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Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica - Cassia marilandica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.
  • Species: marilandica
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
  • Quantity: 3.96 lb
  • Lot#: 9901
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
North Carolina
Cary
Tuberous Sweetpea Lathyrus tuberosus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Taste trials consistently place this root very highly, it is certainly one of our favourites. * The root is eaten cooked or raw. Sweet and starchy, it is delicious when baked with a flavour that is somewhat like a sweet potato.
  • Species: tuberosus
  • Botanical Name: Lathyrus tuberosus
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2013
North Carolina
Cary
Indigo, Indigo Bush Indigofera pseudotinctoria
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Lot#: 100654
  • Common Name: Indigo, Indigo Bush
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 85
  • Seeds Per Pound: 86,260
  • Family: Fabaceae
North Carolina
Cary
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.

98%

    • Botanical Name: Crotalaria assamica
    • Seeds Per Pound: 25,878
    • Germination: 98%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Purity: 98%
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Japanese Alder Alnus japonica
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan. * A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate.
    • Species: japonica
    • Crop Year: 2001
    • Common Name: Japanese Alder
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 53%
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Japanese Alder Alnus japonica
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan. * A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate.
    • Purity: 99%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 872
    • Family: Betulaceae
    • Height: 60-70 feet
    • Common Name: Japanese Alder
    • Seeds Per Pound: 753,640
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It grows up to 4 meters tall but generally remains under three, and forms colonies of individuals which tangle together to form nearly impenetrable thickets. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado , where...
    • Crop Year: 2011
    • Botanical Name: Ceanothus velutinus
    • Germination: 98%
    • Family: Rhamnaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Genus: Ceanothus
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Thornyleaf Ononis, Spiny Restharrow Ononis spinosa
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised. It is found throughout much of Europe but seldom as far north as Scotland . * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow...
    • Botanical Name: Ononis spinosa
    • Height: 18-24 inches
    • Genus: Ononis
    • Seeds Per Pound: 124,396
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Milk Vetch, Chinese Milk Vetch Astragalus sinicus
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 248
    • Crop Year: 2014
    • Common Name: Milk Vetch, Chinese Milk Vetch
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Germination: 91%
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Thinleaf Alder, Mountain Alder Alnus incana tenuifolia - Alnus tenuifolia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Its fast rate of growth means that it quickly provides sheltered conditions to allow more permanent woodland trees to become established. Alder seedlings do not compete well in shady woodland conditions and so this species gradually dies out as the other...
    • Family: Betulaceae
    • Quantity: 0.54 lb
    • Subspecies: tenuifolia
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Roundheaded Bush Clover, Rabbitfoot, Dusty Clover, Roundhead Lespedeza Lespedeza capitata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Experimentally, it has demonstrated antitumor activity against Walker-256 carcinosarcoma and is also reportedly effective in lowering blood cholesterol levels. Used as a reclamation species on very poor soils.
    • Genus: Lespedeza
    • Lot#: 021090
    • Crop Year: 2002
    • Seeds Per Pound: 154,360
    • Quantity: 3.65 lb
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 58
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Red Clover, Medium Red Clover Trifolium pratense Medium
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is an ingredient in some recipes for essiac tea. * It is a herbaceous, short-lived perennial plant, variable in size, growing to 20–80 cm tall. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30 mm long and 8–15 mm...
    • Genus: Trifolium
    • Seeds Per Pound: 178,262
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Purity: 99%
    • Quantity: 5.65 lb
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Tuberous Sweetpea Lathyrus tuberosus
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    Taste trials consistently place this root very highly, it is certainly one of our favourites. * The root is eaten cooked or raw. Sweet and starchy, it is delicious when baked with a flavour that is somewhat like a sweet potato.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Quantity: 0.16 lb
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
    • Botanical Name: Lathyrus tuberosus
    • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Speckled Alder, Smooth Alder, Hazel Alder Alnus incana rugosa - Alnus rugosa
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    In addition, 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.
    • Botanical Name: Alnus incana rugosa
    • Species: incana
    • Purity: 95%
    • Germination: 67%
    • Collection Locale: NS, Canada
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    North Carolina
    Cary
    White Clover, Ladino White Clover Trifolium repens Ladino
    Prices start at : 2.95 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. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain...
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Common Name: White Clover, Ladino White Clover
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 981
    • Species: repens
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Scotch Laburnum Laburnum alpinum
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Good background plant. Succeeds in cold exposed situations and tolerates industrial pollution. It grows well in heavy clay soils and in poor shallow limestone soils. Group as a shrub to maximize effect of the spring bloom.
    • Species: alpinum
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Genus: Laburnum
    • Botanical Name: Laburnum alpinum
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Lemon Cucumber Cucumis sativus Lemon
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 18,704
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
    • Species: sativus
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Quantity: 3.12 lb
    • Collection Locale: OR
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from...
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Quantity: 0.06 lb
    • Germination: 91%
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 12,030
    • Lot#: 9201
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Nepal Alder Alnus nepalensis
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English . * Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation. * Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya.
    • Germination: 71%
    • Species: nepalensis
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 203
    • Seeds Per Pound: 281,480
    • Genus: Alnus
    • Quantity: 2.99 lb
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism. * It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially...
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Species: peregrina
    • Family: Myricaceae
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Comptonia peregrina
    • Common Name: Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Aristolochia clematitis , (European) Birthwort , is a herbaceous plant in the Aristolochiaceae family, which is native to Europe. Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding.
    • Collection Locale: Hungary
    • Crop Year: 1999
    • Seeds Per Pound: 8,807
    • Quantity: 1.37 lb
    • Genus: Aristolochia
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 38
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Marshmallow, Common Marshmallow Althaea officinalis
    Price : CALL

    * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .
    • Botanical Name: Althaea officinalis
    • Common Name: Marshmallow, Common Marshmallow
    • Species: officinalis
    • Family: Malvaceae
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Turkish Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb Rheum palmatum
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

    Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . The other herbs included in the formula are Arctium lappa, Ulmus rubra and Rumex acetosella.
    • Genus: Rheum
    • Common Name: Turkish Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb
    • Height: 3 feet
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Species: palmatum
    • Botanical Name: Rheum palmatum
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Table King Squash, Acorn Squash Cucurbita pepo Table King
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Although considered a "winter" squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all "summer" squashes (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested.
    • Cultivar: Table King
    • Height: 18-24 inches
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Cucurbita pepo Table King
    • Family: Cucurbitaceae
    • Collection Locale: CA
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Smooth Carlina Carlina acaulis Simplex
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.
    • Germination: 98%
    • Family: COMPOSITAE
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 108
    • Quantity: 0.01 lb
    • Height: 6-12 inches
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Blackberry-lily, Blackberry Lily, Leopard Lily, Leopard flower Belamcanda chinensis - Iris domestica
    Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Spotting on the flowers gives rise to the additional common name of leopard lily. Clumps slowly expand by creeping rhizomes. Belamcanda chinensis , Belamcanda punctata Moench , Gemmingia chinensis ( L.
    • Germination: 83%
    • Family: Iridaceae
    • Quantity: 1.09 lb
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Seeds Per Pound: 16,344
    • Botanical Name: Belamcanda chinensis
    North Carolina
    Cary
    Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    May be grown in moist soils in borders as long as soils do not dry out. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping rhizomes. * Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins...
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Quantity: 0.18 lb
    • Species: ringens
    • Genus: Mimulus
    • Common Name: Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower
    • Germination: 88%
    North Carolina
    Cary
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