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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
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Germination: 63%
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Height: 60-80 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,344
New York
Rochester
Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan Cephalotaxus fortunei
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bark dark red-brown, peeling in strips. * Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew, simply Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine or in Chinese as San Jian Shan (Chinese: ???; pinyin: s?nji?nsh?n), is a coniferous shrub or small tree in the...
  • Common Name: Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,044
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Genus: Cephalotaxus
  • Species: fortunei
New York
Rochester
Hosta, Blue Plantain Lily, Blue Hosta Hosta ventricosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread.
  • Common Name: Hosta, Blue Plantain Lily, Blue Hosta
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Germination: 83%
  • Height: 2 feet
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
New York
Rochester
Asian Globeflower Trollius asiaticus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and Europe . This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests .
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Height: 6-12 inches
  • Genus: Trollius
  • Species: asiaticus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 908,000
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
New York
Rochester
Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose Kerria japonica
Price : CALL

* 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 . * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Kerria
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Botanical Name: Kerria japonica
New York
Rochester
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.
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Tigerstedt Rhododendron
  • Species: brachycarpum
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Germination: 98%
New York
Rochester
Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose Kerria japonica
Price : CALL

* 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 . * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves...
  • Species: japonica
  • Botanical Name: Kerria japonica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Kerria
New York
Rochester
Alangium Alangium platanifolium
Price : CALL

* Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft). The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism and other bone diseases.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Alangium platanifolium
  • Species: platanifolium
  • Genus: Alangium
New York
Rochester
Downy Japanese Maple, Full Moon Maple ACER japonicum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The bark is smooth on young trees, becoming rough and scaly on old trees. ( Nagasaki Prefecture ), and also southern Korea. * Small deciduous tree growing to 5–10 m (rarely 15 m) tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter.
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Botanical Name: ACER japonicum dry seed
  • Purity: 98%
New York
Rochester
Field Elm Ulmus minor     - Ulmus carpinifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings. * The species readily produces suckers from roots and stumps, even after devastation by Dutch elm disease; consequently genetic resources are not considered endangered.
  • Germination: 56%
  • Species: minor
  • Seeds Per Pound: 69,280
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 84
  • Common Name: Field Elm
  • Purity: 98%
New York
Rochester
Hop Tree, Common Hoptree, Wafer Ash, Stinking Ash Ptelea trifoliata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Botanical Name: Ptelea trifoliata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,258
New York
Rochester
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Caution is advised. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root. * The welcome wildflower of early spring; sap and root are red, hence the common name. * Bloodroot is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants, a process called myrmecochory.
  • Common Name: Bloodroot
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 6-8 inches
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Species: canadensis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,516
New York
Rochester
Winged Elm Ulmus alata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Prefers rich, moist loams. Tolerant of light shade. * Grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Regular pruning of young trees is often required in order to eliminate multiple trunks.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Genus: Ulmus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 136,200
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Winged Elm
  • Family: Ulmaceae
New York
Rochester
Oisami Full Moon Maple ACER japonicum   Oisami
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Magnificent leaf shape, finely cut in many directions. The older leaves become a rich green which persists well into the Fall without sunburning. * The new leaves are light green, especially the outer ends of the lobes.
  • Common Name: Oisami Full Moon Maple
  • Quantity: 0.75 lb
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Height: 18 to 20 feet
  • Cultivar: Oisami
New York
Rochester
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

* Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate does. * The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl...
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Seeds Per Pound: 53,037
  • Quantity: 7.55 lb
  • Height: 15-45 feet
New York
Rochester
Butcher\'s Broom, Knee Holly, Jew\'s Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more.
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • Genus: Ruscus
  • Collection Locale: Spain
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Quantity: 3.55 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,816
New York
Rochester
Bumalda Bladdernut Staphylea bumalda
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The Japanese form of this species is rather tender in Britain, but in general plants are hardy to about -25°c. Flowers give way to somewhat compressed two lobed fruits (seed capsules to 1" long).
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: bumalda
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
  • Collection Locale: US
  • Lot#: 9902
  • Germination: 77%
New York
Rochester
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 tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment...
  • Height: 30-60 feet
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 59
  • Seeds Per Pound: 82,700
  • Common Name: Siberian Elm, Chinese Elm, Asiatic Elm, Dwarf Elm
New York
Rochester
Lombardy Poplar
Prices start at : 7.99 USD / Each

Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering. Does not set fruit. Attractive and fast-growing! Plant these lovely, column-shaped trees 10' apart for summer shade or 5' apart in a line to create...
  • Soil Moisture: Well Drained
  • Bloom Color: Red
  • Soil pH Level: 5.5 - 8.0
  • Zone Range: 4 - 8
New York
Rochester
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles (to 20" long) of tiny, variably-colored flowers (tones of gold, silver, purple and green) which form a cloud over the foliage that is particularly...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 2018
  • Species: cespitosa
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Purity: 99%
New York
Rochester
Eastern Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis    Northern Zone 6
Price : CALL

Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. * In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows. Found on rich bottom lands throughout the Mississippi River valley; will grow in the shade and often...
  • Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Northern Zone 6
  • Common Name: Eastern Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Redbud, Northern Zone 6 Eastern Redbud
  • Location: Northern Zone 6
  • Species: canadensis
  • Height: 30 feet
New York
Rochester
Yellow Corydalis, Yellow Rock Fumewort, Yellow Fumatory, Golden Bleeding Heart Corydalis lutea     - Pseudofumaria lutea
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It does best in light shade with good moisture, but will tolerate both full sun and deep shade. It grows wild in cracks in old walls where drainage is excellent. Leaves are finely divided and yellow-green to gray-green, often remaining over winter.
  • Family: FUMARIACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Germination: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
New York
Rochester
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Young twigs are noticeably yellow and stand out in winter. Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage. Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence the common name.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
  • Height: 2-3 feet
New York
Rochester
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

At about 10–15 years of age the stem stops growing and produces a first flower spike with white, lily-like perfumed flowers, followed by coral berries. * Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Quantity: 2.89 lb
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Agavaceae
New York
Rochester
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

At about 10–15 years of age the stem stops growing and produces a first flower spike with white, lily-like perfumed flowers, followed by coral berries. * Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Dracaena
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Height: 50-60 feet
  • Botanical Name: Dracaena draco
  • Crop Year: 2017
New York
Rochester
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink. Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves.
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Genus: Agave
  • Species: utahensis
New York
Rochester
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). The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets. * Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum...
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Genus: Hippocrepis
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 77
New York
Rochester