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Fontanesia, Syrian-privet Fontanesia phillyraeoides
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to...
  • Quantity: 0.42 lb
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Common Name: Fontanesia, Syrian-privet
  • Botanical Name: Fontanesia phillyraeoides
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Genus: Fontanesia
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Common Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Price : CALL

* Grown for its yellow or orange fruit, to 1 1/2", in fall. * The fruit can also be dried and used in bread, cakes etc. Opossums, raccoons, skunks, deer, and birds also feed upon the fruit.
  • Species: virginiana
  • Botanical Name: Diospyros virginiana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 40-60 feet
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Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Distribution of this grass species is widespread including the eastern and western extremes of North America, parts of South America and Eurasia. * Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Common Name: Tufted Hairgrass
  • Botanical Name: Deschampsia cespitosa
  • Purity: 99%
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Tea Plant, Tea Camellia sinensis
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated for its leaves. Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including its ability to protect the drinker from...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination: 42%
  • Family: Theaceae
  • Collection Locale: China
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Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Distribution of this grass species is widespread including the eastern and western extremes of North America, parts of South America and Eurasia. * Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: cespitosa
  • Common Name: Tufted Hairgrass
  • Genus: Deschampsia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Poaceae
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Maximowicz\'s Snakebark Maple ACER pectinatum maximowiczii    - ACER maximowiczii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Unique snake-bark maple * Upright vase shape and leaves that are 3 pointed and elongated. Murray Genus: Acer section: Macrantha Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae tribe: Acereae.
  • Quantity: 1.41 lb
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Common Name: Maximowicz's Snakebark Maple
  • Subspecies: maximowiczii
  • Genus: ACER
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
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English Ivy Hedera helix
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* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.
  • Genus: Hedera
  • Botanical Name: Hedera helix
  • Common Name: English Ivy
  • Family: Araliaceae
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Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia sinensis
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
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Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens  glauca  NM Carson
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.
  • Quantity: 10.68 lb
  • Location: NM Carson
  • Genus: Picea
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 61
  • Common Name: Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce
  • Crop Year: 2012
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Nuttall Oak Quercus texana     - Quercus nuttallii
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* It is fast growing and usually has nice red fall colors, much more reliably so than the more popular Pin Oak. * Its previous scientific name was Quercus nuttallii , but it is now known as Quercus texana ; this has created much confusion with Texas Red...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: texana
  • Botanical Name: Quercus texana
  • Height: 30-80 feet
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Sweet Box, Christmas Box SARCOCOCCA confusa
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The shrub is mid winter flowering with a delightful sweet scent. * Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations, including dense shade with very dry soil.
  • Genus: SARCOCOCCA
  • Height: 6 feet
  • Species: confusa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
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American Holly Ilex opaca
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Ilex opaca species typically grows as an understory tree in forests. * Holly is a popular winter Christmas and holiday season decoration. * Yellow-green spiny leaves; red fruit almost 1/2" wide, lasting into winter; of pyramidal habit in youth,...
  • Common Name: American Holly
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 50
  • Seeds Per Pound: 23,608
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Purity: 99%
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Cocky\'s Tongue Templetonia retusa
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

They are native to Australia. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Botanical Name: Templetonia retusa
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
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Scolopendrifolium Japanese Maple ACER palmatum amoenum  Scolopendrifolium
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yellow fall colors * Hardy in sun or shade.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,541
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: palmatum
  • Cultivar: Scolopendrifolium
  • Common Name: Scolopendrifolium Japanese Maple
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Ogon sarasa Japanese Maple ACER palmatum amoenum  Ogon Sarasa
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Seeds colected from cultivars such as this may not resemble the mother tree. Unique individuals will most likely result which can be even more interesting than the parent. * Maturing at about 4 meters.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: ACER
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Subspecies: amoenum
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,632
  • Germination: 50%
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Mugo Pine Tree, Mountain Pine Pinus mugo  rostrata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This tree transplants well. * 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...
  • Height: 20 feet
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Pinus mugo rostrata
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Umbrella Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine, Koyamaki SCIADOPITYS verticillata
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

* 2-5" dark shiny "needles" clustered in whorls at the ends of shoots; form varies, may be narrowly vertical to broadly conical; branches tend to droop with age; grows slowly; 2-4" cones, green, then brown; makes a distinctive dark green impression in...
  • Collection Locale: Japan
  • Common Name: Umbrella Pine, Japanese Umbrella Pine, Koyamaki
  • Seeds Per Pound: 26,332
  • Botanical Name: SCIADOPITYS verticillata
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Cranberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster apiculatus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter. * Low informal hedge. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control.
  • Common Name: Cranberry Cotoneaster
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 45%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 13,620
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 27
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
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Lace Bark Pine, Bunge\'s Pine Pinus bungeana
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Established plants tolerate drought, succeeding in hot dry sites. * Recommended for buffer strips around parking lots or for median strip plantings in the highway. * It is grown as ornamental plant in East Asian classical gardens where it symbolizes...
  • Species: bungeana
  • Germination: 83%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Botanical Name: Pinus bungeana
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Lace Bark Pine, Bunge's Pine
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American Hornbeam, Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Ironwood, Musclewood, Water Beech, Muscle-beech, Smooth-barked Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) is a small hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus. * It is a shade-loving tree, which prefers moderate soil fertility and moisture. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood.
  • Height: 30-45 feet
  • Common Name: American Hornbeam, Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Ironwood, Musclewood, Water Beech, Muscle-beech, Smooth-barked Ironwood
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Botanical Name: Carpinus caroliniana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
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Hogyoku Japanese Maple ACER palmatum amoenum  Hogyoku
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rich, deep orange fall color. * The spring and Summer foliage is a deep, rich green.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Cultivar: Hogyoku
  • Genus: ACER
  • Height: 8-12 feet
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Common Rue Ruta graveolens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb . * Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 238,947
  • Common Name: Common Rue
  • Genus: Ruta
  • Crop Year: 2017
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Downy Birch, White Birch Betula pubescens
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia. It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc.
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Downy Birch, White Birch
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Height: 30-75 feet
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Trompenburg Japanese Maple ACER palmatum matsumurae  Trompenburg
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fall color is sensational. * As with all seed collected from cultivars the resulting seedlings may not resemble the mother tree. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * This variety has glossy deep purple-red leaves that hold their color well into the...
  • Common Name: Trompenburg Japanese Maple
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Cultivar: Trompenburg
  • Germination: 83%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Subspecies: matsumurae
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Red Japanese Maple ACER palmatum matsumurae  Atropurpureum
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* Lacy leaves of a deep red in the spring but foliage color fades to light green in early summer. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational.
  • Genus: ACER
  • Subspecies: matsumurae
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Cultivar: Atropurpureum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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American Elm Ulmus americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts and North Dakota
  • Quantity: 20.74 lb
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: American Elm
  • Germination: 71%
  • Crop Year: 2018
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White Fir, Concolor Fir Abies concolor concolor   NM, Lincoln
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The New Mexico sources of Abies concolor will be intermediate between the Arizona and the Colorado. * Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. Therefore a little bluer in color than the Colorado and a little more cold hardy...
  • Species: concolor
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 40
  • Crop Year: 2009
  • Collection Locale: New Mexico
  • Botanical Name: Abies concolor concolor NM, Lincoln
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
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