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Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Botanical Name: Canavalia pubescens
  • Common Name: Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination: 90%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
Massachusetts
Boston
Loquat Eriobotrya japonica
Price : CALL

* The fruits are the sweetest when soft and orange. * The fruit has a slightly acid, sweet aromatic flavour, they can be eaten out of hand or cooked in pies, sauces, jellies etc. * It is an evergreen large shrub or small tree , with a rounded crown, short...
  • Botanical Name: Eriobotrya japonica
  • Species: japonica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Eriobotrya
Massachusetts
Boston
Common Myrtle Myrtus communis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. * Myrtle in a wedding bouquet is a general European custom.
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 63
  • Seeds Per Pound: 59,020
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.24 lb
Massachusetts
Boston
Chilghoza Pine, Chilgoza Nut Pine, Geralds\'s Nut Pine, Nepal Nut Pine Pinus gerardiana
Price : CALL

Rich in oil, they have a pleasant flavour with a hint of resin and can be used as a staple food. * Flaky bark, 4" blue-green needles, 9" cones; edible seed; native to Himalayas. * Pinus gerardiana , known as the Chilgoza Pine (Urdu: in Persian it means...
  • Botanical Name: Pinus gerardiana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Common Name: Chilghoza Pine, Chilgoza Nut Pine, Geralds's Nut Pine, Nepal Nut Pine
  • Genus: Pinus
Massachusetts
Boston
Jojoba, Pignut, Goat Nut, Deer Nut, Wild Hazel, Quinine Nut, Coffeeberry, Grey Box Bush Simmondsia chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Jojoba foliage provides year-round food opportunity for many animals, including deer , javelina , bighorn sheep , and livestock. The leaves are opposite, oval in shape, 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.6 in) long and 1.5–3 centimetres (0.59–1.2 in) broad,...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 685
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Botanical Name: Simmondsia chinensis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Common Name: Jojoba, Pignut, Goat Nut, Deer Nut, Wild Hazel, Quinine Nut, Coffeeberry, Grey Box Bush
  • Species: chinensis
Massachusetts
Boston
Buffel Grass, African Foxtail Grass Cenchrus ciliaris
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia. * It was introduced in the 1930s into Arizona, United States, to provide grazing.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 189,167
  • Quantity: 0.00798 lb
  • Botanical Name: Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
Massachusetts
Boston
Nana Heavenly Bamboo, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo Nandina domestica   Nana
Price : CALL

This varient will grow to 3 feet tall. * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive...
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Species: domestica
  • Genus: Nandina
  • Common Name: Nana Heavenly Bamboo, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo
Massachusetts
Boston
Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon Pinus maximartinezii
Price : CALL

* A very attractive tree. In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds. * Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)!
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Species: maximartinezii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Height: 20-45 feet
Massachusetts
Boston
Tamarugo Prosopis tamarugo
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This bushy tree apparently grows without the benefit of rainfall, and obtains some water from dew . It is only found in northern Chile , particularly in the Pampa del Tamarugal , some 70 km (43 mi) east of the city of Iquique .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 53,572
  • Crop Year: 1998
  • Quantity: 0.03 lb
  • Common Name: Tamarugo
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Purity: 98%
Massachusetts
Boston
Montezuma Baldcypress, Montezuma Bald Cypress Taxodium huegelii     - Taxodium mucronatum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Unlike Bald Cypress and Pond Cypress , Montezuma Cypress rarely produces cypress knees from the roots . Trees from the Mexican highlands achieve a notable stoutness. It is a large evergreen or semi-evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall and with...
  • Quantity: 2.03 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Germination: 59%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Species: huegelii
Massachusetts
Boston
Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia. * A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. * A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,146
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Germination: 97%
Massachusetts
Boston
Shell Leaf Penstemon, Large Beard-tongue, Large Beardtongue, Large Beard Tongue Penstemon grandiflorus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.
  • Height: 2ft
  • Seeds Per Pound: 172,520
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae
  • Quantity: 3.83 lb
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 332
Massachusetts
Boston
Cider Gum Eucalyptus gunnii
Price : CALL

A tapped trunk yields up to ½ litre a day. * Eucalyptus leaves are a traditional Aboriginal herbal remedy. The essential oil found in the leaves is a powerful antiseptic and is used all over the world for relieving coughs and colds, sore throats and...
  • Species: gunnii
  • Genus: Eucalyptus
  • Botanical Name: Eucalyptus gunnii
  • Family: Myrtaceae
Massachusetts
Boston
Mountain Mahogany, Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The species is considered to be long lived. * Bunches of the tied stems have been used as rough brooms. * Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae known by may common names (see below) including mountain mahogany...
  • Genus: Cercocarpus
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 90%
  • Height: 10-12 feet
Massachusetts
Boston
Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also tolerant of dry, chalky soils with a high pH, salt tolerant, and drought tolerant at an established age. * Although research and data is limited, some identified compounds in this plant include thujone, miltirone, oxy-miltirone, tanshinones,...
  • Botanical Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia
  • Quantity: 0.00309 lb
  • Genus: Perovskia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Massachusetts
Boston
European Hackberry Celtis australis
Price : CALL

* A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region of southern France. * The flexible thin shoots are used as walking sticks.
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Species: australis
  • Common Name: European Hackberry
  • Botanical Name: Celtis australis
Massachusetts
Boston
Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage; shiny reddish brown bark exfoliates in scales; likes heat, drought, and full sun; best in dry western regions.
  • Common Name: Arizona Cypress
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: arizonica
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus arizonica
  • Genus: Cupressus
Massachusetts
Boston
Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Germination: 83%
Massachusetts
Boston
Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo Nandina domestica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive...
  • Botanical Name: Nandina domestica
  • Common Name: Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo
  • Species: domestica
  • Germination: 98%
  • Height: 8 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Massachusetts
Boston
Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties. * The wood of the Pinus leiophylla is hard, dense and strong. * Unlike virtually all members of this genus, trees of this species can be coppiced.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 70-100 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 98
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Massachusetts
Boston
Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Common Name: Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Species: dilatata
  • Collection Locale: Australia
Massachusetts
Boston
Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Can be grown as a hedge. Blooms on new growth. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Prune in early spring. Also tolerates some drought.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,286,960
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
  • Purity: 97%
  • Germination: 40%
Massachusetts
Boston
Jack Tree Sinojackia rehderiana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant for landscape design use in gardens. Obovate-elliptic to elliptic leaves (to 3 1/2" long) are glossy dark green. * The plant species is endemic to Southeast China in forest thicket habitats at 500–800...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination: 90%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 15-20ft
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Genus: Sinojackia
Massachusetts
Boston
Tickseed, Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flowered Tickseed, Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Botanical Name: Coreopsis grandiflora
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
Massachusetts
Boston
Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Can be grown as a hedge. Blooms on new growth. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Prune in early spring. Also tolerates some drought.
  • Genus: Hypericum
  • Purity: 97%
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: prolificum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
Massachusetts
Boston
Chinese Tallow Tree Sapium sebiferum     - Triadica sebifera
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The specific epithets sebifera and sebiferum mean "wax-bearing" and refer to the vegetable tallow that coats the seeds. * Triadica sebifera , also referred to as Sapium sebiferum , is commonly known as the Chinese tallow tree , Florida aspen and Gray...
  • Botanical Name: Sapium sebiferum dried berries
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,360
  • Species: sebiferum
  • Genus: Sapium
  • Germination: 83%
  • Purity: 99%
Massachusetts
Boston
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped...
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
  • Quantity: 1.69 lb
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Species: stans
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
Massachusetts
Boston