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Cow Parsnip, Eltrot Heracleum sphondylium
Price : CALL

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers they produce.
  • Common Name: Cow Parsnip, Eltrot
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Genus: Heracleum
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Iowa
Seep Monkeyflower, Yellow Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus - Erythranthe guttata
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Prefers rather moist places such as damp borders, margins of streams and boggy spots. A poultice of the crushed leaves has been applied to wounds, rope burns etc. It was formerly known as Mimulus guttatus.
  • Genus: Mimulus
  • Germination: 90%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 778
  • Botanical Name: Mimulus guttatus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Height: 1-2 feet
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Iowa
American Snowbell, Mock Orange Styrax americanus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer; bright...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Genus: Styrax
  • Height: 8-15ft
  • Botanical Name: Styrax americanus
  • Family: Styracaceae
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Iowa
Andes Alder Alnus acuminata - Alnus jorullensis acuminata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela . * Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family.
  • Quantity: 0.78 lb
  • Species: acuminata
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Purity: 98%
  • Height: 80-90 feet
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Iowa
Buttonbush, Common Buttonbush, Button-willow, Honey-bells Cephalanthus occidentalis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Ducks and other water birds and shorebirds consume the seeds. * Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. * Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height,...
  • Height: 6-30 feet
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 83%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Iowa
Devil\'s Bit Scabious, Devilsbit Succisa pratensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It also grows on damper ground . It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: Dipsacaceae
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Botanical Name: Succisa pratensis
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Quantity: 0.69 lb
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Iowa
Sakaki, Japanese Cleyera Cleyera japonica
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The small, scented, cream-white flowers open in early summer, and are followed later by berries which start red and turn black when ripe. It can reach a height of 10 m. * Sakaki ( Cleyera japonica ) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub native to warm...

98%

    • Genus: Cleyera
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Germination: 98%
    • Purity: 98%
    • Quantity: 0.11 lb
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    Iowa
    Bitter Pecan, Water Hickory Carya aquatica
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Compound leaves yellowish when young; found on coastal plain along rivers and swamps; native region from Virginia to Florida and Texas. * It is considered important in cleansing drainage waters since the plants slow water flow during flooding, allowing...
    • Germination: 91%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 96
    • Height: 100 feet
    • Genus: Carya
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    Iowa
    Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae...
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 4351
    • Species: siphilitica
    • Family: Campanulaceae
    • Botanical Name: Lobelia siphilitica
    • Common Name: Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia
    • Purity: 78%
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    Iowa
    Swamp Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica biflora
    Price : CALL

    The wood is also used for pallets, rough floors, pulpwood, and firewood. Its flowers are an important source of honey and its fruits are important to many bird species. * The fruit is edible raw or cooked.
    • Variety: biflora
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Species: sylvatica
    • Family: Cornaceae
    • Height: 65-80 feet
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    Iowa
    Milk Vetch, Chinese Milk Vetch Astragalus sinicus
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop.
    • Genus: Astragalus
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Quantity: 2.62 lb
    • Botanical Name: Astragalus sinicus
    • Purity: 99%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 248
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    Iowa
    Swamp Cyrilla, Leather- Wood, Swamp Titi, Leatherwood, Red Titi, Black Titi, Common Myrtle, He Huckleberry, Ironwood, White Titi Cyrilla racemiflora
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The spongy bark at the base of the trunk is pliable, absorbent and astringent. * In the northern part of its range, the leaves turn rust-red in fall, dropping in spring just as the new leaves unfurl.
    • Lot#: 9802
    • Botanical Name: Cyrilla racemiflora
    • Seeds Per Pound: 190,680
    • Germination: 42%
    • Common Name: Swamp Cyrilla, Leather- Wood, Swamp Titi, Leatherwood, Red Titi, Black Titi, Common Myrtle, He Huckleberry, Ironwood, White Titi
    • Family: Cyrillaceae
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    Iowa
    Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The wood is also largely manufactured into canes. The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,205
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
    • Quantity: 3.91 lb
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
    • Collection Locale: Louisiana
    • Species: palmetto
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    Iowa
    Devil\'s Bit Scabious, Devilsbit Succisa pratensis
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It also grows on damper ground . It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .
    • Quantity: 0.69 lb
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Common Name: Devil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit
    • Genus: Succisa
    • Species: pratensis
    • Height: 12-16 inches
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    Iowa
    Tatarian Dogwood Cornus alba
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree.
    • Germination: 91%
    • Genus: Cornus
    • Common Name: Tatarian Dogwood
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Seeds Per Pound: 14,982
    • Crop Year: 2017
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    Iowa
    Tatarian Dogwood Cornus alba Sibirica
    Price : CALL

    It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-7' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. * ‘Sibirica' is a tatarian dogwood cultivar that is noted for its brilliant red stems in winter that are particularly...
    • Variety: Sibirica
    • Species: alba
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Common Name: Tatarian Dogwood
    • Botanical Name: Cornus alba Sibirica
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    Iowa
    Black Ash Fraxinus nigra
    Price : CALL

    Leaves dark green above, lighter green beneath with some rusty hairs, Fall color yellow. * A small deciduous tree with coarse ascending branches and a slender, sometimes bent or leaning trunk.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Genus: Fraxinus
    • Botanical Name: Fraxinus nigra
    • Species: nigra
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    Iowa
    Hollyhock Alcea rosea - Althaea rosea
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century.
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Species: rosea
    • Height: 8 feet
    • Family: Malvaceae
    • Germination: 98%
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    Iowa
    Andes Alder Alnus acuminata - Alnus jorullensis acuminata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela . * Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family.
    • Family: Betulaceae
    • Crop Year: 2014
    • Collection Locale: Guatemala
    • Germination: 45%
    • Genus: Alnus
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
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    Iowa
    Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock, Burdock, Clotbur Arctium minus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.
    • Germination: 77%
    • Species: minus
    • Genus: Arctium
    • Height: 5 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Arctium minus
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    Iowa
    New England Aster Symphyotrichum nova-angliae - Aster NOVAE-ANGLIAE
    Price : CALL

    Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches. * The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white.
    • Height: 3-5ft
    • Collection Locale: Colorado
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Germination: 83%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 1,074,000
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 389
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    Iowa
    Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock, Burdock, Clotbur Arctium minus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
    • Family: Asteraceae
    • Germination: 77%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 38,803
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Collection Locale: Genoa, NY
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    Iowa
    Brown Dogwood, Smooth Dogwood, Western Cornel Cornus glabrata
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It bears plentiful clusters of fuzzy white flowers and bluish-white berries. This is a large shrub or thicket-forming bush with bright green leaves which turn red in fall. * Cornus glabrata is a species of dogwood native to California and Oregon and...
    • Seeds Per Pound: 10,442
    • Genus: Cornus
    • Botanical Name: Cornus glabrata
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Family: Cornaceae
    • Germination: 91%
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    Iowa
    Manchurian Ash Fraxinus mandshurica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Manchurian Ash can be used as a medium height wind break for a farmstead. * This tree is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental tree in parts of Canada and the United States. * The species is being tested as a potential source of genes for resistance...
    • Botanical Name: Fraxinus mandshurica
    • Species: mandshurica
    • Germination: 83%
    • Genus: Fraxinus
    • Height: 80-100 feet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 8,626
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    Iowa
    Sitka Alder Alnus sinuata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * Native to Northwestern North America. Crispa, Mountain Alder).
    • Crop Year: 1996
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 75
    • Quantity: 3.3 lb
    • Height: 10-40 feet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 558,420
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    Iowa
    Summer-sweet, Sweet Pepper Bush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet, Summersweet Clethra Clethra alnifolia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The stalk of the blossom is used as a soap substitute. * The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer;...
    • Purity: 80%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,433,440
    • Lot#: 020916
    • Genus: Clethra
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Height: 6 feet
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    Iowa
    Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata
    Price : CALL

    It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States , from Delaware and southern Illinois south to northern Florida and southeast Texas . * Quercus lyrata ( overcup oak ) is an oak in the white oak group ( Quercus sect.
    • Botanical Name: Quercus lyrata
    • Common Name: Overcup Oak
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Species: lyrata
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    Iowa
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