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Feather Fingergrass, Feather Finger Grass Chloris virgata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is an annual grass growing up to about half a meter in maximum height. It is known in some areas as a weed, for example, in alfalfa fields in the southwestern United States.
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 330
  • Genus: Chloris
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Feather Fingergrass, Feather Finger Grass
New York
Locke
Feather Fingergrass, Feather Finger Grass Chloris virgata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is an annual grass growing up to about half a meter in maximum height. It is known in some areas as a weed, for example, in alfalfa fields in the southwestern United States.
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Common Name: Feather Fingergrass, Feather Finger Grass
New York
Locke
Physocarpus Summer Wine
Prices start at : 47.95 USD / 3 GAL

Fall is the time for Physocarpus to begin preparing for dormancy. Also, plants with insufficient amounts of Phosphorus may have poorer root systems. Since an organic method of applying manure and/or compost around the roots, produces excellent results...
Maryland
Bowie
Physocarpus Diablo
Prices start at : 47.95 USD / 3 GAL

When roots are burned, the first sign is often scorched looking leaves. Like the species, it is an upright, spreading, somewhat coarse, deciduous shrub which is closely related to genus .
Maryland
Bowie
Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort Artemisia stelleriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. Established plants are drought tolerant. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.
  • Height: 12-18 inches
  • Seeds Per Pound: 953,400
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Germination: 77%
  • Botanical Name: Artemisia stelleriana
  • Species: stelleriana
New York
Locke
Yellow Indiangrass, Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans  Holt   - Sorghastrum avenaceum  Holt
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It was one of the dominant grasses of the tallgrass prairie which once covered large parts of the Midwest. Panicles darken to bronze/chestnut brown in fall as they mature, later fading to gray.
  • Quantity: 4.37 lb
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Collection Locale: Nebraska
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Sorghastrum nutans Holt
New York
Locke
Yellow Indiangrass, Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans  Holt   - Sorghastrum avenaceum  Holt
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It was one of the dominant grasses of the tallgrass prairie which once covered large parts of the Midwest. Panicles darken to bronze/chestnut brown in fall as they mature, later fading to gray.
  • Variety: Holt
  • Seeds Per Pound: 178,422
  • Quantity: 4.37 lb
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 351
New York
Locke
Dustymiller Sagewort, Beach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty Miller, Artemisia, Sagewort Artemisia stelleriana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. Established plants are drought tolerant. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 80
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Crop Year: 2008
New York
Locke
Guide To Groundcover Spacing – How Far To Plant Spreading Plants Apart
While English ivy is beautiful year round and fills in fairly quickly, it is extremely aggressive and is considered a noxious weed in certain areas, including the Pacific Northwest.
Ohio
Willoughby
Planting Between Pavers – Using Ground Covers Around Pavers
Using plants between pavers softens the look of your pathway or patio and keeps weeds from filling in bare spaces. It is sometimes sold as Scottish moss.. Using plants that spread to fill the space around them make growing plants between pavers easier.
Ohio
Willoughby
Low Growing Plants To Plant Along Or In A Walkway
Above all, they must be low growing plants.Here are several low growing grasses and ground cover plants that meet these requirements:freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });While these hardy low garden plants...
Ohio
Willoughby
Ground Cover Plants: Tips For Planting Ground Covers Under A Tree
Dig the soil inside the circle and remove all the grass and weeds growing inside.Use a trowel to dig individual holes for planting the ground cover plants. Lay a hose on the ground to indicate the size of the bed, or mark the grass with spray paint.
Ohio
Willoughby
Crown Vetch Coronilla varia     - Securigara varia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. * Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 136,512
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Coronilla varia
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Common Name: Crown Vetch
  • Crop Year: 2018
New York
Locke
Crown Vetch Coronilla varia     - Securigara varia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. * Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing...
  • Germination: 83%
  • Collection Locale: Wyoming
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Family: LEGUMINOSAE
  • Common Name: Crown Vetch
  • Seeds Per Pound: 136,512
New York
Locke
Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter. * It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: testacea
  • Common Name: Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass
  • Genus: Carex
  • Germination: 40%
  • Botanical Name: Carex testacea
New York
Locke
Running-postman, Scarlet Runner Kennedia prostrata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges Scarlet pea flowers are...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Kennedia prostrata
  • Genus: Kennedia
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
  • Purity: 99%
New York
Locke
Running-postman, Scarlet Runner Kennedia prostrata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges Scarlet pea flowers are...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
  • Genus: Kennedia
  • Botanical Name: Kennedia prostrata
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Species: prostrata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
New York
Locke
Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter. * It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination: 40%
New York
Locke
A Visit to Southern California (and Lots of Cool Plants!)
I learned quite a bit about making the most from what you have and that gardeners can create stunning beauty with whatever will grow in their climate. First and foremost is freezing temperatures.
California
El Segundo
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. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way.
  • Species: ventricosa
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Seeds Per Pound: 88,984
  • Quantity: 1.12 lb
  • Height: 2 feet
  • Collection Locale: NY
New York
Locke
False Spirea, False Spiraea Sorbaria sorbifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

They hold their fragrance for a considerable time. Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches. * Grown for its big fluffy creamy-white masses of flowers atop upright stems; rather coarse, and suckers to quickly form colonies, so perhaps...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Botanical Name: Sorbaria sorbifolia
  • Crop Year: 2016
New York
Locke
Creeping Thyme , Breckland Thyme Thymus serpyllum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white, all 4–6 mm long and produced in clusters. It may also be used to replace a bluegrass lawn to xeriscape low to moderate foot traffic areas due to its tolerance for...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Thymus serpyllum
  • Quantity: 2.17 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,305,927
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Crop Year: 2017
New York
Locke
False Spirea, False Spiraea Sorbaria sorbifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

They hold their fragrance for a considerable time. Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches. * Grown for its big fluffy creamy-white masses of flowers atop upright stems; rather coarse, and suckers to quickly form colonies, so perhaps...
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Sorbaria sorbifolia
  • Common Name: False Spirea, False Spiraea
  • Genus: Sorbaria
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
New York
Locke
Creeping Thyme , Breckland Thyme Thymus serpyllum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white, all 4–6 mm long and produced in clusters. It may also be used to replace a bluegrass lawn to xeriscape low to moderate foot traffic areas due to its tolerance for...
  • Botanical Name: Thymus serpyllum
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1313
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: LABIATAE
New York
Locke
Physocarpus Tiny Wine
Prices start at : 47.95 USD / 3 GAL

Physocarpus Tiny Wine is more compact plant, with small, refined leaves. The bronze-maroon foliage is colorful all season, and creates a wonderful backdrop for the white flowers in late spring.
Maryland
Bowie
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. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way.
  • Genus: Hosta
  • Seeds Per Pound: 88,984
  • Purity: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 83%
  • Quantity: 1.12 lb
New York
Locke
Yellowroot, a unique native shrub (Xanthorhiza simplicissima)
Thesearch and mapping tool showed me that I can find yellow root in their Fern Valley native plant collection. National Arboretum website. Possibly yellow root is not as happy in my coastal plain soil as it is in more landlocked forests.
California
El Segundo