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English Primrose Primula vulgaris     - Primula acaulis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine. The common name is primrose , or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species also...
  • Height: 1ft
  • Species: vulgaris
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Botanical Name: Primula vulgaris
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Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis  forbesii   - Hesperocyparis forbesii    , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper limits of Coal Canyon and on Sierra Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains, burned in a 2006 wildfire.
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Common Name: Tecate Cypress
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: guadalupensis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Maackii Amur Honeysuckle, Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii
Price : CALL

* Lonicera maackii ( Amur Honeysuckle or Bush Honeysuckle ) is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to temperate Asia in northern and western China (south to Yunnan ), Mongolia , Japan (central and northern Honsh?
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 12-15 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lonicera maackii
  • Species: maackii
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Arizona Sun Dwarf Gaillardia
Prices start at : 6.49 USD / each

Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies. Highly drought tolerant. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal! Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow.
  • Max Height (feet): 12-16"
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Colors: Orange, Red, Yellow
  • Zones: 3-9
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Summer-sweet, Sweet Pepper Bush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Summer Sweet, Summersweet Clethra Clethra alnifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color; may expand by suckering to form colonies; likes moist soil.
  • Collection Locale: MA
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Species: alnifolia
  • Germination: 30%
  • Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia
  • Crop Year: 2002
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3-N-1 Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Great cut flower. Drought and deer resistant. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds. Butterfly Bush is a must for every late summer perennial garden.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Summer
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Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used as an insect repellent. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 135
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination: 71%
  • Botanical Name: Achillea ptarmica
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Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and...
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 335
  • Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion's Ear
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Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive compounds, especially monoterpenes , which may have...
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Genus: Tecoma
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
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Dwarf Josee Reblooming Lilac
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Shipped: potted. Attracts butterflies, fragrant, deer resistant, good for cutting. Josee can rebloom up to four times in a season with the most spectacular show in late spring. Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of Josee's lavender-pink flowers from May until...
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 4-5'
  • Colors: Pink
  • Zones: 2-9
  • Max Height (feet): 6
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Possum Haw, Possumhaw, Meadow Holly, Deciduous Holly, Swamp Holly Ilex decidua
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Drupe fruits are red (or rarely yellow), shiny, and globose (spherical, or nearly so), with a diameter of 4-8mm. Is less variable than other species of holly". Its "distinctive leaf shape...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Possum Haw, Possumhaw, Meadow Holly, Deciduous Holly, Swamp Holly
  • Quantity: 0.47 lb
  • Species: decidua
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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.
  • Botanical Name: Cercis glabra
  • Height: 15-30 feet
  • Species: glabra
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
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Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Grows so thick, it chokes out even persistent weeds and requires no mowing or care. Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. To cover steep slopes, poor soil trouble areas, stream or pond banks where erosion control...
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 24''
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Colors: Pink
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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.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Comptonia peregrina
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Family: Myricaceae
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Sweet William
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Sweet William is a popular favorite because this perennial has large clusters of small blooms that come in striking colors of red, pink, white, and bi-colors. Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 6-8"
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Dianthus barbatus
  • Spread: 12"
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Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides     - Catalpa syringifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fast-growing tree with an extensive root system, it has been planted on land that is subject to landslips or erosion in order to stabilize the soil. They are like Catnip for Catfish!
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: bignonioides
  • Quantity: 16.65 lb
  • Botanical Name: Catalpa bignonioides
  • Genus: Catalpa
  • Height: 50-60 feet
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Red Royal Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of butterflies and hummingbirds.Grows 4-8' tall and 4-5' wide. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply...
  • Colors: Red
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Spread: 4-5'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
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Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Plant 10-12” apart in full sun. Great for cut flowers. Once established requires little care. Masses of large, crimson-red, flowers from summer to fall! This exciting new variety has the same wonderfully compact, uniform growth habit as Arizona Sun...
  • Max Height (feet): 9-12"
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Genus: Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Red Shades'
  • Colors: Red
  • Zones: 3-10
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Christmasbush, Rambling Senna, Money Bush, Yellow Candlewood Senna bicapsularis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Slender brown pods that may be 6 inches long follow the blooms of Winter Cassia. Blooms are also attractive to bees. So, don't be surprised if a few butterfly larvae are found munching leaves.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Seeds Per Pound: 17,706
  • Botanical Name: Senna bicapsularis
  • Germination: 91%
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New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Toothed, broad-ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below. * Garden Uses Shrub borders or native plant gardens. Cylindrical clusters (1-2" long) of tiny, fragrant, white flowers (1/8") appear on long stalks at the stem ends...
  • Family: Rhamnaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 108,960
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 47
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Purity: 99%
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Betonyleaf Mistflower, Betonyleaf Thoroughwort, Padre Island Mistflower
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Many of these images were taken at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas to learn more about their great gardens, or to see hundreds of butterflies be sure to visit. Although this native perennial is somewhat drought resistant once well established...
  • Salt Tolerance: High to moderate soil salt tolerance.
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Grows To: 18-30"H x 24-36"W+
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10,11,(8B*,8A?)
  • Soil & Moisture: Well draining soils. May be drought somewhat resistant once well-established.
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European Bladdernut Staphylea pinnata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 95%
  • Genus: Staphylea
  • Quantity: 1 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
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Securinega SECURINEGA suffruticosa     - Flueggea suffruticosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill.
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Common Name: Securinega
  • Quantity: 0.11 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Species: suffruticosa
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Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to Europe and western Asia . Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer.
  • Common Name: Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle
  • Quantity: 0.86 lb
  • Species: ritro
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: Holland
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Cocky\'s Tongue Templetonia retusa
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

They are native to Australia. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring.
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: retusa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
  • Genus: Templetonia
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Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose Kerria japonica
Price : CALL

* Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves in summer; flowers in full shade, although it gets sloppy and gangly if not tended to, at least in the U.S. North; does well in the South; native to central and...
  • Botanical Name: Kerria japonica
  • Common Name: Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Genus: Kerria
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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
  • Species: rugosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Cornus
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