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

* This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Crop Year: 1999
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: ACER heldreichii
  • Lot#: 9902
  • Purity: 98%
New York
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Sweet Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 2.5" Pot Size

It loves it cool and evenly moist with little to no fertilizer. An orange-blossom fragrance arrives during its blooming season, fall to spring, although we often find it blooming sporadically in the summer.
  • Sun Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Hardiness Zone: 8, 9, 10
  • Minimum Temperature Indoors: 60
  • Grows to: 2-4'
Connecticut
Danielson
Clematis ‘Diamond Ball\' p.p. (Clematis hybrid)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 4" Pot Size

In the early spring, simply prune to 18” tall. It will reward you with stunning flowers the whole season long. Clematis ‘Diamond Ball' p.p. (Clematis hybrid) Blooming all summer long, ‘Diamond Ball' has double, icy whitish- blue, 4-5” flowers...
  • Bloom Season: Summer
  • Sun Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Plant Type: Hardy Garden Plant
Connecticut
Danielson
Lawson\'s Pine Pinus lawsonii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to May dry season. * It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines .
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Species: lawsonii
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Common Name: Lawson's Pine
New York
Locke
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 Test Type: cut
  • Family: BETULACEAE
  • Genus: Carpinus
  • Botanical Name: Carpinus orientalis
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
New York
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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...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 19
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Germination: 83%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Botanical Name: Carpinus orientalis
  • Collection Locale: Ohio
New York
Locke
Lawson\'s Pine Pinus lawsonii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to May dry season. * It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines .
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: lawsonii
  • Quantity: 1.29 lb
  • Botanical Name: Pinus lawsonii
New York
Locke
Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Montane Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris    Montane - Pinus australis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. * 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.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination: 89%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 1.43 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,285
New York
Locke
Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. * 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...
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Crop Year: 2017
New York
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Desert Ash, Caucasian Ash Fraxinus angustifolia oxycarpa    - Fraxinus oxycarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Ex Willd.) Franco & Rocha Afonso (syn. * 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.
  • Germination: 77%
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus angustifolia oxycarpa
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Quantity: 3.77 lb
  • Height: 30-40ft
  • Seeds Per Pound: 8,172
New York
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Longleaf Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus palustris
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. * 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...
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Quantity: 7.01 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 11
  • Species: palustris
  • Height: 98-110 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,146
New York
Locke
Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. * Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their...
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis funebris
  • Genus: Chamaecyparis
  • Purity: 98%
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Lot#: 9501
New York
Locke
Mourning Cypress Chamaecyparis funebris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. * Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their...
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Genus: Chamaecyparis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 249,700
  • Germination: 83%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
New York
Locke
Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry Celtis laevigata  reticulata   - Celtis reticulata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Celtis reticulata is cultivated by plant nurseries and available as an ornamental plant for: native plant, drought tolerant, natural landscape, and habitat gardens; and for ecological restoration projects.
  • Crop Year: 2010
  • Quantity: 1.74 lb
  • Common Name: Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: ULMACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Celtis laevigata reticulata
New York
Locke
Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
Price : CALL

Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species. In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development.
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Genus: Castanopsis
  • Species: chrysophylla
  • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
New York
Locke
Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * Native to India and China. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination: 98%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2015
New York
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Giant Evergreen-chinquapin Castanopsis chrysophylla
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Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species. In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development.
  • Common Name: Giant Evergreen-chinquapin
  • Botanical Name: Castanopsis chrysophylla
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Height: 80-90 feet
New York
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Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * Native to India and China. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata
  • Height: 20-40 feet
  • Genus: Bauhinia
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Germination: 98%
New York
Locke
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.
  • Germination: 38%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Five-lobed Chinese Maple, Marijuana Maple, Five Leaf Maple
  • Genus: ACER
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: ACER pentaphyllum
New York
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Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * 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.
  • Germination: 71%
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus velutina
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* In South Africa and Queensland, Australia there are big extensions of this tree planted. * 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...
  • Botanical Name: Pinus leiophylla
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Collection Locale: Mexico
  • Seeds Per Pound: 45,400
  • Common Name: Chihuahuan Pine
New York
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Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * 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.
  • Germination: 71%
  • Height: 35 feet
  • Quantity: 0.81 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: velutina
  • Genus: Fraxinus
New York
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Semenov\'s Amur Maple, Turkestan Shrub Maple ACER tataricum semenovii
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* Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry! * It has lovely red fall color. * This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions.
  • Subspecies: semenovii
  • Genus: ACER
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
New York
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Chihuahuan Pine Pinus leiophylla
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* In South Africa and Queensland, Australia there are big extensions of this tree planted. * 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...
  • Species: leiophylla
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Chihuahuan Pine
  • Seeds Per Pound: 45,400
New York
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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.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Species: pentaphyllum
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Quantity: 0.66 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
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Western Yellow Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa scopulorum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Distribution and Ecology USA: Montana (E from 112° W), North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, E Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma. * It is found on the Black Hills and on foothills and mid-height peaks of the northern, central and southern Rocky...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Pinus ponderosa scopulorum
  • Subspecies: scopulorum
  • Species: ponderosa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
  • Height: 120 feet
New York
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Western Yellow Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa scopulorum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Distribution and Ecology USA: Montana (E from 112° W), North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, E Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma. * It is found on the Black Hills and on foothills and mid-height peaks of the northern, central and southern Rocky...
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Quantity: 2.99 lb
  • Species: ponderosa
  • Height: 120 feet
  • Subspecies: scopulorum
  • Purity: 99%
New York
Locke