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Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: ACER heldreichii
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,587
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Lot#: 9902
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Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.
  • Collection Locale: R. Macedonia
  • Species: heldreichii
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Lot#: 9902
  • Botanical Name: ACER heldreichii
  • Height: 50 feet
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Lawson\'s Pine Pinus lawsonii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is found only in Mexico. * It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines . * Pinus lawsonii occurs in forest and woodland at 1300-2600 m elevation. * Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.
  • Common Name: Lawson's Pine
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Species: lawsonii
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
  • Family: Pinaceae
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Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * 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...
  • Germination: 83%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
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Oriental Hornbeam Carpinus orientalis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * 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...
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,056
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: BETULACEAE
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Lawson\'s Pine Pinus lawsonii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is found only in Mexico. * It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines . * Pinus lawsonii occurs in forest and woodland at 1300-2600 m elevation. * Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Height: 80-100 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Botanical Name: Pinus lawsonii
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Montane Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris Montane - Pinus australis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* This seed is collected from trees at higher elevation and inland so it is one of the most cold hardy sources available on the market. Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,285
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 98-110 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Germination: 89%
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. * Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern and...
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 7.01 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: palustris
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Desert Ash, Caucasian Ash Fraxinus angustifolia oxycarpa - Fraxinus oxycarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. Leaves with 3–9 leaflets; leaflets with white hairs on the lower half of the midribs. Eastern Europe north to the Czech Republic, southwest Asia east to northern Iran.
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Species: angustifolia
  • Quantity: 3.77 lb
  • Common Name: Desert Ash, Caucasian Ash
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. * Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern and...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 98-110 feet
  • Botanical Name: Pinus palustris
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,146
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Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their seeds which then germinate and grow rapidly in the ashes of the fire.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Height: 70-80 feet
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
  • Species: funebris
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Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their seeds which then germinate and grow rapidly in the ashes of the fire.
  • Height: 70-80 feet
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Mourning Cypress
  • Species: funebris
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Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry Celtis laevigata reticulata - Celtis reticulata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are eaten by a number of insects, particularly certain moth caterpillars. * Celtis reticulata , or Netleaf Hackberry , with other names including Netleaf Sugar Hackberry , Sugar Hackberry , Texas Sugarberry , Palo Blanco , Acibuche , is a...
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Species: laevigata
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: ULMACEAE
  • Common Name: Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry
  • Lot#: 100418
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Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
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In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development. Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut,...
  • Height: 80-90 feet
  • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
  • Species: chrysophylla
  • Family: FAGACEAE
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Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to India and China. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata
  • Purity: 99%
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Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
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In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development. Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut,...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Species: chrysophylla
  • Genus: Castanopsis
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Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to India and China. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,856
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Germination: 98%
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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.
  • Common Name: Five-lobed Chinese Maple, Marijuana Maple, Five Leaf Maple
  • Species: pentaphyllum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Quantity: 0.66 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
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Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...
  • Germination: 71%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus velutina
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood of the Pinus leiophylla is hard, dense and strong. * This species often grows in mixed in stands with several other pines and/or junipers, in Arizona most often with Apache Pine and Alligator Juniper, but also grows in pure stands.
  • Common Name: Chihuahuan Pine
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 98
  • Botanical Name: Pinus leiophylla
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Seeds Per Pound: 45,400
  • Genus: Pinus
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Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Height: 35 feet
  • Common Name: Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash
  • Quantity: 0.81 lb
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Semenov\'s Amur Maple, Turkestan Shrub Maple ACER tataricum semenovii
Price : CALL

* It has lovely red fall color. * This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions. * Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry!
  • Common Name: Semenov's Amur Maple, Turkestan Shrub Maple
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Species: tataricum
  • Genus: ACER
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Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood of the Pinus leiophylla is hard, dense and strong. * This species often grows in mixed in stands with several other pines and/or junipers, in Arizona most often with Apache Pine and Alligator Juniper, but also grows in pure stands.

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    • Germination: 99%
    • Common Name: Chihuahuan Pine
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Quantity: 0.99 lb
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
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    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.
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Quantity: 0.66 lb
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 38%
    • Collection Locale: NSW, Australia
    • Species: pentaphyllum
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    Western Yellow Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa scopulorum
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Branches usually drooping, smaller in all its parts, of more columnar habit. * It is found on the Black Hills and on foothills and mid-height peaks of the northern, central and southern Rocky Mountains.
    • Common Name: Western Yellow Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine
    • Species: ponderosa
    • Genus: Pinus
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Subspecies: scopulorum
    • Crop Year: 2013
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    Western Yellow Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa scopulorum
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Branches usually drooping, smaller in all its parts, of more columnar habit. * It is found on the Black Hills and on foothills and mid-height peaks of the northern, central and southern Rocky Mountains.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Germination: 71%
    • Collection Locale: Black Hills , SD
    • Subspecies: scopulorum
    • Seeds Per Pound: 12,712
    • Genus: Pinus
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    Aleppo Pine, Jerusalem Pine Pinus halepensis
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * In Israel , the tree has been very successful in Yatir Forest in the northern Negev , where foresters had not expected it to survive. * It is a popular ornamental tree , extensively planted in parks and gardens in hot dry areas such as southern California.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Seeds Per Pound: 20,884
    • Species: halepensis
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
    • Collection Locale: Italy
    • Crop Year: 2013
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