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King Boris Fir Abies borisii-regis
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south in southern Greece, and Nordmann Fir to the east in northern Turkey.
  • Germination: 53%
  • Quantity: 0.35 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,356
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Genus: Abies
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Pond Pine, Marsh Pine, Pocosin Pine Pinus serotina
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Rigida); it is distinguished from that species by the longer needles and on average slightly larger cones. This pine often has a crooked growth pattern and an irregular top and attains the height of 15-20 m, occasionally up to 30 m.
  • Quantity: 0.12 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Purity: 95%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Pond Pine, Marsh Pine, Pocosin Pine Pinus serotina
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Rigida); it is distinguished from that species by the longer needles and on average slightly larger cones. This pine often has a crooked growth pattern and an irregular top and attains the height of 15-20 m, occasionally up to 30 m.
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Botanical Name: Pinus serotina
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Height: 45-60 feet
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Japanese Ternstroemia Ternstroemia gymnanthera
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...
  • Common Name: Japanese Ternstroemia
  • Height: 8-10 feet
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Quantity: 0.36 lb
  • Collection Locale: California
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Japanese Ternstroemia Ternstroemia gymnanthera
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,517
  • Genus: Ternstroemia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Ternstroemia gymnanthera
New York
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Korean Clematis, Yellow Clematis Clematis serratifolia
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Clematis serratifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 3 m (9ft 10in). It is hardy to zone 6. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies.
  • Species: serratifolia
  • Lot#: 9601
  • Crop Year: 1996
  • Genus: Clematis
  • Common Name: Korean Clematis, Yellow Clematis
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
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Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond\'s Dogwood Cornus drummondii
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A gray-branched shrub with white berries; flowers in late spring; native to central North America from Ontario to Louisiana and Texas. * The roughleaf dogwood is used as a buffer strip around parking lots, in the median of highways and near the decks...
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Quantity: 0.65 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 20,884
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Collection Locale: LA
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Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond\'s Dogwood Cornus drummondii
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A gray-branched shrub with white berries; flowers in late spring; native to central North America from Ontario to Louisiana and Texas. * The roughleaf dogwood is used as a buffer strip around parking lots, in the median of highways and near the decks...
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Quantity: 0.65 lb
  • Purity: 98%
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Genus: Cornus
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Asian Globeflower Trollius asiaticus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests . * The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and Europe .

98%

    • Quantity: 0.22 lb
    • Purity: 98%
    • Germination: 98%
    • Crop Year: 2008
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
    New York
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    Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Brush, Titi, Black Tree, Ironwood Cliftonia monophylla
    Price : CALL

    It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong.
    • Common Name: Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Brush, Titi, Black Tree, Ironwood
    • Botanical Name: Cliftonia monophylla
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
    • Genus: Cliftonia
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    Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Brush, Titi, Black Tree, Ironwood Cliftonia monophylla
    Price : CALL

    It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong.
    • Genus: Cliftonia
    • Botanical Name: Cliftonia monophylla
    • Species: monophylla
    • Family: Cyrillaceae
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    Ensata Japanese Iris, Japanese Iris Iris ensata     - Iris ensata  spontaenea  , Iris kaempferi
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. Requires a lime-free soil.
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Purity: 99%
    • Collection Locale: Russia
    • Genus: Iris
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
    • Species: ensata
    New York
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    Common China Fir, Chinese Fir Cunninghamia lanceolata
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    They are native to China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, where they may reach 50-55 m in height. In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir).
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Family: Cupressaceae
    • Common Name: Common China Fir, Chinese Fir
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 53
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Height: 120-150 feet
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    Ensata Japanese Iris, Japanese Iris Iris ensata     - Iris ensata  spontaenea  , Iris kaempferi
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. Requires a lime-free soil.
    • Height: 18-24 inches
    • Crop Year: 2018
    • Quantity: 0.73 lb
    • Species: ensata
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Germination: 91%
    New York
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    Asian Globeflower Trollius asiaticus
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests . * The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and Europe .

    98%

      • Quantity: 0.22 lb
      • Botanical Name: Trollius asiaticus
      • Family: RANUNCULACEAE
      • Height: 6-12 inches
      • Purity: 98%
      • Germination: 98%
      New York
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      Korean Clematis, Yellow Clematis Clematis serratifolia
      Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

      * Clematis serratifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 3 m (9ft 10in). It is hardy to zone 6. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies.
      • Botanical Name: Clematis serratifolia
      • Height: 10 feet
      • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
      • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
      • Collection Locale: MT
      • Genus: Clematis
      New York
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      Eastern Arborvitae, White Cedar, Arborvitae, American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
      Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

      The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 3-5 mm long. The fresh branches are used as besoms. Unlike the closely related species, Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar), it is only a small tree.
      • Purity: 89%
      • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
      • Family: Cupressaceae
      • Germination Test Type: estimate
      • Seeds Per Pound: 364,624
      • Genus: Thuja
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      Eastern Arborvitae, White Cedar, Arborvitae, American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
      Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

      The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 3-5 mm long. The fresh branches are used as besoms. Unlike the closely related species, Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar), it is only a small tree.
      • Species: occidentalis
      • Common Name: Eastern Arborvitae, White Cedar, Arborvitae, American Arborvitae
      • Genus: Thuja
      • Family: Cupressaceae
      • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 275
      • Quantity: 8.89 lb
      New York
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      Comfrey, Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale
      Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

      However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. * The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish...
      • Family: Boraginaceae
      • Common Name: Comfrey, Common Comfrey
      • Genus: Symphytum
      • Lot#: 030443
      • Collection Locale: Germany
      • Quantity: 0.46 lb
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      Comfrey, Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale
      Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

      However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. * The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish...
      • Lot#: 030443
      • Quantity: 0.46 lb
      • Species: officinale
      • Common Name: Comfrey, Common Comfrey
      • Germination Test Type: Actual
      • Purity: 98%
      New York
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      Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
      Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

      * The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon). Best in part shade. * It is native to eastern and central North America, and there are occurrences in the western United States,...
      • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13851
      • Botanical Name: Mimulus ringens
      • Seeds Per Pound: 36,800,000
      • Germination Test Type: Actual
      • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
      • Species: ringens
      New York
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      Crimson Pitcherplant, White Pitcher Plant Sarracenia leucophylla
      Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

      * Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas...
      • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 16
      • Botanical Name: Sarracenia leucophylla
      • Common Name: Crimson Pitcherplant, White Pitcher Plant
      • Purity: 98%
      • Quantity: 0.01 lb
      • Collection Locale: North Carolina
      New York
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      Delavays Fir, Delavay\'s Fir Abies delavayi  delavayi
      Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

      * It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters, often occupying the tree line . * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and...
      • Crop Year: 1997
      • Common Name: Delavays Fir, Delavay's Fir
      • Purity: 97%
      • Quantity: 0.02 lb
      • Collection Locale: China
      • Botanical Name: Abies delavayi delavayi
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      Greek Fir Abies cephalonica
      Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

      * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction. * Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.
      • Quantity: 0.83 lb
      • Germination Test Type: cut
      • Common Name: Greek Fir
      • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
      • Collection Locale: Massachusetts
      • Seeds Per Pound: 7,264
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      Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
      Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

      * The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon). Best in part shade. * It is native to eastern and central North America, and there are occurrences in the western United States,...
      • Germination Test Type: Actual
      • Genus: Mimulus
      • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
      • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13851
      • Quantity: 0.18 lb
      • Species: ringens
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      Greek Fir Abies cephalonica
      Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

      * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction. * Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.
      • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
      • Crop Year: 2016
      • Height: 80-120 feet
      • Purity: 99%
      • Quantity: 0.83 lb
      • Species: cephalonica
      New York
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      Delavays Fir, Delavay\'s Fir Abies delavayi  delavayi
      Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

      * It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters, often occupying the tree line . * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and...
      • Germination: 11%
      • Family: PINACEAE
      • Species: delavayi
      • Quantity: 0.02 lb
      • Common Name: Delavays Fir, Delavay's Fir
      • Genus: Abies
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