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Pond Pine, Marsh Pine, Pocosin Pine Pinus serotina
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pinus serotina ( Pond Pine , Marsh Pine , Pocosin Pine ) is a tree found along the Atlantic coastal plain of the eastern United States , from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama .
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Species: serotina
  • Germination: 50%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Quantity: 0.12 lb
  • Height: 45-60 feet
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Greek Fir Abies cephalonica
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Species: cephalonica
  • Botanical Name: Abies cephalonica
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Delavays Fir, Delavay\'s Fir Abies delavayi  delavayi
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black. * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and far northwestern Vietnam...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 18,160
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Variety: delavayi
  • Height: 65 feet
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Genus: Abies
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Greek Fir Abies cephalonica
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction.
  • Quantity: 0.83 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Massachusetts
  • Botanical Name: Abies cephalonica
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Species: cephalonica
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Delavays Fir, Delavay\'s Fir Abies delavayi  delavayi
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black. * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and far northwestern Vietnam...
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Botanical Name: Abies delavayi delavayi
  • Variety: delavayi
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Crop Year: 1997
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Atlantic White Cedar, False Cypress Chamaecyparis thyoides
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood is reported to endure moisture indefinitely; it has been used for fence-posts, ties and shingles. It grows on wet sites on the coastal plain at altitudes from sea level up to 50 m, more rarely in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains up...
  • Quantity: 4.99 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Collection Locale: New Jersey
  • Crop Year: 2011
  • Germination: 71%
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Balkan Pine, Macedonian Pine Pinus peuce
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

This fungal disease was accidentally introduced from Europe into North America, where it has caused severe mortality in the American native white pines (e.g. western white pine, sugar pine, whitebark pine) in many areas.
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Common Name: Balkan Pine, Macedonian Pine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Botanical Name: Pinus peuce
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Atlantic White Cedar, False Cypress Chamaecyparis thyoides
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood is reported to endure moisture indefinitely; it has been used for fence-posts, ties and shingles. It grows on wet sites on the coastal plain at altitudes from sea level up to 50 m, more rarely in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains up...
  • Germination: 71%
  • Species: thyoides
  • Crop Year: 2011
  • Purity: 95%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Chamaecyparis
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Balkan Pine, Macedonian Pine Pinus peuce
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

This fungal disease was accidentally introduced from Europe into North America, where it has caused severe mortality in the American native white pines (e.g. western white pine, sugar pine, whitebark pine) in many areas.
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Species: peuce
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Height: 100-130 feet
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Black Spruce Picea mariana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Picea mariana ( Black Spruce ) is a species of spruce native to northern North America , from Newfoundland west to Alaska , and south to northern New York , Minnesota and central British Columbia .
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Picea mariana
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Germination: 93%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 267
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Eastern Arborvitae, White Cedar, Arborvitae, American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Unlike the closely related species, Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar), it is only a small tree. The bark is red-brown, furrowed and peels in narrow, longitudinal strips. This essential oil also has insect repellent properties.
  • Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 364,624
  • Germination: 77%
  • Collection Locale: Ukraine
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 89%
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Eastern Arborvitae, White Cedar, Arborvitae, American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Unlike the closely related species, Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar), it is only a small tree. The bark is red-brown, furrowed and peels in narrow, longitudinal strips. This essential oil also has insect repellent properties.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 8.89 lb
  • Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination: 77%
  • Height: 60 feet
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Red Birch, Water Birch, Western Red Birch Betula occidentalis     - Betula fontinalis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western...
  • Species: occidentalis
  • Genus: Betula
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Quantity: 0.74 lb
  • Family: Betulaceae
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Fraser Fir, Fraser\'s Fir Abies fraseri    New York
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White House) than any other type of tree.
  • Collection Locale: NY
  • Seeds Per Pound: 37,228
  • Genus: Abies
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Lot#: 000132
  • Location: New York
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Umbrella Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine, Koyamaki SCIADOPITYS verticillata
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is an evergreen tree that can grow 15-27m tall, with brown main shoots bearing whorls of 7–12 cm long flexible green cladodes that look like, and perform the function of, leaves but are actually composed of stem tissues; occasionally, a cladode...
  • Common Name: Umbrella Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine, Koyamaki
  • Germination: 43%
  • Species: verticillata
  • Family: TAXODIACEAE
  • Genus: SCIADOPITYS
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Red Birch, Water Birch, Western Red Birch Betula occidentalis     - Betula fontinalis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western...
  • Genus: Betula
  • Quantity: 0.74 lb
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Purity: 97%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 115
  • Common Name: Red Birch, Water Birch, Western Red Birch
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Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The stems are used in the treatment of parasitic skin problems and rheumatism. The resin, mixed with the resin of Pinus species, is used as a resolvent on tumours. It is native to northeast Asia , in China , Mongolia , Japan , Korea and the southeast...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,708
  • Purity: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.18 lb
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Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The stems are used in the treatment of parasitic skin problems and rheumatism. The resin, mixed with the resin of Pinus species, is used as a resolvent on tumours. It is native to northeast Asia , in China , Mongolia , Japan , Korea and the southeast...
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Germination: 71%
  • Common Name: Chinese Juniper
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Family: Cupressaceae
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Umbrella Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine, Koyamaki SCIADOPITYS verticillata
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is an evergreen tree that can grow 15-27m tall, with brown main shoots bearing whorls of 7–12 cm long flexible green cladodes that look like, and perform the function of, leaves but are actually composed of stem tissues; occasionally, a cladode...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Japan
  • Quantity: 2.8 lb
  • Family: TAXODIACEAE
  • Seeds Per Pound: 26,332
  • Height: 90 feet
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Fraser Fir, Fraser\'s Fir Abies fraseri  NC, Roan Mt. X Mt. Rogers
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White House) than any other type of tree.
  • Germination: 22%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 54,468
  • Variety: NC, Roan Mt. X Mt. Rogers
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 70
  • Collection Locale: NC
  • Quantity: 1.86 lb
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Fraser Fir, Fraser\'s Fir Abies fraseri    New York
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White House) than any other type of tree.
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Collection Locale: NY
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 2000
  • Lot#: 000132
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 154
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Hinoki Cypress, Hinoki False Cypress, Japanese White Cedar Chamaecyparis obtusa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The bark is dark red-brown. * It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building palaces, temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths, table tennis blades and masu.
  • Quantity: 1.95 lb
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 146
  • Purity: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 215,196
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir Abies cilicica
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In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree ( Abies cilicica ), one weighting about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts...
  • Genus: Abies
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: cilicica
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Blundell Blue Balsam Fir, Improved Cook Balsam Fir Abies balsamea   Improved Cook Strain New Hampshire
Price : CALL

* The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and appropriate growth habit for use as Christmas trees. * The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the...
  • Height: 75 feet
  • Cultivar: Improved Cook Strain
  • Botanical Name: Abies balsamea Improved Cook Strain New Hampshire
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
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Clay Soil: A Real Challenge
Clay is the last soil to warm in the spring.On the positive side, clay has high levels of nutrients and will support many more specimens than one might think.Preparing the planting site and maintaining hydration are the key steps in enjoying a satisfying...
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Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir Abies cilicica
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In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree ( Abies cilicica ), one weighting about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Abies
  • Height: 80-100 feet
  • Common Name: Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir
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Hinoki Cypress, Hinoki False Cypress, Japanese White Cedar Chamaecyparis obtusa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The bark is dark red-brown. * It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building palaces, temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths, table tennis blades and masu.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 215,196
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 146
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Quantity: 1.95 lb
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