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Piute Cypress Cupressus nevadensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Polkinghorn and to visit the grove she described (Abrams 1919). Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs. * Cupressus nevadensis is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic crown, growing to heights...
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus nevadensis
  • Common Name: Piute Cypress
  • Germination: 50%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Quantity: 0.35 lb
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
Illinois
Chicago
Piute Cypress Cupressus nevadensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Polkinghorn and to visit the grove she described (Abrams 1919). Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs. * Cupressus nevadensis is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic crown, growing to heights...
  • Height: 40-50 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 21
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus nevadensis
  • Species: nevadensis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 38,590
  • Common Name: Piute Cypress
Illinois
Chicago
Michoacan Pine, Pino blanco, Pino lacio, Pino prieto Pinus devoniana     - Pinus michoacana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pinus devoniana is closely related to Pinus montezumae (the Montezuma Pine). Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from 900 to 2500 m.
  • Botanical Name: Pinus devoniana
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Common Name: Michoacan Pine, Pino blanco, Pino lacio, Pino prieto
Illinois
Chicago
European Hackberry Celtis australis
Price : CALL

The tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013. * An excellent fuel. * The European nettle tree also known as European Hackberry or Lote tree ( Celtis australis ), is a deciduous tree that can grow 20 or 25 meters in height.
  • Common Name: European Hackberry
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Species: australis
Illinois
Chicago
Wild China, Wild China Tree Sapindus marginatus
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

It splits easily into thin strips and is often used in basket making. * The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. * An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small pendulous clusters to 8"; native to coastal...
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 4
  • Family: SAPINDACEAE
Illinois
Chicago
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It is also the largest D. Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: draco
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Height: 50-60 feet
Illinois
Chicago
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.
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,056
  • Common Name: Oriental Hornbeam
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination: 83%
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum prolificum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Prune in early spring. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Also tolerates some drought. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 562
  • Germination: 40%
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum
  • Genus: Hypericum
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Crop Year: 2015
Illinois
Chicago
Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress Cupressus lusitanica     - Cupressus lindleyi
Price : CALL

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude.
  • Species: lusitanica
  • Height: 120 feet
  • Genus: Cupressus
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus lusitanica
Illinois
Chicago
Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green,...
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Common Name: Blue Ash
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
Illinois
Chicago
Siberian Statice Limonium gmelinii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers.
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Seeds Per Pound: 800,000
  • Quantity: 1.11 lb
  • Common Name: Siberian Statice
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 67
Illinois
Chicago
Hamilton\'s Spindle Tree Euonymus maackii
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Its growth is quite variable under both cultivated and wild conditions. * This is one of the most common species in the genus. * Roots yield up to 6% gutta-percha, a non-elastic rubber used as an electrical insulator and in making plastics etc.
  • Common Name: Hamilton's Spindle Tree
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Crop Year: 2011
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Family: Celastraceae
  • Quantity: 1.01 lb
Illinois
Chicago
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. It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature. Worldwide, the figure is about 90% of all production for this species.
  • Species: hirsutum
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Genus: Gossypium
  • Botanical Name: Gossypium hirsutum
  • Quantity: 14.29 lb
  • Family: Malvaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Snowdrop Bush Styrax officinalis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Howard and Styrax officinalis subsp. * A deciduous shrub or small tree with 3/4" white drooping flowers in clusters of 3 to 8, from March-May; likes heat, summer drought, often growing on dry rocky slopes on limestone; 3" leaves; this variety is native...
  • Quantity: 0.6 lb
  • Common Name: Snowdrop Bush
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Genus: Styrax
  • Family: Styracaceae
  • Germination: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress Cupressus lusitanica     - Cupressus lindleyi
Price : CALL

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude.
  • Species: lusitanica
  • Height: 120 feet
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus lusitanica
  • Common Name: Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican White Cedar, Mexican Cypress
Illinois
Chicago
Five-lobed Chinese Maple, Marijuana Maple, Five Leaf Maple ACER pentaphyllum
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 packet

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Quantity: 0.66 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: ACER pentaphyllum
  • Crop Year: 2017
Illinois
Chicago
Snowdrop Bush Styrax officinalis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Howard and Styrax officinalis subsp. * A deciduous shrub or small tree with 3/4" white drooping flowers in clusters of 3 to 8, from March-May; likes heat, summer drought, often growing on dry rocky slopes on limestone; 3" leaves; this variety is native...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 5-7 feet
  • Species: officinalis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Illinois
Chicago
Dragon Tree, Dragontree Dracaena draco
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It is also the largest D. Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute...
  • Quantity: 2.89 lb
  • Genus: Dracaena
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 953
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
Illinois
Chicago
Forget-Me-not, Chinese Hound\'s Tongue Cynoglossum amabile   Firmament
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 107,144
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 213
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Boraginaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima     - Ailanthus glandulosa
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* Due to the tree of heaven's weedy habit, landowners and other organisations often resort to various methods of control in order to keep its populations in check. * All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting...
  • Family: Simaroubaceae
  • Botanical Name: Ailanthus altissima clean seed
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Ailanthus
Illinois
Chicago
Columbine, Granny\'s Bonnet Aquilegia oxysepala
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.
  • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Aquilegia
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: oxysepala
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Columbine, Granny\'s Bonnet Aquilegia oxysepala
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: oxysepala
  • Genus: Aquilegia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 18-24 inches
Illinois
Chicago
Ponderosa Pine, North Plateau Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine Pinus ponderosa ponderosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Mason & Stockwell (which is arguably a distinct taxon at the varietal rank), as well as those conventionally assigned to P. The 'North Plateau' group includes populations formerly assigned to P.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Ponderosa Pine, North Plateau Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine
  • Subspecies: ponderosa
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Height: 120 feet
  • Crop Year: 2015
Illinois
Chicago
Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni
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* It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .
  • Species: wislizeni
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Genus: Quercus
Illinois
Chicago
African Wattle Parkinsonia africana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Common Name: African Wattle
  • Genus: Parkinsonia
  • Species: africana
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Aaron\'s Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower Hypericum calycinum
Price : CALL

* It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and...
  • Common Name: Aaron's Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 278
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum calycinum
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Cooper Pine Pinus arizonica  ornelasii   - Pinus cooperi  ornelasii  , Pinus cooperi
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Durangensis which otherwise resembles it closely." * Syn: Pinus cooperi C.E. Blanco 1950; P. As with the other varieties of P. Ponderosa, though not so pretty. Lutea Blanco ex Martinez 1945 non Walter 1788, nec Gordon & Glendinning 1858; P.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Height: 30-60 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 29
  • Variety: ornelasii
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Family: Pinaceae
Illinois
Chicago