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Italian Alder Alnus cordata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 67%
  • Height: 50-80 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 272
Colorado
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Italian Alder Alnus cordata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this...
  • Botanical Name: Alnus cordata
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Alnus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 186,140
  • Species: cordata
Colorado
Arvada
Siberian Pea Tree, Siberian Peashrub Caragana arborescens
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming. * Extremely hardy--a plant lifted from a pot in December spent the winter in zone 5 with its bare rootball frozen to the turf--still...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 17,706
  • Species: arborescens
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Caragana arborescens
  • Height: 12 feet
Colorado
Arvada
Siberian Pea Tree, Siberian Peashrub Caragana arborescens
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming. * Extremely hardy--a plant lifted from a pot in December spent the winter in zone 5 with its bare rootball frozen to the turf--still...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 17,706
  • Common Name: Siberian Pea Tree, Siberian Peashrub
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 35
  • Species: arborescens
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
Colorado
Arvada
Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce a good lather which is an effective and gentle soap. This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well.

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    • Seeds Per Pound: 150,274
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Purity: 98%
    • Common Name: Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush
    • Quantity: 0.18 lb
    • Germination: 98%
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Blue Wild Indigo, Rattleweed, Blue False Indigo, Indigo Weed, Rattlebush, Horse Fly Weed Baptisia australis
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It is considered to be a desirable plant in the garden due to its deep blue to violet spring flowers, the attractive light green compound leaves, and also for the somewhat unusual oblong fruits that emerge in the late summer.
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 34
    • Germination: 98%
    • Purity: 99%
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Height: 3-4 feet
    • Botanical Name: Baptisia australis
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges...
    • Crop Year: 1992
    • Lot#: 9201
    • Botanical Name: Cercocarpus betuloides
    • Genus: Cercocarpus
    • Height: 8-12 feet
    • Species: betuloides
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges...
    • Quantity: 0.06 lb
    • Common Name: Mountain Mahogany, California Mountain Mahogany, Western Mountain Mahogany
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Crop Year: 1992
    • Lot#: 9201
    • Family: ROSACEAE
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Bristly Locust, Rose Acacia, Rose Locust Robinia hispida  fertilis   - Robinia fertilis
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired. * Bristly locust is perhaps the best erosion control shrub for steep sloping sites with active erosion.
    • Variety: fertilis
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 78%
    • Quantity: 1.03 lb
    • Height: 6-12 feet
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Buck Brush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Red Root, Tobacco Brush Ceanothus velutinus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce a good lather which is an effective and gentle soap. This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well.
    • Quantity: 0.18 lb
    • Seeds Per Pound: 150,274
    • Germination: 98%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Collection Locale: Idaho
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Because the plant fixes atmospheric nitrogen, it makes a hedge that enriches the soil rather than depriving it of nutrients. Noxious weed in California. * An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery.
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Genus: Elaeagnus
    • Botanical Name: Elaeagnus angustifolia
    • Quantity: 9.12 lb
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Common Name: Russian Olive
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m.
    • Genus: Fraxinus
    • Quantity: 0.88 lb
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Common Name: Blue Ash
    • Seeds Per Pound: 6,341
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Yellow Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Prior to World War II before the common use of commercial agricultural fertilizers, the plant was commonly used as a cover crop to increase nitrogen content and improve subsoil water capacity in poor soils * Sweet clover contains coumarin that converts...
    • Seeds Per Pound: 190,680
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 395
    • Height: 3-4 feet
    • Genus: Melilotus
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Germination Test Type: Actual
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

    * 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. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.
    • Germination: 90%
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Germination Test Type: estimate
    • Collection Locale: Hawaii
    • Purity: 99%
    • Crop Year: 2018
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Silver Wattle, Mimosa Acacia dealbata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and the Australian...
    • Seeds Per Pound: 32,688
    • Common Name: Silver Wattle, Mimosa
    • Genus: Acacia
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
    • Purity: 99%
    • Height: 90 feet
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Georgia False Indigo, False Indigo, Savannah Indigobush Amorpha georgiana  confusa   - Amorpha cyanostachya
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl. * class: Equisetopsida C. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.
    • Botanical Name: Amorpha georgiana confusa
    • Genus: Amorpha
    • Purity: 99%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 95
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Pygmy Peashrub Caragana pygmaea
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric...
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 44
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Germination: 98%
    • Purity: 99%
    • Species: pygmaea
    • Seeds Per Pound: 40,860
    Colorado
    Arvada
    New Zealand Sophora Sophora tetraptera
    Price : CALL

    * The wood is compact, dense, heavy, of great strength, tough, elastic, extremely durable. * Sophora is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealand; the other three are Carmichaelia , Clianthus , and Montigena .Flowering of Kowhai is staggered,...
    • Family: LEGUMINOSAE
    • Genus: Sophora
    • Botanical Name: Sophora tetraptera
    • Species: tetraptera
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Georgia False Indigo, False Indigo, Savannah Indigobush Amorpha georgiana  confusa   - Amorpha cyanostachya
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl. * class: Equisetopsida C. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Genus: Amorpha
    • Quantity: 0.45 lb
    • Common Name: Georgia False Indigo, False Indigo, Savannah Indigobush
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Crop Year: 1988
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Lead Plant, Leadplant Amorpha canescens
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * It has very small purple flowers which are grouped in racemes . This plant can be found growing in well drained soils of prairies, bluffs, and open woodlands. The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness.
    • Genus: Amorpha
    • Purity: 99%
    • Collection Locale: South Dakota
    • Crop Year: 2017
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 155
    • Germination: 71%
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina
    Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

    * A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade. It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme...
    • Height: 4-5 feet
    • Common Name: Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Collection Locale: Wisconsin
    • Family: Myricaceae
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Peruvian Torch Cactus, Rio Lurin Peruvian Torch Trichocereus peruvianus  Rio Lurin   - Echinopsis peruviana  Rio Lurin
    Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies...
    • Botanical Name: Trichocereus peruvianus Rio Lurin
    • Seeds Per Pound: 544,800
    • Germination: 40%
    • Species: peruvianus
    • Variety: Rio Lurin
    • Family: Cactaceae
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Lavafield Jackbean, Awikiwiki Canavalia pubescens
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

    * 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. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.
    • Collection Locale: Hawaii
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 1
    • Quantity: 0.01 lb
    • Seeds Per Pound: 542
    • Species: pubescens
    • Crop Year: 2018
    Colorado
    Arvada
    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
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Quantity: 1.87 lb
    • Species: assamica
    • Botanical Name: Crotalaria assamica
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
    Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds .
    • Collection Locale: India
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 209
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
    • Genus: Tecoma
    • Quantity: 1.69 lb
    Colorado
    Arvada
    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 tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass.
    • Family: Poaceae
    • Purity: 92%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 290
    • Common Name: Niagara Big Bluestem
    • Quantity: 7.33 lb
    • Cultivar: Niagara
    Colorado
    Arvada
    Silver Wattle, Mimosa Acacia dealbata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and the Australian...
    • Family: Fabaceae
    • Botanical Name: Acacia dealbata
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 70
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination: 98%
    • Germination Test Type: Cut
    Colorado
    Arvada