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Big-leaf Linden, Largeleaf Linden, Bigleaf Linden, Cut-leaved Lime, Cut-leaved Linden Tilia platyphyllos
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves to 5" long, heart-shaped, dark green; yellowish-white flowers in drooping clusters; of upright, rounded habit, like T. Cordata; varies a good deal, and several cultivars are grown; often used in Europe, where it is native, but not common in the...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Tilia platyphyllos
  • Species: platyphyllos
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Crop Year: 2017
Illinois
Chicago
Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea Hibiscus syriacus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Shoots make interesting indoor vase cuttings, as they stay green for a long time. * Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea. * Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not,...
  • Common Name: Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 17.79 lb
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
Illinois
Chicago
London Plane Tree Platanus acerifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

City planting spread to America where this hybrid today is common in such distant locations as Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. This hybrid can be very difficult to distinguish from its American parent.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Germination: 63%
  • Genus: Platanus
Illinois
Chicago
Japanese Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium japonicum - Sophora japonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.
  • Family: Leguminosae
  • Germination: 83%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Botanical Name: Styphnolobium japonicum
  • Crop Year: 2016
Illinois
Chicago
Royal Poinciana, Flame Tree Delonix regia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is much loved in the Caribbean ; for example, many Puerto Rican paintings feature Flamboyant Trees, it can also be found in The Bahamas as well. The Poinciana is also the national flower of St. Kitts and Nevis.
  • Genus: Delonix
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Height: 15-30 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Europe
Price : CALL

* The fruit and seed can be ground up finely together and used as a flavouring. American Indians ate them with parched corn. * Usually the common hackberry forms a medium sized tree, thirty to fifty feet in height, with a slender trunk; however, it can...
  • Height: 60-130 feet
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Botanical Name: Celtis occidentalis Europe
  • Location: Europe
Illinois
Chicago
Turkish Black Pine Pinus nigra nigra caramanica Turkey
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

In the UK the tree is planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It usually has a rounded conic form, that becomes irregular with age. The deeply furrowed bark is scaled in a mosaic of white, gray and dark brown.

nigra

    • Subspecies: nigra
    • Species: nigra
    • Quantity: 2.33 lb
    • Germination: 98%
    • Height: 60-100 feet
    • Common Name: Turkish Black Pine
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Himalayan White Pine, Bhutan Pine Pinus wallichiana - Pinus griffithii , Larix griffithii
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    In recent times it has extended its range as competing broadleaf forests are logged (Farjon 1984, Li 1997, Richardson and Rundel 1998). Hardy to Zone 8 (cold hardiness limit between -12.1°C and -6.7°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 9,072
    • Height: 100-150 feet
    • Collection Locale: India
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Peepul Tree, Sacred Fig Ficus religiosa
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    Its leaves serve as a wonderful laxative as well as tonic for the body. * Ficus religiosa is used in traditional medicine for about 50 types of disorders including asthma, diabetes, diarrhea, epilepsy, gastric problems, inflammatory disorders, infectious...
    • Quantity: 5.11 lb
    • Height: 80-90 feet
    • Botanical Name: Ficus religiosa
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 395
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Austrian Pine, European Black Pine Pinus nigra austriaca
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is found at elevations ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), most commonly from 250–1,600 metres (820–5,250 ft). It needs full sun to grow well, is intolerant of shade, and is resistant to snow and ice damage.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 35
    • Seeds Per Pound: 17,462
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Height: 60-100 feet
    • Common Name: Austrian Pine, European Black Pine
    • Purity: 99%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Japanese Elm, David Elm Ulmus davidiana
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    The tree grows to a maximum height of 15 m, a relatively slender trunk < 0.3 m d.b.h. supporting a dense canopy casting a heavy shade; the bark is longitudinally fissured. The leaves are obovate to obovate-elliptic < 10 cm × < 5 cm, with a rough upper...
    • Height: 50 feet
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
    • Botanical Name: Ulmus davidiana
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Purity: 98%
    • Species: davidiana
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Hardy Rubber Tree, Gutta-percha, Du Zhong EUCOMMIA ulmoides
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Much interest has been aroused by Du Zhong's ability to reduce high blood pressure. * Gutta-percha, known as Du Zhong in China, is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.
    • Germination: 91%
    • Common Name: Hardy Rubber Tree, Gutta-percha, Du Zhong
    • Seeds Per Pound: 7,422
    • Quantity: 23.73 lb
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Height: 60-70 feet
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
    Price : CALL

    Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.
    • Species: chrysophylla
    • Height: 80-90 feet
    • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
    • Genus: Castanopsis
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Prefers plenty of humus in the soil. * Very closely related to M. Kobus and possibly no more than a geographical form of that species. Succeeds in acid or neutral soils in sun or part shade.
    • Purity: 99%
    • Genus: Magnolia
    • Species: stellata
    • Height: 15-20 feet
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Magnolia stellata fresh berries
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Faber\'s Maple ACER fabri
    Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

    The lanceolate leaves are glossy and evergreen. Well worth growing in zone 8 gardens. It wmay survive in zone 7, but a cold winter could do it in. * This is an amazing endangered maple from South China and Vietnam.
    • Species: fabri
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
    • Seeds Per Pound: 7,264
    • Family: Sapindaceae
    • Botanical Name: ACER fabri
    • Collection Locale: China
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Snowberry Mountain Ash Sorbus discolor
    Price : CALL

    * 11-15 tapering, pointed leaflets make up the feathery leaves of this little known 20-30' tree & are carried on red shoots; its 4-6" clusters of early flowers are followed by creamy-yellow fruit tinted with pink...
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Family: ROSACEAE
    • Genus: Sorbus
    • Species: discolor
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    The leaves are generally slightly smaller than those of Q. The tree is generally accepted to be the hardiest evergreen oak, able to withstand very cold winters with minimal leaf burn in areas as cold as USDA zone 6a.
    • Seeds Per Pound: 128
    • Family: Fagaceae
    • Species: fusiformis
    • Germination: 98%
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Genus: Quercus
    Illinois
    Chicago
    European Hackberry Celtis australis
    Price : CALL

    * A yellow dye is obtained from the bark * It is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant to air pollution and long-living. * A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region...
    • Family: Ulmaceae
    • Height: 60-80 feet
    • Genus: Celtis
    • Species: australis
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. 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,...
    • Common Name: Blue Ash
    • Genus: Fraxinus
    • Purity: 99%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
    • Germination: 91%
    • Species: quadrangulata
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea Hibiscus syriacus
    Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

    Shoots make interesting indoor vase cuttings, as they stay green for a long time. * Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea. * Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not,...
    • Common Name: Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea
    • Species: syriacus
    • Height: 6-12 feet
    • Quantity: 17.79 lb
    • Family: Malvaceae
    • Germination: 98%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Red Oak
    Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

    Produces 3/4'' to 1'' acorns. Very adaptable trees hold up to urban pollution. Excellent street tree grows 60-80 feet tall and is fast growing. The mighty oak stands as a favorite in American folklore.
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
    • Max Height (feet): 80
    • Genus: Quercus rubra
    • Spread: 50-75'
    • Colors: Green, Red
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Mossycup White Oak, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak Quercus macrocarpa Northern Zone 3
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Quercus macrocarpa is cultivated by plant nurseries for use in gardens, parks, and as a street tree. * These are from excellent old native stands south of Bismarck, ND. * The Quercus macrocarpa or Bur Oak , sometimes spelled Burr Oak , is a species...
    • Location: Northern Zone 3
    • Botanical Name: Quercus macrocarpa Northern Zone 3
    • Quantity: 81.94 lb
    • Species: macrocarpa
    • Purity: 99%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Mugo Pine, Mugo Pine Tree, Mountain Pine Pinus mugo mughus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    This tree transplants well. Drought tolerant, disease and insect tolerant are also good assets for a bonsai. The Mugo Pine has small dark green evergreen needles helping it to look great all year.
    • Collection Locale: Bulgaria
    • Quantity: 20.5 lb
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Crop Year: 2016
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Nana Heavenly Bamboo, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo Nandina domestica Nana
    Price : CALL

    This varient will grow to 3 feet tall. * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive...
    • Species: domestica
    • Family: Berberidaceae
    • Genus: Nandina
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Cultivar: Nana
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Siberian Fir Abies sibirica
    Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

    The wood is soft, lightweight, and weak. It is used in construction, furniture, and wood pulp. * Essential oils extracted from the leaves are used in aromatherapy and perfumes. * A coniferous evergreen tree native to the taiga east of the Volga River...
    • Height: 90 feet
    • Collection Locale: Russia
    • Genus: Abies
    • Common Name: Siberian Fir
    • Crop Year: 2015
    • Species: sibirica
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Southern
    Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

    * This plant is also called Mossycup oak and Mossycup white oak . * Bur Oak typically grows in the open, away from forest canopy. * Quercus macrocarpa is a large deciduous tree growing up to 30 m (100 ft), rarely 40 m (130 ft), in height, and is one of...
    • Common Name: Bur Oak
    • Species: macrocarpa
    • Family: Fagaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Seeds Per Pound: 28
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Pyramidalis Austrian Pine Pinus nigra pyramidalis
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    In the UK the tree is planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It usually has a rounded conic form, that becomes irregular with age. The deeply furrowed bark is scaled in a mosaic of white, gray and dark brown.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 22,589
    • Common Name: Pyramidalis Austrian Pine
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Quantity: 0.23 lb
    • Botanical Name: Pinus nigra pyramidalis
    Illinois
    Chicago
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