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Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana    Southern
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * Dirr describes this as a really beautiful plant. * Sweet bay magnolia is native to the southeastern United States north along the Atlantic coast...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Quantity: 0.98 lb
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
Illinois
Chicago
Paulownia, Empress Tree Paulownia elongata
Price : CALL

* Some proponents claim that P. * An ornamental tree of parks and gardens; grown for its purple flowers and shade tolerance. * Owing to the large quantity of biomass produced annually, it is suited for use as a feedstock for biofuel production
  • Common Name: Paulownia, Empress Tree
  • Family: BIGNONIACEAE
  • Species: elongata
  • Height: 75 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Cucumber Tree, Cucumber-tree, Blue Magnolia, Cucumber Magnolia, Cucumbertree Magnolia acuminata
Price : CALL

* An impressive stout tree of open, spreading, rounded habit, more pyramidal when young; flowers yellow green in late spring; dark green leaves, sometimes brownish in fall; fruit, pink or reddish, 2-3", vaguely resembles a cucumber--very vaguely; native...
  • Height: 50-100 feet
  • Common Name: Cucumber Tree, Cucumber-tree, Blue Magnolia, Cucumber Magnolia, Cucumbertree
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose Kerria japonica
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* Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves in summer; flowers in full shade, although it gets sloppy and gangly if not tended to, at least in the U.S. North; does well in the South; native to central and...
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: japonica
  • Botanical Name: Kerria japonica
Illinois
Chicago
Woman\'s-tongue Tree, Woman\'s Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law\'s Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood Albizia lebbeck
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,438
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Albizia lebbeck
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Genus: Albizia
Illinois
Chicago
Judas Tree Cercis siliquastrum
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* This species forms a small tree up to 12 metres in height and 10 metres in width. * The flowers can be eaten raw. * The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Cercis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 58
  • Germination: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia, Summer Dogwood Stewartia ovata     - Stuartia ovata
Price : CALL

The leaves are oval with an acute apex, 7-13 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, and turn orange, red, or gold when the tree becomes dormant in the fall. The flowers are camellia-like, 6-12 cm diameter, with five white petals and numerous white, yellow or purple...
  • Species: ovata
  • Family: Theaceae
  • Common Name: Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia, Summer Dogwood
  • Height: 10-15 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides     - Catalpa syringifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is highly valued for posts and fencing rails, and is also used for interior finishes, cabinet work etc. The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. They are like Catnip for Catfish!
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Catalpa bignonioides
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 44,069
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Collection Locale: Ukraine
Illinois
Chicago
Vine Maple ACER circinatum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Grows best in moist woods. * Red and Orange in fall, very beautiful small tree! * The sap contains a certain amount of sugar and can either be used as a drink, or can be concentrated into a syrup by boiling off the water.
  • Common Name: Vine Maple
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 8
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,105
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Species: circinatum
Illinois
Chicago
Golden Shower Cassia fistula
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In literature, it is closely associated with the Mullai (forest) region of Sangam landscape * It is the national tree of Thailand, and its flower is Thailand's national flower. * In Ayurvedic medicine, the golden shower tree is known as aragvadha, meaning...
  • Common Name: Golden Shower
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name: Cassia fistula
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
Illinois
Chicago
Hop Tree, Common Hoptree, Wafer Ash, Stinking Ash Ptelea trifoliata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A small tree but often a shrub of a few spreading stems. * Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).
  • Genus: Ptelea
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,258
  • Quantity: 3.93 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Sapphire Dragon Tree Paulownia kawakamii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

In Southern California it is reported to be deep-rooted, and generally does not lift adjacent pavement. Reaches full height of 25-30 feet in 3-4 years, with a canopy of 15-20 feet wide.
  • Height: 25-30 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 684
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Genus: Paulownia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,088,400
  • Crop Year: 2014
Illinois
Chicago
Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
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Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.
  • Botanical Name: Castanopsis chrysophylla
  • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Family: FAGACEAE
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magniolia, Bull Bay Magnolia grandiflora
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* An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a medium rate. * Creamy white flowers as much as a foot wide, wonderfully fragrant, in May, June or July. * This is perhaps the most strongly scented flower in the world! * Exceptionally large...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: grandiflora
  • Common Name: Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magniolia, Bull Bay
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Siberian Fir Abies sibirica
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* A coniferous evergreen tree native to the taiga east of the Volga River and south of 67°40' North latitude through Turkestan, northeast Xinjiang, Mongolia and Heilongjiang. It is used in construction, furniture, and wood pulp.
  • Common Name: Siberian Fir
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Abies
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Botanical Name: Abies sibirica
Illinois
Chicago
Peepul Tree, Sacred Fig Ficus religiosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Buddhist legend tells that Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment (bodhi) while meditating underneath a Ficus religiosa. It belongs to the Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. * Ficus religiosa is used in traditional medicine for about 50 types of disorders...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Ficus
  • Purity: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Species: religiosa
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magniolia, Bull Bay Magnolia grandiflora
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* An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a medium rate. * Creamy white flowers as much as a foot wide, wonderfully fragrant, in May, June or July. * This is perhaps the most strongly scented flower in the world! * Exceptionally large...
  • Height: 60-90 feet
  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Common Name: Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magniolia, Bull Bay
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
Illinois
Chicago
Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A lovely native American with shiny dark green leaves, red, yellow, and purple in fall; an ericaceous plant that wants moist, acid soil; fragrant urn-shaped flowers in drooping clusters; habit varies, may have a rounded crown atop a tall stem, or sometimes...
  • Botanical Name: Oxydendrum arboreum
  • Common Name: Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 445
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 40%
Illinois
Chicago
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.
  • Genus: Clethra
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Clethra tomentosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,246,100
  • Collection Locale: OH
  • Lot#: 9701
Illinois
Chicago
Siberian Fir Abies sibirica
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* A coniferous evergreen tree native to the taiga east of the Volga River and south of 67°40' North latitude through Turkestan, northeast Xinjiang, Mongolia and Heilongjiang. It is used in construction, furniture, and wood pulp.
  • Height: 90 feet
  • Germination: 42%
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Genus: Abies
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Bumalda Bladdernut Staphylea bumalda
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The plants flower best in years that follow hot summers. Genus name comes from the Greek word staphyle (cluster) in reference to the flower configuration. * Tolerant of a wide range of soils so long as they are not too dry, it prefers a rich loamy soil...
  • Common Name: Bumalda Bladdernut
  • Species: bumalda
  • Seeds Per Pound: 9,216
  • Germination: 77%
  • Family: STAPHYLEACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Staphylea bumalda
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple ACER saccharum floridanum    - ACER barbatum    , ACER floridanum
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Acer barbatum Michx. Southern sugar maple ACBA3 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple
  • Botanical Name: ACER saccharum floridanum
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Subspecies: floridanum
Illinois
Chicago
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.
  • Species: uhdei
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Shamel Ash, Evergreen Ash, Mexican Ash, Tropical Ash
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
  • Family: Oleaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Autumn Blaze Maple
Prices start at : 12.99 USD / each

Large, fast-growing tree with spectacular fall color. 1 1/2 - 2' trees. Grows 50' tall and 40' wide. Under optimal conditions it can grow 3' or more per year! Intense, long lasting orange-red fall color.
  • Deer Resistant: No
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Max Height (feet): 50
  • Zones: 3-8
Illinois
Chicago
Black Locust, Yellow Locust, False Acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* An essential oil is obtained from the flowers. Highly valued, it is used in perfumery. * This is a quick-growing, extremely tough, loose, open tree with compound leaves which drop in pieces, creating little debris.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Genus: Robinia
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
California Horse Chestnut, California Buckeye Aesculus californica
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* A decidious Tree growing to 12 m. * It is in flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen in September. * Large shrub or small tree; silvery bark; dark green leaves; flowers fragrant, white to light pink.
  • Height: 40 feet
  • Species: californica
  • Common Name: California Horse Chestnut, California Buckeye
  • Botanical Name: Aesculus californica
Illinois
Chicago
Black Poui, Jacaranda, Blue Jacaranda, Green Ebony Tree, The Fern Tree Jacaranda mimosifolia     - Jacaranda chelonia    , Jacaranda ovalifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. * Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 96
  • Species: mimosifolia
  • Botanical Name: Jacaranda mimosifolia
  • Common Name: Black Poui, Jacaranda, Blue Jacaranda, Green Ebony Tree, The Fern Tree
  • Crop Year: 2016
Illinois
Chicago