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Common Privet, European Privet Ligustrum vulgare
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

One thing to remember is a tree is grown indoors, it needs to acclimate to natural outdoor weather changes. Good tree for beginners because the stems are flexible and responsive to shaping.
  • Quantity: 2.24 lb
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,214
  • Botanical Name: Ligustrum vulgare
  • Crop Year: 2016
Illinois
Chicago
Punjab Sumac Rhus punjabensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* An oil is extracted from the seeds. It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles.
  • Purity: 96%
  • Crop Year: 2001
  • Seeds Per Pound: 49,032
  • Common Name: Punjab Sumac
  • Height: 40ft
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
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In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow . Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual.
  • Height: 15-40 feet
  • Species: cerifera
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Myrica
Illinois
Chicago
Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica     - Prunus pennsylvanica
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* Fire cherry or pin cherry is a slender, sometimes shrubby, tree, 35-50 ft. It can be found from Newfoundland and southern Labrador , crossing Canada to the west and reaching British Columbia and the southern Northwest Territories .
  • Height: 15-50 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Prunus pensylvanica
  • Species: pensylvanica
Illinois
Chicago
Fraser Magnolia, Mountain Magnolia Magnolia fraseri
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* It can be grown a considerable distance north of its natural range if given conditions favorable to its growth. * The fruit is eaten by wildlife, helping disperse the seeds. * The very large showy white flowers and large-leaved, coarse-textured foliage...
  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Height: 40 feet
  • Common Name: Fraser Magnolia, Mountain Magnolia
Illinois
Chicago
Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis  forbesii   - Hesperocyparis forbesii    , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

Very few mature trees survived but regeneration is occurring by the hundreds to thousands. * The Tecate cypress is the only plant on which the rare Thorne's Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus thornei) lays its eggs.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,848
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus guadalupensis forbesii
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Height: 20-30 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Mountain Alder Alnus crispa     - Alnus viridis crispa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Alnus viridis subsp. Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.
  • Species: crispa
  • Germination: 40%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 232
  • Genus: Alnus
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
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In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow . Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual.
  • Genus: Myrica
  • Family: MYRICACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Myrica cerifera dried berries
Illinois
Chicago
Bracted Balsam Fir Abies balsamea  phanerolepis  Nova Scotia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* The needles on bracted balsam grow around the branch giving a fuller bottle-brush look. * The bracts subtending seed scales are longer, visible on the closed cone. * The buds of bracted balsam break later in the spring allowing it to be grown in colder...
  • Variety: phanerolepis
  • Seeds Per Pound: 69,754
  • Quantity: 1.51 lb
  • Height: 75 feet
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Nova Scotia
Illinois
Chicago
Chinese Sumac, Potanin Sumac Rhus potaninii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum.
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,300
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 64
  • Botanical Name: Rhus potaninii dried berries
  • Species: potaninii
Illinois
Chicago
Black Oak Quercus velutina
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* In forest stands, black oak begins to produce seeds at about age 20 and reaches optimum production at 40 to 75 years. It is a consistent seed producer with good crops of acorns every 2 to 3 years.
  • Height: 80 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus velutina
  • Common Name: Black Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Little Walnut Juglans microcarpa
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

* Juglans microcarpa , known also as the Texas Walnut or the Little Black Walnut (literally the Jupiter's acorn with small nuts) is a large shrub or small tree (10–30 ft tall) which grows wild along streams and ravines in Texas , New Mexico , Oklahoma...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 72
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: microcarpa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Orange Coneflower, Showy Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rudbeckia fulgida are perennial herbaceous plants growing up to 120 cm tall, growing from rosettes that develop at the end of stolons. Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 74
  • Genus: Rudbeckia
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
Illinois
Chicago
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 a perennial grass. * Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture.
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Genus: Andropogon
  • Purity: 92%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 290
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Illinois
Chicago
Apache Pine, Arizona Longleaf Pine Pinus engelmannii
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* "In general appearance Pinus engelmannii much resembles P. Engelmann first named the species Pinus macrophylla, but this name had already been used for another pine, so it had to be renamed; this was done by the French botanist Carriere, who chose to...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Height: 60-90 feet
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Botanical Name: Pinus engelmannii
  • Common Name: Apache Pine, Arizona Longleaf Pine
  • Genus: Pinus
Illinois
Chicago
Cork Oak Quercus suber
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* The tree forms a thick, rugged bark containing high levels of suberin. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring. Over time the cork cambium layer of bark can develop considerable thickness and can...
  • Species: suber
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Height: 40-60 feet
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Chicago
English Oak, Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Robur is a large deciduous tree 25–35 m tall (exceptionally to 50 m), with lobed and nearly sessile (very short-stalked) leaves 7–14 cm long. The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably Eurasian Jays...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Quercus robur
  • Species: robur
  • Height: 75-100 feet
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
Illinois
Chicago
Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
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* Northern Highbush Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) is a species of blueberry native to eastern North America , growing from Nova Scotia and Ontario south to Alabama , and west to Wisconsin .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Height: 6-12 feet
  • Genus: Vaccinium
Illinois
Chicago
Creeping Red Fescue, Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover. * Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue .
  • Height: 6-12 inches
  • Genus: Festuca
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 25.25 lb
  • Species: rubra
Illinois
Chicago
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer.
  • Quantity: 1.97 lb
  • Germination: 90%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Common Name: Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis
  • Family: Asteraceae
Illinois
Chicago
Common Privet, European Privet Ligustrum vulgare
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

One thing to remember is a tree is grown indoors, it needs to acclimate to natural outdoor weather changes. Good tree for beginners because the stems are flexible and responsive to shaping.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Seeds Per Pound: 16,214
  • Species: vulgare
  • Height: 9-12 feet
  • Germination: 91%
Illinois
Chicago
White Lobelia, Great White Blue Lobelia, White Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphilitica  Alba
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils.
  • Germination: 40%
  • Purity: 95%
  • Common Name: White Lobelia, Great White Blue Lobelia, White Cardinal Flower
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Height: 2-3 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata
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* The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes from the lyrate (lyre-shaped) leaves. * Quercus lyrata ( overcup oak ) is an oak in the white oak group ( Quercus sect.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: lyrata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Overcup Oak
Illinois
Chicago
Balkan Pine, Macedonian Pine Pinus peuce
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Macedonian pine is of great value for research into hybridisation and genetic modification to develop rust resistance in these species; hybrids with eastern white pine inherit some resistance.
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Height: 100-130 feet
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: peuce
  • Common Name: Balkan Pine, Macedonian Pine
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,356
Illinois
Chicago
Orange Coneflower, Showy Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Rudbeckia fulgida are perennial herbaceous plants growing up to 120 cm tall, growing from rosettes that develop at the end of stolons. Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches.
  • Genus: Rudbeckia
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Seeds Per Pound: 344,560
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Rudbeckia fulgida
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Chicago
Common Myrtle Myrtus communis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Myrtus communis, the Common Myrtle, is used in the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to produce an aromatic liqueur called Mirto . * An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic.
  • Common Name: Common Myrtle
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 12-14 feet
  • Genus: Myrtus
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 63
Illinois
Chicago
Black Cherry Prunus serotina
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a moderately long-lived tree, with ages of up to 258 years known. * Native Americans prepared decoctions of the inner bark for cough medicines and tea-like cold remedies. * The wood weighs about 36 lb per cubic foot and takes a beautiful polish.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Indiana
  • Common Name: Black Cherry
Illinois
Chicago