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Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant Aesculus pavia    Northern
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* A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m. * It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois...
  • Family: Hippocastanaceae
  • Common Name: Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant
  • Species: pavia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Aesculus pavia Northern
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Silk-floss Tree Chorisia speciosa     - Ceiba speciosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* As a deciduous tree, it is completely bare of leaves and flowers during the winter months, especially when growing outside of its native South America habitat. * The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals.
  • Genus: Chorisia
  • Family: Bombacaceae
  • Botanical Name: Chorisia speciosa
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Arizona
Cocky\'s Tongue Templetonia retusa
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil.
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Common Name: Cocky's Tongue
  • Genus: Templetonia
  • Species: retusa
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Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica
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It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis. * The leaves and stems of fragrant sumac have a citrus fragrance when crushed, and it inhabits mostly uplands areas, while poison ivy has no odor and can inhabit various habitats.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Fragrant Sumac
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Family: Anacardiaceae
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Arizona
Emperor\'s Candlesticks Senna alata     - Cassia alata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Senna alata (also known as Cassia alata) is often called the ringworm bush because of its very effective fungicidal properties, for treating ringworm and other fungal infections of the skin.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 10-14 feet
  • Botanical Name: Senna alata
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Quantity: 0.03 lb
  • Family: Fabaceae
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Arizona
Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii
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* Bright green leaves, very dense, with a horizontal habit; orange, scarlet, and reddish purple in fall; yellow flowers followed by bright red fruit, very attractive in winter; generally a good, tough plant; good deciduous hedge plant.
  • Family: Berberidaceae
  • Height: 4-7 feet
  • Common Name: Japanese Barberry
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Arizona
Lance Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata   Sunburst
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico .
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 70
  • Seeds Per Pound: 158,900
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Germination: 82%
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Arizona
Black Cumin Nigella sativa
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Peshawari naan is, as a rule, topped with kalonji seeds. Nigella is also used in Armenian string cheese, a braided string cheese called Majdouleh or Majdouli in the Middle East. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with...
  • Height: 10-12 inches
  • Species: sativa
  • Common Name: Black Cumin
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
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Swamp Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica  biflora
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Its flowers are an important source of honey and its fruits are important to many bird species. Pleasantly acidulous. * Nyssa sylvatica is cultivated as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, where it is often used as a specimen or shade tree.
  • Species: sylvatica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica biflora
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Genus: Nyssa
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Arizona
Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* For those people with sensitive taste buds, this is a fruit that can be enjoyed when eaten in moderate quantities. * It is ripe in November/December and is about 15mm in diameter.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 171,612
  • Genus: Arbutus
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Collection Locale: Italy
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Arizona
Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sourgum, Beetlebung Nyssa sylvatica    Northern
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Its flowers are an important source of honey and its fruits are important to many bird species. Pleasantly acidulous. * Nyssa sylvatica is cultivated as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, where it is often used as a specimen or shade tree.
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica Northern
  • Common Name: Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sourgum, Beetlebung
  • Species: sylvatica
  • Genus: Nyssa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
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Arizona
Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides     - Catalpa syringifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Many people grow this tree in the Southern USA just so they can gather the Catalpa worms to use as fishing bait. * It prefers moist soil and full sun. It is easily raised from seeds which germinate early in the first season.
  • Botanical Name: Catalpa bignonioides
  • Common Name: Southern Catalpa
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: bignonioides
  • Genus: Catalpa
  • Germination: 91%
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Arizona
Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This means that when used on the skin it will not remove the natural body oils, but nor will it remove engine oil etc. * Ceanothus velutinus is a species of shrub in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae , known by the common names Red Root , Snowbrush Ceanothus...
  • Quantity: 0.18 lb
  • Crop Year: 2011
  • Species: velutinus
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
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Arizona
Blue Paloverde Parkinsonia florida     - Cercidium floridum    , Cercidium floridum floridum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Irish botanist Thomas Coulter was the first to categorize Parkinsonia florida. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,148
  • Species: florida
  • Common Name: Blue Paloverde
  • Quantity: 1.71 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Parkinsonia
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Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Prices start at : 9.50 USD / 10 g

It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwest United States. * Echinacea is considered to be the most effective detoxicant in Western herbal medicine for the circulatory,...
  • Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 7.52 lb
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 109,563
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Arizona
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western...
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Botanical Name: Coreopsis lanceolata
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 1.97 lb
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Arizona
Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera     - Ratibida columnaris
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 216
  • Genus: Ratibida
  • Height: 24-30 inches
  • Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Crop Year: 2017
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Arizona
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are gathered when the plant is in full bloom and are dried in the shade. Thick, woody, red roots go deep and help plant withstand droughty conditions, but make established shrubs difficult to transplant.
  • Species: americanus
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Common Name: New Jersey Tea
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
  • Genus: Ceanothus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
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Milkweed, Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

They taste somewhat like peas. It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed . * The sprouted seeds can be eaten. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made...
  • Collection Locale: Genoa, NY
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 84
  • Species: syriaca
  • Purity: 99%
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Arizona
Summer-sweet, Sweet Pepper Bush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet, Summersweet Clethra Clethra alnifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Clethra alnifolia ( Sweet Pepperbush , Anne Bidwell or Summersweet ), is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra , native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida , and west to eastern Texas .
  • Species: alnifolia
  • Common Name: Summer-sweet, Sweet Pepper Bush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet, Summersweet Clethra
  • Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
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Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
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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.
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Height: 6-10 feet
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Golden Shower Cassia fistula
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The fruit pulp is considered a purgative, and self-medication or any use without medical supervision is strongly advised against in Ayurvedic texts. It is also the state flower of Kerala in India and of immense importance amongst the Malayali population...
  • Genus: Cassia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Botanical Name: Cassia fistula
  • Family: Fabaceae
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Arizona
Flat-leaved Eryngium, Plains Eryngo Eryngium planum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A good bee plant. * A very ornamental plant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the plants grow too...
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 388
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Manchurian Linden Tilia mandshurica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.
  • Genus: Tilia
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Lot#: 100698
  • Species: mandshurica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 67%
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Showy Mespilus, Medlar Mespilus germanica
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* When the fruit is in a state described as incipient decay,the stage when the flesh turns from white to brown it becomes very soft and is quite sweet with an absolutely delicious flavour that somewhat resembles a luscious tropical fruit.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Botanical Name: Mespilus germanica
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 67%
  • Crop Year: 2017
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Arizona
Pygmy Peashrub Caragana pygmaea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 0.47 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 40,860
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E.H. Wilson Silk-tree Albizia julibrissin   E.H. Wilson
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Hardier form than the species. * Can be treated as a distinct cultivar, to be named 'Ernest Wilson' * This cultivar is distinguished from all others in the species by both habit and hardiness.
  • Genus: Albizia
  • Botanical Name: Albizia julibrissin E.H. Wilson
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,442
  • Height: 40 feet
  • Quantity: 18.31 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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