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African Dream Herb, Snuff Box Sea Bean, Cacoon Vine Entada rheedii     - Entada rheedei
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant is also used as a topical ointment against jaundice, toothache, ulcers and to treat muscular-skeletal problems. * Entada rheedii, commonly known as the African dream herb or snuff box sea bean, and as the cacoon vine in Jamaica, is a large...
  • Quantity: 1.5 lb
  • Genus: Entada
  • Height: trailing and climbing to 350 feet long
  • Species: rheedii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
British Columbia
Houston
Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Rio Lurin   - Echinopsis peruviana  Rio Lurin
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today it is still used by Curanderos (medicine men) of northern Peru. * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which...
  • Germination: 40%
  • Species: peruvianus
  • Common Name: Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch
  • Variety: Rio Lurin
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
British Columbia
Houston
Norfolk Island Pine, Star Pine Araucaria excelsa     - Araucaria heterophylla
Price : CALL

* Grows slowly and in proper growing conditions has a long life. * A distinctive conifer , a member of the ancient and now disjointly distributed family Araucariaceae. * In the wild, it may grow to as much as 200' tall.
  • Genus: Araucaria
  • Family: ARAUCARIACEAE
  • Height: 200 feet
  • Species: excelsa
British Columbia
Houston
Slash Pine Pinus elliottii
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Deep green needles, 5"+; 6" cones; a source of pulp, timber, rosin, and turpentine; native to the southeast U.S. * Pinus elliottii , commonly known as the Slash Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , from southern South Carolina...
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Pinus elliottii
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 35
  • Species: elliottii
  • Common Name: Slash Pine
British Columbia
Houston
Khasi Pine Pinus kesiya     - Pinus khasya
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Khasi pine usually grows in pure stands or mixed with broad-leaved trees, but does not form open pine forests. Its range extends south and east from the Khasi Hills in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, to northern Thailand, Philippines, Burma,...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.48 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 31,139
  • Common Name: Khasi Pine
  • Botanical Name: Pinus kesiya
  • Germination Test Type: cut
British Columbia
Houston
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. * Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 53,037
  • Botanical Name: Jacaranda mimosifolia
  • Common Name: Black Poui, Jacaranda, Blue Jacaranda, Green Ebony Tree, The Fern Tree
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 96
  • Germination: 83%
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
British Columbia
Houston
Wash-nut Tree, Chinese Soapberry Sapindus mukorossi
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The soapnut contains the compound of saponin, which has natural cleansing properties, and therefore the soapnut can be used as a cleanser for hair, skin, and clothing. * These saponins are also useful as insecticides, for purposes such as removing head...
  • Quantity: 10.92 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Sapindus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
British Columbia
Houston
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. * Cedro is a tree of the New World tropics, appearing in forests of moist and seasonally dry subtropical or tropical life zones (24) from latitude 26°N.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
  • Collection Locale: Guatemala
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Species: odorata
  • Quantity: 1.43 lb
  • Common Name: Spanish Cedar, Mexican Cedar, Cigar-box Cedar, West Indian Cedar, Red Cedar, Cedro Hembra, Cedro
British Columbia
Houston
American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * The fruit is edible raw. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds.
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Species: americana
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa americana
  • Common Name: American Beautyberry
  • Quantity: 0.74 lb
British Columbia
Houston
Sensitive Plant, Shameplant, Shy Plant, Humble Plant, Sleeping Grass, Touch-Me-Not, Lajjalu, Bashful Mimosa Mimosa pudica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia). * Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 68,100
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 135
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 5 feet, trailing
  • Common Name: Sensitive Plant, Shameplant, Shy Plant, Humble Plant, Sleeping Grass, Touch-Me-Not, Lajjalu, Bashful Mimosa
  • Crop Year: 2016
British Columbia
Houston
Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The cones remain closed for many years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire , thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed by the fire. * A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage;...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 11.85 lb
  • Genus: Cupressus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: arizonica
  • Height: 70-80 feet
British Columbia
Houston
Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Genus: Bauhinia
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,856
  • Collection Locale: India
British Columbia
Houston
Pearl Bush, Sawtooth Pearlbush , Pearl Tree Exochorda serratifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Seeds Per Pound: 40,406
  • Botanical Name: Exochorda serratifolia
  • Genus: Exochorda
  • Germination: 90%
British Columbia
Houston
Jerusalem Thorn, Mexican Palo Verde, Jellybean Tree, Parkinsonia, Palo Verde Parkinsonia aculeata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit; Wyman notes that it can be clipped into a hedge; native to tropical America.

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    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
    • Germination: 99%
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Parkinsonia aculeata
    • Seeds Per Pound: 5,902
    • Common Name: Jerusalem Thorn, Mexican Palo Verde, Jellybean Tree, Parkinsonia, Palo Verde
    British Columbia
    Houston
    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.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 25,878
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Species: assamica
    • Genus: Crotalaria
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Crotalaria assamica
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Intermountain Bristlecone Pine, Western Bristlecone Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah Pine Pinus longaeva     - Pinus aristata longaeva   , Pinus aristata  longaeva
    Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is a very hard to secure item. * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds. * One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth .
    • Height: 15-30 feet
    • Common Name: Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Intermountain Bristlecone Pine, Western Bristlecone Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah Pine
    • Species: longaeva
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 21
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Quantity: 1.49 lb
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It requires a minimum of 140 days from planting to harvest. It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature. * This is the most important cotton of commerce.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Family: Malvaceae
    • Seeds Per Pound: 4,540
    • Species: hirsutum
    • Height: 4-5 feet
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress Cupressus lusitanica     - Cupressus lindleyi
    Price : CALL

    It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America.
    • Height: 120 feet
    • Botanical Name: Cupressus lusitanica
    • Species: lusitanica
    • Common Name: Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Tree Tobacco Nicotiana glauca
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal. Plants can survive the winter outdoors in the milder parts of Britain, though they usually act as herbaceous perennials in such conditions. It is being investigated for use as a biofuel.
    • Family: Solanaceae
    • Quantity: 0.03 lb
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Collection Locale: Hawaii
    • Purity: 99%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    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.
    • Germination: 98%
    • Height: 50-100 feet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 3,438
    • Purity: 99%
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Crop Year: 2017
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Apache
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Glauca is the commonly cultivated variety of this tree for areas outside of the Pacific Northwest, and is clearly a better selection for midwestern climates than the species because of its better cold tolerance (species is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but var.
    • Location: AZ Apache
    • Seeds Per Pound: 36,320
    • Collection Locale: Apache National Forest, AZ
    • Height: 60-80 feet
    • Quantity: 3.41 lb
    • Purity: 99%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Five-lobed Chinese Maple, Marijuana Maple, Five Leaf Maple ACER pentaphyllum
    Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.
    • Genus: ACER
    • Seeds Per Pound: 8,122
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Common Name: Five-lobed Chinese Maple, Marijuana Maple, Five Leaf Maple
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Botanical Name: ACER pentaphyllum
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Eastern Redbud, Southern Eastern Redbud, Southern Redbud Cercis canadensis    Southern
    Price : CALL

    Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. * A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually spread to form a broad flat head. * Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils,...
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Quantity: 13.46 lb
    • Height: 30 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Southern
    • Purity: 99%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Mexican Pricklypoppy Argemone mexicana
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * When the Spanish arrived in Sonora they added this plant to their pharmacopia and called it cardosanto, which should not be mistranslated to blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus). * Seed - sow April in situ.
    • Common Name: Mexican Pricklypoppy
    • Collection Locale: Hawaii
    • Seeds Per Pound: 184,910
    • Quantity: 0.15 lb
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Family: Papaveraceae
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
    • Germination: 90%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 542
    • Species: pubescens
    • Purity: 99%
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Scrub Hickory Carya floridana
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. * Carya floridana (syn. The seed is up to 3cm long. * Although it can grow to the height of 25 meters, many specimens are seen as shrubs 3–5...
    • Species: floridana
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Height: 10-70 feet
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
    • Germination: 98%
    • Genus: Carya
    British Columbia
    Houston
    Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The cones remain closed for many years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire , thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed by the fire. * A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage;...
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Quantity: 11.85 lb
    • Common Name: Arizona Cypress
    • Germination: 77%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Genus: Cupressus
    British Columbia
    Houston