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Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.
  • Height: 20-40 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Genus: Bauhinia
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: variegata
  • Quantity: 3.43 lb
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Purple Bauhinia, Butterfly Tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Camel\'s Foot, Hawaiian Orchid Tree Bauhinia purpurea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia purpurea
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Quantity: 4.33 lb
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Bauhinia
  • Germination: 98%
  • Common Name: Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
  • Quantity: 3.43 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Macadamia Nut Macadamia integrifolia
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

The dehusked seed germinates quickly at 25°c. * Macadamia integrifolia is a tree in the Proteaceae family, native to Queensland in Australia. The shell is very hard, making it difficult to extract the seed.
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
  • Species: integrifolia
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Seeds Per Pound: 60
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Florida Hopbush, Native Hops, Hopsbush Dodonaea viscosa
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

They are applied internally in the treatment of fevers. * The leaves are anodyne, astringent, diaphoretic, febrifuge (the var. Viscosa flowers lack petals during evolution to increase exposure to the wind.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Florida Hopbush, Native Hops, Hopsbush
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Crop Year: 2018
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Jerusalem Thorn, Mexican Palo Verde, Jellybean Tree, Parkinsonia, Palo Verde Parkinsonia aculeata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Quantity: 0.51 lb
  • Germination: 99%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood,...
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus quadrangulata
  • Common Name: Blue Ash
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,341
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Siberian Statice Limonium gmelinii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. They keep their blue color well after drying. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.
  • Family: PLUMBAGINACEAE
  • Quantity: 1.11 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 800,000
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Genus: Limonium
  • Common Name: Siberian Statice
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Macadamia Nut Macadamia integrifolia
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

The dehusked seed germinates quickly at 25°c. * Macadamia integrifolia is a tree in the Proteaceae family, native to Queensland in Australia. The shell is very hard, making it difficult to extract the seed.
  • Botanical Name: Macadamia integrifolia
  • Common Name: Macadamia Nut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 60
  • Quantity: 16.25 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Also tolerates some drought. Can be grown as a hedge. Prune in early spring. Blooms on new growth. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
  • Germination: 40%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,286,960
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Buffel Grass, African Foxtail Grass Cenchrus ciliaris
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai. * African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia.
  • Botanical Name: Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Seeds Per Pound: 189,167
  • Germination: 60%
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Woman\'s-tongue Tree, Woman\'s Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law\'s Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood Albizia lebbeck
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.
  • Genus: Albizia
  • Common Name: Woman's-tongue Tree, Woman's Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law's Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 4.41 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Madagascar Periwinkle, Rose Periwinkle, Rosy Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus     - Vinca rosea
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5 °C to 7 °C, and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 720
  • Quantity: 2.32 lb
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Species: roseus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Apocynaceae
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla .
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Utah
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Germination: 50%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo Nandina domestica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? This varient will grow to 8 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; attractive...
  • Species: domestica
  • Quantity: 2.12 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Nandina
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Collection Locale: California
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo Nandina domestica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? This varient will grow to 8 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; attractive...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: domestica
  • Common Name: Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo
  • Height: 8 feet
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Purity: 99%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Common Name: Utah Juniper
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 5.05 lb
  • Species: osteosperma
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Dwarf Mugo Pine Pinus mugo  pumilio
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in...
  • Botanical Name: Pinus mugo pumilio
  • Quantity: 14.18 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 67,359
  • Common Name: Dwarf Mugo Pine
  • Variety: pumilio
  • Species: mugo
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Thousand Pinks Orchid Cactus, Epiphyllum, Epicactus
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

A beautiful and very free flowering Orchid Cactus that produces a multitude of 6-8" pink flowers over a long period. If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit.
  • Grows To: 3'H x 5'W
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch R / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10B,11,12
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Golden Brush Ginger, Voodoo Flame Ginger, Golden Ginger
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

For an excellent article on growing gingers as container plants from LSU Agcenter produced by Maria del Pilar Paz and Jeff Keuhny click here or the "More Info from Universities..." link below.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Grows To: 12-18''H x 12-18''W
  • Deer Resistance: Not Likely to be Bothered
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained, humus rich soils. Adding orchid bark is often suggested.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. * Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands.
  • Germination: 90%
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Genus: Canavalia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem. * Agave utahensis is a species of agave known by the common name Utah agave.
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: utahensis
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pride of Hankins Hibiscus
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings approximately to a depth of between 1/2" deep for small containers to 1" deep for large containers. Note:If an otherwise seemingly healthy Hibiscus isn't flowering, is dropping yellow immature buds...
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight, High
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist, well-drained, preferably mildly acidic, moderately fertile soils.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Montezuma Baldcypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress Taxodium huegelii     - Taxodium mucronatum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

They are very drought -tolerant and fast-growing and favor climates that are rainy throughout the year or at least with high summer rainfall. * It occurs from 300 to 2,500 m (980 to 8,200 ft), in Mexico mainly in highlands at 1,600 m (5,200 ft) and 2,300...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 56
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Botanical Name: Taxodium huegelii
  • Germination: 59%
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort Artemisia stelleriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. Established plants are drought tolerant.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: stelleriana
  • Common Name: Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 80
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Luckynut, Yellow Oleander Thevetia peruviana     - Thevetia neriifolia    , Cascabela thevetia
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Many cases of intentional and accidental poisoning of humans are known. Thevetia plant are toxic to most vertebrates as they contain cardiac glycosides. Peruviana seed oil was used to make a 'paint' with antifungal, antibacterial and anti-termite properties.
  • Common Name: Luckynut, Yellow Oleander
  • Species: peruviana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: Apocynaceae
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia