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El Segundo
Mountain Maple, Moosewood ACER spicatum
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* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in August. * Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum Lam. Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status...
  • Common Name: Mountain Maple, Moosewood
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: ACER spicatum
New York
Locke
Mountain Maple, Moosewood ACER spicatum
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* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in August. * Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum Lam. Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Genus: ACER
  • Botanical Name: ACER spicatum
New York
Locke
Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.
  • Species: tomentosa
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 30%
  • Botanical Name: Clethra tomentosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,246,100
  • Crop Year: 1997
New York
Locke
Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.
  • Botanical Name: Clethra tomentosa
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Clethra
  • Purity: 60%
  • Species: tomentosa
New York
Locke
White-berried Beautyberry Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is in flower in August, and the seeds ripen in October. * A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). * They are popularly grown in gardens and parks.
  • Common Name: White-berried Beautyberry
  • Species: japonica
  • Genus: Callicarpa
  • Height: 5-7 feet
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Cultivar: Leucocarpa
New York
Locke
White-berried Beautyberry Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is in flower in August, and the seeds ripen in October. * A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). * They are popularly grown in gardens and parks.
  • Cultivar: Leucocarpa
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Seeds Per Pound: 38,136
  • Quantity: 0.62 lb
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa
  • Species: japonica
New York
Locke
Corkwood Leitneria floridana
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This is one of the lightest known woods, it weighs about 12½lb per cubic foot, is lighter than cork and is used for floats etc. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous dioecious shrub or small tree...
  • Botanical Name: Leitneria floridana
  • Genus: Leitneria
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Corkwood
New York
Locke
Corkwood Leitneria floridana
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This is one of the lightest known woods, it weighs about 12½lb per cubic foot, is lighter than cork and is used for floats etc. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous dioecious shrub or small tree...
  • Family: Leitneriaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Leitneria floridana
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
New York
Locke
Common Globeflower Trollius europaeus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. Hardy to at least -20°c. * An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae .
  • Germination: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 185
  • Genus: Trollius
New York
Locke
Common Globeflower Trollius europaeus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. Hardy to at least -20°c. * An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae .

99%

    • Seeds Per Pound: 1,711,580
    • Height: 1-2 feet
    • Genus: Trollius
    • Germination: 99%
    • Purity: 99%
    • Species: europaeus
    New York
    Locke
    Nutmeg Hickory Carya myristiciformis
    Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The nuts are an oil-rich food for wildlife. * Nutmeg Hickory ( Carya myristiciformis ) of the Juglandaceae or Walnut family, also called swamp hickory or bitter water hickory, is found as small, possibly relict populations across the Southern United...
    • Purity: 99%
    • Quantity: 4.02 lb
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Family: Juglandaceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
    • Germination: 83%
    New York
    Locke
    Nutmeg Hickory Carya myristiciformis
    Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The nuts are an oil-rich food for wildlife. * Nutmeg Hickory ( Carya myristiciformis ) of the Juglandaceae or Walnut family, also called swamp hickory or bitter water hickory, is found as small, possibly relict populations across the Southern United...
    • Germination: 83%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Height: 90-110 feet
    • Common Name: Nutmeg Hickory
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Purity: 99%
    New York
    Locke
    Western Azalea Rhododendron occidentale
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . It is not known to occur east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
    • Purity: 97%
    • Germination: 30%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,000,000
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 220
    • Height: 10-15 feet
    • Quantity: 0.05 lb
    New York
    Locke
    White Alder, Sierra Alder Alnus rhombifolia
    Price : CALL

    White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACW Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High...
    • Species: rhombifolia
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: White Alder, Sierra Alder
    • Botanical Name: Alnus rhombifolia
    New York
    Locke
    White Alder, Sierra Alder Alnus rhombifolia
    Price : CALL

    White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACW Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High...
    • Family: Betulaceae
    • Botanical Name: Alnus rhombifolia
    • Common Name: White Alder, Sierra Alder
    • Height: 50-80 feet
    New York
    Locke
    Devil\'s Club, Devilsclub Oplopanax horridus
    Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Botanical Name: Oplopanax horridus
    • Seeds Per Pound: 14,410
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
    • Genus: Oplopanax
    • Family: Araliaceae
    New York
    Locke
    Western Azalea Rhododendron occidentale
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . It is not known to occur east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
    • Common Name: Western Azalea
    • Species: occidentale
    • Family: Ericaceae
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,000,000
    • Botanical Name: Rhododendron occidentale
    • Purity: 97%
    New York
    Locke
    Devil\'s Club, Devilsclub Oplopanax horridus
    Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 14,410
    • Botanical Name: Oplopanax horridus
    • Common Name: Devil's Club, Devilsclub
    • Height: 6-8 feet
    • Species: horridus
    • Family: Araliaceae
    New York
    Locke
    Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica Angelica atropurpurea
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism . * Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in...
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
    • Purity: 96%
    • Genus: Angelica
    • Seeds Per Pound: 83,990
    • Germination: 59%
    • Common Name: Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica
    New York
    Locke
    Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica Angelica atropurpurea
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism . * Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in...
    • Genus: Angelica
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
    • Seeds Per Pound: 83,990
    • Lot#: 0001
    • Common Name: Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica
    • Family: Apiaceae
    New York
    Locke
    Slippery Elm, Red Elm Ulmus rubra - Ulmus fulva
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    The tree has a different branching pattern than American Elm, and its heartwood is reddish-brown, giving the tree its alternative common name 'Red Elm'. The fruit is an oval winged samara 20 mm long and containing a single, central seed .
    • Family: Ulmaceae
    • Botanical Name: Ulmus rubra winged
    • Height: 50-70 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    New York
    Locke
    Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry Ilex glabra
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Genus: Ilex
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
    • Quantity: 0.72 lb
    • Purity: 96%
    • Species: glabra
    New York
    Locke
    Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry Ilex glabra
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 165,150
    • Germination: 61%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
    • Height: 10 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Crop Year: 2017
    New York
    Locke
    Slippery Elm, Red Elm Ulmus rubra - Ulmus fulva
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    The tree has a different branching pattern than American Elm, and its heartwood is reddish-brown, giving the tree its alternative common name 'Red Elm'. The fruit is an oval winged samara 20 mm long and containing a single, central seed .
    • Common Name: Slippery Elm, Red Elm
    • Family: Ulmaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Species: rubra
    New York
    Locke
    Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora
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    * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This beautiful large flowering shrub deserves much wider use in the landscape. It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen.
    • Height: 9-12 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye
    • Genus: Aesculus
    New York
    Locke
    Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora f. serotina
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where its August flowering attracts butterflies. * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land.
    • Variety: f. serotina
    • Collection Locale: Massachusetts
    • Seeds Per Pound: 26
    • Family: Hippocastanaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    New York
    Locke
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