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Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Blooms on new growth. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Genus: Hypericum
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Clusiaceae
  • Species: prolificum
Iowa
Des Moines
Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound\'s Tongue Cynoglossum amabile Firmament
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 213
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Germination: 91%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • Common Name: Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound's Tongue
Iowa
Des Moines
Northern Catalpa, Western Catalpa, Northern Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree, Hardy Catalpa Catalpa speciosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is largely used for fence posts and rails, telegraph poles etc, it is also occasionally used for making furniture, the interior finish of buildings etc. * Heart-shaped leaves to 1'; fast grower, yellow and white flowers in late June; large and sometimes...
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Quantity: 2.4 lb
  • Genus: Catalpa
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 45-60 feet
Iowa
Des Moines
Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon Pinus maximartinezii
Price : CALL

* Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Botanical Name: Pinus maximartinezii
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Genus: Pinus
Iowa
Des Moines
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Species: rugosa
Iowa
Des Moines
Aleppo Pine, Jerusalem Pine Pinus halepensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam. * In Israel , the tree has been very successful in Yatir Forest in the northern Negev , where foresters had not expected it to survive.
  • Height: 80-100 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 3.71 lb
  • Genus: Pinus
Iowa
Des Moines
Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Carpinus orientalis
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Iowa
Des Moines
Chinese Pistache, Chinese Pistach Pistacia chinensis China
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Doesn't mind heat and drought; grows quickly. * Foliage dark green in summer, orange or orange red in fall. * Horticulturally, it is a popular choice for street trees in urban settings because it is very drought tolerant and can survive harsh environments.

China

    • Family: Anacardiaceae
    • Germination: 98%
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Crop Year: 2014
    • Location: China
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
    Price : CALL

    Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species. In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development.
    • Family: FAGACEAE
    • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
    • Genus: Castanopsis
    • Height: 80-90 feet
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    English Ivy Hedera helix
    Price : CALL

    * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile...
    • Species: helix
    • Common Name: English Ivy
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Botanical Name: Hedera helix
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine Pinus clausa Choctawhatchee
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Purity: 99%
    • Height: 65 feet
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
    • Location: Choctawhatchee
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Live Oak Quercus virginiana
    Price : CALL

    They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would grow at extreme angles, to serve as trail markers.
    • Botanical Name: Quercus virginiana
    • Species: virginiana
    • Common Name: Live Oak
    • Genus: Quercus
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine Pinus clausa Choctawhatchee
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Pinus clausa Choctawhatchee
    • Common Name: Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine
    • Family: Pinaceae
    • Germination: 98%
    • Location: Choctawhatchee
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Fortune Fontanesia, Chinese False Privet Fontanesia fortunei - Fontanesia phillyreoides fortunei
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Crop Year: 1997
    • Lot#: 9701
    • Species: fortunei
    • Genus: Fontanesia
    • Germination: 91%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca AZ Kaibab
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas.
    • Collection Locale: Arizona, Kaibab
    • Purity: 99%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Height: 60-80 feet
    • Location: AZ Kaibab
    • Lot#: 030985
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Semenov\'s Amur Maple, Turkestan Shrub Maple ACER tataricum semenovii
    Price : CALL

    * Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry! * It has lovely red fall color. * This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions.
    • Height: 15-20 feet
    • Common Name: Semenov's Amur Maple, Turkestan Shrub Maple
    • Botanical Name: ACER tataricum semenovii
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Family: Sapindaceae
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris Double Mix
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year.
    • Variety: Double Mix
    • Seeds Per Pound: 270,130
    • Height: 2-4 feet
    • Germination: 98%
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Botanical Name: Aquilegia vulgaris Double Mix
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    Cylindrical clusters (1-2" long) of tiny, fragrant, white flowers (1/8") appear on long stalks at the stem ends or upper leaf axils in late spring. Also effective as a shrubby ground cover for hard-to-grow areas such as dry rocky slopes and banks
    • Species: americanus
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Common Name: New Jersey Tea
    • Genus: Ceanothus
    • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
    • Purity: 99%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Coast Trillium, Pacific Trillium Trillium ovatum
    Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

    Associated understory plants include swordfern, vanilla leaf, violets, redwood sorrel and salal. Other trees which frequently shade this trillium include grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock; bigleaf maple, red alder and Sitka spruce join...
    • Species: ovatum
    • Height: 10-14 inches
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 67
    • Family: Liliaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Botanical Name: Trillium ovatum
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    * In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...
    • Collection Locale: Ohio
    • Germination: 83%
    • Common Name: Oriental Hornbeam
    • Botanical Name: Carpinus orientalis
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Maackii Amur Honeysuckle, Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii
    Price : CALL

    It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in New Zealand and the eastern United States ; in the forests of the latter, it has become an important invasive species . It is listed as an endangered species in Japan.
    • Genus: Lonicera
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Family: Caprifoliaceae
    • Botanical Name: Lonicera maackii
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.
    • Family: Leguminosae
    • Seeds Per Pound: 326,880
    • Botanical Name: Mirbelia dilatata
    • Height: 3-5 feet
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Blooms on new growth. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Genus: Hypericum
    • Common Name: Shrubby St. Johnswort
    • Height: 2-5 feet
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
    • Collection Locale: Missouri
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin - Echinopsis peruviana Rio Lurin
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration...
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Botanical Name: Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin
    • Genus: Trichocereus
    • Variety: Rio Lurin
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Germination: 40%
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Italian Alder Alnus cordata
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Shiny green leaves. * An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites.
    • Species: cordata
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Alnus cordata
    • Seeds Per Pound: 186,140
    • Germination: 67%
    • Genus: Alnus
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima - Ailanthus glandulosa
    Price : CALL

    * In flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen from Sep to November. * All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting peanuts or cashews.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Height: 40-50 feet
    • Botanical Name: Ailanthus altissima clean seed
    • Species: altissima
    Iowa
    Des Moines
    Mexican Buckeye Ungnadia speciosa
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * From a distance the plants in full flower resemble redbuds or peaches. * Mexican-buckeye, an 8-12 ft., deciduous tree, can reach 30 ft. Clusters of bright-pink, fragrant flowers appear before or with the leaves from the axils of the previous season.
    • Collection Locale: Missouri
    • Family: Sapindaceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
    • Genus: Ungnadia
    • Seeds Per Pound: 545
    • Quantity: 1.75 lb
    Iowa
    Des Moines
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