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Salmon Berry, Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis     - Parmena spectabilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour. * Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California .
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 65
  • Germination: 83%
  • Collection Locale: BC
  • Botanical Name: Rubus spectabilis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Salmon Berry, Salmonberry
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Iowa
Carolina Buckthorn, Indian Cherry Rhamnus caroliniana     - Frangula caroliniana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

There is a local disjunct population in Mexico as well. Frangula caroliniana ), the Carolina Buckthorn , is an upright shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern United States .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Quantity: 0.58 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
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Iowa
Oriental Hackberry Celtis tournefortii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Forestfarm states on their website: "Polished green leaves and red & yellow fruits" (Hillier) distinguish this small (10-20') tree/shrub; "good street or park trees, often with picturesque crowns & attractive fall foliage" (Krussmann).
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,768
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Quantity: 0.27 lb
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Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Thimbleberry jam is made by combining equal volumes of berries and sugar and boiling the mixture for two minutes before packing it into jars. * The young shoots - peeled and eaten cooked or raw.
  • Lot#: 080129
  • Botanical Name: Rubus parviflorus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 472,160
  • Purity: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.21 lb
  • Species: parviflorus
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Iowa
Purple Passionflower, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine, True Passionflower Passiflora incarnata
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 packet

The Cherokee in the Tennessee area called it ocoee ; the Ocoee River and valley are named after this plant, which is the Tennessee State Wildflower . * Passiflora incarnata , commonly known as Maypop , Purple passionflower , True passionflower , Wild...
  • Quantity: 0.03 lb
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Germination: 98%
  • Common Name: Purple Passionflower, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine, True Passionflower
  • Botanical Name: Passiflora incarnata
  • Family: Passifloraceae
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Iowa
Sour Tupelo, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Bee Tupelo, White Tupelo Nyssa ogeche
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Edible Uses: Fruit - cooked. Known for its 1/2-3/4 in. A lime substitute. One to several trunks are crooked and the 4-6 in. * A tree to 60 ft. It is used in preserves. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in).
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Quantity: 2.18 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 923
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Purity: 99%
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Iowa
Purple-flowering Raspberry, Purpleflowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus
Price : CALL

* Plants are very vigorous and can be grown as a tall ground cover for large areas. * 2" fragrant rosy-purple flowers, even in full shade, throughout the summer; red fruit, edible but not tasty; thornless; spreads via suckers; used in Europe as an ornamental;...
  • Germination: 77%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 533,170
  • Quantity: 0.36 lb
  • Species: odoratus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Iowa
European Bird Cherry Prunus padus     - Padus avium  avium  , Cerasus padus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is the type species of the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes , which are hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and flies; it is a deciduous small tree or large shrub 8–16 m tall.
  • Genus: Prunus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: European Bird Cherry
  • Lot#: 010792
  • Quantity: 20.99 lb
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Iowa
Mesquite, Honey Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mesquite flour contains abundant protein and carbohydrates, and can be used in recipes as a substitute for wheat flour. * Prosopis glandulosa shrubs and trees provide shelter and nest building material for wildlife, and produce seed pods in abundance...
  • Genus: Prosopis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 83%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,012
  • Common Name: Mesquite, Honey Mesquite
  • Species: glandulosa
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Iowa
Meadow Rose, Smooth Rose Rosa blanda
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

The roses are quite variable, the characteristics such as leaf tip number of prickles and glandular hairs usually do not always remain constant, thus it is often confused with Rosa arkansana or Rosa carolina, the two other prairie rose species.
  • Height: 6 feet
  • Quantity: 0.45 lb
  • Species: blanda
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,774
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Iowa
Dog Rose, Brier Rose, Dog Brier Rosa canina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Used as understock for hybrid tea roses. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies. * In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to make a sweet wine.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Height: 7-9 feet
  • Quantity: 2.88 lb
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Seeds Per Pound: 22,246
  • Family: Rosaceae
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Iowa
Purple-flowering Raspberry, Purpleflowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus
Price : CALL

* Plants are very vigorous and can be grown as a tall ground cover for large areas. * 2" fragrant rosy-purple flowers, even in full shade, throughout the summer; red fruit, edible but not tasty; thornless; spreads via suckers; used in Europe as an ornamental;...
  • Germination: 77%
  • Quantity: 0.36 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 533,170
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Purity: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Rubus odoratus
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Iowa
Big Huckleberry, Thinleaf Huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Elk, moose, and white-tailed deer also browse the plant. In a good year Vaccinium membranaceum shrubs produce a lot of fruit. * The huckleberry is the official state fruit of Idaho, with this particular species assumed to be the huckleberry in question.
  • Collection Locale: Montana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 395
  • Quantity: 0.13 lb
  • Botanical Name: Vaccinium membranaceum
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Iowa
Manchurian Hazelnut Corylus sieboldiana  mandshurica   - Corylus mandshurica
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Corylus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 8.29 lb
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Family: Betulaceae
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Iowa
European Bird Cherry Prunus padus     - Padus avium  avium  , Cerasus padus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is the type species of the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes , which are hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and flies; it is a deciduous small tree or large shrub 8–16 m tall.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 9,897
  • Lot#: 010792
  • Genus: Prunus
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Prunus padus
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Iowa
Meadow Rose, Smooth Rose Rosa blanda
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

The roses are quite variable, the characteristics such as leaf tip number of prickles and glandular hairs usually do not always remain constant, thus it is often confused with Rosa arkansana or Rosa carolina, the two other prairie rose species.
  • Height: 6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Rosa blanda
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Genus: Rosa
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
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Iowa
Purple Passionflower, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine, True Passionflower Passiflora incarnata
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 packet

The Cherokee in the Tennessee area called it ocoee ; the Ocoee River and valley are named after this plant, which is the Tennessee State Wildflower . * Passiflora incarnata , commonly known as Maypop , Purple passionflower , True passionflower , Wild...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 13,166
  • Genus: Passiflora
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 30 feet
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Iowa
Little Walnut Juglans microcarpa
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

The seed is the smallest of this genus. * The seed is sweet and oily but it is rather small and has a thick shell. * Juglans microcarpa , known also as the Texas Walnut or the Little Black Walnut (literally the Jupiter's acorn with small nuts) is a large...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 72
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Common Name: Little Walnut
  • Height: 10-30 feet
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Iowa
Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. * The Strawberry Tree grows to 5-10 m tall, rarely up to 15 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Height: 15-35 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Strawberry Madrone, Strawberry Tree
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Northern Mountain Ash, Showy Mountain Ash Sorbus decora     - Pyrus decora
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Like the American mountain-ash (Sorbus Americana), the showy mountain-ash has pinnately compound leaves and often large clusters of flowers and fruits. * Sorbus decora, commonly known as the showy mountain-ash or "dogberry" is a deciduous shrub or very...
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Quantity: 0.69 lb
  • Genus: Sorbus
  • Height: 20-40 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Seeds Per Pound: 123,488
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Chinese Chestnut Castanea mollissima
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The nuts also provide a significant food source for wildlife. * Chinese chestnuts have evolved over a long period of time in coexistence with the bark fungal disease chestnut blight and have evolved a very successful resistance to the blight, probably...
  • Collection Locale: Genoa, New York
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: mollissima
  • Botanical Name: Castanea mollissima
  • Genus: Castanea
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Common Apple, Paradise Apple Malus pumila     - Malus communis    , Malus domestica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. * It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
  • Botanical Name: Malus pumila
  • Height: 20-40 feet
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Species: pumila
  • Genus: Malus
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Canary Island Date, Canary Date Palm, Canary Island Date Palm, Pineapple Palm Phoenix canariensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Phoenix canariensis on native ecosystems as limited. * The Canary Island date palm is very widely planted as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world,...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 590
  • Genus: Phoenix
  • Quantity: 19.55 lb
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Iowa
Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa     - Cerasus tomentosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is commonly called downy cherry in recognition of its downy leaves, downy stems and downy fruits. The bark is glabrous and copper-tinted black. Flowers are followed by red fruits (to 1/3" across) which ripen in June-July.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,302
  • Common Name: Nanking Cherry
  • Purity: 99%
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Iowa
Titan Sunflower Helianthus annuus   Titan
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* One of the all around largest sunflowers available to growVery Impressive! * Flower heads are 18-24 inches across.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Germination: 92%
  • Species: annuus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,632
  • Crop Year: 2016
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Iowa
Sloe, Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Price : CALL

And as a flavouring for sloe gin and other liqueurs. * The fruit is usually used in jellies, syrups, conserves etc. * Prunus spinosa ( blackthorn or sloe ) is a species of Prunus native to Europe , western Asia , and locally in northwest Africa .
  • Species: spinosa
  • Genus: Prunus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Prunus spinosa
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Black Chokeberry, Black-seeded Chokeberry ARONIA melanocarpa     - Photinia melanocarpa
Price : CALL

Chokeberries are cultivated as ornamental plants and also because they are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds, like anthocyanins. They are most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Botanical Name: ARONIA melanocarpa
  • Common Name: Black Chokeberry, Black-seeded Chokeberry
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Iowa