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Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse until they are at least 20cm tall.
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
  • Botanical Name: Agave utahensis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 3-12 feet
United States
Ohio
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.
  • Quantity: 1.87 lb
  • Genus: Crotalaria
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Common Name: Indian Rattlebox
United States
Ohio
Pride Of Barbados, Peacock Flower, Dwarf Poinciana, Barbados Flower Fence Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a shrub growing to 3 m tall, native to the Tropics and Subtropics of the Americas . * The leaves are bipinnate, 20-40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets 15-25 mm long and 10-15 mm broad.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Height: 9 feet
  • Genus: Caesalpinia
United States
Ohio
Camel Thorn, Camelthorn, Giraffe Thorn, Kameeldoring, Mokala Acacia erioloba
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree. * Native to Tropical Africa.
  • Height: 50 feet
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,362
  • Common Name: Camel Thorn, Camelthorn, Giraffe Thorn, Kameeldoring, Mokala
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Species: erioloba
United States
Ohio
Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria.
  • Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia
  • Purity: 98%
  • Height: 3-8 feet
  • Quantity: 0.14 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 335
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
United States
Ohio
Edelweiss
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide. It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden.
  • Colors: White
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Zones: 3-7
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Max Height (feet): 6-12"
United States
Ohio
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.

98%

    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination: 98%
    • Common Name: Indian Rattlebox
    • Quantity: 1.87 lb
    United States
    Ohio
    Spanish Cedar, Mexican Cedar, Cigar-box Cedar, West Indian Cedar, Red Cedar, Cedro Hembra, Cedro Cedrela odorata
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Cedro wood is still in considerable demand wherever it is available in the American tropics. An attractive, moderately lightweight wood (specific gravity 0.4), its primary use is in household articles used to store clothing.
    • Botanical Name: Cedrela odorata
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Family: Meliaceae
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Species: odorata
    • Genus: Cedrela
    United States
    Ohio
    Common Juniper Juniperus communis
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm diameter, and usually have three (occasionally six) fused scales, each scale with a single seed .
    • Crop Year: 2012
    • Common Name: Common Juniper
    • Germination: 65%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 54,480
    • Quantity: 2.53 lb
    • Collection Locale: Italy
    United States
    Ohio
    Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. * Yellow Trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental .
    • Crop Year: 2012
    • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
    • Height: 15-20 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
    • Germination: 31%
    United States
    Ohio
    Cedar Of Lebanon, Lebanon Cedar Cedrus libani
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    The most prominent landscaping feature in London's historic Highgate Cemetery is its "Circle of Lebanon", where a Lebanon Cedar stands in the centre of a circular trench cut into the ground and lined with mausoleums.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 6,810
    • Collection Locale: Turkey
    • Family: Pinaceae
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Genus: Cedrus
    • Botanical Name: Cedrus libani
    United States
    Ohio
    Niagara Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Niagara
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
    • Botanical Name: Andropogon gerardii Niagara
    • Collection Locale: PA
    • Quantity: 7.33 lb
    • Common Name: Niagara Big Bluestem
    • Purity: 92%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 156,876
    United States
    Ohio
    Horsetail Beefwood, Beach Sheoak, Ironwood, Australian Pine, Filao Tree, She-oak Casuarina equisetifolia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * These plants are an invasive species in Florida , known as Australian pines. * Another Australian native with green twigs and green scalelike leaves; does well in shoreline situations and poor soil; odd cones used in Christmas wreaths.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Collection Locale: India
    • Height: 20-100 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Quantity: 0.52 lb
    • Purity: 74%
    United States
    Ohio
    Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It grows to heights of 10-25 m, and its trunk diameter reaches 0.5 m. * A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage; shiny reddish brown bark exfoliates in scales; likes heat, drought, and full sun; best in dry western...
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Genus: Cupressus
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 57
    • Collection Locale: India
    • Family: Cupressaceae
    United States
    Ohio
    Fontanesia, Syrian-privet Fontanesia phillyraeoides
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations.
    • Crop Year: 1997
    • Purity: 98%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 86
    • Species: phillyraeoides
    • Height: 15-25ft
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    United States
    Ohio
    Fortune Fontanesia, Chinese False Privet Fontanesia fortunei - Fontanesia phillyreoides fortunei
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...
    • Crop Year: 1997
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    • Quantity: 0.43 lb
    • Germination: 91%
    • Family: OLEACEAE
    • Seeds Per Pound: 54,026
    United States
    Ohio
    Golden Lotus Banana, Chinese Yellow Banana
    Prices start at : 29.99 USD

    Pollinated flowers can produce short stubby inedible banana-like fruit as shown in the last image in the series. This plant is extremely cold hardy despite its tropical origins and is considered to be hardy as far north as zone 5 and 6 by some if provided...
    • Native To / Origin: China - Yunnan Province, Vietnam
    • Grows To: 4-6'H x 3-4'W
    • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade, Light shade
    • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
    United States
    Ohio
    Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine. * It is pollinated primarily by large bees in the family Apidae, such as carpenter bees, bumblebees, Anthophora, and Centris.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
    • Seeds Per Pound: 72,186
    • Collection Locale: AZ
    • Purity: 95%
    • Germination: 77%
    • Quantity: 1.98 lb
    United States
    Ohio
    English Ivy Hedera helix
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    * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...
    • Family: Araliaceae
    • Botanical Name: Hedera helix
    • Genus: Hedera
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    United States
    Ohio
    Statice, Wavyleaf Sea Lavender Limonium sinuatum
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer. * Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements.
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Family: Plumbaginaceae
    • Purity: 99%
    • Genus: Limonium
    • Botanical Name: Limonium sinuatum
    United States
    Ohio
    Tree Tobacco Nicotiana glauca
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    Keep the soil moist and pot up as soon as the plants are big enough to handle, planting them out after the last expected frosts. It grows to heights of more than two meters. It is a common roadside weed in the southwestern United States, and an invasive...
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 618
    • Quantity: 0.03 lb
    • Common Name: Tree Tobacco
    • Family: Solanaceae
    • Crop Year: 2015
    United States
    Ohio
    Erin Rachael Tropical Hibiscus
    Prices start at : 9.99 USD

    Tropical Hibiscus flower on new growth and so need to have ample nutrients, regular moisture, as well as moderate amounts of sunlight available to maintain adequate growth and flower production.
    • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
    • Salt Tolerance: Slight
    • Grows To: 4-6'H x 2-4'W
    • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
    • Deer Resistance: Sometimes Bothered - Occasionally Severely
    • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist, well-drained, preferably mildly acidic, moderately fertile soils.
    United States
    Ohio
    African Tuliptree Spathodea campanulata
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    The wood of the tree is soft and is used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as barbets. * In Neotropical gardens and parks, their nectar is popular with many hummingbirds, such as the black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis), the black...
    • Common Name: African Tuliptree
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Germination: 77%
    • Collection Locale: Hawaii
    • Height: 40 - 80 feet
    • Genus: Spathodea
    United States
    Ohio
    Zoe Tricolor Fireball Bromeliad, Neoregelia
    Prices start at : 14.99 USD

    An easy to grow and easy to enjoy addition to tropical settings. Cool morning sunlight and bright indirect light bring out the most intense colors. Keep water in the cups formed by the rosettes of foliage.
    • Native To / Origin: Central and South America
    • Outdoor Light: Cool AM sun, Part shade, Light shade, Filtered shade
    • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
    • Grows To: 6-8''H and spreads, trails
    United States
    Ohio
    Snapdragon Bush, Parrot\'s Beak, Hedgehog
    Prices start at : 12.99 USD

    An unusual heat loving tropical. May be deciduous in the cooler portions of its range. Can be trained on a trellis or other support. Hanging racemes of large deep yellow flowers, that are similar in form to a parrot's beak, are borne from mid-spring to...
    • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
    • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10
    • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
    • Grows To: 10-15'H x 10-15'W
    United States
    Ohio
    Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut Castanea sativa
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    * Sweet chestnut has been listed as one of the 38 substances used to prepare Bach flower remedies, a kind of alternative medicine promoted for its effect on health. * Roman soldiers were given chestnut porridge before entering battle.
    • Botanical Name: Castanea sativa
    • Family: Fagaceae
    • Species: sativa
    • Height: 90 feet
    United States
    Ohio
    Butter And Eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
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    * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports.
    • Height: 18-24 inches
    • Botanical Name: Linaria vulgaris
    • Family: Scrophulariaceae
    • Genus: Linaria
    United States
    Ohio
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