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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.
  • Quantity: 4.41 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,438
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Iowa
Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to India and China. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 3.43 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
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Iowa
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.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Quantity: 4.41 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Albizia lebbeck
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,438
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Iowa
Wash-nut Tree, Chinese Soapberry Sapindus mukorossi
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The fruit is commonly known as Chinese soapberry or washnut, and like other species in the genus Sapindus, it is called soapberry. * It is also a native of Western coastal Maharashtra - Konkan, and Goa in India.
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Height: 70-80 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: mukorossi
  • Germination: 91%
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Iowa
Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Rio Lurin   - Echinopsis peruviana  Rio Lurin
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration of 1.2% in the dried cactus. * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is...
  • Variety: Rio Lurin
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Species: peruvianus
  • Germination: 40%
  • Purity: 98%
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Iowa
Needle Juniper, Temple Juniper, Temple Juniper Juniperus rigida
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* Juniperus rigida (Temple Juniper) is a species of juniper, native to northern China, Korea, Japan, and the far southeast of Russia (Primorsky Krai), occurring at altitudes of 10-2,200 m.
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: rigida
  • Height: 20-30 feet
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Iowa
New Caledonia Pine, Cook Pine Araucaria columnaris
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* The Cook pine, called Christmas Tree in India, can reach 60m in natural habit, but is more commonly grown as a house-plant in pots. The young leaves are needle-like, while the broader adult leaves are triangular and scale-like.
  • Species: columnaris
  • Common Name: New Caledonia Pine, Cook Pine
  • Genus: Araucaria
  • Botanical Name: Araucaria columnaris
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Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). * The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai. The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base...
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Species: utahensis
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
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Iowa
Oleander Nerium oleander     - Nerium indicum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.4 in) broad, and with an entire margin.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Species: oleander
  • Purity: 92%
  • Height: 6-20 feet
  • Common Name: Oleander
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Iowa
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Draco tree alive. It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1.2 metres (4 ft) in height but can grow much faster. * When the bark or leaves are cut they secrete a reddish resin, one of several sources of substances known as dragon's blood.
  • Height: 50-60 feet
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Germination: 98%
  • Common Name: Dragon Tree, Dragontree
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Collection Locale: California
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Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.
  • Genus: Mirbelia
  • Species: dilatata
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Family: Leguminosae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Iowa
Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycad, Japanese Sago Palm, Funeral Palm Cycas revoluta
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* Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan . * Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
  • Genus: Cycas
  • Family: Cycadaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 20 feet
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Iowa
Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature. * Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting...
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
  • Quantity: 14.29 lb
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,540
  • Species: hirsutum
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Iowa
Aleppo Pine, Jerusalem Pine Pinus halepensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a popular ornamental tree , extensively planted in parks and gardens in hot dry areas such as southern California. * It is widely planted for timber in its native area, being one of the most important trees in forestry in Algeria and Morocco.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 20,884
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Species: halepensis
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Iowa
Buffel Grass, African Foxtail Grass Cenchrus ciliaris
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). * African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia.
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.00798 lb
  • Germination: 60%
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Iowa
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 is an important avenue and shade tree in the West Indies and South America, and where imported, in Africa. Cedro heartwood contains an aromatic and insect-repelling resin that is the source of its popular name, Spanish-cedar (it resembles the...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,516
  • Common Name: Spanish Cedar, Mexican Cedar, Cigar-box Cedar, West Indian Cedar, Red Cedar, Cedro Hembra, Cedro
  • Botanical Name: Cedrela odorata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Collection Locale: Guatemala
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
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Iowa
Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea Hibiscus syriacus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

The flower appears in national emblems, and Korea is compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. * Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not, as Linnaeus thought,...
  • Genus: Hibiscus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 6-12 feet
  • Species: syriacus
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 17.79 lb
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Iowa
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). * The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai. The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base...
  • Genus: Agave
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Agave utahensis
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Iowa
Slash Pine Pinus elliottii
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat. * Deep green needles, 5"+; 6" cones; a source of pulp, timber, rosin, and turpentine; native to the southeast U.S.
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: elliottii
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,344
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Crop Year: 2016
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Iowa
Queen\'s Bird-of-Paradise, Bird-of-paradise, Queen\'s Bird-of Paradise Strelitzia reginae
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Its scientific name commemorates Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , queen consort of King George III . * A curious plant, with a flower stalk rising to several feet, at the top is a sheath from which up to six conspicuous orange or yellow flowers, each...
  • Height: 6 feet
  • Common Name: Queen's Bird-of-Paradise, Bird-of-paradise, Queen's Bird-of Paradise
  • Species: reginae
  • Genus: Strelitzia
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Saguaro, Giant Saguaro Carnegiea gigantea
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The saguaro creates callus tissue on the wound. * The saguaro blossom is the state wildflower of Arizona. They may grow their first side arm any time from 75–100 years of age, but some never grow any arms.
  • Germination: 40%
  • Botanical Name: Carnegiea gigantea
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Height: 60-70 feet
  • Genus: Carnegiea
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Iowa
Matucana Peruvian Torch Cactus, Matucana Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Matucana
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration of 1.2% in the dried cactus. * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Species: peruvianus
  • Collection Locale: Peru
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Iowa
Pearl Bush, Sawtooth Pearlbush , Pearl Tree Exochorda serratifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. 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.
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Quantity: 1.54 lb
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Common Name: Pearl Bush, Sawtooth Pearlbush , Pearl Tree
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Iowa
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yellow Trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental . The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 209
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Tecoma
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
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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.
  • Collection Locale: South Africa
  • Botanical Name: Acacia erioloba
  • Quantity: 0.06 lb
  • Species: erioloba
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Iowa
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 5.05 lb
  • Germination: 50%
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Collection Locale: Utah
  • Species: osteosperma
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Iowa
Coco Palm, Jelly Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Pindo Palm Butia capitata
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Butia capitata , also known as Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm , is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay . * The seed contains up to 45% of an edible oil, it is used mainly for margarines.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Botanical Name: Butia capitata
  • Genus: Butia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
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