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Port Orford Cedar, Lawson\'s Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood is light yet has great strength and rot resistance, and is particularly highly valued in east Asia, with large amounts being exported to Japan where it is in high demand for making coffins, and for shrines and temples.

91%

    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 171
    • Purity: 91%
    • Germination: 91%
    • Height: 40-60 feet
    • Common Name: Port Orford Cedar, Lawson's Cypress
    • Crop Year: 2016
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Totoposte, Palo Colorada, Chaperon blanco, Aripin Caesalpinia velutina
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This small tropical tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental. * It is quite drought tolerant as it will drop its leaves during dry periods for up to 8 months. It is most often grown as a living fence or interplanted with other species for use as timber.
    • Genus: Caesalpinia
    • Collection Locale: Guatemala
    • Height: 30-40 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Common Name: Totoposte, Palo Colorada, Chaperon blanco, Aripin
    • Crop Year: 2014
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Beefwood, River Sheoak, River Oak, Creek Oak, River Oak Casuarina, Kasa, Australian Pine Casuarina cunninghamiana
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    In suitable climates, the plant is much used in windbreaks, shelterbelts and for land reclamation. Cones are small, rectangular and about 1 centimetre across. * Casuarina cunninghamiana - River Oak , River She-oak , Creek Oak or Fire Oak is a species...
    • Purity: 97%
    • Common Name: Beefwood, River Sheoak, River Oak, Creek Oak, River Oak Casuarina, Kasa, Australian Pine
    • Collection Locale: India
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Germination: 77%
    • Botanical Name: Casuarina cunninghamiana
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Abele, Silver Poplar, Silverleaf Poplar, White Poplar Populus canescens     - Populus alba  canescens
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Populus alba , commonly called abele , silver poplar , silverleaf poplar , or white poplar , is a species of poplar , most closely related to the aspens ( Populus sect. It grows in moist sites, often by watersides, in regions with hot summers and cold...
    • Genus: Populus
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Height: 50-70 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: Abele, Silver Poplar, Silverleaf Poplar, White Poplar
    • Botanical Name: Populus canescens
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Pipevine, Dutchman\'s Pipe Aristolochia durior     - Aristolochia macrophylla
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * CLIMBER growing to 7 m (23ft) at a fast rate. * It attaches itself by means of twining around other plants, it has been recommended for covering pergolas. * It is in flower from June to August.
    • Common Name: Pipevine, Dutchman's Pipe
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
    • Germination: 91%
    • Family: Aristolochiaceae
    • Botanical Name: Aristolochia durior
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Barked Fir, Flaky Fir Abies squamata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Abies squamata is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * Bark reddish-brown, exfoliating in thin papery layer like that of a birch. * It is found only in China . * It is an evergreen Tree growing to 30 m (98ft 5in) at a slow rate.
    • Botanical Name: Abies squamata
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Seeds Per Pound: 23,608
    • Purity: 96%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Crop Year: 2015
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Desert Olive, Wild Olive, New Mexican Privet Forestiera neomexicana
    Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Succeeds in most soils. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil.
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Quantity: 0.07 lb
    • Common Name: Desert Olive, Wild Olive, New Mexican Privet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 37,228
    • Species: neomexicana
    • Family: OLEACEAE
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Garden Mockorange, Sweet Mock Orange Philadelphus coronarius
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    ( Sweet Mock-orange , English Dogwood ) is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Philadelphus , native to Southern Europe . * Philadelphus coronarius L. As well as some other species and hybrids in the genus, it is a popular ornamental plant in temperate...
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Collection Locale: Russia
    • Genus: Philadelphus
    • Common Name: Garden Mockorange, Sweet Mock Orange
    • Botanical Name: Philadelphus coronarius
    • Seeds Per Pound: 3,268,800
    Illinois
    Chicago
    American Witchhazel, Witch Hazel, Common Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The fruit is a hard woody capsule 10–14 mm long, which splits explosively at the apex at maturity one year after pollination, ejecting the two shiny black seeds up to 10 m distant from the parent plant.
    • Genus: Hamamelis
    • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
    • Height: 20 feet
    • Purity: 99%
    • Common Name: American Witchhazel, Witch Hazel, Common Witchhazel
    • Species: virginiana
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Nordmann Fir, Caucasian Fir Abies nordmanniana    Borjomi
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Nordmann Fir ( Abies nordmanniana ) is a fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea , in Turkey , Georgia , Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia. * Commonly used for Table Top Christmas Trees.
    • Family: PINACEAE
    • Collection Locale: Borjomi, Georgia
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Germination: 37%
    • Botanical Name: Abies nordmanniana Borjomi
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Yeddo Euonymus, Hamilton\'s Spindle Tree, Japanese Spindle Tree Euonymus hamiltonianus  sieboldianus   - Euonymus sieboldianus    , Euonymus hamiltonianus  yedoensis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Wood - heavy, hard, close-grained. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. * Euonymus Hamiltonianus is a deciduous Shrub growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It is in flower from May to June. The wood is used to make combs.
    • Species: hamiltonianus
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Collection Locale: Japan
    • Botanical Name: Euonymus hamiltonianus sieboldianus
    • Germination: 83%
    • Purity: 92%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Fraser Fir, Fraser\'s Fir Abies fraseri    NC, Roan Mt.
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in) at a fast rate. * It is grown in plantations in Scotland and sold by the thousands throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. * Flowering in May, with seeds ripe form September to October * They often form...
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Quantity: 5.96 lb
    • Genus: Abies
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Height: 45-50 feet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 41,500
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Grannyvine, Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Ipomoea tricolor   Heavenly Blue
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Seed used by Aztecs as a hallucinogen. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 14,700
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 88
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Common Name: Grannyvine, Heavenly Blue Morning Glory
    • Cultivar: Heavenly Blue
    • Purity: 99%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Needle Fir, Manchurian Fir Abies holophylla
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * An evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30 m tall and 1 m in trunk diameter with a narrowly conical crown of horizontal spreading branches. * Needle Fir, is a species of fir native to mountainous regions of northern Korea, southern Ussuriland, and China...
    • Species: holophylla
    • Height: 100 feet
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 38
    • Family: PINACEAE
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Japanese Ternstroemia Ternstroemia gymnanthera
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...
    • Purity: 99%
    • Collection Locale: California
    • Quantity: 0.36 lb
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
    • Seeds Per Pound: 10,517
    • Family: THEACEAE
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Noble Fir Abies procera
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Trees to 80 m tall and 220 cm dbh. * Blue-green foliage; conical when young, pyramidal when older; with a long column-like trunk. * The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Genus: Abies
    • Seeds Per Pound: 13,926
    • Family: Pinaceae
    • Crop Year: 2017
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Cherry Prinsepia, Chinese Prinsepia Prinsepia sinensis
    Price : CALL

    * Prinsepia sinensis is a deciduous Shrub growing to 1.8 m (6ft) at a medium rate. * 6' to 10' tall equally as wide * red, cherry-like fruit 0.5" in diameter ripens in July * Grown mostly for its edible fruit which is very high in vitamin C.
    • Common Name: Cherry Prinsepia, Chinese Prinsepia
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Species: sinensis
    • Height: 6-10 feet
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Cardinal Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata   Cardinal
    Price : CALL

    The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw, if even slightly under-ripe it will be quite astringent. * Elaeagnus umbellata , also referred to as Japanese Silverberry , Umbellate Oleaster or Autumn-olive , is a species of Elaeagnus native...
    • Common Name: Cardinal Autumn Olive
    • Species: umbellata
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Genus: Elaeagnus
    • Family: Elaeagnaceae
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir Abies cilicica
    Price : CALL

    Abies cilicica , or Cilicia Fir , is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * A narrowly pyramidal tree 25-35 m tall. It is found in Lebanon , Syria , and Turkey . In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists...
    • Genus: Abies
    • Species: cilicica
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Fraser Fir, Fraser\'s Fir Abies fraseri    New York
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Fraser fir ABFR Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACU Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice...
    • Botanical Name: Abies fraseri New York
    • Lot#: 000132
    • Common Name: Fraser Fir, Fraser's Fir
    • Collection Locale: NY
    • Location: New York
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 154
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Scotch Pine, Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris    Spain, Burgos
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600. * Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 50,394
    • Collection Locale: Burgos, Spain
    • Botanical Name: Pinus sylvestris Spain, Burgos
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 109
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Pipevine, Dutchman\'s Pipe Aristolochia durior     - Aristolochia macrophylla
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * CLIMBER growing to 7 m (23ft) at a fast rate. * It attaches itself by means of twining around other plants, it has been recommended for covering pergolas. * It is in flower from June to August.
    • Collection Locale: Kiev, Ukraine
    • Height: 20-25 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
    • Botanical Name: Aristolochia durior
    • Crop Year: 2017
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Northern American Holly, American Holly Ilex opaca    Northern
    Price : CALL

    The wood can also be stained to imitate ebony. * Ilex opaca is often cultivated by plant nurseries for use as a broadleaf evergreen ornamental plant, planted as a shrub or slower growing ornamental tree.
    • Common Name: Northern American Holly, American Holly
    • Genus: Ilex
    • Species: opaca
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Location: Northern
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Heath-leaved Banksia, Heath-leaf Banksia, Lantern Banksia, Heath Banksia Banksia ericifolia
    Price : CALL

    The grey-coloured bark is smooth and fairly thin with lenticels ; however it can thicken significantly with age. * Banksia ericifolia grows as a large shrub up to 6 metres (20 ft) in height, though often smaller, around 1–2 metres (3–6 ft), in exposed...
    • Genus: Banksia
    • Species: ericifolia
    • Family: Proteaceae
    • Botanical Name: Banksia ericifolia
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Holly Oak, Ballota Oak, Holm Oak Quercus ilex
    Price : CALL

    Also known as the Holly Oak it is underrated as a bonsai. * It is a member of the white oak section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. The Quercus ilex responds well to wire training and root pruning but needs a larger pot size...
    • Height: 60-90 feet
    • Common Name: Holly Oak, Ballota Oak, Holm Oak
    • Species: ilex
    • Family: Fagaceae
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Yeddo Euonymus, Hamilton\'s Spindle Tree, Japanese Spindle Tree Euonymus hamiltonianus  sieboldianus   - Euonymus sieboldianus    , Euonymus hamiltonianus  yedoensis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Wood - heavy, hard, close-grained. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. * Euonymus Hamiltonianus is a deciduous Shrub growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It is in flower from May to June. The wood is used to make combs.
    • Lot#: 9701
    • Botanical Name: Euonymus hamiltonianus sieboldianus
    • Seeds Per Pound: 30,418
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Purity: 92%
    • Germination: 83%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Scotch Pine, Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris    NY, Boonville
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600. * Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products.
    • Quantity: 14.44 lb
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Lot#: 9101
    • Location: NY, Boonville
    • Seeds Per Pound: 75,000
    • Height: 75 feet
    Illinois
    Chicago