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Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria , and is included in the family Papaveraceae and most closely related to Eomecon of eastern Asia. Caution is advised. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root.
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Common Name: Bloodroot
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Sanguinaria
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,516
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 26
United States
Massachusetts
English Primrose Primula vulgaris     - Primula acaulis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

A mild flavour,though the texture is a bit tough. * The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
  • Germination: 77%
  • Genus: Primula
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Common Name: English Primrose
  • Height: 1ft
United States
Massachusetts
Sowbread, Neapolitan Cyclamen  Cyclamen hederifolium
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 packet

Thrives in the light shade of trees. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. * Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil.
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Family: Primulaceae
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Cyclamen hederifolium
  • Common Name: Sowbread, Neapolitan Cyclamen
  • Species: hederifolium
United States
Massachusetts
Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis     - Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Prices start at : 17.90 USD / 1 packet

Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming. * Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m).
  • Family: FUMARIACEAE
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Bleeding Heart
  • Quantity: 0.00668 lb
United States
Massachusetts
Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica Angelica atropurpurea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed. * Angelica atropurpurea is a species of plant that can be found in moist and swampy woodlands , mostly by riverbanks.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2000
  • Seeds Per Pound: 83,990
  • Genus: Angelica
United States
Massachusetts
Cherry Belle Radish Raphanus sativus   Cherry Belle
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Cherry Belle is an Heirloom Variety that can be planted in the spring or fall and is ready to eat 5 weeks after sowing. * It can be grown indoors in the winter. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade.
  • Cultivar: Cherry Belle
  • Seeds Per Pound: 49,940
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 196
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Genus: Raphanus
  • Family: Brassicaceae
United States
Massachusetts
Windmill Palm, Broadleaf Lady Palm Rhapis excelsa
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The genus name is Greek - rhapis, meaning "needle"; and the species name is Latin for "tall", an ironic name choice as R. * Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm is a species of fan palm (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae) in...
  • Botanical Name: Rhapis excelsa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Common Name: Windmill Palm, Broadleaf Lady Palm
  • Genus: Rhapis
United States
Massachusetts
European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris  Double Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one.
  • Botanical Name: Aquilegia vulgaris Double Mix
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Variety: Double Mix
United States
Massachusetts
Hosta, Blue Plantain Lily, Blue Hosta Hosta ventricosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 40
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Collection Locale: NY
  • Seeds Per Pound: 88,984
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Hosta ventricosa
United States
Massachusetts
Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea Hibiscus syriacus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not, as Linnaeus thought, Syria, in spite of the name he gave it). Shoots make interesting indoor vase cuttings, as they stay green for a long...
  • Quantity: 17.79 lb
  • Common Name: Rose Of Sharon, Rose Of Althea
  • Seeds Per Pound: 25,424
  • Height: 6-12 feet
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Purity: 99%
United States
Massachusetts
English Ivy Hedera helix
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* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...
  • Genus: Hedera
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: helix
  • Family: Araliaceae
United States
Massachusetts
Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Height: 3-8 feet
  • Genus: Leonotis
United States
Massachusetts
Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Blooms late summer to early fall. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle .
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
United States
Massachusetts
Pearl Bush, Common Pearlbrush, Pearlbush Exochorda racemosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript shrub. * Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded...
  • Purity: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 38
  • Seeds Type: cs
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: racemosa
United States
Massachusetts
Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
  • Species: ptarmica
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Germination: 71%
  • Lot#: 9701
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Asteraceae
United States
Massachusetts
Bigleaf Lupine, Common Lupine , Blue-pod Lupine, Blue Bonnet, Large-leaved Lupine, Big-leaved Lupine, Garden Lupine, Meadow Lupine, Bog Lupine, Lupin Lupinus polyphyllus
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Each leaf has 6 to 9 narrow leaflets. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer. Grown in gardens, fields and roadsides.
  • Height: 4 feet
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Common Name: Bigleaf Lupine, Common Lupine , Blue-pod Lupine, Blue Bonnet, Large-leaved Lupine, Big-leaved Lupine, Garden Lupine, Meadow Lupine, Bog Lupine, Lupin
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
  • Quantity: 4.01 lb
United States
Massachusetts
English Ivy Hedera helix
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* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: helix
  • Common Name: English Ivy
  • Family: Araliaceae
United States
Massachusetts
Pink Pampas Grass Cortaderia selloana   Rosea
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* Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant.
  • Height: 5-7 feet
  • Cultivar: Rosea
  • Common Name: Pink Pampas Grass
  • Botanical Name: Cortaderia selloana Rosea
  • Family: Poaceae
United States
Massachusetts
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles (to 20" long) of tiny, variably-colored flowers (tones of gold, silver, purple and green) which form a cloud over the foliage that is particularly...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Deschampsia
  • Germination: 50%
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Botanical Name: Deschampsia cespitosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,849,000
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Massachusetts
Siberian Iris Iris sibirica
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Plant the roots out very shallowly. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. A very ornamental plant. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Family: Iridaceae
  • Common Name: Siberian Iris
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,846
United States
Massachusetts
Jack In The Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It can cause irritation of the mouth and digestive system, and on rare occasions the swelling of the mouth and throat may be severe enough to affect breathing.If the plant is properly dried or cooked it can be eaten as a root vegetable.A preparation of...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Arisaema
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Araceae
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Common Name: Jack In The Pulpit
United States
Massachusetts
Red Baneberry Actaea rubra     - Actaea erythrocarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The berries also have a black dot on them. * These open woodland plants grow 40 cm (16 in) to 80 cm (31 in) tall.The leaves that are coarsely toothed with deeply lobed margins. * Seeds In mid to late simmer, the berries turn bright red .
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: Actaea rubra
  • Species: rubra
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Massachusetts
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall.
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Common Name: Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Collection Locale: USA
  • Height: 1-3 feet
United States
Massachusetts
Pacific Yew Taxus brevifolia
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* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more.
  • Botanical Name: Taxus brevifolia
  • Species: brevifolia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 30-45 feet
United States
Massachusetts
Broom-sedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Broom Sedge Andropogon virginicus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun. * Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem and yellowsedge bluestem .
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Quantity: 9.7 lb
  • Germination: 90%
  • Collection Locale: Missouri
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,280,000
  • Purity: 83%
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Massachusetts
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Species: assamica
  • Genus: Crotalaria
  • Quantity: 1.87 lb
  • Height: 2-4 feet
United States
Massachusetts
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

* The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age. * Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched.
  • Botanical Name: Mimosa pudica
  • Germination: 91%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 135
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 5 feet, trailing
  • Quantity: 12.31 lb
United States
Massachusetts