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Annual Honesty, Money Plant Lunaria annua     - Lunaria biennis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

In Denmark it is known as Judaspenge and in The Netherlands as Judaspenning (coins of Judas) because of its resemblance to silver coins, a reference to Judas Iscariot . * Annual Honesty ( Lunaria annua ) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial...
  • Botanical Name: Lunaria annua
  • Quantity: 1.25 lb
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Species: annua
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Collection Locale: Holland
Illinois
Elgin
Tea Crab Apple, Chinese Crab Apple Malus hupehensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are a tea substitute. * Pink buds, white flowers; with stiff, spreading branches; in Asia a tea is made from the leaves; fruits ripen from greenish yellow blushed with red, to yellow and orange, to red; young leaves may be purplish; native...
  • Quantity: 0.93 lb
  • Common Name: Tea Crab Apple, Chinese Crab Apple
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: hupehensis
  • Height: 20-25 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Elgin
Glaucous Dog Rose Rosa dumalis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * Rosa dumalis ( Glaucous Dog Rose ) is a species of rose native to Europe and southwest Asia .
  • Botanical Name: Rosa dumalis
  • Crop Year: 1993
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 17,706
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
Illinois
Elgin
Blessed Milkthistle, Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Holy Thistle Silybum marianum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Seed - if sown in situ during March or April, the plant will usually flower in the summer and complete its life cycle in one growing season. The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered.
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Common Name: Blessed Milkthistle, Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Holy Thistle
  • Quantity: 5.02 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 35
Illinois
Elgin
Serrulata Pear Pyrus serrulata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

This species is closely related to P. Because of its small volume Pyrus serrulata can be easily planted in small gardens. Young leaves have velvety grey hair but later become bare and turn dark green.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 53
  • Genus: Pyrus
  • Quantity: 0.5 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 9,836
  • Purity: 98%
  • Family: ROSACEAE
Illinois
Elgin
Laxa Rose Rosa laxa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* 2" white or pale pink flowers in small clusters in summer. * The seed is a good source of vitamin E, it can be ground and mixed with flour or added to other foods as a supplement.
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Laxa Rose
  • Quantity: 1.59 lb
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 42
Illinois
Elgin
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Because the fruit is so soft, it does not pack or ship well, so thimbleberries are rarely cultivated commercially. It is the larval host and a nectar source for the yellow-banded sphinx butterfly.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 98%
  • Species: parviflorus
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination: 71%
Illinois
Elgin
Early Jalapeno Pepper Capsicum annuum   Early Jalapeno
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This ia a very early maturing, hot Jalapeno Pepper. * The seed germinates in 2-3 weeks and should be started indoors in April/May. * This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 87
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 2.64 lb
  • Height: 20-60 inches
  • Cultivar: Early Jalapeno
Illinois
Elgin
Salal Gaultheria shallon
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western North America . Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating.
  • Collection Locale: Florence, OR
  • Genus: Gaultheria
  • Botanical Name: Gaultheria shallon
  • Height: 4 feet
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Family: Ericaceae
Illinois
Elgin
Rutgers Tomato LYCOPERSICON lycopersicum   Rutgers  - LYCOPERSICON esculentum   Rutgers , Solanum lycopersicum   Rutgers
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's. The flavor is good. It produces an abundance of medium sized round bright crimson tomatoes. It was the main commercial tomato grown in New Jersey for many years.

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    • Family: SOLANACEAE
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 99%
    • Height: 3-6ft
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Siberian Crab Apple Malus baccata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * An extremely hardy apple with very fragrant white flowers, dark red or yellow fruits, 3/8" (but variable), persisting into winter; of full rounded habit; formerly much used in hybridizing to improve hardiness; native to northeast Asia.
    • Quantity: 1.93 lb
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 41
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Botanical Name: Malus baccata
    • Species: baccata
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Sword Jackbean Canavalia gladiata
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family. In Telugu it is called 'chamma kaya' also called 'Tammi kaya' * The fruits are eaten as a vegetable in Africa and Asia.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 224
    • Purity: 99%
    • Height: 6-8 feet
    • Common Name: Sword Jackbean
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Plum, European Plum Prunus domestica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The seed contains about 20% of an edible semi-drying oil. * This is the most commonly grown plum at least in Europe, and most prunes (dried plums) are made from fruits of this species.
    • Collection Locale: New York
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Quantity: 3.15 lb
    • Seeds Per Pound: 704
    • Height: 25-35 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Asparagus Pea, Princess Pea, Goa Bean, Manila Bean, Four-angled Bean, Winged Bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    They are used like spinach. Slightly sweet, it contains 20% or more protein, which is about 12 times that of potatoes. Use the young pods before they mature for best flavor. Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis.
    • Quantity: 2.47 lb
    • Lot#: 9701
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Common Name: Asparagus Pea, Princess Pea, Goa Bean, Manila Bean, Four-angled Bean, Winged Bean
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Three-leaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine Akebia trifoliata
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    The fruit is 7 - 13cm long. * Akebia is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae. The flavour can be enhanced by the addition of a little lemon juice.
    • Collection Locale: Japan
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
    • Genus: Akebia
    • Species: trifoliata
    • Botanical Name: Akebia trifoliata
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Waxy Currant, Wax Currant, Squaw Currant Ribes cereum
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Often cultivated for its edible fruit in N. * It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and much of the western United States. * Easily grown in a moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality.
    • Common Name: Waxy Currant, Wax Currant, Squaw Currant
    • Species: cereum
    • Family: Grossulariaceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
    • Height: 5-6 feet
    • Collection Locale: California
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Mountain Holly, Mountain Winterberry Ilex montana
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex mucronata ) is a species of holly native to the United States , ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern...
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 26,758
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Species: montana
    • Common Name: Mountain Holly, Mountain Winterberry
    • Crop Year: 2017
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Willowleaf Cotoneaster Cotoneaster salicifolius
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    In June it bears many flowered, compound corymbs of white, 5-6 mm flowers . * The bark of the willow-leaved cotoneaster is gray-brown, its stems are thin, and its root system is sparse.
    • Botanical Name: Cotoneaster salicifolius
    • Genus: Cotoneaster
    • Common Name: Willowleaf Cotoneaster
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 108
    • Lot#: 9101
    • Quantity: 0.91 lb
    Illinois
    Elgin
    English Hawthorn, Smooth Hawthorn, Midland Hawthorn, Woodland Hawthorn, Mayflower Crataegus laevigata     - Mespilus laevigata
    Price : CALL

    * Western herbalists consider it a 'food for the heart', it increases the blood flow to the heart muscles and restores normal heart beat. * In the past, midland hawthorn was widely but incorrectly known by the name C.
    • Family: Rosaceae
    • Height: 15-20 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Genus: Crataegus
    • Collection Locale: Ukraine
    • Common Name: English Hawthorn, Smooth Hawthorn, Midland Hawthorn, Woodland Hawthorn, Mayflower
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Sargent\'s Apple, Sargent\'s Crab Apple, Sargent\'s Crabapple Malus sargentii
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The smallest crab; fragrant half-inch white flowers; dark red fruit "about the size of a small pea" (Wyman), borne annually; forms a dense, rounded shrub; native to Japan. * The fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds.
    • Lot#: 011144
    • Quantity: 4.02 lb
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Crop Year: 2001
    • Family: Rosaceae
    • Botanical Name: Malus sargentii clean seed
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon Pinus maximartinezii
    Price : CALL

    In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.
    • Botanical Name: Pinus maximartinezii
    • Common Name: Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon
    • Height: 20-45 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut Castanea sativa
    Price : CALL

    * Sweet chestnut has been listed as one of the 38 substances used to prepare Bach flower remedies, a kind of alternative medicine promoted for its effect on health. The seed is rich in carbohydrates, it can be dried, then ground and used as a flour in...
    • Common Name: Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Family: Fagaceae
    • Height: 90 feet
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The wood is also largely manufactured into canes. * An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks. In the United States . * Sabal palmetto , also known as Cabbage Palm , Palmetto , Cabbage Palmetto , Palmetto Palm , and Sabal Palm , is one of 15...
    • Genus: Sabal
    • Collection Locale: Louisiana
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,205
    • Species: palmetto
    • Purity: 99%
    • Common Name: Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Chinese Magnolia-vine, Chinese Magnolia Vine Schisandra chinensis
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Schisandra chinensis ( pinyin : literally "five flavor berry") is a deciduous woody vine native to forests of Northern China and the Russian Far East. The species itself is dioecious , thus flowers on a female plant will only produce fruit when fertilized...
    • Family: SCHISANDRACEAE
    • Botanical Name: Schisandra chinensis
    • Species: chinensis
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Common Name: Chinese Magnolia-vine, Chinese Magnolia Vine
    • Collection Locale: China
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Purple Granadilla, Passion Fruit, Bat Leaved Passion Flower, Granadilla Passiflora edulis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Paraguay , Brazil and northeastern Argentina ( Corrientes and Misiones provinces). The fruit shown are mature for juicing and culinary use.
    • Botanical Name: Passiflora edulis
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
    • Height: 50-60 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Lot#: 040779
    • Quantity: 0.2 lb
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Russian Almond, Dwarf Russian Almond Prunus tenella
    Price : CALL

    * Prunus tenella Batsch, Dwarf Russian Almond , is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Prunus , native to steppes of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia , as well as dry open sites of Caucasus , Western and Central Asia .
    • Species: tenella
    • Genus: Prunus
    • Common Name: Russian Almond, Dwarf Russian Almond
    • Botanical Name: Prunus tenella
    Illinois
    Elgin
    Blackcap Raspberry, Thimbleberry, Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The common wild black raspberry; 1/2" white flowers followed by clusters of delicious shiny black fruit; arching canes root where the tips touch ground. This has led to their being very useful as natural dyes.
    • Species: occidentalis
    • Collection Locale: Genoa, New York
    • Common Name: Blackcap Raspberry, Thimbleberry, Black Raspberry
    • Genus: Rubus
    • Botanical Name: Rubus occidentalis
    • Crop Year: 2018
    Illinois
    Elgin