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Slippery Elm, Red Elm Ulmus rubra     - Ulmus fulva
Price : CALL

The fruit is an oval winged samara 20 mm long and containing a single, central seed . The tree has a different branching pattern than American Elm, and its heartwood is reddish-brown, giving the tree its alternative common name 'Red Elm'.
  • Genus: Ulmus
  • Botanical Name: Ulmus rubra winged
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 50-70 feet
Illinois
Rockford
Manchurian Ash Fraxinus mandshurica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This tree is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental tree in parts of Canada and the United States. * The seeds are eaten by a wide variety of birds. Manchurian Ash can be used as a medium height wind break for a farmstead.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 2
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus mandshurica
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Species: mandshurica
  • Genus: Fraxinus
Illinois
Rockford
Red Baneberry Actaea rubra     - Actaea erythrocarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The berries also have a black dot on them. * Seeds In mid to late simmer, the berries turn bright red . * 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.
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Purity: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Actaea
  • Seeds Per Pound: 85,806
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 84
Illinois
Rockford
Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.
  • Quantity: 0.21 lb
  • Botanical Name: Clethra tomentosa
  • Collection Locale: OH
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Family: CLETHRACEAE
  • Species: tomentosa
Illinois
Rockford
Sweet Pitcherplant Sarracenia gronovii  rubra   - Sarracenia rubra
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. * Sarracenia rubra , also known as the Sweet pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 567,500
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: gronovii
Illinois
Rockford
Western Azalea Rhododendron occidentale
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The Western Azalea is known to occur as far north as Bandon , Oregon . * Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet in fall; native to the Pacific Coast, and said to fare poorly on...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 220
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Crop Year: 1992
  • Collection Locale: CA 524 2000'
Illinois
Rockford
Ginko Craig Hosta Hosta sp   Ginko Craig
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds. All leaves will be solid green. * Features a mound of narrow, medium green leaves edged with pure white, with racemes of orchid-like, purple striped flowers on 18" scapes.
  • Family: HOSTACEAE
  • Germination: 56%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 93,524
  • Lot#: 9801
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Rockford
White Ash, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Cane Ash Fraxinus americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* One of the most valuable hardwood timber trees in N. This species is planted on a small scale, mainly in E. * White ash is one of the most used trees for everyday purposes and, to keep up with high demand, is cultivated almost everywhere it can be.
  • Collection Locale: PA
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: White Ash, Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Cane Ash
  • Quantity: 8.03 lb
  • Purity: 96%
Illinois
Rockford
Leatherwood, Eastern Leatherwood Dirca palustris
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* A shrub with light green leaves, pale yellow flowers before the leaves, which appear very early; fall color can be a good yellow; likes damp shade; Dirr notes that the Indians used the bark to make bow strings, fishing lines, and baskets--leathery indeed;...
  • Family: Thymelaeaceae
  • Botanical Name: Dirca palustris
  • Genus: Dirca
  • Height: 4-9 feet
Illinois
Rockford
Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora
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* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen.
  • Species: parviflora
  • Height: 9-12 feet
  • Genus: Aesculus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Rockford
Narrowleaf Ash Fraxinus angustifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees. * Fraxinus angustifolia ( Narrow-leafed Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to central and southern Europe , northwest Africa , and southwest Asia .
  • Family: OLEACEAE
  • Common Name: Narrowleaf Ash
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus angustifolia
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Genus: Fraxinus
Illinois
Rockford
Korean Sweetheart Tree, Euscaphis Tree EUSCAPHIS japonica
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* Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.
  • Family: STAPHYLEACEAE
  • Genus: EUSCAPHIS
  • Common Name: Korean Sweetheart Tree, Euscaphis Tree
  • Species: japonica
Illinois
Rockford
Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry Ilex glabra
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shiny dark green, evergreen leaves; upright, rounded, densely branched; unique among hollies in that it often spreads by suckering; doesn't mind shade but prefers sun; Dirr recommends it for foundations, hedges, and accent plants, particularly the cultivars;...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 43
  • Common Name: Ink Berry, Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry
  • Seeds Per Pound: 165,150
  • Botanical Name: Ilex glabra
  • Species: glabra
Illinois
Rockford
Wangrangkura Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus     - Acanthopanax sessiliflorus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus
  • Common Name: Wangrangkura
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Genus: Eleutherococcus
  • Lot#: 011048
Illinois
Rockford
Great Angelica, Purplestem Angelica Angelica atropurpurea
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The stalks can be eaten like celery and the flavor is similar. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 83,990
  • Germination: 59%
  • Purity: 96%
  • Botanical Name: Angelica atropurpurea
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Collection Locale: MI
Illinois
Rockford
Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana    Southern
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Dirr describes this as a really beautiful plant. * Sweet bay magnolia is native to the southeastern United States north along the Atlantic coast to New York. * A tea is made from the leaves.
  • Quantity: 0.98 lb
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,718
Illinois
Rockford
Shallow Sedge Carex lurida
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds, streams...
  • Collection Locale: PA
  • Quantity: 0.93 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 79
  • Botanical Name: Carex lurida
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2007
Illinois
Rockford
Comfrey, Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and...
  • Germination: 34%
  • Species: officinale
  • Genus: Symphytum
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Crop Year: 2003
  • Family: Boraginaceae
Illinois
Rockford
Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Its cold-hardiness is variable throughout its range with the Oklahoma native population believed by many to be the cold-hardiest population. Tall, occasionally reaching tree size in Texas.
  • Genus: Sabal
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 4 feet
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Rockford
Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry Callicarpa dichotoma
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

The fruit provides food for wild life. This species can be found in China and Japan. * Lavender flowers from June until August, followed by violet fruits in October; extremely attractive, smaller than C.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 30
  • Species: dichotoma
  • Quantity: 0.06 lb
  • Germination: 71%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Collection Locale: Massachusetts
Illinois
Rockford
Ensata Japanese Iris, Japanese Iris Iris ensata     - Iris ensata  spontaenea  , Iris kaempferi
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Ensata Japanese Iris, Japanese Iris
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Rockford
Shallow Sedge Carex lurida
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds, streams...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 245,160
  • Quantity: 0.93 lb
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Lot#: 070660
  • Collection Locale: PA
  • Botanical Name: Carex lurida
Illinois
Rockford
Mountain Alder, Grey Alder, Hoary Alder, Gray Alder, European Speckled Alder Alnus incana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A species of alder with a wide range across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere . * A decidious Tree growing to 18m.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 593,480
  • Height: 45-60 feet
  • Genus: Alnus
  • Crop Year: 2008
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Rockford
American Witchhazel, Witch Hazel, Common Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Fragrant, yellow flowers bloom from October through December. * The fruit is a hard woody capsule 10–14 mm long, which splits explosively at the apex at maturity one year after pollination, ejecting the two shiny black seeds up to 10 m distant from...
  • Family: Hamamelidaceae
  • Height: 20 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 13.68 lb
  • Species: virginiana
Illinois
Rockford
Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet Clethra tomentosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.
  • Genus: Clethra
  • Common Name: Wooly Summer-sweet, Wooly Summer Sweet
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
  • Collection Locale: OH
  • Botanical Name: Clethra tomentosa
Illinois
Rockford
Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Brush, Titi, Black Tree, Ironwood Cliftonia monophylla
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* The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added. * Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United...
  • Family: Cyrillaceae
  • Common Name: Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Brush, Titi, Black Tree, Ironwood
  • Species: monophylla
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Illinois
Rockford
Sourwood, Lily Of The Valley Tree, Sorrel Tree Oxydendrum arboreum
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,311,800
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Botanical Name: Oxydendrum arboreum
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Quantity: 2.31 lb
  • Germination: 40%
Illinois
Rockford