an ornamental . This is an evergreen tree growing to 12 meters in height and width.
  • Species: capitata
  • Quantity: 0.95 lb
  • Collection Locale: Califiornia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 18,270
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
Illinois
Chicago
Sonoran Scrub Oak Quercus turbinella
Price : CALL

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .
  • Common Name: Sonoran Scrub Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: turbinella
  • Genus: Quercus
Illinois
Chicago
Jojoba, Pignut, Goat Nut, Deer Nut, Wild Hazel, Quinine Nut, Coffeeberry, Grey Box Bush Simmondsia chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Jojoba grows to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) tall, with a broad, dense crown. Each plant is single-sex , either male or female, with hermaphrodites being extremely rare. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, with 5–6 sepals and no petals.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Quantity: 22.97 lb
  • Collection Locale: Arizonia
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 685
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
Illinois
Chicago
Bush Chinquapin, Dwarf Golden Chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 1 packet

Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. Prefers a sheltered semi-shaded position and a light deep moist soil. Conservation Plant Characteristics Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmqvist bush chinquapin...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Species: sempervirens
  • Genus: Chrysolepis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 512
Illinois
Chicago
Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni
Price : CALL

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. 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.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Height: 50-60 feet
  • Species: wislizeni
Illinois
Chicago
Spiny Saltbush, Shadscale Atriplex confertifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores.
  • Quantity: 3.65 lb
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Botanical Name: Atriplex confertifolia
  • Purity: 97%
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Germination: 86%
Illinois
Chicago
Scrub Oak Quercus berberidifolia     - Quercus dumosa  f. berberidifolia
Price : CALL

* In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several meters high. * The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
Price : CALL

However, this plant will not survive shoot destruction indefinitely. Specimens in wetter areas are more tree-like with bigger leaves. Cerifera' s root system is fire-resistant. Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail.
  • Family: MYRICACEAE
  • Species: cerifera
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Myrica cerifera dried berries
Illinois
Chicago
Manna Gum, White Gum, Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis
Price : CALL

Viminalis is widely distributed in the cooler areas of Australia where the leaves are the favoured food of Koalas. * Quick growing, extremely tall, grows well in poor soil; grayish-white bark, creamy-white branches; bark produces a "manna" eaten by natives;...
  • Botanical Name: Eucalyptus viminalis
  • Common Name: Manna Gum, White Gum, Ribbon Gum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Genus: Eucalyptus
Illinois
Chicago