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Southern Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
Price : CALL

* Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail. It grows naturally in wetlands, near flowing bodies of water, sand dunes , fields, hillsides, pine...
  • Height: 15-40 feet
  • Family: MYRICACEAE
  • Genus: Myrica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
United States
North Carolina
Bristly Locust, Rose Acacia, Rose Locust Robinia hispida  fertilis   - Robinia fertilis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It provides quick, woody, vegetative cover on droughty, critical areas needing stabilizing cover. It is useful for vegetating acid soils with a pH of 3.5 to 4.0, as well as alkaline soils of a pH 8.0. Bristly locust is especially adapted to stabilizing...
  • Quantity: 1.03 lb
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Genus: Robinia
  • Crop Year: 1993
  • Common Name: Bristly Locust, Rose Acacia, Rose Locust
  • Lot#: 9301
United States
North Carolina
Silver Wattle, Mimosa Acacia dealbata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and the Australian Capital Territory .
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,688
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 70
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Quantity: 0.52 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
United States
North Carolina
Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified dentate, pinnately lobed margin; they give off a sweet odor, especially...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 25,424
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Comptonia peregrina
  • Collection Locale: Wisconsin
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: peregrina
United States
North Carolina
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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It is an uncommon plant of the United States' desert southwest, in the states of Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California. The seed usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 20°c. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are...
  • Botanical Name: Agave utahensis
  • Genus: Agave
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 3-12 feet
United States
North Carolina
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Lot#: 9902
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: ACER heldreichii
United States
North Carolina
Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica     - Cassia marilandica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Both are dried for later use. The leaves area safe and effective cathartic. * Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States . The root is cardiac and febrifuge.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Lot#: 9901
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
  • Species: marilandica
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Senna marilandica
United States
North Carolina
Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Blooms on new growth. Can be grown as a hedge. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.
  • Family: Clusiaceae
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
  • Height: 2-5 feet
United States
North Carolina
Italian Alder Alnus cordata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 186,140
  • Germination: 67%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Alnus cordata
  • Collection Locale: Italy
United States
North Carolina
Caspian Locust, Persian Honey Locust Gleditsia caspia     - Gleditsia caspica
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* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western...
  • Species: caspia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 2.08 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
North Carolina
Mealy Wattle, Sweet Acacia, Needle Bush Acacia farnesiana     - Vachellia farnesiana    , Mimosa farnesiana    , Poponax farnesiana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern Australia and Southern Asia. * An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers.
  • Quantity: 4.31 lb
  • Botanical Name: Acacia farnesiana
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,959
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Height: 25-30 feet
United States
North Carolina
Japanese Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium japonicum     - Sophora japonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,027
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Genus: Styphnolobium
  • Common Name: Japanese Pagoda Tree
  • Species: japonicum
United States
North Carolina
Windmill Palm, Broadleaf Lady Palm Rhapis excelsa
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They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices.
  • Genus: Rhapis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Species: excelsa
  • Height: 10-12 feet
United States
North Carolina
Pearl Bush, Sawtooth Pearlbush , Pearl Tree Exochorda serratifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is...
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 78
  • Quantity: 1.54 lb
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Germination: 90%
  • Lot#: 9701
United States
North Carolina
Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

This plant is now known as one of the worst invasive species in the world. Common names for it include black wattle, Acacia-negra (Portuguese), Australian acacia, Australische Akazie (German), Swartwattel (Afrikaans), Uwatela (Zulu).
  • Common Name: Black Wattle
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 79
  • Seeds Per Pound: 30,872
  • Species: mearnsii
  • Botanical Name: Acacia mearnsii
United States
North Carolina
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: Indian Rattlebox
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Botanical Name: Crotalaria assamica
  • Species: assamica
  • Seeds Per Pound: 25,878
United States
North Carolina
Red Alder Alnus rubra
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An infusion of the bark has been used in the treatment of many complaints such as headaches, rheumatic pains, internal injuries and diarrhoea. * Largest species of alder in North America and one of the largest in the world * The name derives from the...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 653,760
  • Species: rubra
  • Collection Locale: Port Angeles,WA
  • Height: 60-100 feet
United States
North Carolina
Strawberry Clover, Palestine Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum  Palestine
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade. * Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 306,450
  • Quantity: 19.8 lb
  • Variety: Palestine
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
North Carolina
Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Rio Lurin   - Echinopsis peruviana  Rio Lurin
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies to diagnose the spiritual links to a patient's illness. * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Botanical Name: Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin
  • Variety: Rio Lurin
  • Genus: Trichocereus
United States
North Carolina
Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Plants can be grown as a hedge in exposed positions, tolerating maritime exposure. * Elaeagnus angustifolia ( Russian Silverberry , Oleaster , or Russian-olive ) is a species of Elaeagnus , native to western and central Asia , from southern Russia and...
  • Collection Locale: Netherlands
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 9.12 lb
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: Elaeagnaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
United States
North Carolina
Monkeysoap, Elephant Ear Tree, Guanacaste Enterolobium cyclocarpum     - Albizia longipes
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Guanacaste flowers are heavily visited by bees - insects that probably are responsible for pollination as well. The guanacaste is found in USDA Growth Zones 10-12. Frequently, guanacaste trees grow as single specimens in a sunny pasture.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,540
  • Genus: Enterolobium
  • Collection Locale: Guatemala
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Monkeysoap, Elephant Ear Tree, Guanacaste
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
North Carolina
Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon Pinus maximartinezii
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* It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree. * Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds.
  • Species: maximartinezii
  • Common Name: Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon
  • Height: 20-45 feet
  • Botanical Name: Pinus maximartinezii
United States
North Carolina
Cloeziana Gum, Queensland Messmate, Gympie Messmate, Yellow Messmate, Dead Finish Eucalyptus cloeziana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The tree reaches its best development in the Gympie region, where some magnificent forest trees attain heights near 60 metres. * Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger...
  • Species: cloeziana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Collection Locale: Guatemala
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Height: 150 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,162,240
United States
North Carolina
Texas Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Mexican Palmeto Sabal mexicana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft). The following reports are for S. The roots contain tannin. The fan-shaped fronds are 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) wide and attach to 90–120 cm (35–47...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: mexicana
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 675
  • Crop Year: 2012
United States
North Carolina
Cuyamaca Cypress Cupressus arizonica  stephensonii   - Cupressus stephensonii
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* It can be hard to distinguish them, one of the main distinguishing characteristics is the color of the smooth bark on mature trees which varies from pink to grey to pure white, as well as the mature form which tends to be much more spreading than C.
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Germination: 28%
  • Height: 30-50 feet
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Genus: Cupressus
  • Family: Cupressaceae
United States
North Carolina
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho...
  • Collection Locale: Utah
  • Botanical Name: Juniperus osteosperma
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 5.05 lb
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Height: 30-40 feet
United States
North Carolina
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Apache
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon. * Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals.
  • Quantity: 3.41 lb
  • Height: 60-80 feet
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Variety: glauca
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination: 88%
United States
North Carolina