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Green Cascade Downy Japanese Maple, Green Cascade Maple, Green Cascade Full Moon Maple ACER japonicum   Green Cascade
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Unique for its weeping habit.
  • Quantity: 1.24 lb
  • Species: japonicum
  • Common Name: Green Cascade Downy Japanese Maple, Green Cascade Maple, Green Cascade Full Moon Maple
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: see comments below
  • Cultivar: Green Cascade
British Columbia
Houston
Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia Fatsia japonica     - Aralia sieboldii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers are small, white, borne in dense terminal compound umbels in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black fruit. * It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–6 m (9.8–20 ft) tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 115
  • Species: japonica
  • Quantity: 0.29 lb
  • Common Name: Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia
  • Height: 10-15 feet
  • Purity: 99%
British Columbia
Houston
Hairy Leafcup, Bear\'s Foot Smallanthus uvedalius     - Polymnia uvedalia    , Osteospermum uvedalia    , Smallanthus uvedalia
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment for non-malignant swollen glands and especially for mastitis.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Smallanthus uvedalius
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,994
British Columbia
Houston
Faber\'s Maple ACER fabri
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

The tree features slender leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species. The new growth and samaras are bright red. * This is an amazing endangered maple from South China and Vietnam.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Faber's Maple
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: ACER fabri
British Columbia
Houston
Siberian Ginseng Eleutherococcus senticosus     - Acanthopanax senticosus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It has also been used to combat radiation sickness and exposure to toxic chemicals. This herb is not prescribed for children, and should not be used for more than 3 weeks at one time.
  • Genus: Eleutherococcus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Eleutherococcus senticosus
  • Common Name: Siberian Ginseng
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Germination: 56%
British Columbia
Houston
Pinxterbloom, Pink Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides     - Rhododendron nudiflorum
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

Oblong to elliptic green leaves. It is a dense, bushy, suckering shrub that typically grows 2-6' (less frequently to 10') tall. Clusters of soft pink to white to lavender, slightly fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers (to 1.5” across), each with 5 long curved...
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Quantity: 0.00865 lb
  • Common Name: Pinxterbloom, Pink Azalea
British Columbia
Houston
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...
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Germination: 30%
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Rhododendron carolinianum
  • Species: carolinianum
British Columbia
Houston
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.
  • Height: 60-80 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 0.54 lb
  • Common Name: Shamel Ash, Evergreen Ash, Mexican Ash, Tropical Ash
  • Species: uhdei
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
British Columbia
Houston
Tigerstedt Rhododendron Rhododendron brachycarpum  Tigerstedtii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Common Name: Tigerstedt Rhododendron
  • Height: 4-8 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 156
British Columbia
Houston
Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis     - Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Prices start at : 17.90 USD / 1 packet

* The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike, often held horizontally, is lined with an elegant row of pink and white "hearts"; flowers in May in New York; may die back to the ground in...
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
  • Family: FUMARIACEAE
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Species: spectabilis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
British Columbia
Houston
Maximowicz\'s Snakebark Maple ACER pectinatum maximowiczii    - ACER maximowiczii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. Murray Genus: Acer section: Macrantha Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae tribe: Acereae. * The leaves almost resemple Acer ginnala and have a nice red to yellow fall color.
  • Germination: 99%
  • Species: pectinatum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: ACER
  • Lot#: 9301
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,300
British Columbia
Houston
Fragrant Olive, Sweet Osmanthus Osmanthus fragrans
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

; Japanese : ??? The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears. * Osmanthus fragrans ( Sweet Osmanthus ; Chinese : ??
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Species: fragrans
  • Common Name: Fragrant Olive, Sweet Osmanthus
British Columbia
Houston
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,587
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Lot#: 9902
  • Genus: ACER
British Columbia
Houston
Silky Camellia, Silky Stewartia, Virginia Stewartia Stewartia malacodendron
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

* 'Silky Camellia' has been cultivated in the US since 1752. * Silky camellia is a large, open-branched shrub growing up to 10 feet tall. * Silky camellia is an under-story woodland species with rich brown colored bark * It grows best in partial shade...
  • Quantity: 0.26 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Height: 6-12 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Stewartia
  • Collection Locale: GA
British Columbia
Houston
American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * 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 .
  • Common Name: American Beautyberry
  • Collection Locale: LA
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa americana
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
British Columbia
Houston
Charity, Jacobs Ladder Polemonium caeruleum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris.
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Polemonium caeruleum
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
British Columbia
Houston
Heartleaf Hornbeam Carpinus cordata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Doubly-serrate, heart-shaped, prominently-veined, dark green leaves to 5.5” long are attractive throughout the growing season. In cultivation, it is sometimes grown as a large shrub or screen.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Germination: 43%
  • Lot#: 060751
  • Species: cordata
  • Common Name: Heartleaf Hornbeam
British Columbia
Houston
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Typical native grass associates in the far western North American coastal prairies are Festuca idahoensis and Nassella pulchra. * Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles (to 20" long)...
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Germination: 50%
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2017
British Columbia
Houston
Hop Tree, Common Hoptree, Wafer Ash, Stinking Ash Ptelea trifoliata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise more quickly when making bread. * Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash...
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Botanical Name: Ptelea trifoliata
  • Germination: 82%
  • Genus: Ptelea
  • Family: Rutaceae
British Columbia
Houston
Red Bay, Sweet Bay, Swamp Bay, Laurel Tree, Tisswood, Florida Mahogany Persea borbonia
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It has evergreen leaves that are about 3 to 6 inches long with a lance shape. * Persea borbonia can be present as either a small tree or a large shrub. These trees are capable of producing fruit that is a small, blue or black drupe.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Lauraceae
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,103
  • Common Name: Red Bay, Sweet Bay, Swamp Bay, Laurel Tree, Tisswood, Florida Mahogany
British Columbia
Houston
Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant Aesculus pavia    Northern
Price : CALL

* When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular. * A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade.
  • Genus: Aesculus
  • Location: Northern
  • Height: 15 feet
  • Common Name: Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant
  • Family: Hippocastanaceae
British Columbia
Houston
Japanese Hornbeam Carpinus japonica
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It grows to 12-15m tall with leaves that are longer and darker than the European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). * Carpinus japonica (Japanese Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native to Japan.
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Japanese Hornbeam
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 1.17 lb
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
British Columbia
Houston
Manchurian Hazelnut Corylus sieboldiana  mandshurica   - Corylus mandshurica
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The nuts are edible. In Russia cultivated in St. Petersburg and Moscow . E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].
  • Quantity: 8.29 lb
  • Species: sieboldiana
  • Genus: Corylus
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Variety: mandshurica
British Columbia
Houston
Japanese Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium japonicum     - Sophora japonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers.
  • Botanical Name: Styphnolobium japonicum
  • Genus: Styphnolobium
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Japanese Pagoda Tree
  • Height: 40-60 feet
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
British Columbia
Houston
Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California east to Texas , and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Species: velutina
  • Quantity: 0.81 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Germination Test Type: cut
British Columbia
Houston
Bearded Maple ACER barbinerve
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

The tips of the stems take on a rosy glow in winter, while in early spring bud burst produces bright green delicate foliage, which preserves its colour throughout the growing season.
  • Germination: 71%
  • Genus: ACER
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Purity: 98%
  • Family: Sapindaceae
British Columbia
Houston
White Ash, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Cane Ash Fraxinus americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This species is planted on a small scale, mainly in E. Europe, as a timber tree. * The name White Ash derives from the glaucous undersides of the leaves. It is also used to make lobster traps.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Quantity: 8.03 lb
  • Lot#: 040932
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Fraxinus
British Columbia
Houston