One of the most popular varieties preferred by Southerners. Cowpeas are great for drying and canning. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Hulls are purple, cowpeas are green with pinkeyes when freshly picked turning...
Captures soil nutrients in the fall to release in spring when worked into the soil. Can reach up to 5 feet! Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed suppression
It is native to the southeastern United States , occurring on the coastal plain from Delaware south to central Florida , and west to southeast Louisiana . * The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member of the red oak group of oaks .
Texas Cream is very similarly to ‘Sadandy' but the peas are slightly larger. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage. The bush-type plants are prolific and thrive in hotter, Southern weather.
* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to...
The flowers can range from pink to white. * Cotoneaster horizontalis is a species of Cotoneaster that is a short shrub. The berry-like fruits are actually pomes . * A low-growing, spreading shrub with shiny dark green leaves, reddish purple in fall; pink...
Seeds Per Pound: 9,080
Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
Common Name: Rock Cotoneaster, Rockspray Cotoneaster
In some regions, such as the southeastern United States, it grows in the wild as an introduced and invasive species. * Because this species tolerates arid soils, it is grown as a windbreak, and for sand stabilization, and soil conservation.
Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches. * It is a shrub reaching 1 to 1.5 m . It's Chinese name is zhen zhu mei. * The flowers are generous with their sweet perfume whatever the weather.
The leaves are leathery, 4–7 centimetres (1.6–2.8 in) long, with a serrated margin. * The fruit is a small cherry 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in) diameter, ripening dark purple in early summer.
* Timothy-grass ( Phleum pratense ), is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region . It grows to 50–150 cm tall, with leaves up to 45 cm long and 1 cm broad.
Neem oil, derived from the Neem seed, may be safely used on a wide range of plants and trees — including vegetables, herbs, roses and other flowers, fruit trees, and berry plants.
They can produce as much as 300 lb./acre nitrogen. Broadcast up to 120 lb./acre, 1/2 to 1″ deep. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. The best time to plant is during spring for best results.
* Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan. * A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate.
* The species is being tested as a potential source of genes for resistance to emerald ash borer. * This tree is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental tree in parts of Canada and the United States.
It is two to four times as large as common white clover. Broadcast at 25 lbs. Ryegrass and orchardgrass work well with ladino clover in mixtures. Contains 210,000 seeds/lb. It is not deep rooted, and will not tolerate much drought.
Dissolves quickly to provide a natural mosquito repelling system. Each packet contains thousands of floating granules that dissolve and release(“BTI”) – the biological active ingredient.
The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. * An orange-red to brown dye can be obtained from the bark. * A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe.
Winter annual protects and improves soil! Plant fall or early spring. A good nitrogen fixer (70-150 lbs per acre per year). A great way to ready your vegetable garden for the spring or beautify a landscape! Also a great way to attract bees! Uses: Bees...
* Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control. * Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family...
Somewhat winter hardy, but grows more quickly than regular alfalfa. As an annual green manure, “Summer” alfalfa can produce up to 10 tons of organic matter per acre. Alfalfa is basically good at everything! Just look at all it's uses below! Alfalfa...
Spreads by stolons. Benefits bees and insects. Grow low so takes close mowing and grazing. A perennial clover to control erosion and protect soil! A living mulch of permanent cover.
It occurs in thickets, moist woods, and the banks of streams. * A climbing vine with small, greenish-white flowers in small loose clusters in axils of large leaves; each leafstalk attached just inside leaf's edge.
* Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun. Plants are often found in very acid soils in the wild. * Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem and yellowsedge...
A non-drying oil is also obtained from the pericarp, it is used for lighting. The prehistoric archer known as Oetzi the Iceman, discovered in 1991 on the border between Italy and Austria, was carrying arrows made from dogwood.
It tolerates acid soils and thin, infertile soils. * This plant is tolerant of high levels of aluminum in soils. * Dichanthelium clandestinum is a species of grass known by the common name deertongue.
Virginia wild rye is one of the few cool season native grasses found in the east Texas area. * Virginia wildrye is found throughout the eastern 2/3rds of the United States and all of the southern, Canadian providences.
* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to...
