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Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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* Seed - surface sow in a light position, April in a warm greenhouse. * Agave utahensis is a species of agave known by the common name Utah agave. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Height: 3-12 feet
  • Species: utahensis
North Carolina
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Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus quadrangulata
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 91%
North Carolina
Cary
Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress Cupressus lusitanica     - Cupressus lindleyi
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* Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White Cedar , is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America ( Guatemala , El Salvador and...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Common Name: Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress
  • Species: lusitanica
North Carolina
Cary
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall.
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Germination: 50%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Common Name: Utah Juniper
  • Height: 30-40 feet
North Carolina
Cary
Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma     - Juniperus utahensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall.
  • Germination: 50%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 5.05 lb
  • Crop Year: 2012
North Carolina
Cary
Mexican Buckeye Ungnadia speciosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mexican-buckeye, an 8-12 ft., deciduous tree, can reach 30 ft. Leaves up to 12 inches long, with a central axis supporting 2 to 6 paired leaflets and a terminal one; leaflets up to 5 inches long, ovate to narrower with an elongate tip, rounded base,...
  • Height: 10-20 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Lot#: 070211
  • Species: speciosa
  • Germination: 98%
North Carolina
Cary
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Species: heldreichii
  • Common Name: Balkan Maple
  • Purity: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.43 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,587
North Carolina
Cary
Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut Castanea sativa
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* This tree responds very well to coppicing, which is still practised in Britain, and produces a good crop of tannin-rich wood every 12 to 30 years, depending on intended use and local growth rate.
  • Genus: Castanea
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: sativa
  • Common Name: Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut
North Carolina
Cary
Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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. It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Species: leiophylla
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Germination: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Height: 70-100 feet
North Carolina
Cary
Japanese Black Pine Pinus thunbergii    China - Pinus thunbergiana    China
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles. * Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree. Needles tend to be quite long but can be reduced with the pruning techniques.
  • Species: thunbergii
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 49
  • Height: 120 feet
  • Germination: 83%
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Crop Year: 2017
North Carolina
Cary
European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis     - Phoenix humilis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 500
  • Botanical Name: Chamaerops humilis
  • Genus: Chamaerops
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
North Carolina
Cary
Sonoran Scrub Oak Quercus turbinella
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* Quercus turbinella is a species of oak known by the common names Sonoran scrub oak and shrub live oak . It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico...
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
  • Species: turbinella
  • Common Name: Sonoran Scrub Oak
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
North Carolina
Cary
Rose Moss Portulaca grandiflora
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

In Vietnam, it is called "hoa m??i gi?" meaning "ten o'clock flower", because the flower is usually in full bloom at 10:00 in the morning. It has many common names, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, moss rose, sun rose, rock rose, and...
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Botanical Name: Portulaca grandiflora
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 713
  • Height: 6 in.
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
North Carolina
Cary
American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards .
  • Botanical Name: Callicarpa americana
  • Quantity: 0.74 lb
  • Species: americana
  • Collection Locale: LA
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Crop Year: 2016
North Carolina
Cary
Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used as a houseplant and conservatory tree in colder climates. * Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized coniferous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter.
  • Common Name: Mourning Cypress
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 83%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
North Carolina
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Siberian Elm, Chinese Elm, Asiatic Elm, Dwarf Elm Ulmus pumila
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may be brittle and susceptible to ice and snow damage; resistant to Dutch elm disease, and so used by breeders; drought tolerant, used...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 59
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Seeds Per Pound: 82,700
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Purity: 97%
North Carolina
Cary
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
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The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Family: Cornaceae
North Carolina
Cary
Saguaro, Giant Saguaro Carnegiea gigantea
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Each fruit contains around 2,000 seeds plus sweet fleshy connective tissue. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican State of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains and Imperial County areas of California.
  • Quantity: 0.03 lb
  • Genus: Carnegiea
  • Height: 60-70 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 299,640
  • Germination: 40%
North Carolina
Cary
European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris  Double Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. The seed can be slow to germinate.
  • Common Name: European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine
  • Seeds Per Pound: 270,130
  • Purity: 98%
  • Variety: Double Mix
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
North Carolina
Cary
Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Pallida is similar to E. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing...
  • Common Name: Pale Purple Coneflower
  • Seeds Per Pound: 87,168
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: pallida
  • Botanical Name: Echinacea pallida
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
North Carolina
Cary
Fortune Fontanesia, Chinese False Privet  Fontanesia fortunei     - Fontanesia phillyreoides fortunei
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: fortunei
  • Genus: Fontanesia
  • Purity: 96%
  • Lot#: 9701
North Carolina
Cary
Spanish Fir Abies pinsapo
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Growing up to 25-30m high and up to 1m in diameter. * Can tolerate dry and warm sites, can grow on various types of soil. * The cones are cylindrical, 9-18 cm long, greenish-pink to purple before maturity.
  • Botanical Name: Abies pinsapo
  • Quantity: 0.13 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,201
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Family: PINACEAE
North Carolina
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Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * Native to India and China.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Genus: Bauhinia
  • Height: 20-40 feet
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Common Name: Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
North Carolina
Cary
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

(Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent.
  • Common Name: Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Gleditsia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia sinensis
  • Height: 30-40 feet
North Carolina
Cary
Niagara Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii   Niagara
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) . * Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Purity: 92%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Collection Locale: PA
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 290
North Carolina
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Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It requires a minimum of 140 days from planting to harvest. * Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.
  • Species: hirsutum
  • Common Name: Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 14.29 lb
  • Germination: 80%
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Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Rio Lurin   - Echinopsis peruviana  Rio Lurin
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today it is still used by Curanderos (medicine men) of northern Peru. * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain...
  • Species: peruvianus
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Botanical Name: Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin
North Carolina
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