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Foxtail Lily Eremurus spectabilis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc. Considered to be a delicacy in Siberia, the flavour is intermediate between purslane and spinach. * The root contains about 30% gum (an arabinic acid derivative) and this...
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Seeds Per Pound: 44,492
  • Botanical Name: Eremurus spectabilis
  • Species: spectabilis
  • Common Name: Foxtail Lily
  • Lot#: 080428
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 fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or caustics.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Texas Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Mexican Palmeto
  • Species: mexicana
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Crop Year: 2012
Illinois
Chicago
Yellow Cone Flower, Bush\'s Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown. Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
  • Genus: Echinacea
  • Purity: 97%
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Yellow Cone Flower, Bush's Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower
Illinois
Chicago
Sour Tupelo, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Bee Tupelo, White Tupelo Nyssa ogeche
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is in flower from Mar to May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to October. It is used in preserves. * A tree to 60 ft. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes.
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa ogeche
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Species: ogeche
  • Quantity: 2.18 lb
  • Collection Locale: LA
  • Germination: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Sour Tupelo, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Bee Tupelo, White Tupelo Nyssa ogeche
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is in flower from Mar to May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to October. It is used in preserves. * A tree to 60 ft. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes.
  • Genus: Nyssa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa ogeche
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Height: 40-50 feet
Illinois
Chicago
European Bird Cherry Prunus padus     - Padus avium  avium  , Cerasus padus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus ) is a species of cherry , native to northern Europe and northern Asia , growing even north of the Arctic Circle in Norway , Sweden , Finland and Russia .
  • Common Name: European Bird Cherry
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Collection Locale: Slovenia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Prunus padus
  • Species: padus
Illinois
Chicago
Greenleaf Manzanita Arctostaphylos patula
Price : CALL

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider.
  • Common Name: Greenleaf Manzanita
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos patula
Illinois
Chicago
Mu he shu Schima superba
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].
  • Quantity: 0.89 lb
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Schima superba
  • Germination: 13%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 116,224
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica
Price : CALL

The fruit can also be dried and ground into a powder then mixed with corn meal and used in cakes, porridges etc. * The leaves and stems of fragrant sumac have a citrus fragrance when crushed, and it inhabits mostly uplands areas, while poison ivy has...
  • Height: 4-6 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica
  • Family: Anacardiaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Helen\'s Flower, False Sunflower, Large-flowered Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over much of the U.S. * The dried nearly mature flower heads are used in a...
  • Quantity: 0.17 lb
  • Common Name: Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Helen's Flower, False Sunflower, Large-flowered Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Collection Locale: MN
  • Purity: 75%
Illinois
Chicago
Lacy Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia
Price : CALL

* This is an annual herb which grows erect to a maximum height near 100 centimeters. * It was originally native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, but it is now used in many places in agriculture as a cover crop, a bee plant, an attractant...
  • Genus: Phacelia
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Quantity: 0.98 lb
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,522,222
  • Species: tanacetifolia
Illinois
Chicago
Hollyhock Alcea rosea     - Althaea rosea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Botanical Name: Alcea rosea
  • Height: 8 feet
  • Species: rosea
Illinois
Chicago
Basswood, American Basswood Tilia americana
Price : CALL

The roots are large, deep, and spreading. * It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree reaching a height of 60 to 120 ft (exceptionally 129 ft) with a trunk diameter of 3-4 ft at maturity.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: americana
  • Height: 80 feet
  • Botanical Name: Tilia americana
Illinois
Chicago
Blue Gum, Tasmanian Bluegum Eucalyptus globulus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The broad juvenile leaves are borne in opposite pairs on square stems. * The plant was first described by the French botanist Jacques Labillardiere in his publications Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse (1800) and Novae Hollandiae Plantarum...
  • Botanical Name: Eucalyptus globulus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 167,980
  • Germination: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: CA
  • Quantity: 0.96 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Hairy Leafcup, Bear\'s Foot Smallanthus uvedalius     - Polymnia uvedalia    , Osteospermum uvedalia    , Smallanthus uvedalia
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. * Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy.
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Genus: Smallanthus
  • Species: uvedalius
  • Common Name: Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Chicago
Devil\'s Bit Scabious, Devilsbit Succisa pratensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...
  • Height: 12-16 inches
  • Seeds Per Pound: 322,340
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 63
  • Botanical Name: Succisa pratensis
  • Common Name: Devil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
Illinois
Chicago
Red Clover, Medium Red Clover Trifolium pratense   Medium
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a herbaceous, short-lived perennial plant, variable in size, growing to 20–80 cm tall. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence.
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Species: pratense
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 5.65 lb
  • Genus: Trifolium
Illinois
Chicago
Seep Monkeyflower, Yellow Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus     - Erythranthe guttata
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Inbreeding reduces flower quantity and size and pollen quality and quantity. * The plant is used in Bach flower remedies - the keywords for prescribing it are 'Fear or anxiety of a known origin' * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,000,000
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Botanical Name: Mimulus guttatus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 778
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
Illinois
Chicago
Prairie Rose, Arkansas Rose Rosa arkansana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The name Rosa arkansana comes from the Arkansas River in Colorado. * A low shrub found on dry slopes and prairies. * Wild Prairie Rose is the state flower of the U.S. states of Iowa and North Dakota.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
  • Seeds Per Pound: 29,107
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Botanical Name: Rosa arkansana
  • Genus: Rosa
  • Collection Locale: Nebraska
Illinois
Chicago
Basswood, American Basswood Tilia americana
Price : CALL

The roots are large, deep, and spreading. * It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree reaching a height of 60 to 120 ft (exceptionally 129 ft) with a trunk diameter of 3-4 ft at maturity.
  • Height: 80 feet
  • Common Name: Basswood, American Basswood
  • Botanical Name: Tilia americana
  • Species: americana
Illinois
Chicago
Foxtail Lily Eremurus spectabilis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc. Considered to be a delicacy in Siberia, the flavour is intermediate between purslane and spinach. * The root contains about 30% gum (an arabinic acid derivative) and this...
  • Botanical Name: Eremurus spectabilis
  • Common Name: Foxtail Lily
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Height: 3ft
  • Family: Liliaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Emperor\'s Candlesticks Senna alata     - Cassia alata
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species is easy to grow from the seed. Its active ingredients include the yellow chrysophanic acid. The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of "green cotton wool".
  • Common Name: Emperor's Candlesticks
  • Height: 10-14 feet
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 18
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Manchurian Linden Tilia mandshurica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.
  • Species: mandshurica
  • Lot#: 100698
  • Quantity: 3.01 lb
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,997
  • Common Name: Manchurian Linden
Illinois
Chicago
Red Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii   Atropurpurea
Price : CALL

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species...
  • Species: thunbergii
  • Cultivar: Atropurpurea
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea
  • Genus: Berberis
Illinois
Chicago
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. 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 .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Coreopsis lanceolata
  • Common Name: Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Germination: 90%
Illinois
Chicago
Summer Pheasant\'s Eye Adonis aestivalis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 99
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Species: aestivalis
  • Genus: Adonis
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
Illinois
Chicago
Ground Clematis, Ground Virginsbower, Erect Clematis Clematis recta
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used in the treatment of rheumatism and skin eruptions. They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant.
  • Species: recta
  • Quantity: 0.16 lb
  • Germination: 99%
  • Genus: Clematis
  • Crop Year: 2001
  • Height: 3-4 feet
Illinois
Chicago