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American Ginseng, Huaquishen Panax quinquefolius
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The plant's forked root and leaves were traditionally used for medicinal purposes by Native Americans. American ginseng contains high levels of Rb1, Rd (ppd classification) and Re (ppt classification) ginsenosides—higher than that of P.
  • Common Name: American Ginseng, Huaquishen
  • Genus: Panax
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Height: 18 inches
United States
Iowa
American Ginseng, Huaquishen Panax quinquefolius
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The plant's forked root and leaves were traditionally used for medicinal purposes by Native Americans. American ginseng contains high levels of Rb1, Rd (ppd classification) and Re (ppt classification) ginsenosides—higher than that of P.
  • Species: quinquefolius
  • Common Name: American Ginseng, Huaquishen
  • Botanical Name: Panax quinquefolius
  • Family: Araliaceae
United States
Iowa
Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry Ilex glabra
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * 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...
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Botanical Name: Ilex glabra
  • Height: 10 feet
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2017
United States
Iowa
Slippery Elm, Red Elm Ulmus rubra     - Ulmus fulva
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Slippery Elm may be distinguished from American Elm by the hairiness of the buds and twigs (both smooth on the American Elm) and by its very short-stalked flowers. The perfect wind-pollinated apetalous flowers are produced before the leaves in early spring,...
  • Genus: Ulmus
  • Species: rubra
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Botanical Name: Ulmus rubra winged
United States
Iowa
Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica Angelica atropurpurea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The stalks can be eaten like celery and the flavor is similar. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake .
  • Botanical Name: Angelica atropurpurea
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Species: atropurpurea
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 59%
  • Quantity: 0.38 lb
United States
Iowa
Siberian Ginseng Eleutherococcus senticosus     - Acanthopanax senticosus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Eleutherococcus senticosus (formerly Acanthopanax senticosus ) is a species of small, woody shrub in the family Araliaceae native to Northeastern Asia . * Shrub from Northeast China, the root has been used for centuries in China and Russia to restore...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Eleutherococcus
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Species: senticosus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,318
United States
Iowa
Selected Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba   Select Seed
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * Trees grown from this seed will exhibit better fruiting qualities than wild collected seed.
  • Family: Annonaceae
  • Common Name: Selected Common Pawpaw
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Botanical Name: Asimina triloba Select Seed
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 98%
United States
Iowa
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.
  • Species: horridus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Common Name: Devil's Club, Devilsclub
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Oplopanax
  • Height: 6-8 feet
United States
Iowa
Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * The droopy long leaves provide a 'sleepy' aura to the summer landscape. * Pawpaw is a large shrub or small tree growing to a height of 11 meters.
  • Common Name: Common Pawpaw
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 363
  • Germination Test Type: cut
United States
Iowa
Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location. * Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms.
  • Collection Locale: OH
  • Quantity: 0.21 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 60%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,246,100
United States
Iowa
Korean Sweetheart Tree, Euscaphis Tree EUSCAPHIS japonica
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The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.
  • Species: japonica
  • Family: STAPHYLEACEAE
  • Genus: EUSCAPHIS
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
United States
Iowa
Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana  australis
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* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Common Name: Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Variety: australis
United States
Iowa
Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana    Southern
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Dirr describes this as a really beautiful plant. * It needs acid soil and doesn't mind wet or shade. * The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * Cone-like fruits with bright red seeds mature in fall and can be showy.
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Common Name: Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay Magnolia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
United States
Iowa
English Primrose Primula vulgaris     - Primula acaulis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The common name is primrose , or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species also called primroses. Flowers- raw or cooked. They make an attractive garnish to salads, and can also be used as a cookedvegetable...
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Seeds Per Pound: 403,200
  • Botanical Name: Primula vulgaris
  • Germination: 77%
  • Family: PRIMULACEAE
  • Common Name: English Primrose
United States
Iowa
Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots. May be grown in moist soils in borders as long as soils do not dry out.
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Purity: 97%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,800,000
  • Species: ringens
  • Genus: Mimulus
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae
United States
Iowa
Common Yew, English Yew Taxus baccata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The potential age of yews is impossible to determine accurately and is subject to much dispute. * The fruit is very sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly[K].
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Taxus
  • Quantity: 1.6 lb
  • Species: baccata
  • Family: Taxaceae
United States
Iowa
Common Globeflower Trollius europaeus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Does well in a bog garden. Hardy to at least -20°c. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, where it grows in moist meadows,...

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    • Germination: 99%
    • Height: 1-2 feet
    • Purity: 99%
    • Collection Locale: Germany
    • Crop Year: 1996
    • Common Name: Common Globeflower
    United States
    Iowa
    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.
    • Genus: Oplopanax
    • Species: horridus
    • Height: 6-8 feet
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Collection Locale: Cascade Mountains, CA
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    United States
    Iowa
    Water Birch, River Birch Betula nigra    Northern
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    It is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps . * Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable; likes rich, moist, acid soil; good for for wet spots; native...
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Collection Locale: New York
    • Family: Betulaceae
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Species: nigra
    • Purity: 61%
    United States
    Iowa
    Leatherwood, Eastern Leatherwood Dirca palustris
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    The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. It is little used in modern herbalism and any use should be carried out with caution since even minute doses can cause salivation and burning...
    • Family: Thymelaeaceae
    • Genus: Dirca
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Botanical Name: Dirca palustris
    United States
    Iowa
    Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis    Northern
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    The tree doesn't mind shade but dislikes high temperatures and drought. It is best planted out of strong winds and sun in moist, acid soil, although may tolerate some lime. * This is a grand, tall, graceful conifer with shiny dark green foliage.
    • Quantity: 4.87 lb
    • Species: canadensis
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Tsuga canadensis Northern
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Common Name: Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock
    United States
    Iowa
    Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry Ilex glabra
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * 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...
    • Botanical Name: Ilex glabra
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
    • Genus: Ilex
    • Height: 10 feet
    • Common Name: Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry
    • Quantity: 0.72 lb
    United States
    Iowa
    Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana  australis
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    * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.
    • Height: 60 feet
    • Species: virginiana
    • Variety: australis
    • Botanical Name: Magnolia virginiana australis
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    United States
    Iowa
    Atlantic White Cedar, False Cypress Chamaecyparis thyoides
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Any trimming should be done in the summer. * It is commonly used for woodenware, cooperage, fence posts, interior finish of houses etc. However, it is still the most widely used name for this species.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
    • Germination: 71%
    • Collection Locale: New Jersey
    • Quantity: 4.99 lb
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides
    United States
    Iowa
    Redgum, Sweetgum, Sapgum Liquidambar styraciflua    Southern
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This is a beautiful deciduous hardwood, that grows with a symmetrical cone shaped crown. The leaves are palmately lobed, 7-19 cm (rarely to 25 cm) long and broad and with a 6-10 cm petiole, looking somewhat similar to those of some maples .
    • Location: Southern
    • Family: Hamamelidaceae
    • Quantity: 1.02 lb
    • Species: styraciflua
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 76
    • Seeds Per Pound: 70,938
    United States
    Iowa
    Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak Quercus laurifolia     - Quercus obtusa
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    * It will tolerate the wetter sites in association with other oak species but will not live with continuous or prolonged flooding. * Laurel oak is a medium sized, mostly deciduous oak of the red oak group that typically grows to 40-60' (less frequently...
    • Species: laurifolia
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Height: 40-60 feet
    • Family: Fagaceae
    United States
    Iowa
    Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    Protect the tree in freezing tempreatures . Multiple trunks are common and they can be adapted to a variety of styles. Chinese Junipers are an evergreen and need to be outdoors in a sunny spot with afternoon shade.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Genus: Juniperus
    • Seeds Per Pound: 23,708
    • Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Collection Locale: China
    United States
    Iowa