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California
El Segundo
Jacobs Ladder, Charity Polemonium caeruleum   Album
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece. * It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris.
  • Botanical Name: Polemonium caeruleum Album
  • Cultivar: Album
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Seeds Per Pound: 318,080
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
New York
Locke
Charity, Jacobs Ladder Polemonium caeruleum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece. * It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris.
  • Germination: 90%
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Seeds Per Pound: 499,400
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 75
New York
Locke
Charity, Jacobs Ladder Polemonium caeruleum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece. * It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 75
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 90%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
New York
Locke
Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa Knautia arvensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for wild garden; native to E. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.
  • Species: arvensis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 37
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 98%
New York
Locke
Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa Knautia arvensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for wild garden; native to E. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Dipsacaceae
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Common Name: Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa
  • Genus: Knautia
New York
Locke
Flowering Ash Fraxinus ornus
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The quality is better from the upper stems. A mild sweet taste, its main use is as a mild and gentle laxative, though it is also used as a sweetener in sugar-free preparations and as an anti-caking agent.
  • Species: ornus
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
New York
Locke
White Rose of Montana, White Coral Vine
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

It is easy and fast growing, and is muchly treasured in old gardens in the south. On a recent trip to west Texas we saw a Coral Vine that must have had 50 or more butterflies on one plant! Rose of Montana is considered invasive in some regions, please...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Native To / Origin: Mexico
  • Grows To: 20-40'H
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10
Louisiana
Merryville
Variegated Monkey Ball Vine, Ornamental Yam, Variegated Potato vine
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

A vigorous but manageable unusual perennial tropical vine. Large deep green heart shaped foliage is veined with silver and randomly splotched with maroon and black.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moisture, well-drained soils.
  • Grows To: 8-15'H
  • Indoor Light: High
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10,11
Louisiana
Merryville
Climbing Pinkie Rose
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Produces large clusters of loosely double 2" pink flowers from spring to fall.A very free-blooming, disease resistant, and nearly thornless climbing rose.
  • pH Range: Slightly Acidic, Neutral
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Grows To: 12'H
Louisiana
Merryville
Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress Cupressus sempervirens  Horizontalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is widely thought that only the horizontal form predates human activity, with the fastigiate form having a horticultural origin dating to early historic or prehistoric times. * Many authors have recognized that the species broadly assumes two growth...
  • Quantity: 0.29 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 49,032
  • Height: 60-90 feet
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Italian Cypress Cupressus sempervirens   Stricta
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* An essential oil is distilled from the shoots. * Parent is a narrow column with green foliage, perhaps 2-3 feet wide when 20 feet tall; narrowest of all fastigiate trees; thin, reddish-brown bark; widely planted in warm areas of the U.S.
  • Collection Locale: Italy
  • Genus: Cupressus
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 69
  • Purity: 98%
New York
Locke
Flowering Ash Fraxinus ornus
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The quality is better from the upper stems. A mild sweet taste, its main use is as a mild and gentle laxative, though it is also used as a sweetener in sugar-free preparations and as an anti-caking agent.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
  • Germination: 63%
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Height: 45-75 feet
  • Purity: 97%
New York
Locke
Yellow Cross Vine
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

The unusual compound, glossy, dark green foliage takes on orange, red, bronze, and purple tones when grown in full sun during fall and winter. According to Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Louisiana by Dr. Charles M.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, generally well-drained soils but fairly adaptable. Somewhat drought resistant once well-established.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely to Sometimes Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US - Central & Eastern
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Grows To: 30-50'H, easily trained to a 6'H fence or other support.
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Cascade Climbing Rose
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Excellent for growing on a low fence or on a trellis. A vigorous climbing and disease resistant rose producing huge clusters of deep red 1" roses in late spring, summer, and fall. Red Cascade is reported to be somewhat deer resistant according to a Master...
  • Native To / Origin: Gardens - 1976
  • Grows To: 10-15'H
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Mexican Love Vine (Orange), Mexican Flame Vine
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Intense orange, 2" daisy-like blooms with yellow centers are borne on a vigorous twining vine. Blooming spring to fall. An easily grown perennial vine.
  • Native To / Origin: N Central Americas
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate to poor
Louisiana
Merryville
Giant Dutchman\'s Pipevine, Brazilian Dutchmans Pipe Vine, Aristolochia
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

The majority of tropical Pipevines, like this one, are not considered good choices for the Pipevine Swallowtail whereas the native species as well as the Fringed Dutchman's Pipevine , Aristolochia fimbriata , are considered as good hosts for these butterflies.
  • Deer Resistance: Not Likely to Be Bothered
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight, High
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, moderately well-drained soils.
Louisiana
Merryville
Snow-N-Summertm Asiatic Jasmine
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Deer resistant and salt tolerant. Rosy pink new growth matures to white and deep rich green creating a snowfall of color in the garden. A beautiful form of the ever durable Asiatic Jasmine.
  • Native To / Origin: Gardens
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade, Light shade
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate to High
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,10,11
Louisiana
Merryville
Ogon Nishiki Asiatic Jasmine, Salsa Asiatic Jasmine, Japanese Star Jasmine
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

Trachelospermum asiaticum is a.k.a. Asian Jasmine, Japanese Star Jasmine, Dwarf Confederate Jasmine, and Small Leaf Jasmine. Salsa Jasmine or Ogon Nishiki Asiatic Jasmine creates a fiery splash of color anywhere in the garden or spilling from containers,...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,10,11
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: Gardens
  • Grows To: 6-8''H and spreading
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade, Light shade
Louisiana
Merryville
Italian Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A popular wood for building uses, cabinet making and wardrobes, especially since it retains its fragrance, repels moths and is impervious to woodworm. * Cupressus sempervirens , the Mediterranean Cypress (also known as Italian, Tuscan, or Graveyard...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 59,874
  • Genus: Cupressus
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Height: 100-115 feet
  • Common Name: Italian Cypress
  • Germination: 71%
New York
Locke
Little Kids and Seed Balls
He reintroduced the ancient technique of seed balls, in which the seed for the next season's crop is mixed with clay, compost, and sometimes manure, and formed into small balls, then dropped on top of the ground.
California
El Segundo
Italian Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A popular wood for building uses, cabinet making and wardrobes, especially since it retains its fragrance, repels moths and is impervious to woodworm. * Cupressus sempervirens , the Mediterranean Cypress (also known as Italian, Tuscan, or Graveyard...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 100-115 feet
  • Botanical Name: Cupressus sempervirens
  • Seeds Per Pound: 59,874
  • Quantity: 4.17 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
New York
Locke
Gladwin Iris, Gladdon, Roast Beef Plant, Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Thrives in a bog garden. * Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs.
  • Botanical Name: Iris foetidissima
  • Species: foetidissima
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,178
  • Common Name: Gladwin Iris, Gladdon, Roast Beef Plant, Stinking Iris
  • Genus: Iris
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17
New York
Locke
Gladwin Iris, Gladdon, Roast Beef Plant, Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Thrives in a bog garden. * Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs.
  • Common Name: Gladwin Iris, Gladdon, Roast Beef Plant, Stinking Iris
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,178
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Iris
  • Family: Iridaceae
New York
Locke
Spanish Cedar, Mexican Cedar, Cigar-box Cedar, West Indian Cedar, Red Cedar, Cedro Hembra, Cedro Cedrela odorata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Cedro is always found naturally on well-drained soils, often but not exclusively on limestone; it tolerates a long dry season but does not flourish in areas of rainfall greater than about 3,000 millimetres (120 in) or on sites with heavy or waterlogged...
  • Genus: Cedrela
  • Germination: 75%
  • Species: odorata
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Purity: 97%
  • Botanical Name: Cedrela odorata
New York
Locke
Goldilocks, Goldilocks Aster Aster linosyris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bright yellow flowers.
  • Common Name: Goldilocks, Goldilocks Aster
  • Lot#: 9501
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Quantity: 0.27 lb
  • Purity: 97%
New York
Locke
Goldilocks, Goldilocks Aster Aster linosyris
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bright yellow flowers.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 98
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Lot#: 9501
  • Botanical Name: Aster linosyris
New York
Locke