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Lavender Provence (Lavender x intermedia)
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic. Lavender Provence is a popular hybrid lavender for the herb garden. Prune back to 8” in spring every 3 years to control plant size and to promote robust, new growth.
Iowa
Des Moines
Sensitive Plant, Shameplant, Shy Plant, Humble Plant, Sleeping Grass, Touch-Me-Not, Lajjalu, Bashful Mimosa Mimosa pudica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched. * An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native to the tropics.
  • Quantity: 12.31 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 68,100
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 5 feet, trailing
Iowa
Des Moines
Niagara Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii   Niagara
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) . * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 290
  • Common Name: Niagara Big Bluestem
  • Quantity: 7.33 lb
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Purity: 92%
  • Collection Locale: PA
Iowa
Des Moines
Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals.
  • Botanical Name: Echinacea pallida
  • Seeds Per Pound: 87,168
  • Quantity: 0.33 lb
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Genus: Echinacea
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Iowa
Des Moines
Pampas Grass, Uruguayan Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pampas grass is highly adaptable and can grow in a wide range of environments and climates. * A widespread urban myth is that pampas grass is used by swingers to advertise their presence to other swingers in the area.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 42767
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Common Name: Pampas Grass, Uruguayan Pampas Grass
  • Species: selloana
  • Quantity: 0.68 lb
Iowa
Des Moines
Tickseed, Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flowered Tickseed, Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Germination: 91%
Iowa
Des Moines
Lavender Phenomenal (Lavendula)
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. This is a very large, hedging lavender that can be used to create a border around the garden and also can be grown as a cut and dried flower...
Iowa
Des Moines
Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine Aquilegia flabellata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. Flabellata pumila. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position.
  • Common Name: Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Genus: Aquilegia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Iowa
Des Moines
Achillea Paprika
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 Gal

The flat flower heads introduce a different shape into the perennial border. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant.
Iowa
Des Moines
Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica     - Cassia marilandica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States . The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.
  • Common Name: Maryland Senna, Wild Senna
  • Lot#: 9901
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 99%
Iowa
Des Moines
Twoleaf Senna, Twin-leaf Senna Senna roemeriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters.
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: roemeriana
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Crop Year: 1997
Iowa
Des Moines
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico .
  • Species: lanceolata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 194,312
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis
Iowa
Des Moines
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Species: rugosa
Iowa
Des Moines
Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina  duriuscula
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A drought resistant plant once established. * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Species: ovina
  • Genus: Festuca
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 823
  • Variety: duriuscula
Iowa
Des Moines
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1.2 metres (4 ft) in height but can grow much faster. * Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands,...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 953
  • Species: draco
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
Iowa
Des Moines
Sideoats Grass, Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The foliage is blue green in color and has bright purple flowers. * It is a warm-season grass growing 30-100 cm (12-40 inches) tall, and grows well on mountainous plateaus, rocky slopes, and sandy plains.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 536
  • Purity: 93%
  • Height: 12-40 inches
  • Botanical Name: Bouteloua curtipendula
  • Genus: Bouteloua
  • Species: curtipendula
Iowa
Des Moines
Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint). * It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Quantity: 0.14 lb
  • Genus: Leonotis
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion's Ear
Iowa
Des Moines
Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium     - Achillea lanulosa    , Achillea millefolium occidentalis   , Achillea occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 2.36 lb
  • Species: millefolium
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
Iowa
Des Moines
Lavender Hidcote (Lavendula)
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

Narrow, gray-green leaves (to 2 1/2” long) on square stems. May be kept dense with regular pruning. English lavender varieties are more often used for culinary purposes than other types of lavender.
Iowa
Des Moines
Common Juniper Juniperus communis
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated. The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings.
  • Quantity: 2.53 lb
  • Common Name: Common Juniper
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Species: communis
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Crop Year: 2012
Iowa
Des Moines
Calabrian Pine, Turkish Pine, Brutia Pine, East Mediterranean Pine Pinus halepensis  brutia   - Pinus brutia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Turkish pine is also known by several other common names, Calabrian pine (from a naturalised population of the pine in Calabria in southern Italy, from where the pine was first botanically described), East Mediterranean pine and Brutia pine.
  • Common Name: Calabrian Pine, Turkish Pine, Brutia Pine, East Mediterranean Pine
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
  • Quantity: 1.26 lb
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Des Moines
Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound\'s Tongue Cynoglossum amabile   Firmament
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...
  • Genus: Cynoglossum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 213
  • Common Name: Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound's Tongue
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
Iowa
Des Moines
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.
  • Quantity: 1.8 lb
  • Purity: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 64
  • Germination: 69%
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Des Moines
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Kaibab
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pseduotsuga menziesii var. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following...
  • Collection Locale: Arizona, Kaibab
  • Crop Year: 2003
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 34,277
  • Common Name: Douglas Fir
Iowa
Des Moines
Scrub Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni  frutescens
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the...
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Seeds Per Pound: 288
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Botanical Name: Quercus wislizeni frutescens
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Iowa
Des Moines
Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. * Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 249,700
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Common Name: Mourning Cypress
  • Genus: Chamaecyparis
Iowa
Des Moines
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Genus: Canavalia
  • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
  • Crop Year: 2018
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Des Moines