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Littleleaf  Caragana, Littleleaf Peashrub Caragana microphylla
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is one tough plant. Korshin skii may occur where these species are sympatric. It may be hard to kill! * Caragana microphylla is a polymorphic species and in some cases with transitional forms.
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Littleleaf Caragana, Littleleaf Peashrub
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
British Columbia
Houston
Cilician Fir, Taurus Fir Abies cilicica
Price : CALL

In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree ( Abies cilicica ), one weighting about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts...
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Abies cilicica
  • Species: cilicica
  • Height: 80-100 feet
British Columbia
Houston
Littleleaf  Caragana, Littleleaf Peashrub Caragana microphylla
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is one tough plant. Korshin skii may occur where these species are sympatric. It may be hard to kill! * Caragana microphylla is a polymorphic species and in some cases with transitional forms.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,712
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Caragana microphylla
British Columbia
Houston
Horsetail Beefwood, Beach Sheoak, Ironwood, Australian Pine, Filao Tree, She-oak Casuarina equisetifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Another Australian native with green twigs and green scalelike leaves; does well in shoreline situations and poor soil; odd cones used in Christmas wreaths. * Casuarina equisetifolia is a species of she-oak of the genus Casuarina , native to Australasia...
  • Genus: Casuarina
  • Species: equisetifolia
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Common Name: Horsetail Beefwood, Beach Sheoak, Ironwood, Australian Pine, Filao Tree, She-oak
  • Seeds Per Pound: 315,278
  • Botanical Name: Casuarina equisetifolia
British Columbia
Houston
Desert Olive, Wild Olive, New Mexican Privet Forestiera neomexicana
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Tolerates dry sites. * Succeeds in most soils. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 37,228
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: Desert Olive, Wild Olive, New Mexican Privet
  • Botanical Name: Forestiera neomexicana
  • Germination: 83%
  • Purity: 98%
British Columbia
Houston
Northern American Holly, American Holly Ilex opaca    Northern
Price : CALL

* Yellow-green spiny leaves; red fruit almost 1/2" wide, lasting into winter; of pyramidal habit in youth, later more open, with horizontal branches, sometimes contorted; must have male and female to get fruit; parent of many varied cultivars; native...
  • Common Name: Northern American Holly, American Holly
  • Botanical Name: Ilex opaca Northern
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Location: Northern
  • Genus: Ilex
British Columbia
Houston
Silver Wattle, Mimosa Acacia dealbata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * Acacia dealbata is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world, and is naturalised in some areas.
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,688
  • Species: dealbata
  • Quantity: 0.52 lb
  • Genus: Acacia
British Columbia
Houston
Abele, Silver Poplar, Silverleaf Poplar, White Poplar Populus canescens     - Populus alba  canescens
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native from Spain and Morocco through central Europe (north to Germany and Poland ) to central Asia . * Populus alba , commonly called abele , silver poplar , silverleaf poplar , or white poplar , is a species of poplar , most closely related to...
  • Germination: 30%
  • Botanical Name: Populus canescens
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Species: canescens
  • Quantity: 2.17 lb
  • Genus: Populus
British Columbia
Houston
Cherry Laurel, Wild Orange, Mock Orange, Carolina Laurelcherry Prunus caroliniana     - Laurocerasus caroliniana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is not to be confused with its European relative Prunus laurocerasus, which is also called Cherry Laurel, though mainly known as English Laurel in the U.S. * A handsome, evergreen, ornamental and large hedge plant in southeastern North America, often...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: caroliniana
  • Botanical Name: Prunus caroliniana
  • Crop Year: 2017
British Columbia
Houston
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus     - Cerasus laurocerasus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Prunus laurocerasus (common name Cherry laurel and sometimes called English laurel in North America) is a species in the genus Prunus , native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe , from Albania and Bulgaria...
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Height: 15-50 feet
  • Common Name: Cherry Laurel
  • Botanical Name: Prunus laurocerasus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
British Columbia
Houston
Algerian Fir Abies numidica
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* Abies numidica is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to 20–35 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. * Algerian Fir is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.
  • Botanical Name: Abies numidica
  • Genus: Abies
  • Height: 60-110 feet
  • Family: PINACEAE
British Columbia
Houston
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...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 8-10 feet
  • Species: gymnanthera
  • Genus: Ternstroemia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,517
British Columbia
Houston
Corkwood Leitneria floridana
Price : CALL

* Wood - very light, soft, close grained. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous dioecious shrub or small tree , found only in the southeastern United States states of Arkansas , Florida , Georgia...
  • Family: Leitneriaceae
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
  • Species: floridana
  • Common Name: Corkwood
British Columbia
Houston
Heath-leaved Banksia, Heath-leaf Banksia, Lantern Banksia, Heath Banksia Banksia ericifolia
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* Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed. With time and the production of more cones with seed-containing follicles, however, plants can store up to 16,500 seeds at eight years of age.
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Genus: Banksia
  • Species: ericifolia
  • Height: 3-20 feet
British Columbia
Houston
Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery. Noxious weed in California. * Plants can be grown as a hedge in exposed positions, tolerating maritime exposure. * Elaeagnus angustifolia ( Russian Silverberry , Oleaster , or Russian-olive...
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Species: angustifolia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,746
  • Collection Locale: Netherlands
  • Quantity: 9.12 lb
  • Purity: 99%
British Columbia
Houston
Rocky Mt. Juniper, Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A narrow tree with several trunks; foliage dark, bluish, or light green; doesn't mind drought; native to western North America, often from high altitudes; hedge and screening plant; many cultivars; popular in upper Midwest and Rocky Mountains.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: scopulorum
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 37,682
  • Purity: 99%
British Columbia
Houston
American Hornbeam, Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Ironwood, Musclewood, Water Beech, Muscle-beech, Smooth-barked Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) is a small hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood. It is especially suitable for making levers and is also a good fuel.
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Species: caroliniana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 38
  • Germination Test Type: cut
British Columbia
Houston
Osage Orange, Hedge Apple, Bodark, Bois D\'Arc, Horse Apple, Hedge Maclura pomifera     - Maclura aurantiaca
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

In the axil of every growing leaf is found a growing spine which when mature is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, and rather formidable. * Shiny green leaves, yellow or yellow green in fall; thorny, especially when young; nice vertically fissured brown bark;...
  • Botanical Name: Maclura pomifera
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Moraceae
  • Common Name: Osage Orange, Hedge Apple, Bodark, Bois D'Arc, Horse Apple, Hedge
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 23
British Columbia
Houston
Abele, Silver Poplar, Silverleaf Poplar, White Poplar Populus canescens     - Populus alba  canescens
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native from Spain and Morocco through central Europe (north to Germany and Poland ) to central Asia . * Populus alba , commonly called abele , silver poplar , silverleaf poplar , or white poplar , is a species of poplar , most closely related to...
  • Family: Salicaceae
  • Germination: 30%
  • Genus: Populus
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 50-70 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 998,000
British Columbia
Houston
Heartleaf Hornbeam Carpinus cordata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

In cultivation, it is sometimes grown as a large shrub or screen. Doubly-serrate, heart-shaped, prominently-veined, dark green leaves to 5.5” long are attractive throughout the growing season.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 43%
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Quantity: 0.31 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2006
British Columbia
Houston
Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora
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It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen. * It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where its August flowering attracts butterflies.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Hippocastanaceae
  • Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye
  • Species: parviflora
British Columbia
Houston
American Hornbeam, Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Ironwood, Musclewood, Water Beech, Muscle-beech, Smooth-barked Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) is a small hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood. It is especially suitable for making levers and is also a good fuel.

98%

    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination: 98%
    • Height: 30-45 feet
    • Botanical Name: Carpinus caroliniana
    • Seeds Per Pound: 18,160
    • Species: caroliniana
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Beauty Bush, Beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis     - Linnaea amabilis
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Kolkwitzia amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, the only known species in the monotypic genus Kolkwitzia. It is a deciduous shrub known by the common name beauty bush.
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Common Name: Beauty Bush, Beautybush
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Family: Caprifoliaceae
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Jack Pine, Eastern Jack Pine, Gray Pine, Black Pine, Scrub Pine, Pin Gris Pinus banksiana
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The cone for the Jack pine tree is usually 5 cm and curved at the tip. * The Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana ) is a North American pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia , and the northeast...
    • Crop Year: 1985
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
    • Collection Locale: Bradstreet, ME
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 100
    • Germination: 74%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    European Hornbeam, Hornbeam Carpinus betulus     - Carpinus caucasica
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * "One of the very finest small landscape trees" (Dirr) * This species should find a place of prominence in the garden. * The hornbeam is a prolific seeder and is marked by vigorous natural regeneration.
    • Collection Locale: New Jersey
    • Seeds Per Pound: 8,172
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Height: 45 - 75 feet
    • Germination: 63%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Common Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius     - Opulaster opulifolius
    Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This tough, thicket-forming, Missouri native deciduous shrub grows 5-8 feet tall with gracefully arching branches. After leaf drop and throughout winter, the exfoliating reddish-brown bark, for which this plant is named, is best observed.
    • Quantity: 1.5 lb
    • Height: 6-10 feet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 513,020
    • Botanical Name: Physocarpus opulifolius
    • Species: opulifolius
    • Germination: 91%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Desert Olive, Wild Olive, New Mexican Privet Forestiera neomexicana
    Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Tolerates dry sites. * Succeeds in most soils. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea.
    • Purity: 98%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Common Name: Desert Olive, Wild Olive, New Mexican Privet
    • Quantity: 0.07 lb
    • Family: OLEACEAE
    British Columbia
    Houston