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American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 289
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • Quantity: 0.74 lb
  • Common Name: American Beautyberry
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Manchurian Turk\'s Cap Lily Lilium distichum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lilium distichum is a herbaceous plant of the lily family which is native to northeastern China and Korea where it flourishes among shrubs and in forests. (50–120cm) tall. It grows from 2–4ft.
  • Common Name: Manchurian Turk's Cap Lily
  • Genus: Lilium
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Family: LILIACEAE
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Pearl Bush, Common Pearlbrush, Pearlbush Exochorda racemosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Exochorda racemosa
  • Quantity: 17.09 lb
  • Height: 10-15 feet
  • Species: racemosa
  • Crop Year: 1996
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Carolina Rhododendron, Carolina Azalea Rhododendron carolinianum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...
  • Common Name: Carolina Rhododendron, Carolina Azalea
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Botanical Name: Rhododendron carolinianum
  • Collection Locale: Massachusetts
  • Germination: 30%
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Scorpion Senna Hippocrepis emerus     - Coronilla emerus
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

They can be found at an altitude of 0–1,850 metres (0–6,070 ft). * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Botanical Name: Hippocrepis emerus
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 71,732
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Japanese Hornbeam Carpinus japonica
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are dark, glossy and slender, with 20-24 pairs of parallel sunken veins; every third tooth is whisker-tipped. * Appealing dark green foliage; "the widespreading branches radiate like the ribs on a fan" (Dirr); flat-topped when mature; fall...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Germination: 71%
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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.
  • Common Name: Korean Sweetheart Tree, Euscaphis Tree
  • Height: 6-20 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: japonica
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Catawba Rhododendron, Catawba Rosebay Rhododendron catawbiense
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* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .
  • Species: catawbiense
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Family: Ericaceae
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Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose Kerria japonica
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* Kerria japonica , the sole species in the genus Kerria , is a deciduous shrub in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern Asia , in China , Japan and Korea . The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria .
  • Species: japonica
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Genus: Kerria
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Kamchatka Bugbane, Black Bugbane, Autumn Snakeroot CIMICIFUGA simplex
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
  • Genus: CIMICIFUGA
  • Height: 2-4ft
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Swamp Azalea, Swamp Honeysuckle, Clammy Azalea Rhododendron viscosum
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* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .
  • Species: viscosum
  • Height: 2-8 feet
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Common Name: Swamp Azalea, Swamp Honeysuckle, Clammy Azalea
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Fragrant Olive, Sweet Osmanthus Osmanthus fragrans
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

They are also added to herbal medicines in order to disguise obnoxious flavours. Kinmokusei ; also known as Sweet Olive, Tea Olive and Fragrant Olive) is a species of Osmanthus native to Asia , from the Himalaya east through southern China ( Guizhou ,...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 83%
  • Genus: Osmanthus
  • Height: 10-20 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: fragrans
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Siberian Elm, Chinese Elm, Asiatic Elm, Dwarf Elm Ulmus pumila
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer...
  • Purity: 97%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 59
  • Botanical Name: Ulmus pumila
  • Seeds Per Pound: 82,700
  • Common Name: Siberian Elm, Chinese Elm, Asiatic Elm, Dwarf Elm
  • Family: Ulmaceae
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European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris  Double Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one.
  • Lot#: 050827
  • Genus: Aquilegia
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Variety: Double Mix
  • Quantity: 1.28 lb
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Vine Maple ACER circinatum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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. * A species of maple native to western North America , from southwest British Columbia to northern California...
  • Species: circinatum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 8
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 0.85 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
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Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia Fatsia japonica     - Aralia sieboldii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–6 m (9.8–20 ft) tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. Ex K.Koch) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and South Korea.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 107,144
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Species: japonica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Lot#: 070109
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Tatarian Maple, Tatar Maple, Tartar Maple ACER tataricum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * Native to central and southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from Austria east to southwestern Russia and the Caucasus , and south to Turkey.
  • Collection Locale: OH
  • Species: tataricum
  • Height: 15-40 feet
  • Quantity: 2.96 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: ACER
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Bursting-heart Euonymus americanus     - Euonymus americana
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Once the seeds have ripened in mid-autumn the red capsules burst open, scattering the orange seeds up to 15 feet. It is an evergreen plant, though the number of leaves is greatly diminished during the winter.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Bursting-heart
  • Botanical Name: Euonymus americanus
  • Genus: Euonymus
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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. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings.
  • Height: 20-25 feet
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Common Name: Pagoda Dogwood, Alternateleaf Dogwood, Alternate-leaved Dogwood
  • Crop Year: 2018
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Corkbark Fir Abies lasiocarpa  arizonica
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Arizonica occurs in United States: Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, typically at elevations of 2400-3400 m, where it commonly grows with Picea engelmannii (Burns and Honkala 1990)carpa.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,969
  • Collection Locale: Apache National Forest, AZ
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Corkbark Fir
  • Germination: 83%
  • Purity: 99%
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European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris  Double Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one.
  • Lot#: 050827
  • Seeds Per Pound: 270,130
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 57
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Aquilegia
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
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English Holly Ilex aquifolium
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. Noxious weed in California * An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,258
  • Quantity: 1.2 lb
  • Common Name: English Holly
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Genus: Ilex
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Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan Cephalotaxus fortunei
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown. * Bark dark red-brown, peeling in strips. * Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew, simply Plum Yew,...
  • Germination: 77%
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Botanical Name: Cephalotaxus fortunei
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
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Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis     - Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Prices start at : 17.90 USD / 1 packet

* Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m). They bloom from late spring to early summer . Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals ,...
  • Genus: Dicentra
  • Germination: 91%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
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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
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Height: 10 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Ilex
  • Purity: 96%
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Butcher\'s Broom, Knee Holly, Jew\'s Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

* A study published in 1999 suggested that Butcher's Broom may also improve symptoms of postural hypotension without increasing supine blood pressure. * It is also widely planted in gardens, and has spread as a garden escape in many areas outside its...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 3.55 lb
  • Species: aculeatus
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Common Name: Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,816
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Jacobs Ladder, Charity Polemonium caeruleum   Album
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece. * The plant is native to damp grasslands, woodlands, meadows and rocky areas in temperate areas of Europe.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 0.44 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 318,080
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • Germination: 82%
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