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Bush Chinquapin, Dwarf Golden Chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 1 packet

* Requires a lime-free soil. * A very ornamental shrub. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut. Prefers a sheltered semi-shaded position and a light deep moist soil.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Seeds Per Pound: 512
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Genus: Chrysolepis
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
Illinois
Rockford
Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Florida, in conspicuous layers above the horizontal foliage; attractive fruits resembling raspberries in late summer. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * The Kousa Dogwood ( Cornus kousa or Benthamidia kousa ), also known as the Japanese Flowering...
  • Botanical Name: Cornus kousa
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,810
Illinois
Rockford
Salal Gaultheria shallon
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. * The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. * A low, suckering shrub, member of the heath family; flowers white, resemble blueberry flowers; purple or black edible fruit;...
  • Botanical Name: Gaultheria shallon
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Genus: Gaultheria
  • Common Name: Salal
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: shallon
Illinois
Rockford
Tea Crab Apple, Chinese Crab Apple Malus hupehensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. This species is used as stock to graft apple trees in Hubei and Sichuan. * Pink buds, white flowers; with stiff, spreading branches; in Asia a tea is made from the leaves; fruits ripen from greenish yellow blushed...
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Botanical Name: Malus hupehensis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 0.93 lb
  • Height: 20-25 feet
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Rockford
Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale\'s Barberry Mahonia bealei
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale's Barberry
  • Species: bealei
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,712
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 4-6ft
Illinois
Rockford
Hardy Kiwi, Bower Actinidia, Tara Vine, Kiwi Berry Actinidia arguta
Price : CALL

* The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. * A very hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to -30°c or more, but the young spring growth is susceptible to frost damage.
  • Height: 40-50 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 71%
  • Species: arguta
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Seeds Per Pound: 267,059
Illinois
Rockford
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Although sometimes found in pure stands, it is more often associated with Sugar Maple (forming the Beech-Maple climax community ), Yellow Birch , and Eastern Hemlock , typically on moist well drained slopes and rich bottomlands.
  • Genus: Fagus
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Fagus grandifolia
  • Quantity: 19.85 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,269
Illinois
Rockford
Kawakami Maple ACER caudatifolium     - ACER kawakamii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Beautiful snakebark maple. * Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow.
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Germination: 91%
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Height: 60-70 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
Illinois
Rockford
Russian Almond, Dwarf Russian Almond Prunus tenella
Price : CALL

It grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) and is a popular ornamental plant in cold temperate regions, valued for its profuse spring blossom and exceptional winter hardiness. * Prunus tenella Batsch, Dwarf Russian Almond , is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus...
  • Common Name: Russian Almond, Dwarf Russian Almond
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Species: tenella
  • Height: 5 feet
Illinois
Rockford
Wintergreen, Franchet\'s Cotoneaster, Franchet Cotoneaster, Orange Cotoneaster Cotoneaster franchetii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. * The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Crop Year: 1992
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,680
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Rockford
Winter Cherry, Chinese Lantern, Strawberry Groundcherry Physalis alkekengi
Price : CALL

Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns . * Sow the seed in March/April in a greenhouse only just covering the seed.
  • Species: alkekengi
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,511,973
  • Botanical Name: Physalis alkekengi
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
Illinois
Rockford
Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale\'s Barberry Mahonia bealei
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring.
  • Family: BERBERIDACEAE
  • Quantity: 0.24 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Mahonia bealei
  • Species: bealei
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Rockford
Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut Castanea sativa
Price : CALL

A sugar can be extracted from the seed. The tannin renders the young growing wood durable and resistant to outdoor use, thus suitable for posts, fencing or stakes. A somewhat astringent taste raw, it improves considerably when cooked and is delicious...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: sativa
  • Genus: Castanea
  • Common Name: Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut
Illinois
Rockford
Blue Paloverde Parkinsonia florida     - Cercidium floridum    , Cercidium floridum floridum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The blue palo verde is the state tree of Arizona. It is a rapidly growing large shrub or small tree, and rarely survives to 100 years. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,148
  • Collection Locale: Thermal, CA
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: florida
  • Common Name: Blue Paloverde
Illinois
Rockford
Chinese Holly Ilex cornuta
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 46
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Chinese Holly
  • Species: cornuta
  • Crop Year: 2014
Illinois
Rockford
Chinese Chestnut Castanea mollissima
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* It makes an excellent food and can be used as a staple food in much the same way as potatoes or cereals. * Chinese chestnuts have evolved over a long period of time in coexistence with the bark fungal disease chestnut blight and have evolved a very...
  • Botanical Name: Castanea mollissima
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 64
  • Collection Locale: Genoa, New York
Illinois
Rockford
Common Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Price : CALL

* The fruit can also be dried and used in bread, cakes etc. * About the size of a plum, the fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe. Opossums, raccoons, skunks, deer, and birds also feed upon the fruit.
  • Genus: Diospyros
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Diospyros virginiana
  • Species: virginiana
Illinois
Rockford
Silky Dogwood, Pale Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood, Kinikinnik Cornus amomum obliqua    - Cornus obliqua
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a medium-sized deciduous shrub that is typically found in moist lowland areas, swamp borders, floodplains, shrub wetlands, wet meadows/prairies and along streams and ponds in Eastern and Midwestern North America (New Foundland to Ontario south to...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Collection Locale: Dodge Co, WI
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
  • Common Name: Silky Dogwood, Pale Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood, Kinikinnik
  • Height: 8-10 feet
  • Species: amomum
Illinois
Rockford
Annual Honesty, Money Plant Lunaria annua     - Lunaria biennis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

In South-East Asia and elsewhere, it is called the Money Plant, because its seed pods have the appearance of silver coins. The common name "Honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,608
  • Common Name: Annual Honesty, Money Plant
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Species: annua
  • Quantity: 1.25 lb
  • Genus: Lunaria
Illinois
Rockford
Sweet Banana Pepper Capsicum annuum   Sweet Banana
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Produces an abundance of long yellow sweet peppers from mid summer until frost.
  • Family: SOLANACEAE
  • Height: 20-60 inches
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 135
  • Cultivar: Sweet Banana
  • Species: annuum
Illinois
Rockford
Carathian English Walnut Juglans regia   Carpathian
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a light-demanding species, requiring full sun to grow well. * This is the common thin shelled walnut found in grocery stores and widely used for food. * Methyl palmitate, which has been extracted from green husks of J.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Carathian English Walnut
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Rockford
Chinese Stewartia, Upright Stewartia, Beaked Stewartia Stewartia rostrata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Bark slate gray. Pedicel 5-7 mm; bracteoles persistent, subopposite, subtending calyx, ovate, (1.2-)1.5-2 × (0.6-)0.8-1.2 cm, leaflike, margin irregularly undulating, apex acuminate.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 2.28 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,320
  • Common Name: Chinese Stewartia, Upright Stewartia, Beaked Stewartia
  • Genus: Stewartia
  • Lot#: 010848
Illinois
Rockford
Roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* The roselle ( Hibiscus sabdariffa ) is a species of Hibiscus native to the Old World tropics, used for the production of bast fibre and as an infusion . The leaves are deeply three- to five-lobed, 8–15 cm (3–6 in) long, arranged alternately on the...
  • Common Name: Roselle
  • Quantity: 0.99 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,139
  • Genus: Hibiscus
Illinois
Rockford
Waltham Butternut Squash Cucurbita moschata   Waltham Butternut
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Moschata acts as the genetic bridge within the genus and is closest to the genus' progenitor. Sow 2 or 3 seeds per pot and thin out to the best plant. The squash is a frost-tender annual plant that is widely cultivated, especially in warm temperate and...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Waltham Butternut Squash
  • Species: moschata
  • Botanical Name: Cucurbita moschata Waltham Butternut
  • Quantity: 3.3 lb
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Rockford
Oriental Arborvitae, Golden Oriental Arborvitae Platycladus orientalis   Aurea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A yellow dye is obtained from the young branches. This is probably based on the tree's unchangingevergreen nature in the cold dry climate of northwest China, and its longevity; some of the larger specimens planted around Buddhist temples in China are...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 0.64 lb
  • Cultivar: Aurea
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
Illinois
Rockford
Serrulata Pear Pyrus serrulata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Plants are hardy to at least -15°c. The broad elliptical to elongated oval leaves taper to a point, are approx. 2.5 cm, April/May Fruits: practically round, brown with lighter lenticels, O approx.
  • Lot#: 9201
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Height: 30ft
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Pyrus serrulata
  • Genus: Pyrus
Illinois
Rockford
Sweetbrier, Sweetbriar Rose Rosa eglanteria
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rosa rubiginosa ( Sweet briar or Eglantine Rose ; syn. Eglanteria ) is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia . * 1" fragrant single pink roses in small clusters; 1/2" orange to scarlet hips lasting well into winter; often grows on lime;...
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Botanical Name: Rosa eglanteria
  • Height: 8-10 feet
  • Lot#: 021057
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
Illinois
Rockford