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Blue Wild Indigo, Rattleweed, Blue False Indigo, Indigo Weed, Rattlebush, Horse Fly Weed Baptisia australis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Australis is an herbaceous perennial that reproduces both sexually and asexually by means of its spreading rhizomes . * The plant is under investigation as a potential stimulant of the immune system.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Baptisia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 34
  • Botanical Name: Baptisia australis
  • Common Name: Blue Wild Indigo, Rattleweed, Blue False Indigo, Indigo Weed, Rattlebush, Horse Fly Weed
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Iowa
Southern Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
Price : CALL

* The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite Quail and the Wild Turkey . In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow .
  • Common Name: Southern Wax Myrtle
  • Genus: Myrica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Myrica cerifera dried berries
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Iowa
Mountain Alder Alnus crispa - Alnus viridis crispa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Common Name: Mountain Alder
  • Botanical Name: Alnus crispa
  • Quantity: 0.08 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 232
  • Crop Year: 2013
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Iowa
Georgia False Indigo, False Indigo, Savannah Indigobush Amorpha georgiana confusa - Amorpha cyanostachya
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Genus: !Amorpha L. Agardh subclass: Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Quantity: 0.45 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 48,000
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Genus: Amorpha
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 95
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Iowa
Georgia False Indigo, False Indigo, Savannah Indigobush Amorpha georgiana confusa - Amorpha cyanostachya
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Genus: !Amorpha L. Agardh subclass: Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur
  • Botanical Name: Amorpha georgiana confusa
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Amorpha
  • Species: georgiana
  • Collection Locale: Boston MA
United States
Iowa
Nepal Alder Alnus nepalensis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation. * It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English . * Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Quantity: 2.99 lb
  • Height: 90 feet
  • Common Name: Nepal Alder
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Alnus
United States
Iowa
White Clover, Irish Shamrock, True Irish Shamrock, Dutch Clover Trifolium repens
Prices start at : 1.95 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...
  • Species: repens
  • Genus: Trifolium
  • Seeds Per Pound: 681,000
  • Quantity: 29.78 lb
  • Height: 6-8 inches
  • Crop Year: 2015
United States
Iowa
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. * Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Seeds Per Pound: 35,865
  • Botanical Name: Cercocarpus montanus
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Quantity: 0.1 lb
  • Height: 10-12 feet
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Iowa
Pygmy Peashrub Caragana pygmaea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Pygmy Peashrub
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: pygmaea
United States
Iowa
Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Elaeagnus angustifolia ( Russian Silverberry , Oleaster , or Russian-olive ) is a species of Elaeagnus , native to western and central Asia , from southern Russia and Kazakhstan to Turkey and Iran .
  • Germination: 91%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Russian Olive
  • Collection Locale: Netherlands
  • Genus: Elaeagnus
  • Family: Elaeagnaceae
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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.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 248
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Species: sinicus
  • Crop Year: 2014
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Iowa
False Indigo, Desert False Indigo, Bastard Indigobush Amorpha fruticosa
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width. * Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: False Indigo, Desert False Indigo, Bastard Indigobush
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Species: fruticosa
  • Quantity: 13.2 lb
  • Height: 6-10 feet
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Iowa
Birdsfoot Trefoil, Bird\'s-foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch Lotus corniculatus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

A useful green manure plant, fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Yellow flowers from May to July. Has fair drought and poor shade tolerance. * An orange-yellow dye is obtained from the flowers.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 279,210
  • Height: 1ft
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 85%
United States
Iowa
European Alder Alnus glutinosa
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. * The plants can be used as a source of biomass. * Tolerant of clipping and maritime exposure, the alder can be grown in a windbreak or a hedge.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 60-100 feet
  • Quantity: 21.87 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Alnus
United States
Iowa
Pygmy Peashrub Caragana pygmaea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Caragana
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Germination: 98%
United States
Iowa
New Zealand Sophora Sophora tetraptera
Price : CALL

Used for bearings, turnery, cabinet work, ornamental uses etc. * The wood is compact, dense, heavy, of great strength, tough, elastic, extremely durable. * Sophora is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealand; the other three are Carmichaelia...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Sophora tetraptera
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE
  • Common Name: New Zealand Sophora
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Iowa
Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It should not be used by pregnant women. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. * Aristolochia clematitis , (European) Birthwort , is a herbaceous plant in the Aristolochiaceae family, which is native to Europe.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination: 99%
  • Genus: Aristolochia
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Common Name: Birthwort
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Iowa
Lewiston Cornsalad, Common Cornsalad, Lamb\'s Lettuce, Corn Salad, Rapunzel, Field Salad Valerianella locusta
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very interesting addition to the garden. It is best if gathered before flowers appear. Its dark green leaves can be used much like spinach, raw in salads or steamed. It grows best in cool weather so sow in early spring or in the fall.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 252,222
  • Genus: Valerianella
  • Collection Locale: OR
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 457
  • Species: locusta
  • Height: 6-12 inches
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Iowa
Strawberry Clover, Palestine Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum Palestine
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions. * It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade.
  • Botanical Name: Trifolium fragiferum Palestine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 306,450
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: fragiferum
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Iowa
Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Texas Mescalbean, Frijolito, Frijolillo Sophora secundiflora - Calia secundiflora
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds are bright red, sometimes used for necklaces, but are said to be poisonous; native to Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.
  • Genus: Sophora
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Collection Locale: Travis Co., TX
  • Botanical Name: Sophora secundiflora
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 3.32 lb
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Iowa
Birdsfoot Trefoil, Bird\'s-foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch Lotus corniculatus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

A useful green manure plant, fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Yellow flowers from May to July. Has fair drought and poor shade tolerance. * An orange-yellow dye is obtained from the flowers.
  • Botanical Name: Lotus corniculatus
  • Quantity: 15.15 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 518
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Common Name: Birdsfoot Trefoil, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch
  • Height: 1ft
United States
Iowa
Yellow Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Seeds can be viable for up to 30 years. * Plants have large taproots and tend to grow in groups. Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. * Melilotus officinalis can be an annual or biennial plant, and is 4–6 feet (1.2–1.8 m) high...
  • Common Name: Yellow Sweetclover
  • Species: officinalis
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Melilotus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 395
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Iowa
Japanese Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium japonicum - Sophora japonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.
  • Genus: Styphnolobium
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Quantity: 9.65 lb
  • Common Name: Japanese Pagoda Tree
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Height: 40-60 feet
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Iowa
Beefwood, River Sheoak, River Oak, Creek Oak, River Oak Casuarina, Kasa, Australian Pine Casuarina cunninghamiana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is much planted in Egypt for protecting roads from the sand. Used for flooring, axe handles, firewood, poles etc. * The River Oak is an attractive evergreen tree with fine greyish green needle-like foliage that grows to a height of 60 metres (200 ft)...
  • Species: cunninghamiana
  • Common Name: Beefwood, River Sheoak, River Oak, Creek Oak, River Oak Casuarina, Kasa, Australian Pine
  • Family: Casuarinaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 390,440
  • Genus: Casuarina
  • Purity: 97%
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Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, digging, spearing fish, and digging. * The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the genus name root cerco derives, meaning "tail", referring to the...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,030
  • Quantity: 0.06 lb
  • Species: betuloides
  • Purity: 60%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
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Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This means that when used on the skin it will not remove the natural body oils, but nor will it remove engine oil etc. The aromatic evergreen leaves are alternately arranged, each up to 8 centimeters long.

98%

    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush
    • Collection Locale: Idaho
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination: 98%
    • Botanical Name: Ceanothus velutinus
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    Iowa
    Golden Peony, Caucasian Peony, Molly The Witch Peony Paeonia mlokosewitschii
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce. * In 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica, namely Paeonia...
    • Quantity: 0.18 lb
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,474
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
    • Species: mlokosewitschii
    • Botanical Name: Paeonia mlokosewitschii
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    Iowa
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