Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Elgin

Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early...

Germination Test Type: Actual
Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
Crop Year: 1995
Purity: 98%
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias

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Aaron's Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower Hypericum calycinum

Price : CALL

It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus .

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 278
Crop Year: 2016
Common Name: Aaron's Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower
Purity: 99%
Botanical Name: Hypericum calycinum
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5

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Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea

Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter. Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. Mass plantings are spectacular!

Collection Locale: New Zealand
Botanical Name: Carex testacea
Germination Test Type: estimate
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Purity: 99%

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Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium - Achillea lanulosa , Achillea millefolium occidentalis , Achillea occidentalis

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

Family: Asteraceae
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Common Name: Common Yarrow, Plumajillo
Germination Test Type: estimate
Botanical Name: Achillea millefolium
Species: millefolium

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Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica - Cassia marilandica

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Both are dried for later use. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. A poultice of the root has been used in treating sores.

99%

Germination: 99%
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
Botanical Name: Senna marilandica
Crop Year: 1999
Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
Purity: 99%

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Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium - Achillea lanulosa , Achillea millefolium occidentalis , Achillea occidentalis

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Botanical Name: Achillea millefolium
Germination: 91%
Crop Year: 2017
Family: Asteraceae
Height: 6-36 inches
Species: millefolium

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Tickseed, Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flowered Tickseed, Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora

Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

Purity: 98%
Height: 1.5 to 4 feet
Botanical Name: Coreopsis grandiflora
Collection Locale: North Carolina
Crop Year: 2013
Quantity: 0.05 lb

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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

It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California , USA , including...

Family: Pinaceae
Germination: 98%
Purity: 99%
Botanical Name: Pinus muricata
Genus: Pinus
Seeds Per Pound: 36,811

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California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude...

Crop Year: 2018
Germination Test Type: Actual
Family: Papaveraceae
Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
Botanical Name: Eschscholzia californica
Quantity: 4 lb

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Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin - Echinopsis peruviana Rio Lurin

Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies...

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
Family: Cactaceae
Germination Test Type: estimate
Species: peruvianus
Seeds Per Pound: 544,800
Germination: 40%

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Sensitive Plant, Shameplant, Shy Plant, Humble Plant, Sleeping Grass, Touch-Me-Not, Lajjalu, Bashful Mimosa Mimosa pudica

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native to the tropics. * Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched.

Species: pudica
Botanical Name: Mimosa pudica
Height: 5 feet, trailing
Purity: 99%
Genus: Mimosa
Family: Fabaceae

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Orange Coneflower, Showy Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs. Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches. * The ripe seed is a favorite food of finches in winter.

Purity: 99%
Crop Year: 2017
Common Name: Orange Coneflower, Showy Coneflower
Genus: Rudbeckia
Family: Asteraceae
Height: 1-3 feet

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Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

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

98%

Purity: 98%
Germination: 98%
Germination Test Type: cut
Crop Year: 2015
Genus: Crotalaria
Family: Fabaceae

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Ornamental Onion, German Garlic, Curley Chives Allium senescens

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* It produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and grows to between 8" and 40" in height. The foliage is thin, and strap like. * German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling...

Quantity: 0.04 lb
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
Germination Test Type: cut
Collection Locale: Russia
Lot#: 080413

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European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis - Phoenix humilis

Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. Requires very good drainage with abundant moisture in the summer and a sunny position. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas.

Purity: 99%
Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilis
Common Name: European Fan Palm
Collection Locale: Italy
Crop Year: 2017
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10

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Colorado Columbine, Colorado Blue Columbine, Rocky Mountain Columbine Aquilegia caerulea - Aquilegia coerulea

Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona...

Lot#: 090160
Botanical Name: Aquilegia caerulea
Germination Test Type: Actual
Height: 2-3 feet
Germination: 82%
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 67

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Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa

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The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

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

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Purple D'Oro Daylily

Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

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. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.

Spread: 12-18''
Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Zones: 3-9
Colors: Purple

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California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Botanical Name: Eschscholzia californica
Quantity: 4 lb
Species: californica
Collection Locale: Oregon
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 252
Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual

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American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana

Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat,...

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 289
Family: Verbenaceae
Crop Year: 2016
Botanical Name: Callicarpa americana
Seeds Per Pound: 343,939
Genus: Callicarpa

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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.

Family: Oleaceae
Botanical Name: Fraxinus quadrangulata
Collection Locale: Louisisna
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Germination Test Type: cut
Quantity: 0.88 lb

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Piute Cypress Cupressus nevadensis

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs. The foliage grows in sparse, very fragrant, sprays varying from dull gray-green to glaucous blue-green in color.

Common Name: Piute Cypress
Collection Locale: CA S. Sierras 3600'
Family: CUPRESSACEAE
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 21
Quantity: 0.35 lb
Seeds Per Pound: 38,590

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Pink Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana Rosea

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* Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant. * Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes.

Family: Poaceae
Botanical Name: Cortaderia selloana Rosea
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Species: selloana
Genus: Cortaderia

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Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine Aquilegia flabellata

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

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

Crop Year: 2008
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 60
Germination: 98%
Genus: Aquilegia
Collection Locale: Russia
Quantity: 0.04 lb

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Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound's Tongue Cynoglossum amabile Firmament

Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not .

Germination Test Type: cut
Height: 12 inches
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 213
Botanical Name: Cynoglossum amabile Firmament
Crop Year: 2017
Quantity: 5.7 lb

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Pearl Bush, Sawtooth Pearlbush , Pearl Tree Exochorda serratifolia

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is...

Collection Locale: China
Seeds Per Pound: 40,406
Lot#: 9701
Crop Year: 1997
Common Name: Pearl Bush, Sawtooth Pearlbush , Pearl Tree
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5

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

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower, and has a burly frame. Reduce the pine growth slowly over time it will tolerate styling and repotting in the summer months and early fall.

Germination: 98%
Species: mugo
Family: Pinaceae
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
Botanical Name: Pinus mugo mughus
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3

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