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Yellow Indiangrass, Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans  Holt   - Sorghastrum avenaceum  Holt
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Indiangrass is a perennial bunchgrass , prominent in tallgrass prairie , along with big bluestem ( Andropogon gerardii ), little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium ), and switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ).
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 4.37 lb
  • Variety: Holt
Illinois
Chicago
Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia Mirbelia dilatata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.
  • Collection Locale: Australia
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Genus: Mirbelia
  • Species: dilatata
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Common Name: Holly-leaved Mirabelia, Wedge-leaved Mirabelia
Illinois
Chicago
Hooded Pitcherplant Sarracenia minor
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 572,040
  • Germination: 83%
  • Genus: Sarracenia
  • Species: minor
  • Common Name: Hooded Pitcherplant
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Buffel Grass, African Foxtail Grass Cenchrus ciliaris
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe(Sicily). In the Mexican part of the Sonoran Desert, it is still being planted and irrigated for...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 189,167
  • Botanical Name: Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Common Name: Buffel Grass, African Foxtail Grass
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Germination: 60%
Illinois
Chicago
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. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Botanical Name: Juniperus osteosperma
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Family: Cupressaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 542
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Quantity: 0.01 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
  • Botanical Name: Canavalia pubescens
Illinois
Chicago
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana     - Agrostis lessoniana    , Stipa lessoniana    , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant.
  • Germination: 50%
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Genus: Anemanthele
Illinois
Chicago
Sensitive Plant, Shameplant, Shy Plant, Humble Plant, Sleeping Grass, Touch-Me-Not, Lajjalu, Bashful Mimosa Mimosa pudica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia). * An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native...
  • Species: pudica
  • Botanical Name: Mimosa pudica
  • Germination: 91%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
Illinois
Chicago
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Apache
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Glauca is the commonly cultivated variety of this tree for areas outside of the Pacific Northwest, and is clearly a better selection for midwestern climates than the species because of its better cold tolerance (species is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but var.
  • Genus: Pseudotsuga
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 3.41 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,320
  • Germination: 88%
Illinois
Chicago
Pink Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana   Rosea
Price : CALL

* Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant. * Noxious weed in California.
  • Common Name: Pink Pampas Grass
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Cultivar: Rosea
  • Genus: Cortaderia
  • Species: selloana
Illinois
Chicago
European Hackberry Celtis australis
Price : CALL

* The flexible thin shoots are used as walking sticks. The tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013. * A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region of southern France.
  • Species: australis
  • Botanical Name: Celtis australis
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Genus: Celtis
Illinois
Chicago
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers . The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock .
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
  • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Quantity: 1.69 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Texas Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Mexican Palmeto Sabal mexicana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used for making baskets, chair seats or thatch. The trunk reaches 12–15 m (39–49 ft) in length and 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. The fan-shaped fronds are 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) wide and attach to 90–120 cm (35–47 in) spineless...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Quantity: 1.22 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Height: 30-40 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Genus: Crotalaria
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
Illinois
Chicago
Upland Cotton, Mexican Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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%
  • Height: 4-5 feet
  • Quantity: 14.29 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Hedgehog Gourd, Wild Cucumber, Teasel Gourd Cucumis dipsaceus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to Ethiopia but now found all over the tropics. * The fruits are beautiful hanging on the vines so it is recommended to grow on a trellis if possible. * This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter...
  • Species: dipsaceus
  • Quantity: 0.16 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 108
  • Botanical Name: Cucumis dipsaceus
Illinois
Chicago
Jojoba, Pignut, Goat Nut, Deer Nut, Wild Hazel, Quinine Nut, Coffeeberry, Grey Box Bush Simmondsia chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Each plant is single-sex , either male or female, with hermaphrodites being extremely rare. The nuts are eaten by squirrels , rabbits , other rodents , and larger birds. Only Bailey's Pocket Mouse , however, is known to be able to digest the wax found...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 685
  • Genus: Simmondsia
  • Quantity: 22.97 lb
  • Height: 3-6 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to North America, including most of Canada and the United States and part of Mexico, and it is known in Europe and New Zealand as an introduced species . * Carex vulpinoidea is a species of sedge known by the common name fox sedge .
  • Botanical Name: Carex vulpinoidea
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1030
  • Collection Locale: PA
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Purity: 97%
  • Crop Year: 2017
Illinois
Chicago
Myrtle Oak Quercus myrtifolia
Price : CALL

It has leaves with no teeth or lobes, hairless on the upperside and also on the underside except along the veins. * Quercus myrtifolia, commonly known as myrtle oak, is a small, often shrubby, evergreen oak with a spreading rounded crown and smooth dark...
  • Species: myrtifolia
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Common Name: Myrtle Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus myrtifolia
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Scrub Hickory Carya floridana
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Hicoria floridana) the scrub hickory, is a tree native to the southeastern United States, where it is endemic in central Florida. The seed is up to 3cm long. * The kernel is sweet, though the shell is thick.
  • Collection Locale: Florida
  • Common Name: Scrub Hickory
  • Seeds Per Pound: 128
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
  • Genus: Carya
  • Botanical Name: Carya floridana
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Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magniolia, Bull Bay Magnolia grandiflora
Price : CALL

* It is used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatism. * Creamy white flowers as much as a foot wide, wonderfully fragrant, in May, June or July. * This is perhaps the most strongly scented flower in the world! * Exceptionally large trees recorded include...
  • Common Name: Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magniolia, Bull Bay
  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Species: grandiflora
  • Botanical Name: Magnolia grandiflora
Illinois
Chicago
Lance Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata   Sunburst
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western...
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination: 82%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 70
  • Lot#: 050847
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Chicago
Needle Juniper, Temple Juniper, Temple Juniper Juniperus rigida
Price : CALL

It is closely related to Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) and Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper), the latter sometimes treated as a variety or subspecies of J. * Juniperus rigida (Temple Juniper) is a species of juniper, native to northern China, Korea,...
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Needle Juniper, Temple Juniper, Temple Juniper
  • Height: 20-30 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Manchurian Turk\'s Cap Lily Lilium distichum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lilium distichum is a herbaceous plant of the lily family which is native to northeastern China and Korea where it flourishes among shrubs and in forests. * The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 99,880
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Genus: Lilium
  • Species: distichum
  • Family: LILIACEAE
  • Quantity: 0.04 lb
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Chicago
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers . The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock .
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Seeds Per Pound: 617,440
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
Illinois
Chicago
Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia Fatsia japonica     - Aralia sieboldii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Ex K.Koch) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and South Korea. Japonica have been shown to effectively remove gaseous formaldehyde from indoor air.
  • Height: 10-15 feet
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Lot#: 070109
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 115
  • Genus: Fatsia
Illinois
Chicago
Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Prices start at : 9.50 USD / 10 g

American Indian herbal remedies. * It is also grown as an ornamental plant , and numerous cultivars have been developed for flower quality and plant form. It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern,...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 7.52 lb
  • Common Name: Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower
  • Seeds Per Pound: 109,563
  • Genus: Echinacea
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Chicago