Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Chicago

Shell Leaf Penstemon, Large Beard-tongue, Large Beardtongue, Large Beard Tongue Penstemon grandiflorus

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

Botanical Name: Penstemon grandiflorus
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Crop Year: 2013
Quantity: 3.83 lb
Seeds Per Pound: 172,520
Species: grandiflorus

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Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

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Germination: 98%
Crop Year: 2015
Height: 2-4 feet
Genus: Crotalaria
Quantity: 1.87 lb
Purity: 98%

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Siberian Iris Iris sibirica

Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. A very ornamental plant. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia .

Species: sibirica
Common Name: Siberian Iris
Height: 2 feet
Seeds Per Pound: 50,846
Collection Locale: Russia
Family: Iridaceae

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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...

Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Common Name: Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax
Botanical Name: Linaria vulgaris
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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Purple D'Oro Daylily

Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden.

Genus: Hemerocallis 'Purple D'Oro'
Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Colors: Purple
Season Color: Summer

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Broom-sedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Broom Sedge Andropogon virginicus

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun. Plants are often found in very acid soils in the wild. * Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem and yellowsedge...

Genus: Andropogon
Seeds Per Pound: 1,280,000
Crop Year: 2017
Species: virginicus
Quantity: 9.7 lb
Germination Test Type: Actual

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Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine Aquilegia flabellata

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. Flabellata pumila. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is...

Lot#: 080429
Height: 12-15 inches
Family: Ranunculaceae
Germination Test Type: cut
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 60
Species: flabellata

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Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
Quantity: 1.24 lb
Crop Year: 2013
Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
Species: sinensis
Germination Test Type: cut

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Chicago

Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion's Ear Leonotis nepetifolia

Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint). * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as...

Collection Locale: Hawaii
Genus: Leonotis
Germination: 91%
Germination Test Type: cut
Quantity: 0.14 lb
Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia

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Pampas Grass, Uruguayan Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana

Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pampas grass is highly adaptable and can grow in a wide range of environments and climates. * A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. * A perennial, often grows into an impressive clump with beautiful silvery plumes, especially with...

Quantity: 0.68 lb
Germination Test Type: Actual
Purity: 99%
Species: selloana
Seeds Per Pound: 236,080,000
Botanical Name: Cortaderia selloana

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Siberian Iris Iris sibirica

Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Crop Year: 2016
Purity: 99%
Genus: Iris
Seeds Per Pound: 50,846
Quantity: 0.2 lb
Height: 2 feet

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Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves. When used in salads, they are rather bitter, though less so in the winter. Carbohydrate, 187mg Calcium, 66mg phosphorus, 3.1mg iron, 76mg sodium, 397mg potassium, 36mg magnesium, 14000iu...

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 916
Germination: 80%
Quantity: 0.03 lb
Collection Locale: Netherlands
Crop Year: 2016
Species: officinale

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European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis - Phoenix humilis

Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf is up to 1-1.5 m long, with the leaflets 50-80 cm long.

Crop Year: 2017
Height: 4-5 feet
Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilis
Purity: 99%
Species: humilis
Germination Test Type: cut

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Chicago

Sacred Thorn-apple, Sacred Datura Datura wrightii

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

States, as far north as southern Utah, in open land with well-drained soils. * Datura wrightii has also been used to induce hallucination for recreational purposes. This makes dosage estimation a difficult and adds further risk to the administration of...

Seeds Per Pound: 36,320
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Germination: 98%
Purity: 99%
Height: 2-3 feet
Quantity: 0.02 lb

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Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa

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* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Species: rugosa
Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
Genus: Cornus

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Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata

Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

Crop Year: 2015
Genus: Coreopsis
Common Name: Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis
Seeds Per Pound: 194,312
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Quantity: 1.97 lb

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Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine Aquilegia flabellata

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Height: 12-15 inches
Seeds Per Pound: 562,960
Lot#: 080429
Germination Test Type: cut
Germination: 98%
Common Name: Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine

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Snowdrop Bush Styrax officinalis

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A highly perfumed balsamic gum is obtained from the branches and stems. A small very light green, stalked axillary bud is associated with each leaf. It is the "official" source of styrax , an herbal medicine known from ancient times.

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
Common Name: Snowdrop Bush
Family: Styracaceae
Germination: 98%
Genus: Styrax
Height: 5-7 feet

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Mugo Pine, Mugo Pine Tree, Mountain Pine Pinus mugo mughus

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This tree transplants well. This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower, and has a burly frame. The Mugo Pine has small dark green evergreen needles helping it to look great all year.

Variety: mughus
Common Name: Mugo Pine, Mugo Pine Tree, Mountain Pine
Seeds Per Pound: 63,866
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Collection Locale: Bulgaria
Crop Year: 2016

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Smooth-bark Mexican Pine Pinus pseudostrobus

Price : CALL

* Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras . It grows between 1300-3250 m. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer.

Botanical Name: Pinus pseudostrobus
Height: 40 - 80 feet
Common Name: Smooth-bark Mexican Pine
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8

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Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays.

Seeds Per Pound: 36,346
Crop Year: 2016
Collection Locale: Holland
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Botanical Name: Echinops ritro
Family: Asteraceae

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Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

Purity: 98%
Common Name: Balkan Maple
Quantity: 0.43 lb
Genus: ACER
Family: ACERACEAE
Height: 50 feet

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Japanese Black Pine Pinus thunbergii China - Pinus thunbergiana China

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. * It is one of the classic bonsai subjects. * Of irregular habit, roughly conical. * Native to Japan.

Germination: 83%
Seeds Per Pound: 27,240
Location: China
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
Common Name: Japanese Black Pine
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 49

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Sideoats Grass, Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a warm-season grass growing 30-100 cm (12-40 inches) tall, and grows well on mountainous plateaus, rocky slopes, and sandy plains. * The small oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk.

Seeds Per Pound: 290,560
Crop Year: 2016
Common Name: Sideoats Grass, Sideoats Grama
Botanical Name: Bouteloua curtipendula
Family: Poaceae
Height: 12-40 inches

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Orange Coneflower, Showy Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rudbeckia fulgida are perennial herbaceous plants growing up to 120 cm tall, growing from rosettes that develop at the end of stolons. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes...

Collection Locale: Missouri
Germination Test Type: cut
Species: fulgida
Germination: 98%
Quantity: 0.08 lb
Common Name: Orange Coneflower, Showy Coneflower

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Columbine, Granny's Bonnet Aquilegia oxysepala

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

Lot#: 080447
Common Name: Columbine, Granny's Bonnet
Height: 18-24 inches
Genus: Aquilegia
Purity: 99%
Botanical Name: Aquilegia oxysepala

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Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans

Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds . It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock .

Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
Germination: 31%
Collection Locale: India
Germination Test Type: cut
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 209

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