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Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions, hypothermia, coma, and possibly death. * The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats.
  • Purity: 90%
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Lobelia inflata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,000,000
  • Germination: 40%
California
Downey
Black Maca, Peruvean Ginseng Lepidium meyenii
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

The majority of harvested maca is dried. It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes. * Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru.
  • Genus: Lepidium
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Collection Locale: Peru
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 5-8 inches
California
Downey
Rusty Foxglove Digitalis ferruginea
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints.
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Genus: Digitalis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 91%
  • Purity: 98%
California
Downey
Wild Celery Apium graveolens
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Dulce) is a plant variety in the family Apiaceae, commonly used as a vegetable. * The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas.
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Botanical Name: Apium graveolens
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
California
Downey
Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis
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* Hesperis matronalis grows 100 cm or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. * The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials...
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Collection Locale: OR
  • Botanical Name: Hesperis matronalis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Species: matronalis
California
Downey
Indian Teasel, Fuller\'s Teasel, Cultivated Teasel Dipsacus sativus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* By the 20th century, teasels had been largely replaced by metal cards, which can be made uniformly and do not require constant replacement as the teasel heads wear. * Fuller's teasel is occasionally cultivated for its seed head, which is used for carding...
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Species: sativus
  • Germination: 87%
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 153
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
California
Downey
Chinese Violet Cress, February Orchid Orychophragmus violaceus
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.
  • Botanical Name: Orychophragmus violaceus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 243,356
  • Common Name: Chinese Violet Cress, February Orchid
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 521
  • Height: 1 foot
California
Downey
Queen Anne\'s Lace, Wild Carrot, Bird\'s Nest, Bishop\'s Lace Daucus carota
Price : CALL

Carnation also exhibits this effect. Chinese studies have also indicated that the seeds blockprogesterone synthesis, which could explain this effect. * A teaspoon of crushed seeds has long been used as a form of natural birth control; its use for this...
  • Species: carota
  • Genus: Daucus
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Botanical Name: Daucus carota
California
Downey
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen. * The juice of the plant, when used as a friction, is said to have a stimulating action against baldness.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 31,780
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: lappa
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: Greater Burdock
California
Downey
White Sweet Spanish Onion Allium cepa   White Sweet Spanish
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.
  • Common Name: White Sweet Spanish Onion
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 111
  • Botanical Name: Allium cepa White Sweet Spanish
  • Species: cepa
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Germination: 84%
California
Downey
Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis
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* Hesperis matronalis grows 100 cm or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. * The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 177,060
  • Common Name: Dames Rocket
  • Collection Locale: OR
  • Botanical Name: Hesperis matronalis
  • Quantity: 3.02 lb
  • Species: matronalis
California
Downey
Foxglove, Purple Foxglove, Common Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Cultivated forms often show flowers completely surrounding the central spike, in contrast to the wild form, where the flowers only appear on one side. * Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the...
  • Genus: Digitalis
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Collection Locale: Ithaca NY
  • Crop Year: 1994
California
Downey
Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions, hypothermia, coma, and possibly death. * The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats.
  • Purity: 90%
  • Family: Campanulaceae
  • Species: inflata
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,000,000
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 556
California
Downey
Table King  Squash, Acorn Squash Cucurbita pepo   Table King
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested. * Although considered a "winter" squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all "summer" squashes (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash).
  • Common Name: Table King Squash, Acorn Squash
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
  • Crop Year: 1994
  • Family: Cucurbitaceae
  • Quantity: 12.59 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
California
Downey
Chinese Violet Cress, February Orchid Orychophragmus violaceus
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.
  • Height: 1 foot
  • Genus: Orychophragmus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 521
  • Botanical Name: Orychophragmus violaceus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 243,356
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
California
Downey
Tree Mallow, Tree Lavatera, Gay Mallow Lavatera thuringiaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia...
  • Crop Year: 1994
  • Purity: 90%
  • Botanical Name: Lavatera thuringiaca
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 118
California
Downey
Rusty Foxglove Digitalis ferruginea
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Rusty Foxglove
  • Seeds Per Pound: 567,500
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Quantity: 0.13 lb
California
Downey
Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 3
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: serpentaria
  • Family: Aristolochiaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot
California
Downey
White Sweet Spanish Onion Allium cepa   White Sweet Spanish
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.
  • Cultivar: White Sweet Spanish
  • Germination: 84%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Species: cepa
  • Quantity: 0.93 lb
  • Family: Liliaceae
California
Downey
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
Price : CALL

Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.
  • Genus: Agave
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
  • Botanical Name: Agave utahensis
California
Downey
Golden Clematis Clematis tangutica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This Clematis is very fast growing and will cover an area quickly with beautiful yellow flowers that last most of the season.
  • Botanical Name: Clematis tangutica winged
  • Purity: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.34 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 1996
  • Genus: Clematis
California
Downey
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year.
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Seeds Per Pound: 453,092
  • Cultivar: Single Mix
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Common Name: Sweet William
California
Downey
Lemon Cucumber Cucumis sativus   Lemon
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Family: Cucurbitaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Cucumis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 69
  • Crop Year: 2016
California
Downey
Greater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Celandine Chelidonium majus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Each has an elaiosome , which attracts ants to disperse the seeds ( myrmecochory ). * Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high. * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds...
  • Genus: Chelidonium
  • Botanical Name: Chelidonium majus
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Greater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Celandine
  • Seeds Per Pound: 444,920
  • Species: majus
California
Downey
Chinese Astilbe Astilbe chinensis
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The flowers are purple, borne in summer. * Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Genus: Astilbe
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 642
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Quantity: 0.12 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,500,080
California
Downey
Candlestick Lily Lilium pensylvanicum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. The flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center.
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Species: pensylvanicum
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Botanical Name: Lilium pensylvanicum
  • Common Name: Candlestick Lily
  • Seeds Per Pound: 93,070
California
Downey
Hosta, Blue Plantain Lily, Blue Hosta Hosta ventricosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread.
  • Botanical Name: Hosta ventricosa
  • Quantity: 1.12 lb
  • Height: 2 feet
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Common Name: Hosta, Blue Plantain Lily, Blue Hosta
  • Lot#: 9701
California
Downey