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Blue Spruce Picea pungens  glauca  AZ Apache
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 78,996
  • Location: AZ Apache
  • Collection Locale: Apache National Forest, NM
  • Species: pungens
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Blue Spruce
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Striped Maple, Moose Maple, Moosewood ACER pensylvanicum
Price : CALL

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in July. * A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Illinois and New Jersey Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Common Name: Striped Maple, Moose Maple, Moosewood
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 15-35 feet
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Paper Birch, Canoe Birch, White Birch Betula papyrifera
Price : CALL

It is sometimes called White Birch that is outstanding in the winter landscape and the bark peels off to reveal reddish orange underbark. Harvested in early spring, before the leaves unfurl, by tapping the trunk.
  • Species: papyrifera
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Height: 60-100 feet
  • Botanical Name: Betula papyrifera clean seed
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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,...
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Quantity: 20.74 lb
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Species: americana
  • Botanical Name: Ulmus americana
  • Genus: Ulmus
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Kawakami Maple ACER caudatifolium     - ACER kawakamii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow. * Beautiful snakebark maple.
  • Genus: ACER
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Botanical Name: ACER caudatifolium
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
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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

* The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. * It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen.
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,043,000
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Anemanthele
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Height: 3 feet
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Chalk Maple ACER saccharum leucoderme    - ACER leucoderme
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It lives in the understory in moist, rocky soils on river banks, ravines, woods, and cliffs. * A deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to northwest Florida and west to eastern Texas.
  • Subspecies: leucoderme
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Species: saccharum
  • Genus: ACER
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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).
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 26,758
  • Quantity: 3.84 lb
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Genus: Ilex
  • Crop Year: 2017
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David Maple ACER davidii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees.
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Quantity: 2.54 lb
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Species: davidii
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Bigleaf Maple ACER davidii grosseri  Hersi China - ACER grosseri   Hersi China
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * A species of maple in the snakebark maple group.
  • Subspecies: grosseri
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Cultivar: Hersi
  • Quantity: 1.65 lb
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Jerusalem Thorn, Mexican Palo Verde, Jellybean Tree, Parkinsonia, Palo Verde Parkinsonia aculeata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,902
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination: 99%
  • Common Name: Jerusalem Thorn, Mexican Palo Verde, Jellybean Tree, Parkinsonia, Palo Verde
  • Quantity: 0.51 lb
  • Lot#: 010480
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Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Price : CALL

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.
  • Common Name: Japanese Barberry
  • Family: Berberidaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Berberis
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Vernal Witch Hazel, Ozark Witchhazel, Spring-blooming Witch Hazel Hamamelis vernalis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Usually occurs in the wild in gravel or rocky stream beds or at the base of rocky slopes along streams. * Hamamelis vernalis is a species of Witch-hazel native to the Ozark Plateau in central North America , in Missouri , Oklahoma , and Arkansas .
  • Crop Year: 2004
  • Species: vernalis
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 9,534
  • Genus: Hamamelis
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Possum Haw, Possumhaw, Meadow Holly, Deciduous Holly, Swamp Holly Ilex decidua
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Leaves are obovate , simple, alternating, deciduous , and grow to 2.5-7.5 cm long. * Distinguishing features of this species are crenate leaf margins and fruiting pedicels that are 2–8 mm long.
  • Quantity: 0.47 lb
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Botanical Name: Ilex decidua
  • Seeds Per Pound: 47,216
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
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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

* The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. * It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen.
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Germination: 50%
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
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Nuttall Oak Quercus texana     - Quercus nuttallii
Price : CALL

* Quercus texana , commonly known as Nuttall's Oak , is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and SE Texas and East through Mississippi to Central...
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Nuttall Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
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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,...
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Quantity: 20.74 lb
  • Common Name: American Elm
  • Genus: Ulmus
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Crop Year: 2018
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Winterberry, Common Winterberry Ilex verticillata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease. * Ilex verticillata ( American Winterberry ) is a species of holly native to eastern North America in...
  • Height: 3-15 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Seeds Per Pound: 66,284
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 65
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Purity: 98%
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Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina Ilex vomitoria
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. * Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species of holly native to southeastern North...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Ilex
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: vomitoria
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Purity: 99%
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Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A stunning flowering tree or large shrub with good fall color. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * A beautiful small tree of horizontal, tiered habit; long-lasting creamy bracts appear a few weeks after those of C.
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Species: kousa
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Botanical Name: Cornus kousa
  • Height: 20-25 feet
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Thunder Japanese Maple, Inazuma Japanese Maple ACER palmatum matsumurae  Inazuma
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* It has deep purple leaves in spring and early summer, turning dark green in late season then to red-crimson in the fall. * It would be interesting to see what characteristics are inherited through the seeds that we offer for sale.
  • Cultivar: Inazuma
  • Quantity: 1.73 lb
  • Genus: ACER
  • Subspecies: matsumurae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Salt Grass, Marsh Grass, Prairie Cordgrass, Prairie Cord Grass Spartina pectinata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to central North America. * Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil. * Of upright, arching form; green leaves; flowers in late summer, flowering section of spike to 15" long; likes full sun or part shade, rich...
  • Quantity: 7.3 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Purity: 72%
  • Botanical Name: Spartina pectinata
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Family: Poaceae
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David Maple ACER davidii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees.
  • Quantity: 2.54 lb
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Common Name: David Maple
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 30-50 feet
  • Genus: ACER
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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. 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...
  • Cultivar: Aurea
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
  • Common Name: Oriental Arborvitae, Golden Oriental Arborvitae
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Tatarian Dogwood Cornus alba
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open.
  • Collection Locale: Ukraine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,982
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 6 feet
  • Quantity: 7.2 lb
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Silk-floss Tree Chorisia speciosa     - Ceiba speciosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Their nectar is known to attract insect pollinators, as well as hummingbirds. It grows fast in spurts when water is abundant, and sometimes reaches more than 25 metres (82 ft) in height.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 29%
  • Species: speciosa
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Genus: Chorisia
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Dwarf Red Linear-leaf Maple ACER palmatum amoenum  Scolopendrifolium rubrum Keiser
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A great deal of variation can be expected when growing this plant. * It grows as a mound and holds its red color well in the summer.
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Subspecies: amoenum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Common Name: Dwarf Red Linear-leaf Maple
  • Quantity: 1.04 lb
  • Family: Aceraceae
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