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Bee-bee Tree Tetradium daniellii     - Evodia daniellii    , Evodia hupehensis    , Evodia velutina
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The oil from the fruit is used in making a hair oil. They are attractive trees with deciduous glossy pinnate leaves. In fall there is little color change and leaves tend to drop green to yellow-green.
  • Botanical Name: Tetradium daniellii
  • Common Name: Bee-bee Tree
  • Species: daniellii
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Height: 40-50 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 66
United States
Iowa
Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock, Burdock, Clotbur Arctium minus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Quantity: 1.66 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Arctium minus
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.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Ukraine
  • Genus: Mespilus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
United States
Iowa
Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock, Burdock, Clotbur Arctium minus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.
  • Common Name: Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock, Burdock, Clotbur
  • Botanical Name: Arctium minus
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 5 feet
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination: 77%
United States
Iowa
Chinese Sumac, Potanin Sumac Rhus potaninii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.
  • Genus: Rhus
  • Seeds Type: db
  • Common Name: Chinese Sumac, Potanin Sumac
  • Species: potaninii
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Family: ANACARDIACEAE
United States
Iowa
Chinese Catalpa, Yellow Catalpa, Japanese Catalpa Catalpa ovata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Speciosa, it is much smaller, typically reaching heights between 20 and 30 feet. * The flowers are very fragrant. * The leaves are very similar in shape to those of Paulownia tomentosa, having three lobes (two are abruptly truncated on either edge, with...
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Genus: Catalpa
  • Botanical Name: Catalpa ovata
United States
Iowa
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia    Southern
Price : CALL

* Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m. * 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...
  • Height: 15 feet
  • Common Name: Red Buckeye
  • Family: Hippocastanaceae
  • Botanical Name: Aesculus pavia Southern
  • Location: Southern
United States
Iowa
Basswood, American Basswood Tilia americana
Price : CALL

The bark is gray to light brown, with narrow, well defined fissures. A favorite of bees they make good honey from the nectar. The soft, light wood is especially useful for making food boxes, yardsticks, furniture, and pulpwood.
  • Common Name: Basswood, American Basswood
  • Family: Tiliaceae
  • Botanical Name: Tilia americana
  • Species: americana
United States
Iowa
Mu he shu Schima superba
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.
  • Common Name: mu he shu
  • Height: 15-30 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 116,224
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination: 13%
United States
Iowa
Pendulous Lilac Syringa komarowii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.
  • Botanical Name: Syringa komarowii
  • Species: komarowii
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Crop Year: 1993
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Lot#: 9301
United States
Iowa
Big-leaf Linden, Largeleaf Linden, Bigleaf Linden, Cut-leaved Lime, Cut-leaved Linden Tilia platyphyllos
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It has been introduced in the US (New England). * Tilia platyphyllos is a deciduous tree native to much of Europe , including locally in southwestern Great Britain , growing on lime -rich soils.
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Tilia platyphyllos
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 41.91 lb
  • Family: Tiliaceae
United States
Iowa
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.
  • Botanical Name: Caragana pygmaea
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
United States
Iowa
Dasystyla Tilia Tilia dasystyla
Price : CALL

* Leaves to 6"; small flower clusters; young branches red; rounded fruit; native to southeast Europe and western Asia. * Tilia dasystyla is a deciduous lime tree species .
  • Genus: Tilia
  • Common Name: Dasystyla Tilia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: dasystyla
United States
Iowa
Chinese Sumac, Potanin Sumac Rhus potaninii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Rhus potaninii dried berries
  • Germination: 83%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,300
  • Common Name: Chinese Sumac, Potanin Sumac
  • Family: ANACARDIACEAE
United States
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. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud.
  • Species: americanus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,632
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: American Snowbell, Mock Orange
  • Genus: Styrax
  • Purity: 99%
United States
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. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Styrax
  • Family: Styracaceae
  • Germination: 71%
  • Crop Year: 2015
United States
Iowa
Tallowwood Eucalyptus, Australian Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish. It has many commercial uses. * Tallowwood is so named owing to the greasy feel of the wood when cut. It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas.
  • Species: microcorys
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Lot#: 020017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
  • Crop Year: 2002
United States
Iowa
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. * It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September.
  • Common Name: Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Location: Northern
  • Species: pavia
  • Botanical Name: Aesculus pavia Northern
United States
Iowa
Red Lotus Tree Magnolia insignis     - Manglietia insignis
Price : CALL

* This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber. * This is a lovely tree with fragrant red flowers in the spring and beautiful evergreen foliage.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,086
  • Height: 25-30 feet
  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Red Lotus Tree
United States
Iowa
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. * It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges Scarlet pea flowers are...
  • Species: prostrata
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: Running-postman, Scarlet Runner
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
  • Botanical Name: Kennedia prostrata
United States
Iowa
Pasture Rose, Carolina Rose Rosa carolina
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit skins have been eaten in the treatment of stomach complaints. * It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in color.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: carolina
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 38,136
United States
Iowa
Milkweed, Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum. They are used like broccoli. They taste somewhat like peas. It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed .
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Genus: Asclepias
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 84
  • Seeds Per Pound: 77,634
United States
Iowa
Chinese Bittersweet Celastrus angulatus
Price : CALL

* Many plants in this genus contain compounds of interest for their antitumour activity * Deciduous twining shrubs; branchlets dark brown, 4-6-angular; lenticels dense, prominent, orbicular to elliptic, white; axillary buds ovate, 2-4 mm.
  • Family: CELASTRACEAE
  • Genus: Celastrus
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Common Name: Chinese Bittersweet
United States
Iowa
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.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 9,988
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 85%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
  • Purity: 98%
  • Species: pumila
United States
Iowa
Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sourgum, Beetlebung Nyssa sylvatica    Northern
Price : CALL

The fruit is up to 15mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters of 2 - 3. * Nyssa sylvatica is found in a variety of upland and wetland habitats in its extensive range. The leaf turns purple in autumn, eventually becoming an intense bright scarlet.
  • Location: Northern
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica Northern
  • Height: 65-80 feet
  • Species: sylvatica
United States
Iowa
Big-leaf Linden, Largeleaf Linden, Bigleaf Linden, Cut-leaved Lime, Cut-leaved Linden Tilia platyphyllos
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It has been introduced in the US (New England). * Tilia platyphyllos is a deciduous tree native to much of Europe , including locally in southwestern Great Britain , growing on lime -rich soils.
  • Genus: Tilia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Species: platyphyllos
  • Common Name: Big-leaf Linden, Largeleaf Linden, Bigleaf Linden, Cut-leaved Lime, Cut-leaved Linden
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
Iowa
White Clover, Irish Shamrock, True Irish Shamrock, Dutch Clover Trifolium repens
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Thick growing and winter hardy. * White clover ( Trifolium repens ) is a species of clover native to Europe , North Africa , and West Asia . * A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume.
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: White Clover, Irish Shamrock, True Irish Shamrock, Dutch Clover
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Trifolium repens
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 6-8 inches
United States
Iowa