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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...
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Species: rugosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
New York
Rochester
Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort Artemisia stelleriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. Established plants are drought tolerant. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 80
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Common Name: Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort
  • Height: 12-18 inches
  • Lot#: 080446
  • Species: stelleriana
New York
Rochester
European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. The young shoots or suckers from the bottom of the plant are also used. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas.
  • Species: humilis
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • Genus: Chamaerops
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Seeds Per Pound: 500
  • Germination: 98%
New York
Rochester
Salvia East Friesland (S. ‘Ostfriesland\')
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 GAL

Dense terminal spikes of violet-purple flowers rise above the foliage to 18” tall over a long June to September bloom period. Details: Perfect for the perennial borders, cottage garden, or butterfly gardens and wild gardens.
New York
Rochester
Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 14.29 lb
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Common Name: Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton
  • Germination: 80%
New York
Rochester
Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves. This will make them less bitter, but they will also contain less vitamins and minerals. Carbohydrate, 187mg Calcium, 66mg phosphorus, 3.1mg iron, 76mg sodium, 397mg potassium, 36mg magnesium,...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,059,794
  • Germination: 80%
  • Common Name: Common Dandelion
  • Genus: Taraxacum
New York
Rochester
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.
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Germination: 69%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Collection Locale: USA
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
New York
Rochester
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 542
  • Germination: 90%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
  • Height: 20-30 feet
New York
Rochester
Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage; shiny reddish brown bark exfoliates in scales; likes heat, drought, and full sun; best in dry western regions.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 34,000
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 57
  • Quantity: 11.85 lb
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus arizonica
  • Purity: 99%
New York
Rochester
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.
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Collection Locale: USA
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Lot#: 9501
New York
Rochester
Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.
  • Genus: Gossypium
  • Botanical Name: Gossypium hirsutum
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,540
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
New York
Rochester
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. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position.
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Species: flabellata
  • Common Name: Fan Columbine, Japanese Fan Columbine
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 60
New York
Rochester
Shell Leaf Penstemon, Large Beard-tongue, Large Beardtongue, Large Beard Tongue Penstemon grandiflorus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Seeds Per Pound: 172,520
  • Purity: 96%
  • Genus: Penstemon
  • Quantity: 3.83 lb
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
New York
Rochester
Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Rio Lurin   - Echinopsis peruviana  Rio Lurin
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is similar to the San Pedro cactus ( Trichocereus pachanoi ) which is found in the same region.
  • Variety: Rio Lurin
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination: 40%
  • Botanical Name: Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin
  • Common Name: Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch
New York
Rochester
Hops, Beer Hops, Common Hops Humulus lupulus
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

They are also medicinal. * Humulus lupulus (common hop or hop) is a species of flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family, native to Europe, western Asia and North America. Lupulus contains myrcene, humulene, xanthohumol, myrcenol, linalool, tannins, and...
  • Genus: Humulus
  • Botanical Name: Humulus lupulus
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Height: 18-20 feet
  • Common Name: Hops, Beer Hops, Common Hops
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Rochester
Colorado Columbine, Colorado Blue Columbine, Rocky Mountain Columbine Aquilegia caerulea     - Aquilegia coerulea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona . * It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors.
  • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 2.1 lb
  • Species: caerulea
  • Crop Year: 2009
  • Germination: 82%
New York
Rochester
Butcher\'s Broom, Knee Holly, Jew\'s Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

Since Butcher's broom tightens blood vessels and capillaries, it is used to treat varicose veins. Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors and decreased capillary permeability.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Botanical Name: Ruscus aculeatus
  • Common Name: Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle
  • Quantity: 3.55 lb
  • Height: 2-3 feet
New York
Rochester
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. * A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn.
  • Botanical Name: Juniperus osteosperma
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 50%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Species: osteosperma
New York
Rochester
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Intermountain Bristlecone Pine, Western Bristlecone Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah Pine Pinus longaeva     - Pinus aristata longaeva   , Pinus aristata  longaeva
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine , is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States . It is a very hard to secure item.
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Quantity: 1.49 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Intermountain Bristlecone Pine, Western Bristlecone Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah Pine
New York
Rochester
Washoe Pine Pinus washoensis
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

However, its cones are fairly distinctive and I am not fully persuaded that the described P. * For now, this small-coned form of P. Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P.
  • Germination: 71%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Washoe Pine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,074
New York
Rochester
Yellow Indiangrass, Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans  Holt   - Sorghastrum avenaceum  Holt
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Stiff, vertical flowering stems, topped with narrow, feathery, light brown flower panicles (to 12" long) highlighted with yellow stamens, rise well above the foliage clump in late summer to 5-6' tall.
  • Variety: Holt
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: Sorghastrum nutans Holt
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Rochester
Kamchatka Bugbane, Black Bugbane, Autumn Snakeroot CIMICIFUGA simplex
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Lot#: 080449
  • Botanical Name: CIMICIFUGA simplex
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 61
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Genus: CIMICIFUGA
New York
Rochester
Common Juniper Juniperus communis
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The male cones are yellow, 2–3 mm long, and fall soon after shedding their pollen in March–April. Alpina , Vitosha , Bulgaria . It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 54,480
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Botanical Name: Juniperus communis
  • Common Name: Common Juniper
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Purity: 95%
New York
Rochester
Fortune Fontanesia, Chinese False Privet  Fontanesia fortunei     - Fontanesia phillyreoides fortunei
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 54,026
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Fontanesia fortunei
  • Germination: 91%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 104
  • Family: OLEACEAE
New York
Rochester
Salvia May Night
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. Leaves of this mint family member are aromatic, wrinkled and soft-hairy beneath with entire or serrate margins. A 1997 Perennial Plant of the year, it thrives in hot sunny sites.
New York
Rochester
Common Rue Ruta graveolens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. * Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action...
  • Common Name: Common Rue
  • Genus: Ruta
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 256
  • Seeds Per Pound: 238,947
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Rochester
Rose Moss Portulaca grandiflora
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It requires ample sunlight and well-drained soils. * The common name of moss rose is quite descriptive of this plant's key ornamental features: ruffled, rose-like flowers (to 1” diameter) appearing on prostrate to slightly ascending stems that form...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,083,970
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: grandiflora
  • Genus: Portulaca
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 713
  • Height: 6 in.
New York
Rochester