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New Zealand Sophora Sophora tetraptera
Price : CALL

* Beautiful 2" golden yellow pealike flowers in pendulous clusters to 8", in May; pod, to 7", has four wings; evergreen or semideciduous compound leaves; native to both Chile and New Zealand.
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Botanical Name: Sophora tetraptera
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: New Zealand Sophora
Iowa
Des Moines
Culen Psoralea glandulosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used as a tea substitute. * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae . This species contains essential oils , tannins , gums and resins .
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Lot#: 9801
  • Genus: Psoralea
  • Collection Locale: Chile
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
Iowa
Des Moines
Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The bark is often mixed with alder and wild plum root barks when making the dye. It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial use.
  • Species: montanus
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Purity: 90%
  • Collection Locale: ID
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
Iowa
Des Moines
Sundial Lupine, Wild Perennial Lupine, Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This species is very susceptible to slug damage. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. Grows well in a poor sandy soil.
  • Species: perennis
  • Quantity: 9.52 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 40
Iowa
Des Moines
European Green Alder, Green Alder Alnus viridis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An orange-red to brown dye can be obtained from the bark. * A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Quantity: 0.96 lb
  • Genus: Alnus
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Common Name: European Green Alder, Green Alder
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 791
Iowa
Des Moines
Sickle Keeled Lupine, Sicklekeel Lupine Lupinus albicaulis Hederma
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Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 10 leaflets each up to 7 centimeters long. It is native to the western United States from Washington to California , where it grows mostly in mountain habitat.
  • Common Name: Sickle Keeled Lupine, Sicklekeel Lupine
  • Cultivar: Hederma
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Lupinus
  • Height: 2-5 feet
Iowa
Des Moines
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. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Caragana
  • Quantity: 0.47 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 40,860
  • Botanical Name: Caragana pygmaea
Iowa
Des Moines
Nepal Alder Alnus nepalensis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fall-flowering species. * Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya. * Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation. * It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English .
  • Germination: 71%
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Common Name: Nepal Alder
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: nepalensis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
Iowa
Des Moines
Coffee Tree, Chinese Coffee Tree, Soap Tree, Yunnan Bean Gymnocladus chinensis
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

This is an extremely rare tree, almost extinct in its native range. Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree; planted for ornament and for timber; doubly compound leaves; substantial branches; flowers in clusters at the ends of branches; fruit a thick, flat pod.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 192
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Coffee Tree, Chinese Coffee Tree, Soap Tree, Yunnan Bean
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Iowa
Des Moines
Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height. * The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Botanical Name: Cercocarpus betuloides
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Height: 8-12 feet
Iowa
Des Moines
Crimson Clover, Italian Clover Trifolium incarnatum
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The banner of each flower does not sit upright, but folds forward. * In Great Britain it is most valuable in the south, though less successful in northern regions. It can typically be found in forest margins, fields and roadsides.
  • Quantity: 4.25 lb
  • Genus: Trifolium
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 155
  • Height: 10-20 inches
Iowa
Des Moines
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. * Trifolium pratense (red clover) is a species of clover native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions.
  • Height: 6-24 inches
  • Germination: 90%
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Species: pratense
  • Quantity: 5.65 lb
  • Cultivar: Medium
Iowa
Des Moines
Red Clover, Mammoth Red Clover Trifolium pratense Mammoth
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Trifolium pratense (red clover) is a species of clover native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions. * It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 487
  • Seeds Per Pound: 245,405
  • Common Name: Red Clover, Mammoth Red Clover
  • Germination: 91%
Iowa
Des Moines
Field Clover Trifolium campestre - Trifolium procumbens
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...
  • Quantity: 0.06 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Lot#: 100155
  • Height: 6-12in.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 649,220
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
Iowa
Des Moines
Water Locust Gleditsia aquatica
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to...
  • Quantity: 0.33 lb
  • Crop Year: 2011
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia aquatica
  • Family: Fabaceae
Iowa
Des Moines
Needle Grass Stipa capillata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 90,800
  • Genus: Stipa
  • Lot#: 040564
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Botanical Name: Stipa capillata
  • Common Name: Needle Grass
Iowa
Des Moines
Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata
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The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * Elaeagnus umbellata , also referred to as Japanese Silverberry , Umbellate Oleaster or Autumn-olive , is a species of Elaeagnus native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas east to Japan .
  • Common Name: Autumn Olive
  • Botanical Name: Elaeagnus umbellata
  • Species: umbellata
  • Family: Elaeagnaceae
Iowa
Des Moines
False Indigo, Desert False Indigo, Bastard Indigobush Amorpha fruticosa
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. * It is found throughout eastern Canada, northern Mexico, and most of the continental United States.
  • Lot#: 060110
  • Seeds Per Pound: 37,282
  • Species: fruticosa
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Genus: Amorpha
  • Quantity: 13.2 lb
Iowa
Des Moines
Turkish Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb Rheum palmatum
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out. Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body .
  • Genus: Rheum
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 23
  • Botanical Name: Rheum palmatum
Iowa
Des Moines
Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit its use. * Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada (Nova Scotia to southeast...
  • Quantity: 0.25 lb
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Species: inflata
  • Purity: 90%
  • Botanical Name: Lobelia inflata
  • Family: Campanulaceae
Iowa
Des Moines
Silver Wattle, Mimosa Acacia dealbata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Silver Wattle, Mimosa
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Species: dealbata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,688
  • Genus: Acacia
Iowa
Des Moines
Bugbane Actaea dahurica - Cimicifuga dahurica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. * This species of bugbane is an upright perennial that features ferny, deeply-cut, deep green, 2-3 ternate leaves on branched stems which form a...
  • Species: dahurica
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Common Name: Bugbane
  • Seeds Per Pound: 567,500
  • Botanical Name: Actaea dahurica
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
Iowa
Des Moines
Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Texas Mescalbean, Frijolito, Frijolillo Sophora secundiflora - Calia secundiflora
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A yellow dye is obtained from the wood. * Calia secundiflora is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae , that is native to the southwestern United States ( Texas , New Mexico ) and Mexico ( Chihuahua and Coahuila south...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 95%
  • Height: 30 feet
Iowa
Des Moines
Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado , where it grows in several habitat types including coniferous forest , chaparral , and various types of woodland.

98%

    • Purity: 98%
    • Crop Year: 2011
    • Collection Locale: Idaho
    • Seeds Per Pound: 150,274
    • Family: Rhamnaceae
    • Germination: 98%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The bark is often mixed with alder and wild plum root barks when making the dye. It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial use.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 35,865
    • Purity: 90%
    • Common Name: Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
    • Family: Rosaceae
    • Botanical Name: Cercocarpus montanus
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Vegetable Sponge, Sponge Gourd Luffa cylindrica - Luffa aegyptica , Luffa aegyptiaca
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    They may also be grown as an ornamental plant . Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for its fruit.
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Height: 15-20 feet
    • Common Name: Vegetable Sponge, Sponge Gourd
    • Genus: Luffa
    • Species: cylindrica
    • Botanical Name: Luffa cylindrica
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Tahoka Daisy, Tanseyleaf Tansyaster, Tansey Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Numerous lavender rays surround a yellow center. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern and central United States, where it grows in several types of habitat. The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear...
    • Family: Asteraceae
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Genus: Machaeranthera
    • Species: tanacetifolia
    • Collection Locale: ID
    • Lot#: 9401
    Iowa
    Des Moines
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