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Astilbe Fanal
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. We recommend feeding your Astilbe Fanal in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower...
Maryland
Bowie
Corkwood Leitneria floridana
Price : CALL

The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable. * Wood - very light, soft, close grained. This is one of the lightest known woods, it weighs about 12½lb per cubic foot, is lighter than cork and is used for floats etc.
  • Species: floridana
  • Common Name: Corkwood
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
  • Genus: Leitneria
New York
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Corkwood Leitneria floridana
Price : CALL

The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable. * Wood - very light, soft, close grained. This is one of the lightest known woods, it weighs about 12½lb per cubic foot, is lighter than cork and is used for floats etc.
  • Common Name: Corkwood
  • Family: Leitneriaceae
  • Species: floridana
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
New York
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Hosta Guacamole
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal

Small white flowers appear in a stalk above the plant for the duration of the summer. The broadly veined leaves sit up off the ground and gracefully arc towards the earth with bicolor beauty.
Maryland
Bowie
Heucherella Brass Lantern
Prices start at : 21.95 USD / 1 GAL

Brass Lantern produces a compact, basal mound (to 8″ tall) of large, rounded, lobed, long-petioled, glossy burnished bronze leaves. In cold winter climates, a winter mulch applied after the ground freezes will help prevent root heaving.
Maryland
Bowie
Hosta Sum and Substance
Prices start at : 21.95 USD / 1 Gal

It will also tolerate moist sand or clay soils, and will handle some drought once plants are established. This Hosta is a large, outstanding perennial with a big personality and brightly colored foliage.
Maryland
Bowie
Astilbe Snowdrift
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the astilbe plant to produce new foliage, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.
Maryland
Bowie
Hosta Patriot
Prices start at : 18.95 USD / 1 Gal

This variety features a mound of large, variegated, oval, which have deep green centers and wide irregular white margins. Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Hosta Patriot boasts strong white margin on dark green heart-shaped...
Maryland
Bowie
Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.
  • Collection Locale: OH
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
  • Common Name: Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet
New York
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Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.
  • Family: CLETHRACEAE
  • Purity: 60%
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Botanical Name: Clethra tomentosa
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 30%
New York
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White-berried Beautyberry Callicarpa japonica   Leucocarpa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). * They are popularly grown in gardens and parks. It is in flower in August, and the seeds ripen in October.
  • Quantity: 0.62 lb
  • Genus: Callicarpa
  • Species: japonica
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 38,136
  • Crop Year: 2014
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White-berried Beautyberry Callicarpa japonica   Leucocarpa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). * They are popularly grown in gardens and parks. It is in flower in August, and the seeds ripen in October.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Common Name: White-berried Beautyberry
  • Seeds Per Pound: 38,136
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa
New York
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Common Globeflower Trollius europaeus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. Prefers a moist heavy soil. Hardy to at least -20°c. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae .
  • Lot#: 9602
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Germination: 99%
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Quantity: 0.23 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 185
New York
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Common Globeflower Trollius europaeus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. Prefers a moist heavy soil. Hardy to at least -20°c. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae .
  • Botanical Name: Trollius europaeus
  • Germination: 99%
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Quantity: 0.23 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,711,580
New York
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Mountain Maple, Moosewood ACER spicatum
Price : CALL

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in August. * Sometimes called "Moosewood". * A species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland , and south to Pennsylvania.
  • Botanical Name: ACER spicatum
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: ACER
New York
Locke
Mountain Maple, Moosewood ACER spicatum
Price : CALL

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in August. * Sometimes called "Moosewood". * A species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland , and south to Pennsylvania.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: ACER
  • Species: spicatum
  • Botanical Name: ACER spicatum
New York
Locke
Hellebore Ivory Prince
Prices start at : 22.95 USD / 1 Gal

Outward-facing, cup-shaped, creamy white flowers (to 2-3” diameter) with overlapping petals bloom atop reddish stems from late winter to mid-spring (March to May in St. Louis). Bloom typically commences in mid to late winter extending into early spring.
Maryland
Bowie
Hellebore Royal Heritage
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 Gal

Nodding, cup-shaped, rose-like flowers (to 2″ diameter) with overlapping petals and center crowns of conspicuously contrasting yellow stamens appear in clusters (cymes) at the tips of leafy stems from early February through April.
Maryland
Bowie
Hellebore Pine Knot Series
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 Gal

Bloom typically commences in mid to late winter extending into early spring. Plants typically grow to 16” tall. Flowers appear at the tips of branched stems clad with evergreen dark green leaves which are divided into glossy, leathery, deeply-lobed,...
Maryland
Bowie
Devil\'s Club, Devilsclub Oplopanax horridus
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties.
  • Quantity: 0.13 lb
  • Botanical Name: Oplopanax horridus
  • Common Name: Devil's Club, Devilsclub
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Cascade Mountains, CA
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,410
New York
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Veitch Fir, Christmastree, Veitch\'s Silver Fir Abies veitchii
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is very shade-tolerant when young. * Native to Japan on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. * It lives in moist soils in cool wet mountain forests at elevations of 1500–2800 m.
  • Quantity: 1.61 lb
  • Species: veitchii
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 56
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Japan
New York
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Devil\'s Club, Devilsclub Oplopanax horridus
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties.
  • Genus: Oplopanax
  • Collection Locale: Cascade Mountains, CA
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Oplopanax horridus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Devil's Club, Devilsclub
New York
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Western Azalea Rhododendron occidentale
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . * Rhododendron occidentale ( Western Azalea ) is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,000,000
  • Botanical Name: Rhododendron occidentale
  • Collection Locale: CA 524 2000'
  • Crop Year: 1992
  • Lot#: 9201
New York
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White Alder, Sierra Alder Alnus rhombifolia
Price : CALL

Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. * Native to western North America , from Washington east to western Montana and south to California. White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal...
  • Species: rhombifolia
  • Height: 50-80 feet
  • Botanical Name: Alnus rhombifolia
  • Genus: Alnus
New York
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White Alder, Sierra Alder Alnus rhombifolia
Price : CALL

Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. * Native to western North America , from Washington east to western Montana and south to California. White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal...
  • Common Name: White Alder, Sierra Alder
  • Botanical Name: Alnus rhombifolia
  • Height: 50-80 feet
  • Genus: Alnus
New York
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Heartleaf Hornbeam Carpinus cordata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It typically grows 20-30' tall by 12-15' wide, but may reach 50' tall in its native habitat. Foliage produces no appreciable fall color. * Uncommonly cultivated, but nonetheless handsome, this 30-45' Asian hornbeam has relatively broad, deeply-veined...
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Crop Year: 2006
  • Quantity: 0.31 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Lot#: 060751
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
New York
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Heartleaf Hornbeam Carpinus cordata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It typically grows 20-30' tall by 12-15' wide, but may reach 50' tall in its native habitat. Foliage produces no appreciable fall color. * Uncommonly cultivated, but nonetheless handsome, this 30-45' Asian hornbeam has relatively broad, deeply-veined...
  • Species: cordata
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Common Name: Heartleaf Hornbeam
New York
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