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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.
  • Botanical Name: Ilex cornuta
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,338
  • Height: 10-12 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: New York
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
United States
Connecticut
Dwarf Mugo Pine Pinus mugo  pumilio
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Unlike most species of pine. This tree transplants well. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from...
  • Variety: pumilio
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Common Name: Dwarf Mugo Pine
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
United States
Connecticut
Tatar Wing Celtis PTEROCELTIS tatarinowii
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern...
  • Botanical Name: PTEROCELTIS tatarinowii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,798
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Crop Year: 2011
United States
Connecticut
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana     - Agrostis lessoniana    , Stipa lessoniana    , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 221
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,043,000
  • Botanical Name: Anemanthele lessoniana
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Height: 3 feet
United States
Connecticut
American Elm Ulmus americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands,...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 98,530
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Botanical Name: Ulmus americana
  • Purity: 94%
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
United States
Connecticut
English Holly Ilex aquifolium
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly...
  • Crop Year: 2007
  • Species: aquifolium
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
  • Botanical Name: Ilex aquifolium
  • Lot#: 070451
United States
Connecticut
Oriental Arborvitae, Golden Oriental Arborvitae Platycladus orientalis   Aurea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried. * Platycladus is a distinct genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae , containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis , also known as Chinese...
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Platycladus orientalis Aurea
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Cultivar: Aurea
  • Height: 30-50 feet
United States
Connecticut
Vernal Witch Hazel, Ozark Witchhazel, Spring-blooming Witch Hazel Hamamelis vernalis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Hamamelis vernalis is a species of Witch-hazel native to the Ozark Plateau in central North America , in Missouri , Oklahoma , and Arkansas . * Ozark witch hazel is a deciduous, winter-blooming, Missouri native shrub with a rounded habit which typically...
  • Crop Year: 2004
  • Botanical Name: Hamamelis vernalis
  • Genus: Hamamelis
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: Hamamelidaceae
  • Height: 12 feet
United States
Connecticut
Western Virgin\'s Bower, Western White Clematis, Pepper Vine, Old-man\'s Beard, Yerba De Chiva, Western Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

They used it as a pepper substitute to spice up food since real black pepper (Piper nigrum) was a costly and rarely obtainable spice. * It was called "pepper vine" by early travelers and pioneers of the American Old West.
  • Quantity: 0.38 lb
  • Lot#: 9201
  • Species: ligusticifolia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 20-60 feet
  • Genus: Clematis
United States
Connecticut
Heldrich Pine, Bosnian Pine Pinus heldreichii     - Pinus leucodermis    , Pinus heldreichii leucodermis   , Pinus nigra  leucodermis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bosnian pine is a popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, giving reliable steady though not fast growth on a wide range of sites, and with a very neat, conical crown.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Height: 50-70ft
  • Botanical Name: Pinus heldreichii
United States
Connecticut
Salt Grass, Marsh Grass, Prairie Cordgrass, Prairie Cord Grass Spartina pectinata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil. It is native to central North America. * Of upright, arching form; green leaves; flowers in late summer, flowering section of spike to 15" long; likes full sun or part shade, rich...
  • Germination: 26%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Spartina pectinata
  • Genus: Spartina
  • Species: pectinata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 118,040
United States
Connecticut
Fragrant Sarcococca, Sweetbox, Common Sarcococca, Fragrant Sweetbox SARCOCOCCA ruscifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.
  • Lot#: 090369
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: ruscifolia
  • Height: 7 feet
United States
Connecticut
Cinnamon Clethra, Mountain Sweet Pepper Bush, Mountain Sweetpepperbush, Mountain Pepperbush Clethra acuminata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* A large shrub with attractive red-brown bark, white flowers in midsummer, and yellow-orange fall color; native to southeast U.S.
  • Germination: 40%
  • Collection Locale: West Virginia
  • Botanical Name: Clethra acuminata
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,500,000
  • Crop Year: 2013
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Connecticut
Chinese Parasol Tree, Chinese Parasoltree, Wutong Firmiana simplex     - Sterculia platanifolia
Price : CALL

The wood is used for making furniture and coffins. A hair wash is made fromthe leaves and fibre. * The seed is antiphlogistic, expectorant and refrigerant. * The Chinese parasol tree or wutong , Chinese : ??
  • Genus: Firmiana
  • Common Name: Chinese Parasol Tree, Chinese Parasoltree, Wutong
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 40-50 feet
  • Quantity: 0.23 lb
  • Species: simplex
United States
Connecticut
Cinnamon Clethra, Mountain Sweet Pepper Bush, Mountain Sweetpepperbush, Mountain Pepperbush Clethra acuminata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* A large shrub with attractive red-brown bark, white flowers in midsummer, and yellow-orange fall color; native to southeast U.S.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 309
  • Germination: 40%
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Clethra acuminata
  • Quantity: 0.08 lb
United States
Connecticut
Red Lace-leaf Japanese Maple ACER palmatum matsumurae  Atropurpureum dissectum
Price : CALL

* Fall color is sensational. * The mother trees are mound forming red cut leaved types. * Hardier than green-leaved types.
  • Common Name: Red Lace-leaf Japanese Maple
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Subspecies: matsumurae
  • Height: 8-12 feet
  • Botanical Name: ACER palmatum matsumurae Atropurpureum dissectum dry seed
United States
Connecticut
Snake Bark Maple ACER rufinerve
Price : CALL

* A maple in the snake-bark maple group. * It is native to mountains forests of Japan.
  • Common Name: Snake Bark Maple
  • Botanical Name: ACER rufinerve
  • Family: ACERACEAE
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Connecticut
American Holly Ilex opaca
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ilex opaca is a medium-sized broadleaved evergreen tree growing to 10-20 m tall, exceptionally up to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter typically up to 50 cm, exceptionally 120 cm.
  • Common Name: American Holly
  • Genus: Ilex
  • Botanical Name: Ilex opaca Southern
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,608
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
United States
Connecticut
Mountain Holly, Mountain Winterberry Ilex montana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Synonyms include Ilex monticola . * Sometimes a tree, more often a shrub to about 15'; bright red fruits; grows on woody slopes from New York south to Georgia, west to Alabama (range of origin).
  • Seeds Per Pound: 26,758
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 3.84 lb
  • Botanical Name: Ilex montana
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Mountain Holly, Mountain Winterberry
United States
Connecticut
American Hornbeam, Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Ironwood, Musclewood, Water Beech, Muscle-beech, Smooth-barked Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Too small to be exploited commercially, this high quality wood is often used locally for flooring, cogs, tool handles, golf clubs etc. It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western...
  • Species: caroliniana
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Height: 30-45 feet
  • Purity: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 18,160
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 38
United States
Connecticut
Downy Birch, White Birch Betula pubescens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species of birch , native and abundant throughout northern Europe , Iceland , northern Asia and also Greenland .
  • Genus: Betula
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,592,982
  • Height: 30-75 feet
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
United States
Connecticut
Winterberry, Common Winterberry Ilex verticillata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ilex verticillata ( American Winterberry ) is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada , from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota , and south to Alabama .
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: verticillata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Ilex
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 65
  • Quantity: 1.52 lb
United States
Connecticut
Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale\'s Barberry Mahonia bealei
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 4-6ft
  • Common Name: Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale's Barberry
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Mahonia bealei
United States
Connecticut
White-leaf Manzanita, Whiteleaf Manzanita, Sticky Whiteleaf Manzanita, Sticky Manzanita Arctostaphylos viscida
Prices start at : 39.50 USD / 10 g

This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height. The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita .
  • Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos viscida
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 71%
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Species: viscida
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Connecticut
Trident Maple ACER buergerianum     - ACER buergeranum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 5-20 m with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The trunk thickens fast and develops some rust colored peeling appearance.
  • Species: buergerianum
  • Purity: 97%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Zhejiang province, China
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Quantity: 6.62 lb
United States
Connecticut
Chinensis Kousa Dogwood, Chinese Dogwood Cornus kousa chinensis    - Cornus kousa  chinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

They are multi-colored shades of red and yellow, anywhere from gum ball to golf ball in size. * This is one of the most beautiful small landscape trees that there is. * The fruit are also interesting.
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Species: kousa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 32
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
United States
Connecticut
Shamel Ash, Evergreen Ash, Mexican Ash, Tropical Ash Fraxinus uhdei
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* This Mexican native is drought tolerant and grows very quickly in tropical areas as a timber tree.
  • Height: 60-80 feet
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Quantity: 0.54 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,344
  • Germination: 63%
United States
Connecticut