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Nana Heavenly Bamboo, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo Nandina domestica Nana
Price : CALL

It is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member. This varient will grow to 3 feet tall. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green;...
  • Family: Berberidaceae
  • Genus: Nandina
  • Cultivar: Nana
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Common Name: Nana Heavenly Bamboo, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo
Illinois
Chicago
Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea Hibiscus syriacus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea. Individual flowers are short-lived, lasting only a day. * This species is planted as a hedge in S. Shoots make interesting indoor vase cuttings, as they stay green for a long time.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea
  • Species: syriacus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Botanical Name: Hibiscus syriacus
Illinois
Chicago
Devil\'s Club, Devilsclub Oplopanax horridus
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,410
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Genus: Oplopanax
  • Species: horridus
  • 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. Flowers give way to somewhat compressed two lobed fruits (seed capsules to 1" long). The Japanese form of this species is rather tender in Britain, but in general plants are hardy to about -25°c.
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Genus: Staphylea
  • Germination: 77%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Staphylea bumalda
Illinois
Chicago
Ivy-leaved Maple, Vine-leaved Maple ACER cissifolium
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Each leaf has 3 leaflets. * Red and Orange fall foliage. * Native to Japan.
  • Collection Locale: Poland
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,792
  • Species: cissifolium
  • Genus: ACER
  • Common Name: Ivy-leaved Maple, Vine-leaved Maple
Illinois
Chicago
Pagoda Dogwood, Alternateleaf Dogwood, Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus alternifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect. * This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 20-25 feet
  • Botanical Name: Cornus alternifolia
  • Species: alternifolia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
Illinois
Chicago
Securinega SECURINEGA suffruticosa - Flueggea suffruticosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: suffruticosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Height: 4-8 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 136,200
Illinois
Chicago
Jack In The Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Striking in the woodland garden; likes woodland soil; red berries in fall. * Stored seed remains viable for at least a year and can be sown in spring in the greenhouse but it will probably require a period of cold stratification.
  • Quantity: 0.8 lb
  • Botanical Name: Arisaema triphyllum
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Family: Araceae
  • Species: triphyllum
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Chicago
Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
  • Species: velutina
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus velutina
  • Common Name: Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 98%
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.
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus uhdei
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Species: uhdei
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Illinois
Chicago
Field Elm Ulmus minor - Ulmus carpinifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The bark of the trunk is rough, furrowed lightly in older trees to form a block pattern. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor. * The tree typically grows to < 30 m and bears a rounded crown.
  • Botanical Name: Ulmus minor
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Ulmus
  • Common Name: Field Elm
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Maximowicz\'s Snakebark Maple ACER pectinatum maximowiczii - ACER maximowiczii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Taxon: Acer pectinatum Wall. 1977 Name verified on: 01-Apr-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm. * The leaves almost resemple Acer ginnala and have a nice red to yellow fall color.
  • Species: pectinatum
  • Crop Year: 1993
  • Genus: ACER
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Chicago
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: sinensis
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia sinensis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
  • Crop Year: 2013
Illinois
Chicago
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Garden Uses Shrub borders or native plant gardens. * White flowers in panicles, midsummer; a handsome shrub with dark green 3" leaves, compact and very adaptable regarding sun and moisture, doesn't mind drought * A refreshing and stimulating tea is...
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
  • Quantity: 0.19 lb
  • Genus: Ceanothus
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
Illinois
Chicago
Silky Camellia, Silky Stewartia, Virginia Stewartia Stewartia malacodendron
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

* Silky camellia is an under-story woodland species with rich brown colored bark * It grows best in partial shade in well draining soils. * 'Silky Camellia' has been cultivated in the US since 1752.
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Theaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Silky Camellia, Silky Stewartia, Virginia Stewartia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
Illinois
Chicago
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 . * Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet...
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Common Name: Western Azalea
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 220
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,000,000
Illinois
Chicago
Tatarian Maple, Tatar Maple, Tartar Maple ACER tataricum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to central and southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from Austria east to southwestern Russia and the Caucasus , and south to Turkey. * It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in September.
  • Species: tataricum
  • Common Name: Tatarian Maple, Tatar Maple, Tartar Maple
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 2.96 lb
  • Botanical Name: ACER tataricum
  • Height: 15-40 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Mexican Redbud Cercis canadensis Mexicana - Cercis mexicana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Found on rich bottom lands throughout the Mississippi River valley; will grow in the shade and often becomes a dense undergrowth in the forest. * In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows.
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 20,430
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 40
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Mexicana
Illinois
Chicago
Pinxterbloom, Pink Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides - Rhododendron nudiflorum
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

Funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers with protruding stamens occur in large clusters, appearing before or with the leaves. A deciduous shrub, with terminal clusters of pink, tubular, vase-shaped, slightly fragrant flowers.
  • Botanical Name: Rhododendron periclymenoides
  • Purity: 60%
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,816,000
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Species: periclymenoides
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

* Jacarandas are very widely grown as ornamental trees in Australia. * The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl carving. * Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action...
  • Height: 15-45 feet
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Jacaranda
  • Botanical Name: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Illinois
Chicago
Eastern Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis Northern Zone 6
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Found on rich bottom lands throughout the Mississippi River valley; will grow in the shade and often becomes a dense undergrowth in the forest. * In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows.
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Common Name: Eastern Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Eastern Redbud
  • Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Northern Zone 6
  • Location: Northern Zone 6
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
Illinois
Chicago
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Garden Uses Shrub borders or native plant gardens. * White flowers in panicles, midsummer; a handsome shrub with dark green 3" leaves, compact and very adaptable regarding sun and moisture, doesn't mind drought * A refreshing and stimulating tea is...

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    • Germination: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
    • Genus: Ceanothus
    • Family: Rhamnaceae
    • Purity: 99%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Striped Maple, Moose Maple, Moosewood ACER pensylvanicum
    Price : CALL

    * A stripebark with vivid white stripes on green or gray-green bark; vivid yellow fall color. Striped maple ACPE Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACU-, FACU...
    • Family: Aceraceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
    • Species: pensylvanicum
    • Purity: 99%
    • Common Name: Striped Maple, Moose Maple, Moosewood
    • Seeds Per Pound: 14,074
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Tatarian Maple, Tatar Maple, Tartar Maple ACER tataricum
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Native to central and southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from Austria east to southwestern Russia and the Caucasus , and south to Turkey. * It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in September.
    • Germination: 76%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 28
    • Genus: ACER
    • Seeds Per Pound: 8,626
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Full Moon Maple, Downy Japanese Maple ACER japonicum
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A species of maple native to Japan , on Honsh? ( Nagasaki Prefecture ), and also southern Korea.
    • Genus: ACER
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Species: japonicum
    • Height: 15-20 feet
    • Germination: 91%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Green Ash, Northern Red Ash, Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    Used for tool handles, furniture etc. * Green Ash is one of the most widely planted ornamental trees throughout the United States and much of Canada but mostly Alberta, including in western areas where it is not native.
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Genus: Fraxinus
    • Quantity: 41.13 lb
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Chinese Ginseng Panax ginseng
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    * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.
    • Family: Araliaceae
    • Height: 2-3 feet
    • Common Name: Chinese Ginseng
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    Illinois
    Chicago
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