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Blue Spruce Picea pungens glauca CO Rio Grande
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: CO
  • Height: 75-90 feet
  • Germination: 87%
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Common Name: Blue Spruce
United States
Illinois
David Maple ACER davidii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter. * The flowers are small, yellow, with five sepals and petals. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees.
  • Botanical Name: ACER davidii
  • Genus: ACER
  • Height: 30-50 feet
  • Species: davidii
  • Common Name: David Maple
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
United States
Illinois
Chinese Holly Ilex cornuta
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 10-12 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: cornuta
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Genus: Ilex
United States
Illinois
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana - Agrostis lessoniana , Stipa lessoniana , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Germination: 50%
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Purity: 98%
United States
Illinois
Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycad, Japanese Sago Palm, Funeral Palm Cycas revoluta
Price : CALL

* 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. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan...
  • Height: 20 feet
  • Family: Cycadaceae
  • Species: revoluta
  • Genus: Cycas
United States
Illinois
Tatar Wing Celtis PTEROCELTIS tatarinowii
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern...
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Common Name: Tatar Wing Celtis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Genus: PTEROCELTIS
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
United States
Illinois
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. * Molasses can be made from the fruit pulp. * The word persimmon is of Algonquian origin, while the genus name Diospyros, from the...
  • Species: virginiana
  • Genus: Diospyros
  • Botanical Name: Diospyros virginiana
  • Common Name: Common Persimmon
United States
Illinois
Blue Paloverde Parkinsonia florida - Cercidium floridum , Cercidium floridum floridum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant's trunk, branches, and leaves are blue-green in color, hence the common name. Photosynthesis is performed by the blue-green branches and twigs, regardless of absent leaves.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Common Name: Blue Paloverde
  • Genus: Parkinsonia
  • Quantity: 1.71 lb
  • Botanical Name: Parkinsonia florida
  • Family: Fabaceae
United States
Illinois
White Spire Birch Betula platyphylla Japonica White Spire
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The parent is a vigorous cultivar said to be more resistant to birch borers and tolerant to heat. * The glossy green foliage turns yellow in the fall. * This deciduous tree has bark that is white and does not exfoliate (peel off).
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Variety: Japonica
  • Botanical Name: Betula platyphylla Japonica White Spire broken strobiles
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,000,000
  • Collection Locale: Wisconsin
United States
Illinois
Silk-floss Tree Chorisia speciosa - Ceiba speciosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The silk floss tree is cultivated mostly for ornamental purposes. From the seeds it is possible to obtain vegetable oil (both edible and industrially useful). * The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree,...
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,843
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
United States
Illinois
Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Price : CALL

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern...
  • Genus: Berberis
  • Height: 4-7 feet
  • Species: thunbergii
  • Common Name: Japanese Barberry
United States
Illinois
Salal Gaultheria shallon
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western...
  • Common Name: Salal
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Genus: Gaultheria
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 196
  • Collection Locale: Florence, OR
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
United States
Illinois
Groundsel, Silverling, Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel Bush, Consumption Weed, Cotton-seed Tree, Groundsel Tree Baccharis halimifolia
Price : CALL

* Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree or silverling)...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: halimifolia
  • Common Name: Groundsel, Silverling, Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel Bush, Consumption Weed, Cotton-seed Tree, Groundsel Tree
  • Genus: Baccharis
United States
Illinois
Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina Ilex vomitoria
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. Wood - hard, heavy, strong, close grained. * Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 61,909
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Quantity: 1.83 lb
United States
Illinois
American Hornbeam, Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Ironwood, Musclewood, Water Beech, Muscle-beech, Smooth-barked Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western Honduras. It is especially suitable for making levers and is also a good fuel.

98%

    • Quantity: 18.98 lb
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Germination: 98%
    United States
    Illinois
    Dwarf Red Linear-leaf Maple ACER palmatum amoenum Scolopendrifolium rubrum Keiser
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It grows as a mound and holds its red color well in the summer. * A great deal of variation can be expected when growing this plant.
    • Family: Aceraceae
    • Species: palmatum
    • Germination: 47%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 19,976
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Height: 5-6 feet
    United States
    Illinois
    Hubb\'s Red Willow Japanese Maple ACER palmatum Hubb\'s Red Willow - ACER palmatum Hubb\'s Red Willow , ACER palmatum Hubb\'s Red Willow
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Hardier than green-leaved types. * The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Fall color is sensational.
    • Germination: 83%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Common Name: Hubb's Red Willow Japanese Maple
    • Height: 8-12 feet
    • Seeds Per Pound: 5,255
    United States
    Illinois
    American Holly Ilex opaca
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Holly is a popular winter Christmas and holiday season decoration. It is rare in the north of its range in southern Connecticut, southeastern New York, and isolated areas of Cape Cod, and always small there.
    • Family: Aquifoliaceae
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 98%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    United States
    Illinois
    Hubb\'s Red Willow Japanese Maple ACER palmatum Hubb\'s Red Willow
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Hardier than green-leaved types. * The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Fall color is sensational.
    • Family: Aceraceae
    • Common Name: Hubb's Red Willow Japanese Maple
    • Genus: ACER
    • Botanical Name: ACER palmatum Hubb's Red Willow dry seed
    • Purity: 99%
    • Crop Year: 2013
    United States
    Illinois
    Wintergreen, Franchet\'s Cotoneaster, Franchet Cotoneaster, Orange Cotoneaster Cotoneaster franchetii
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The leaves are oval-acute, 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.4 in) long and 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) broad, shiny green above, pubescent below with dense whitish to yellowish hairs.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Crop Year: 1992
    • Botanical Name: Cotoneaster franchetii dried berries
    • Seeds Per Pound: 7,680
    • Purity: 98%
    • Height: 8-9 feet
    United States
    Illinois
    Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale\'s Barberry Mahonia bealei
    Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

    A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring.
    • Species: bealei
    • Collection Locale: California
    • Quantity: 0.24 lb
    • Common Name: Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale's Barberry
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 98%
    United States
    Illinois
    Green Lace-leaf Japanese Maple ACER palmatum matsumurae Dissectum Viridis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It has gracefully arching branches and grows somewhat faster than other cultivars. * The fall color is golden to red.
    • Subspecies: matsumurae
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Seeds Per Pound: 9,793
    • Height: 8-12 feet
    • Germination: 83%
    • Common Name: Green Lace-leaf Japanese Maple
    United States
    Illinois
    Bigleaf Maple ACER davidii grosseri Hersi China - ACER grosseri Hersi China
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.
    • Genus: ACER
    • Species: davidii
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: Bigleaf Maple
    • Location: China
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
    United States
    Illinois
    Villa Taranto Japanese Maple ACER palmatum amoenum Villa Taranto
    Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Sought after for their attractive leaf shapes and colors. * Leaves that start off pink in the spring turning to green over summer and then a lovely orange color in the fall.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
    • Genus: ACER
    • Collection Locale: Oregon
    • Germination: 77%
    • Cultivar: Villa Taranto
    • Height: 8-12 feet
    United States
    Illinois
    Garnet Japanese Maple ACER palmatum matsumurae Garnet
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Rich red-orange leaf color. * It has relatively large leaves and a cascading mound shape.
    • Germination: 83%
    • Crop Year: 2014
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
    • Family: Aceraceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    United States
    Illinois
    Shojo Japanese Maple ACER palmatum amoenum Shojo
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A very deep colored palmatum - almost classed as a "black-red" * In the Fall crimson tones dominate. * Trueness to type can never be guaranteed when seed is grown that has been collected from cultivars.
    • Botanical Name: ACER palmatum amoenum Shojo dry seed
    • Common Name: Shojo Japanese Maple
    • Family: Aceraceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
    • Genus: ACER
    • Subspecies: amoenum
    United States
    Illinois
    Paper Birch, Canoe Birch, White Birch Betula papyrifera
    Price : CALL

    The sap can also be fermented to make birch beer or vinegar. The bark is white, commonly brightly so, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars.
    • Family: Betulaceae
    • Genus: Betula
    • Height: 60-100 feet
    • Botanical Name: Betula papyrifera clean seed
    United States
    Illinois
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