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Hazel Alder Alnus serrulata
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* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 239
  • Height: 12-20ft
  • Collection Locale: Tennessee
  • Seeds Per Pound: 422,000
Costa Rica
San Jose
Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is found in Nebraska, western Oklahoma, southwestern South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas. The bark is often mixed with alder and wild plum root barks when making the dye.
  • Botanical Name: Cercocarpus montanus
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Quantity: 0.1 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Height: 10-12 feet
Costa Rica
San Jose
Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is found in Nebraska, western Oklahoma, southwestern South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas. The bark is often mixed with alder and wild plum root barks when making the dye.
  • Collection Locale: ID
  • Height: 10-12 feet
  • Quantity: 0.1 lb
  • Species: montanus
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Family: Rosaceae
Costa Rica
San Jose
Sensitive Partridge Pea Chamaecrista nictitans
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or...
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Genus: Chamaecrista
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
Costa Rica
San Jose
Pygmy Peashrub Caragana pygmaea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 40,860
  • Botanical Name: Caragana pygmaea
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Purity: 99%
Costa Rica
San Jose
Mountain Alder Alnus crispa     - Alnus viridis crispa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Alnus viridis subsp. Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,688,000
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination: 40%
  • Quantity: 0.08 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
Costa Rica
San Jose
New Zealand Sophora Sophora tetraptera
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* 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 , Clianthus , and Montigena .Flowering of Kowhai is staggered,...
  • Common Name: New Zealand Sophora
  • Botanical Name: Sophora tetraptera
  • Genus: Sophora
  • Species: tetraptera
Costa Rica
San Jose
White Clover, Irish Shamrock, True Irish Shamrock, Dutch Clover Trifolium repens
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* White clover ( Trifolium repens ) is a species of clover native to Europe , North Africa , and West Asia . Thick growing and winter hardy. Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 681,000
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1427
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Quantity: 29.78 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Costa Rica
San Jose
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...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia caspia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,270
  • Common Name: Caspian Locust, Persian Honey Locust
  • Height: 30-35 feet
Costa Rica
San Jose
Sundial Lupine, Wild Perennial Lupine, Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Perennial wildflower, palm shaped leaves, blooms 2nd and 3rd year and successive seasons from expanding clumps. This species is very susceptible to slug damage. * Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine...
  • Quantity: 9.52 lb
  • Common Name: Sundial Lupine, Wild Perennial Lupine, Wild Lupine
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Lupinus perennis
  • Crop Year: 2018
Costa Rica
San Jose
Crimson Clover, Italian Clover Trifolium incarnatum
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The species name incarnatum means "blood red". * This upright annual herb grows to 20-50 cm tall, unbranched or branched only at the base. It grows rapidly in spring, and yields an abundant crop of green food, particularly palatable to live stock.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: incarnatum
  • Height: 10-20 inches
  • Genus: Trifolium
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
Costa Rica
San Jose
Thinleaf Alder, Mountain Alder Alnus incana tenuifolia    - Alnus tenuifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * The tree has an extensive root system and can be planted to control banks from erosion.
  • Subspecies: tenuifolia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Common Name: Thinleaf Alder, Mountain Alder
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Height: 25-30 feet
  • Quantity: 0.54 lb
Costa Rica
San Jose
Indigo, Indigo Bush Indigofera pseudotinctoria
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten. * A shrub; red flowers in racemes.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Indigofera pseudotinctoria
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
Costa Rica
San Jose
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.
  • Lot#: 040564
  • Quantity: 0.06 lb
  • Genus: Stipa
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Purity: 98%
Costa Rica
San Jose
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. Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained.
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,725
  • Quantity: 0.33 lb
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia aquatica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination: 91%
Costa Rica
San Jose
Asparagus Pea, Princess Pea, Goa Bean, Manila Bean, Four-angled Bean, Winged Bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

They tastes like French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis. Start seeds indoors and transplant outside when danger of frost is past.
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Common Name: Asparagus Pea, Princess Pea, Goa Bean, Manila Bean, Four-angled Bean, Winged Bean
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Quantity: 2.47 lb
  • Height: 5-6 feet
Costa Rica
San Jose
Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to...
  • Common Name: Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,030
  • Lot#: 9201
  • Collection Locale: CA
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
Costa Rica
San Jose
Japanese Alder Alnus japonica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate. * Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan.
  • Common Name: Japanese Alder
  • Height: 60-70 feet
  • Genus: Alnus
  • Species: japonica
  • Seeds Per Pound: 753,640
  • Collection Locale: China
Costa Rica
San Jose
Black False Hellebore, False Hellebore Veratrum nigrum
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".
  • Seeds Per Pound: 59,474
  • Purity: 97%
  • Quantity: 0.35 lb
  • Species: nigrum
  • Genus: Veratrum
  • Crop Year: 1998
Costa Rica
San Jose
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Crotalaria assamica
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Species: assamica
  • Purity: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
Costa Rica
San Jose
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. * A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets.
  • Genus: Acacia
  • Species: farnesiana
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Quantity: 4.31 lb
Costa Rica
San Jose
Cream Scabious, Cream Pincushions Scabiosa ochroleuca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.
  • Genus: Scabiosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,000
  • Family: Dipsacaceae
  • Botanical Name: Scabiosa ochroleuca
  • Quantity: 0.19 lb
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
Costa Rica
San Jose
Narrow-leaved Coneflower, Black Samson Echinacea Echinacea angustifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer the plant), but recent research has demonstrated significant absorption...
  • Crop Year: 1998
  • Quantity: 0.24 lb
  • Germination: 80%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 118
  • Family: Asteraceae
Costa Rica
San Jose
Narrow-leaved Coneflower, Black Samson Echinacea Echinacea angustifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer the plant), but recent research has demonstrated significant absorption...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 108,960
  • Crop Year: 1998
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Germination: 80%
Costa Rica
San Jose
Judas Tree Cercis siliquastrum
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* This species forms a small tree up to 12 metres in height and 10 metres in width. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the trunk in late spring ( cauliflory ).
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Genus: Cercis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 27,240
  • Botanical Name: Cercis siliquastrum
  • Purity: 99%
Costa Rica
San Jose
Chinese Ginseng Panax ginseng
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* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.
  • Common Name: Chinese Ginseng
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genus: Panax
Costa Rica
San Jose
Sensitive Partridge Pea Chamaecrista nictitans
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
  • Species: nictitans
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Costa Rica
San Jose