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Christmasbush, Rambling Senna, Money Bush, Yellow Candlewood Senna bicapsularis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The golden yellow flowers are truly fantastic to look at and they attract butterflies, especially the Sulphurs of all types. And that is the entire reason for planting it. Seeds can be collected and used for propagation.
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Botanical Name: Senna bicapsularis
  • Quantity: 0.26 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: bicapsularis
Illinois
Chicago
Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum ). * Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 113,500
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: xylosteum
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • Quantity: 0.24 lb
  • Botanical Name: Lonicera xylosteum
Illinois
Chicago
Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Grows so thick, it chokes out even persistent weeds and requires no mowing or care. Plant 2' apart. To cover steep slopes, poor soil trouble areas, stream or pond banks where erosion control is needed, there's no better and prettier ground cover to use...
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Max Height (feet): 12-24"
  • Genus: Coronilla varia
  • Colors: Pink
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
Illinois
Chicago
Golden Shower Cassia fistula
Price : CALL

The fruit pulp is considered a purgative, and self-medication or any use without medical supervision is strongly advised against in Ayurvedic texts. * In Ayurvedic medicine, the golden shower tree is known as aragvadha, meaning "disease killer".
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Botanical Name: Cassia fistula
  • Common Name: Golden Shower
  • Genus: Cassia
Illinois
Chicago
Cocky\'s Tongue Templetonia retusa
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. They are native to Australia. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Genus: Templetonia
  • Botanical Name: Templetonia retusa
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Height: 3-7 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Pink Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 4.29 USD / each

This variety is vigorous and dense-growing. Quite hardy and disease resistant. It is quite hardy, disease-resistant, and gives year round beauty. In mid-May it bursts into a mass of dashing pink flowers with deep golden stamens.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Genus: Lonicera tatarica
  • Colors: Pink
  • Zones: 4-9
  • Spread: 6-8'
Illinois
Chicago
Arizona Sun Dwarf Gaillardia
Prices start at : 6.49 USD / each

Deer resistant. For a rain garden. Highly drought tolerant. Attracts butterflies. Plant 10'' apart in full to part sun. Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Max Height (feet): 12-16"
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Zones: 3-9
Illinois
Chicago
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Western Redbud, California Redbud Cercis occidentalis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Cercis orbiculata Greene) is a small tree or shrub in the legume family. The bark provides a faint reddish dye for the finished basketry. * The showy flowers are bright pink or magenta, and grow in clusters all over the shrub, making the plant very colorful...
  • Height: 14 feet
  • Genus: Cercis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,819
  • Common Name: Western Redbud, California Redbud
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2017
Illinois
Chicago
Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through fall. These hardy plants are welcome in any landscape. Rose of Sharon Hedge is a practical, lovely frame for your landscape.
  • Colors: Lavender, Pink, Red, White
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 5-10'
Illinois
Chicago
Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium     - Achillea lanulosa    , Achillea millefolium occidentalis   , Achillea occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 2.36 lb
  • Species: millefolium
  • Genus: Achillea
  • Botanical Name: Achillea millefolium
Illinois
Chicago
Perennial Collection
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.
  • Genus: Echinacea purpurea & Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Colors: Black, Pink, Yellow
  • Max Height (feet): 3
Illinois
Chicago
Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.
  • Botanical Name: Echinops ritro
  • Germination: 91%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
  • Common Name: Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Species: ritro
Illinois
Chicago
Greek Oregano Origanum vulgare  Hirtum
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

This plant has a low, creeping growth habit with foliage usually not exceeding 6-8" in height, and produces highly aromatic, flavorful, dark green leaves which are commonly used in cooking as a seasoning.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 175
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Lot#: 010560
  • Common Name: Greek Oregano
  • Germination: 80%
Illinois
Chicago
False Indigo, Desert False Indigo, Bastard Indigobush Amorpha fruticosa
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil. * It is found throughout eastern Canada, northern Mexico, and most of the continental United States.
  • Lot#: 060110
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 13.2 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 74
  • Seeds Per Pound: 37,282
  • Genus: Amorpha
Illinois
Chicago
Rape, Dwarf Essex Rape Brassica napus   Dwarf Essex
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves are also fermented for later use. Added to salads or used as a potherb. Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively.
  • Botanical Name: Brassica napus Dwarf Essex
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Quantity: 1.41 lb
  • Collection Locale: Idaho
  • Seeds Per Pound: 110,776
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 227
Illinois
Chicago
Garden Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

A nutritional analysis is available. * Thymus vulgaris or Common Thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers...
  • Genus: Thymus
  • Species: vulgaris
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Common Name: Garden Thyme
  • Height: 6-15 inches
Illinois
Chicago
Pecan Carya illinoinensis  commercial varieties
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The pecan (pronounced /p??k??n/ , /p??kaen/ , or /?pi?kaen/ ), Carya illinoinensis or illinoensis , is a species of hickory , native to south-central North America , in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz , in the United States from southern...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80
  • Collection Locale: Tennessee
  • Common Name: Pecan
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Carya
Illinois
Chicago
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
Illinois
Chicago
Caspian Locust, Persian Honey Locust Gleditsia caspia     - Gleditsia caspica
Price : CALL

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia caspia
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: caspia
Illinois
Chicago
Scrub Oak Quercus berberidifolia     - Quercus dumosa  f. berberidifolia
Price : CALL

* The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section. * In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can...
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Botanical Name: Quercus berberidifolia
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
Illinois
Chicago
Beefwood, River Sheoak, River Oak, Creek Oak, River Oak Casuarina, Kasa, Australian Pine Casuarina cunninghamiana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Gold, green and grey dyes are obtained from the leaves. * Casuarina cunninghamiana - River Oak , River She-oak , Creek Oak or Fire Oak is a species of Casuarina , native to New South Wales and Queensland , Australia .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 390,440
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 77%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 321
  • Family: Casuarinaceae
  • Purity: 97%
Illinois
Chicago
Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified dentate, pinnately lobed margin; they give off a sweet odor, especially when crushed.
  • Collection Locale: Wisconsin
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Comptonia peregrina
  • Crop Year: 2018
Illinois
Chicago
Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Prices start at : 9.50 USD / 10 g

Its use has also been adopted by Ayurvedic medicine. * It is also grown as an ornamental plant , and numerous cultivars have been developed for flower quality and plant form. Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always purple.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 109
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Quantity: 7.52 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
Illinois
Chicago
Chickasaw Plum, Sand Plum, Sandhill Plum Prunus angustifolia
Price : CALL

* This plum is eaten fresh and made into jellies and preserves. * Because of its attractive bark, small leaves and thin branches, Chickasaw plum is also sometimes used for bonsai. * The fruit is eaten by various animals.
  • Botanical Name: Prunus angustifolia
  • Height: 12-36 feet
  • Species: angustifolia
  • Family: Rosaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry Callicarpa dichotoma
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lavender flowers from June until August, followed by violet fruits in October; extremely attractive, smaller than C. This species can be found in China and Japan. The fruit provides food for wild life.
  • Genus: Callicarpa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa dichotoma
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination: 71%
Illinois
Chicago
Scorpion Senna Hippocrepis emerus     - Coronilla emerus
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: emerus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 71,732
  • Crop Year: 2014
Illinois
Chicago