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Milkweed, Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The sprouted seeds can be eaten. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum. This species is native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains , excluding the drier parts of the Prairies...
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias syriaca
  • Seeds Per Pound: 77,634
  • Genus: Asclepias
United States
Iowa
Summer Pheasant\'s Eye Adonis aestivalis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It is hardy to zone 6. It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant...
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Seeds Per Pound: 49,940
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 99
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Genus: Adonis
United States
Iowa
Sweet Marjoram Origanum majorana - Majorana hortensis
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems. * Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours.
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Quantity: 2.34 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Sweet Marjoram
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 577
  • Height: 1-2 feet
United States
Iowa
White Clover, Irish Shamrock, True Irish Shamrock, Dutch Clover Trifolium repens
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand. Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay.
  • Species: repens
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 681,000
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: White Clover, Irish Shamrock, True Irish Shamrock, Dutch Clover
United States
Iowa
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Greater Burdock is rather tall, reaching as much as 9 feet (2.7 m). It has large, alternating, cordiform leaves that have a long petiole and are pubescent on the underside. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 31,780
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Greater Burdock
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Quantity: 0.56 lb
United States
Iowa
Indian Teasel, Fuller\'s Teasel, Cultivated Teasel Dipsacus sativus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that is, to tease the fibres). The root is harvested in early autumn and dried for later use.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.86 lb
  • Species: sativus
  • Common Name: Indian Teasel, Fuller's Teasel, Cultivated Teasel
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Height: 5-6 feet
United States
Iowa
Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera - Ratibida columnaris
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 216
  • Seeds Per Pound: 429,196
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Botanical Name: Ratibida columnifera
  • Family: Asteraceae
United States
Iowa
Ornamental Onion, German Garlic, Curley Chives Allium senescens
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

They contain sulphur compounds (which give them their onion flavour) and when added to the diet on a regular basis they help reduce blood cholesterol levels, act as a tonic to the digestive system and also tonify the circulatory system * Although the...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Common Name: Ornamental Onion, German Garlic, Curley Chives
  • Species: senescens
  • Lot#: 080413
United States
Iowa
Greenleaf Manzanita Arctostaphylos patula
Price : CALL

* The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves.
  • Species: patula
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Common Name: Greenleaf Manzanita
  • Family: Ericaceae
United States
Iowa
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.
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Purity: 98%
  • Species: mandshurica
  • Genus: Tilia
  • Family: TILIACEAE
United States
Iowa
Sage, Perennial Sage, Woodland Sage, Meadow Sage Salvia nemorosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Many of them are hardy to –18 °C., with flowers ranging in color from violet, to violet-blue, rosy pink, and even white. Long, in dense, terminal racemes. From summer to autumn, bears violet to purple, or white to pink flowers, to 1/2in.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 444,920
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Botanical Name: Salvia nemorosa
  • Family: LABIATAE
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: nemorosa
United States
Iowa
Chinese Catalpa, Yellow Catalpa, Japanese Catalpa Catalpa ovata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bark of mature trees is fissured, prominently ridged and pale gray-brown. * The flowers are considered to be one of the best bee plants in Japan. * Catalpa ovata, the yellow catalpa or Chinese catalpa , is a pod-bearing tree native to China.
  • Species: ovata
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 165,710
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 149
  • Botanical Name: Catalpa ovata
United States
Iowa
Sensitive Partridge Pea Chamaecrista nictitans
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate...
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecrista nictitans
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Common Name: Sensitive Partridge Pea
  • Genus: Chamaecrista
  • Purity: 97%
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
United States
Iowa
Red Clover, Medium Red Clover Trifolium pratense Medium
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Red clover is commonly used to make a sweet-tasting herbal tea. It is an ingredient in some recipes for essiac tea. * Dietary amounts of red clover are safe, but medicinal quantities may cause rash-like reactions, muscle ache, headache, nausea, vaginal...
  • Species: pratense
  • Seeds Per Pound: 178,262
  • Height: 6-24 inches
  • Common Name: Red Clover, Medium Red Clover
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 90%
United States
Iowa
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Greater Burdock is rather tall, reaching as much as 9 feet (2.7 m). It has large, alternating, cordiform leaves that have a long petiole and are pubescent on the underside. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 31,780
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Common Name: Greater Burdock
  • Botanical Name: Arctium lappa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
United States
Iowa
Agrimony, Churchsteeples, Common Agrimony, Church Steeples, Sticklewort, Cockeburr, Stickwort Agrimonia eupatoria
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. * A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems.
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Species: eupatoria
  • Germination: 91%
  • Genus: Agrimonia
  • Family: Rosaceae
United States
Iowa
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.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Germination: 67%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Mespilus germanica
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
United States
Iowa
Pasture Rose, Carolina Rose Rosa carolina
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Though one of the most shade-tolerant roses, this species grows best in open, sunny locations. * The fruit skins have been eaten in the treatment of stomach complaints. * The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in color.
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 35
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 38,136
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
United States
Iowa
Green Bean, Tenderette Bean Phaseolus vulgaris Tenderette
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* The green pods are commonly used as a vegetable, they have a mild flavour and should only be cooked for a short time. They are great fresh, frozen or canned. Flowering is reduced once the seeds begin to form inside the pods.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,136
  • Height: 20in
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Green Bean, Tenderette Bean
  • Germination: 85%
United States
Iowa
Basswood, American Basswood Tilia americana
Price : CALL

Broadly oval leaves sometimes change to yellow in fall but often turn brown and become somewhat unsightly. When flowering, the trees are full of bees, hence the name Bee-tree; this species is favored by bees over others and produces a strongly flavored...
  • Height: 80 feet
  • Common Name: Basswood, American Basswood
  • Species: americana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
United States
Iowa
Red Clover, Medium Red Clover Trifolium pratense Medium
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Red clover is commonly used to make a sweet-tasting herbal tea. It is an ingredient in some recipes for essiac tea. * Dietary amounts of red clover are safe, but medicinal quantities may cause rash-like reactions, muscle ache, headache, nausea, vaginal...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 6-24 inches
  • Genus: Trifolium
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 90%
  • Cultivar: Medium
United States
Iowa
Meadow Rose, Smooth Rose Rosa blanda
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

The petals are colored white to pink with streaks of red, the anthers yellow, the stigma yellow/orange, and the filaments white. * Rosa blanda, commonly known as the meadow/wild rose, smooth rose or prairie rose, is a species of rose native to North America.
  • Quantity: 0.45 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 37
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
United States
Iowa
Lacy Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia
Price : CALL

The plant often self-sows. * Succeeds in any moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. * It is planted in vineyards and alongside crop fields, where it is valued for its long, coiling inflorescences of nectar-rich flowers which open in...
  • Quantity: 0.98 lb
  • Common Name: Lacy Phacelia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,522,222
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Genus: Phacelia
  • Species: tanacetifolia
United States
Iowa
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Garden Uses Shrub borders or native plant gardens. * New Jersey tea is a compact, dense, rounded shrub which typically grows 2-3' tall (less frequently to 4'). Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary...

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    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
    • Species: americanus
    • Quantity: 0.19 lb
    • Genus: Ceanothus
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 99%
    United States
    Iowa
    American Wood Sage, Germander, Canada Germander Teucrium canadense
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Botrys), an annual with purplish flowers. Two smaller, bushier species have been introduced from Europe into eastern North America: Woodland Germander (T. * A tea made from the leaves is diaphoretic, diuretic and emmenagogue.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 118
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Genus: Teucrium
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Height: 1-3ft
    • Species: canadense
    United States
    Iowa
    American Senna Senna hebecarpa - Cassia hebecarpa
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets. Occidentalis), are also found in the East. * Senna hebecarpa ( American Senna or Wild Senna ) is an ornamental plant native to North America , specially Canada and the United...
    • Botanical Name: Senna hebecarpa
    • Purity: 99%
    • Collection Locale: Wisconsin
    • Species: hebecarpa
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Crop Year: 2011
    United States
    Iowa
    Pendulous Lilac Syringa komarowii
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding. The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad.
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Genus: Syringa
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
    • Species: komarowii
    • Collection Locale: Russia
    • Botanical Name: Syringa komarowii
    United States
    Iowa
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