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European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris  Double Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The seed can be slow to germinate. * The blue flowers and on occasion white flowers are bonnet shaped. * It is best to sow as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens...
  • Lot#: 050827
  • Variety: Double Mix
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Common Name: European Columbine, Columbine, Dwarf Columbine
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Height: 2-4 feet
United States
Massachusetts
Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis     - Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Prices start at : 17.90 USD / 1 packet

They bloom from late spring to early summer . * The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike, often held horizontally, is lined with an elegant row of pink and white "hearts"; flowers in May...
  • Common Name: Bleeding Heart
  • Quantity: 0.00668 lb
  • Purity: 98%
  • Family: FUMARIACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Dicentra spectabilis
  • Height: 2-3 feet
United States
Massachusetts
Hop Tree, Common Hoptree, Wafer Ash, Stinking Ash Ptelea trifoliata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise...
  • Germination: 82%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,258
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Purity: 99%
United States
Massachusetts
Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood Kalmia latifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Kalmia latifolia , commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood , is a species flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae , that is native to the eastern United States . Dislikes dry soils, requiring cool, permanently moist conditions at the...
  • Purity: 95%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Species: latifolia
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
United States
Massachusetts
Coast Trillium, Pacific Trillium Trillium ovatum
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Near California shores, it is common under coast redwood. Occasional Trillium ovatum plants have petals that are maroon rather than the typical white. In the northern part of its range, which includes southern British Columbia, extreme southwestern...
  • Quantity: 0.1 lb
  • Collection Locale: BC, Canada
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Coast Trillium, Pacific Trillium
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 62,652
United States
Massachusetts
Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood Kalmia latifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Kalmia latifolia , commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood , is a species flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae , that is native to the eastern United States . Dislikes dry soils, requiring cool, permanently moist conditions at the...
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Species: latifolia
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 14,000,500
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 880
  • Common Name: Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood
United States
Massachusetts
Securinega SECURINEGA suffruticosa     - Flueggea suffruticosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental...
  • Height: 4-8 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 25
  • Species: suffruticosa
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Botanical Name: SECURINEGA suffruticosa
  • Purity: 99%
United States
Massachusetts
Windmill Palm, Broadleaf Lady Palm Rhapis excelsa
Price : CALL

They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices.
  • Genus: Rhapis
  • Family: PALMAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Height: 10-12 feet
United States
Massachusetts
Tigerstedt Rhododendron Rhododendron brachycarpum  Tigerstedtii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.
  • Species: brachycarpum
  • Variety: Tigerstedtii
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,325,680
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Purity: 98%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
United States
Massachusetts
Downy Japanese Maple, Full Moon Maple ACER japonicum
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The bark is smooth on young trees, becoming rough and scaly on old trees. * A species of maple native to Japan , on Honsh? ( Nagasaki Prefecture ), and also southern Korea. * Small deciduous tree growing to 5–10 m (rarely 15 m) tall, with a trunk...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2010
  • Germination: 71%
  • Common Name: Downy Japanese Maple, Full Moon Maple
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,718
  • Botanical Name: ACER japonicum dry seed
United States
Massachusetts
Hop Tree, Common Hoptree, Wafer Ash, Stinking Ash Ptelea trifoliata
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise...
  • Common Name: Hop Tree, Common Hoptree, Wafer Ash, Stinking Ash
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Genus: Ptelea
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Ptelea trifoliata
United States
Massachusetts
Aaron\'s Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower Hypericum calycinum
Price : CALL

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia .
  • Quantity: 0.07 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Aaron's Beard, Rose-of-Sharonwort, Creeping St. Johnswort, Goldflower
  • Botanical Name: Hypericum calycinum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 278
United States
Massachusetts
Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia Fatsia japonica     - Aralia sieboldii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fatsia japonica (fatsi or Japanese aralia; syn. * It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions where winters do not fall below about -15°C. Japonica have been shown to effectively remove gaseous formaldehyde from indoor air.
  • Common Name: Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia
  • Species: japonica
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Fatsia
  • Botanical Name: Fatsia japonica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
United States
Massachusetts
Peepul Tree, Sacred Fig Ficus religiosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, south-west China and Indochina. * Ficus religiosa is used in traditional medicine for about 50 types of disorders including asthma, diabetes,...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Botanical Name: Ficus religiosa
  • Common Name: Peepul Tree, Sacred Fig
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Species: religiosa
United States
Massachusetts
Yellow Corydalis, Yellow Rock Fumewort, Yellow Fumatory, Golden Bleeding Heart Corydalis lutea     - Pseudofumaria lutea
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Yellow Corydalis is hardy to –34°C (-30°F; hardiness zone 4). It grows wild in cracks in old walls where drainage is excellent. * Yellow corydalis grows to 30–38 cm (12–15 in) tall.
  • Germination: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 238,350
  • Crop Year: 2002
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 12-18 inches
  • Common Name: Yellow Corydalis, Yellow Rock Fumewort, Yellow Fumatory, Golden Bleeding Heart
United States
Massachusetts
Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana    Northern
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 9,261
  • Collection Locale: NJ
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Quantity: 28.06 lb
  • Germination: 71%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
United States
Massachusetts
Alpine Honeysuckle, Alps Honeysuckle Lonicera alpigena
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Alpine Honeysuckle ( Lonicera alpigena L. Schmidt, which is native to Sakhalin , Kurile Islands , Hokkaido and Honshu , is sometimes considered as a geographically disjunct subspecies of Alpine Honeysuckle, L.
  • Botanical Name: Lonicera alpigena
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39
  • Common Name: Alpine Honeysuckle, Alps Honeysuckle
  • Species: alpigena
  • Genus: Lonicera
United States
Massachusetts
Bursting-heart Euonymus americanus     - Euonymus americana
Price : CALL

Once the seeds have ripened in mid-autumn the red capsules burst open, scattering the orange seeds up to 15 feet. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. It is an evergreen plant, though the number of leaves is greatly diminished during the winter.
  • Common Name: Bursting-heart
  • Family: Celastraceae
  • Genus: Euonymus
  • Height: 6-8 feet
United States
Massachusetts
Pagoda Dogwood, Alternateleaf Dogwood, Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus alternifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental...
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Species: alternifolia
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 13
  • Germination Test Type: cut
United States
Massachusetts
Gray Dogwood, Northern Swamp Dogwood Cornus racemosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Red stem color is more easily seen after the fruits are gone, and red color often persists into early winter. * Plants can produce many stems and suckers, with older stems, which can reach 5 metres (16 ft) in height, having distinctive gray bark.
  • Species: racemosa
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
  • Common Name: Gray Dogwood, Northern Swamp Dogwood
  • Botanical Name: Cornus racemosa
  • Crop Year: 2018
United States
Massachusetts
Sweetfern, Sweet Fern, Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism. * Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Comptonia peregrina
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 22
  • Germination: 98%
United States
Massachusetts
Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash Fraxinus velutina
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California...
  • Quantity: 0.81 lb
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 19,978
  • Height: 35 feet
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Common Name: Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash
United States
Massachusetts
European Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds.
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Genus: Sambucus
  • Common Name: European Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • Botanical Name: Sambucus racemosa
  • Quantity: 0.64 lb
United States
Massachusetts
Roseshell Azalea, Early Azalea Rhododendron prinophyllum
Price : CALL

Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by...
  • Botanical Name: Rhododendron prinophyllum
  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Species: prinophyllum
United States
Massachusetts
Cork Oak Quercus suber
Price : CALL

* Natural stands of cork oak can support diverse ecosystems. * Cork harvesting is done entirely without machinery, being dependent solely on human labor. Only the bark is extracted, and a new layer of cork regrows, making it a renewable resource.
  • Height: 40-60 feet
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: suber
  • Botanical Name: Quercus suber
United States
Massachusetts
Ivy-leaved Maple, Vine-leaved Maple ACER cissifolium
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Each leaf has 3 leaflets. * Native to Japan. * Red and Orange fall foliage.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,792
  • Family: Aceraceae
  • Botanical Name: ACER cissifolium
United States
Massachusetts
English Ivy Hedera helix
Price : CALL

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.
  • Species: helix
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Hedera helix
United States
Massachusetts