Urban Tolerant Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Cedar Rapids

Chinese Pear, Sand Pear, Harbin Pear, Ussurian Pear Pyrus ussuriensis

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This makes a beautiful flowering tree all on its own even though it is primarily grown as an extremely cold hardy rootstock for grafting edible pear varieties. Pyrifolia culta in Korea, it is very frost resistant.

Germination: 91%
Purity: 95%
Genus: Pyrus
Species: ussuriensis
Family: Rosaceae
Botanical Name: Pyrus ussuriensis

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Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina duriuscula

Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A drought resistant plant once established. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Common Name: Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
Purity: 97%
Variety: duriuscula
Species: ovina
Genus: Festuca

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Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima - Ailanthus glandulosa

Price : CALL

* A decidious Tree growing to 25m. * All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting peanuts or cashews. * In flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen from Sep to November.

Genus: Ailanthus
Common Name: Tree Of Heaven
Botanical Name: Ailanthus altissima clean seed
Height: 40-50 feet

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Cedar Rapids

Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm, Chinese Corkbark Elm Ulmus parvifolia

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Chinese Elms are frequently used in bonsai; they are considered a good choice for beginners owing to their high tolerance of pruning. * The trunk has a handsome, flaking bark of mottled greys with tans and reds, giving rise to its other common name,...

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 83
Genus: Ulmus
Germination Test Type: cut
Common Name: Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm, Chinese Corkbark Elm
Species: parvifolia
Quantity: 5.27 lb

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Pyramidalis Austrian Pine Pinus nigra pyramidalis

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It usually has a rounded conic form, that becomes irregular with age. The tree can be long-lived, with some trees over 500 years old. The leaves ("needles") are thinner and more flexible in western populations.

Height: 60-100 feet
Genus: Pinus
Seeds Per Pound: 22,589
Species: nigra
Family: Pinaceae
Collection Locale: Turkey

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Cedar Rapids

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...

Botanical Name: Ulmus pumila
Family: Ulmaceae
Purity: 97%
Genus: Ulmus
Height: 30-60 feet
Crop Year: 2018

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Cedar Rapids

Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus

Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors and decreased capillary permeability.

Purity: 99%
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
Germination Test Type: cut
Genus: Ruscus
Collection Locale: Spain
Quantity: 3.55 lb

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Gray Dogwood, Northern Swamp Dogwood Cornus racemosa

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Red stem color is more easily seen after the fruits are gone, and red color often persists into early winter. * Many species of birds feed on the fruits. * Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the...

Collection Locale: Jackson Co, MN
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
Common Name: Gray Dogwood, Northern Swamp Dogwood
Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
Family: Cornaceae
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5

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Cedar Rapids

Caspian Locust, Persian Honey Locust Gleditsia caspia - Gleditsia caspica

Price : CALL

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .

Crop Year: 2017
Height: 30-35 feet
Quantity: 2.08 lb
Species: caspia
Germination Test Type: cut
Germination: 98%

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Common Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius - Opulaster opulifolius

Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

After leaf drop and throughout winter, the exfoliating reddish-brown bark, for which this plant is named, is best observed. * Very hardy; white or pinkish flowers in small clusters; brown bark peels off in strips; tough, easy to grow, and adaptable, albeit...

Family: ROSACEAE
Common Name: Common Ninebark, Eastern Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark
Purity: 99%
Quantity: 1.5 lb
Germination Test Type: cut
Botanical Name: Physocarpus opulifolius

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Cedar Rapids

Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa

Price : CALL

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

Species: rugosa
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Height: 6-10 feet
Family: Cornaceae

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Cedar Rapids

Niagara Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Niagara

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * 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.

Common Name: Niagara Big Bluestem
Height: 4-6 feet
Seeds Per Pound: 156,876
Quantity: 7.33 lb
Purity: 92%
Genus: Andropogon

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Cedar Rapids

Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans

Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. * Yellow Trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental .

Genus: Tecoma
Quantity: 1.69 lb
Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
Height: 15-20 feet
Species: stans

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Hedge Maple, Common Maple, Field Maple ACER campestre

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m, at a fast rate. * In North America it is known as Hedge Maple and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple. * A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple),...

Species: campestre
Collection Locale: Utah
Germination Test Type: cut
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
Botanical Name: ACER campestre
Height: 45 - 75 feet

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Himalayan Honeysuckle, Flowering Nutmeg, Himalayan Nutmeg, Pheasant Berry Leycesteria formosa

Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern China .

Seeds Per Pound: 4,000,000
Height: 3-6 feet
Purity: 99%
Germination: 30%
Crop Year: 1991
Common Name: Himalayan Honeysuckle, Flowering Nutmeg, Himalayan Nutmeg, Pheasant Berry

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European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis - Phoenix humilis

Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

The whole leaf can be used in weaving. Requires very good drainage with abundant moisture in the summer and a sunny position. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Chamaerops
Germination: 98%
Germination Test Type: cut
Common Name: European Fan Palm
Species: humilis

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Cedar Rapids

Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown. * Trees are very drought tolerant and are planted on slopes in its native range in order to prevent soil erosion.

Germination Test Type: cut
Height: 70-80 feet
Common Name: Arizona Cypress
Genus: Cupressus
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 57
Quantity: 11.85 lb

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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

* Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine , is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States . * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds.

Seeds Per Pound: 49,032
Germination Test Type: cut
Quantity: 1.49 lb
Common Name: Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Intermountain Bristlecone Pine, Western Bristlecone Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah Pine
Crop Year: 2017
Species: longaeva

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Spiny Saltbush, Shadscale Atriplex confertifolia

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores. * The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread.

Seeds Per Pound: 47,216
Height: 1-3 feet
Quantity: 3.65 lb
Species: confertifolia
Crop Year: 2013
Purity: 97%

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Cedar Rapids

Mugo Pine Tree, Mountain Pine Pinus mugo rostrata

Prices start at : 4.95 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...

Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
Botanical Name: Pinus mugo rostrata
Crop Year: 2012
Height: 20 feet
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Purity: 99%

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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m.

Family: Oleaceae
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
Germination Test Type: cut
Purity: 99%
Quantity: 0.88 lb
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5

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Cedar Rapids

Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides - Catalpa syringifolia

Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fast-growing tree with an extensive root system, it has been planted on land that is subject to landslips or erosion in order to stabilize the soil. It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot.

Collection Locale: Ukraine
Genus: Catalpa
Family: Bignoniaceae
Germination Test Type: cut
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 88
Species: bignonioides

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Jack Tree Sinojackia rehderiana

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Sinojackia rehderiana are deciduous shrubs or small multi-trunked trees growing up to 5 metres (16 ft) in height. * Jacktree is a small spreading deciduous tree or large shrub that typically grows to 15-20' tall.

Botanical Name: Sinojackia rehderiana
Common Name: Jack Tree
Germination Test Type: cut
Purity: 98%
Family: Styracaceae
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13

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Cedar Rapids

Dwarf Mugo Pine Pinus mugo pumilio

Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Germination Test Type: cut
Family: Pinaceae
Purity: 98%
Botanical Name: Pinus mugo pumilio
Crop Year: 2016
Species: mugo

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Shell Leaf Penstemon, Large Beard-tongue, Large Beardtongue, Large Beard Tongue Penstemon grandiflorus

Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach...

Botanical Name: Penstemon grandiflorus
Quantity: 3.83 lb
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
Seeds Per Pound: 172,520
Germination Test Type: cut
Common Name: Shell Leaf Penstemon, Large Beard-tongue, Large Beardtongue, Large Beard Tongue

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Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla

Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America. * A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache.

Quantity: 0.29 lb
Species: macrophylla
Germination Test Type: cut
Height: 30-50 feet
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6

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Cedar Rapids

Common Juniper Juniperus communis

Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Juniperus communis subsp. It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour.

Family: Cupressaceae
Botanical Name: Juniperus communis
Quantity: 2.53 lb
Genus: Juniperus
Seeds Per Pound: 54,480
Height: 5-30 feet

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