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Running-postman, Scarlet Runner Kennedia prostrata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus Kewensis. * It is native to the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New...
  • Height: 5 feet
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Species: prostrata
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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 . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.
  • Collection Locale: TX
  • Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Genus: Ratibida
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Species: columnifera
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 216
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado , where it grows in several habitat types including coniferous forest , chaparral...
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 150,274
  • Germination: 98%
  • Height: 9-12 feet
  • Common Name: Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Swamp Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica  biflora
Price : CALL

It is lustrous, with entire, often wavy margins. * The wood of Nyssa sylvatica is heavy, hard, cross-grained, and difficult to split, especially after drying. The tree is best when grown in sheltered but not crowded positions, developing a pyramidal shape...
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Height: 65-80 feet
  • Genus: Nyssa
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica biflora
  • Variety: biflora
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Indian Fig Opuntia, Barberry Fig, Cactus Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia ficus-indica
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

The fruits are up to 10cm long and 9cm wide. * In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, while the fruit is called tuna, which are names also used in American English, especially as culinary terms.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 34
  • Seeds Per Pound: 31,660
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: ficus-indica
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Germination: 98%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sourgum, Beetlebung Nyssa sylvatica    Northern
Price : CALL

It is lustrous, with entire, often wavy margins. * The wood of Nyssa sylvatica is heavy, hard, cross-grained, and difficult to split, especially after drying. The tree is best when grown in sheltered but not crowded positions, developing a pyramidal shape...
  • Species: sylvatica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Height: 65-80 feet
  • Genus: Nyssa
  • Location: Northern
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides     - Catalpa syringifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is highly valued for posts and fencing rails, and is also used for interior finishes, cabinet work etc. The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. * It prefers moist soil and full sun.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 44,069
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 88
  • Species: bignonioides
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Crop Year: 2017
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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...
  • Genus: Aquilegia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Botanical Name: Aquilegia flabellata
  • Lot#: 080429
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Christmasbush, Rambling Senna, Money Bush, Yellow Candlewood Senna bicapsularis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Slender brown pods that may be 6 inches long follow the blooms of Winter Cassia. It looks really good when used with its "feet" surrounded by small evergreen shrubs or herbaceous annuals and perennials.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 17,706
  • Common Name: Christmasbush, Rambling Senna, Money Bush, Yellow Candlewood
  • Botanical Name: Senna bicapsularis
  • Genus: Senna
  • Germination: 91%
  • Crop Year: 2015
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant Aesculus pavia    Northern
Price : CALL

* Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 15 feet
  • Location: Northern
  • Common Name: Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant
  • Family: Hippocastanaceae
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pygmy Peashrub Caragana pygmaea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.
  • Common Name: Pygmy Peashrub
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Caragana pygmaea
  • Family: Fabaceae
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence the common name. Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage.
  • Germination: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 108,960
  • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Ceanothus
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. * A lovely native American with shiny dark green leaves, red, yellow, and purple in fall; an ericaceous plant that wants moist, acid soil; fragrant urn-shaped flowers in drooping clusters;...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 50-75 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,311,800
  • Species: arboreum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 445
  • Botanical Name: Oxydendrum arboreum
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. * A lovely native American with shiny dark green leaves, red, yellow, and purple in fall; an ericaceous plant that wants moist, acid soil; fragrant urn-shaped flowers in drooping clusters;...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Height: 50-75 feet
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Common Name: Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree
  • Collection Locale: Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Oriental Hackberry Celtis tournefortii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Succeeds on dry gravels and on sandy soils. The species is endemic to eastern Europe: Ukraine, Croatia, Greece (including Crete, Sicily, Macedonia, Montenegro; Western Asia: Cyprus, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, Turkey; and the Caucasus region: Azerbaijan.
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Purity: 95%
  • Lot#: 9702
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia    Southern
Price : CALL

* Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular.
  • Family: Hippocastanaceae
  • Species: pavia
  • Genus: Aesculus
  • Botanical Name: Aesculus pavia Southern
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. 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,...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Family: Cornaceae
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Weeping Boerboon, Weeping Boer-bean, African Walnut, African Greenheart, Tree Fuchsia, Drunk Parrot Tree SCHOTIA brachypetala
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

Trees grown in poor soil or in very dry conditions tend to be smaller (about 5 metres tall with a 5-metre canopy spread) and more sparsely foliated. * The weeping boer-bean is easily grown, and is remarkably hardy in both poor soil and very dry conditions.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 817
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 3
  • Common Name: Weeping Boerboon, Weeping Boer-bean, African Walnut, African Greenheart, Tree Fuchsia, Drunk Parrot Tree
  • Genus: SCHOTIA
  • Quantity: 0.03 lb
  • Purity: 99%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lemon Balm, Common Balm Melissa officinalis
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A pleasant lemon-like aroma and flavour, they are used mainly as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas,...
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Quantity: 0.62 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: officinalis
  • Collection Locale: Canada
  • Lot#: 980051
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Prices start at : 9.50 USD / 10 g

Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always purple. Its use has also been adopted by Ayurvedic medicine. Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of N.
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 109
  • Crop Year: 2016
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica
Price : CALL

* 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. The fruit can also be dried and ground into a powder then mixed with corn...
  • Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Anacardiaceae
  • Genus: Rhus
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence the common name. Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Species: americanus
  • Quantity: 0.19 lb
  • Germination: 99%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is ripe in November/December and is about 15mm in diameter. Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. The fruit contains about 20% sugars and can be used to make delicious and nourishing...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 165
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Height: 15-35 feet
  • Purity: 96%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Black Cumin Nigella sativa
Price : CALL

* Normally used as a flavouring on bread, cakes, curries, pickles etc. It grows to 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in) tall, with finely divided, linear (but not thread-like) leaves. The seed is used as a spice.
  • Species: sativa
  • Height: 10-12 inches
  • Botanical Name: Nigella sativa
  • Common Name: Black Cumin
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Judas Tree Cercis siliquastrum
Price : CALL

* The flowers can be eaten raw. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the trunk in late spring ( cauliflory ). * The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 4.57 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 58
  • Seeds Per Pound: 27,240
  • Botanical Name: Cercis siliquastrum
  • Collection Locale: Italy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Gum Arabic Tree Acacia nilotica     - Vachellia nilotica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are bipinnate, with 3–6 pairs of pinnulae and 10–30 pairs of leaflets each, tomentose, rachis with a gland at the bottom of the last pair of pinnulae. The wood has a density of about 1170 kg/m³.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,086
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rosea Silk-tree Albizia julibrissin   Rosea
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The flower heads are carminative, digestive, sedative and tonic. * They are used internally in the treatment of insomnia, irritability, breathlessness and poor memory. * ‘Rosea' has bright pink flowers, is hardier than the species, and is 10 to 15...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Quantity: 0.83 lb
  • Cultivar: Rosea
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,896
  • Height: 40 feet
  • Species: julibrissin
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia