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Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket Flower, American Starthistle, American Basketflower, Sweet Sultan, Shaving Brush Centaurea americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 34,958
  • Botanical Name: Centaurea americana
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Species: americana
  • Common Name: Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket Flower, American Starthistle, American Basketflower, Sweet Sultan, Shaving Brush
Florida
Gainesville
Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild.
  • Botanical Name: Aristolochia serpentaria
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: serpentaria
  • Germination: 23%
  • Common Name: Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot
  • Quantity: 0.00507 lb
Florida
Gainesville
Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Species: ptarmica
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Purity: 98%
Florida
Gainesville
Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Stipules semicordate, large, herbaceous, margin sharply doubly serrate; petiole pubescent or subglabrous; leaf blade pinnate, with 2 pairs of lateral leaflets, abaxially densely white tomentose, sparsely pubescent, or glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent...
  • Height: 36-48 inches
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Filipendula
  • Botanical Name: Filipendula palmata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 998,800
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
Florida
Gainesville
Milkweed, Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It grows in sandy soils and appreciates lots of sunlight. This species is native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains , excluding the drier parts of the Prairies . * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked.
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Germination: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 77,634
  • Common Name: Milkweed, Common Milkweed
  • Genus: Asclepias
Florida
Gainesville
Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud Cercis glabra     - Cercis funiushanensis    , Cercis pubescens    , Cercis yunnanensis
Price : CALL

Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Height: 15-30 feet
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE
  • Common Name: Chinese Redbud, Smooth Redbud, Yunnan Redbud
Florida
Gainesville
Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Species: xylosteum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Florida
Gainesville
Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera     - Ratibida columnaris
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North America .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Collection Locale: TX
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 216
  • Species: columnifera
  • Botanical Name: Ratibida columnifera
Florida
Gainesville
Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 880
  • Species: barbatus
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Dianthus
  • Botanical Name: Dianthus barbatus Single Mix
Florida
Gainesville
Chinese Flowering Quince, Flowering Quince Chaenomeles speciosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The flowering quince, with flowers of red, scarlet, pink, white, and variations thereof, in spring; fruits used in cooking; native to China. It is in flower from Feb to June, and the seeds ripen in October.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,718
  • Botanical Name: Chaenomeles speciosa
  • Crop Year: 2007
  • Species: speciosa
  • Quantity: 0.12 lb
Florida
Gainesville
Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A poultice of the chewed leaves has been used to alleviate the pain of bee stings. * Mostly solitary rose-pink flowers, 1 1/2-2 1/2'; round hips to about 1", bright red; native to the Rocky Mountains, California to Alaska.
  • Collection Locale: Montana
  • Species: nutkana
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Genus: Rosa
  • Height: 6-8 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 32,234
Florida
Gainesville
Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever,...
  • Genus: Leonotis
  • Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia
  • Species: nepetifolia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 335
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Family: Lamiaceae
Florida
Gainesville
Hungarian Lilac Syringa josikaea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine . * A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming.
  • Botanical Name: Syringa josikaea
  • Quantity: 4.06 lb
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 6-12 feet
Florida
Gainesville
Yellow Cone Flower, Bush\'s Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. * The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown. The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate.
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Purity: 97%
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Germination: 91%
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Height: 2-3 feet
Florida
Gainesville
Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This plant grows in prairies, on the margins of woods, and on roadsides. * The yellow rays (petals) droop downward and are arranged around a grayish-brown cone. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Genus: Ratibida
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 460
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Seeds Per Pound: 463,080
Florida
Gainesville
Yellow Cone Flower, Bush\'s Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. * The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown. The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate.
  • Genus: Echinacea
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Botanical Name: Echinacea paradoxa
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Species: paradoxa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
Florida
Gainesville
Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage Salvia coccinea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The naturalized variety is typically tubular, bright red, about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) long. Flower color and size is quite variable. Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet, and include bi-colored varieties.
  • Quantity: 0.85 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 394,240
  • Species: coccinea
  • Germination: 82%
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Botanical Name: Salvia coccinea
Florida
Gainesville
Catnip, Catmint, Catswort Nepeta cataria
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The 2 to 3 inch leaves are ovate to cordate, opposite, and coarsely toothed, they are covered with soft, white fuzz. Older leaves areused as a flavouring in cooked foods. The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have...
  • Quantity: 158.3 lb
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Botanical Name: Nepeta cataria
  • Species: cataria
  • Collection Locale: France
  • Seeds Per Pound: 762,720
Florida
Gainesville
Wolf\'s Lilac Syringa wolfii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Petiole 1-3 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade elliptic-oblong, elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 3.5-12(-18) 1.5-7(-10) cm, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, abaxially villous, base cuneate to subrounded, apex usually acute to acuminate.
  • Species: wolfii
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Lot#: 9301
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Germination: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 35,000
Florida
Gainesville
Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina  duriuscula
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Festuca
  • Common Name: Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
  • Germination: 80%
  • Family: Poaceae
Florida
Gainesville
Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Hybrid Mix
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / 1 Pkt. (100 seeds)

The seeds in this hybrid mix will produce hardy butterfly bushes that bloom their first year in purple, white, lavender or pink. Also called "summer lilacs", these butterfly bushes have a long blooming season (August into September), need little care...
  • Resistant To: Deer
  • Sun: Full Sun
  • Height: 72-96 inches
  • Planting Time: Spring
  • Zone: 5-9
  • Genus: Buddleia
Florida
Gainesville
Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Monarda didyma (crimson beebalm, scarlet beebalm, scarlet monarda, Oswego tea, or bergamot) is an aromatic herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to eastern North America from Maine west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Georgia.
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 122
  • Common Name: Scarlet Beebalm
  • Collection Locale: Netherlands
Florida
Gainesville
Drumstick Primrose, Drumstick Primula Primula denticulata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China . However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range.
  • Common Name: Drumstick Primrose, Drumstick Primula
  • Lot#: 000059
  • Family: PRIMULACEAE
  • Species: denticulata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,500,000
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
Florida
Gainesville
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer.
  • Common Name: Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Quantity: 1.97 lb
  • Purity: 99%
Florida
Gainesville
Annual Honesty, Money Plant Lunaria annua     - Lunaria biennis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

In South-East Asia and elsewhere, it is called the Money Plant, because its seed pods have the appearance of silver coins. It has large, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations.
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Annual Honesty, Money Plant
  • Germination: 91%
  • Lot#: 050950
Florida
Gainesville
California Yerba Santa, Mountain Balm, Consumptive Weed, Bear Weed Eriodictyon californicum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The smaller branches and foliage are coated in a sticky resin and are often dusted with black fungi, Heterosporium californicum. America where it is considered to be especially useful as an expectorant.
  • Genus: Eriodictyon
  • Collection Locale: CA
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination: 40%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: California Yerba Santa, Mountain Balm, Consumptive Weed, Bear Weed
Florida
Gainesville
Traveller\'s Joy, Evergreen Clematis, Old-man\'s Beard Clematis vitalba
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The boiled roots and stems are used as a cure for the itch. * Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems , deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals .
  • Species: vitalba
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Genus: Clematis
Florida
Gainesville