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Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycad, Japanese Sago Palm, Funeral Palm Cycas revoluta
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* The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan . * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Cycadaceae
  • Botanical Name: Cycas revoluta
  • Genus: Cycas
Illinois
Elgin
Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycad, Japanese Sago Palm, Funeral Palm Cycas revoluta
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* The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan . * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is...
  • Height: 20 feet
  • Species: revoluta
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Cycas
Illinois
Elgin
Horseradishtree, Drumstick Tree, Benzoil tree, Ben Oil tree Moringa oleifera     - Moringa pterygosperma
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* In developing countries, moringa has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and support sustainable landcare. * It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses.
  • Species: oleifera
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Quantity: 4.13 lb
  • Common Name: Horseradishtree, Drumstick Tree, Benzoil tree, Ben Oil tree
  • Crop Year: 2015
Illinois
Elgin
Woman\'s-tongue Tree, Woman\'s Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law\'s Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood Albizia lebbeck
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,438
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Species: lebbeck
  • Common Name: Woman's-tongue Tree, Woman's Tongue, Koko, Mother-in-law's Tongue Tree, Lebbeck, Lebbek Tree, Flea Tree, Frywood
  • Genus: Albizia
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Elgin
Luckynut, Yellow Oleander Thevetia peruviana     - Thevetia neriifolia    , Cascabela thevetia
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

Many cases of intentional and accidental poisoning of humans are known. * Cascabela thevetia is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and planted as large flowering shrub or small ornamental tree standards in gardens and parks in temperate climates.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 112
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Species: peruviana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Quantity: 1.28 lb
Illinois
Elgin
Indian Rattlebox Crotalaria assamica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.
  • Quantity: 1.87 lb
  • Species: assamica
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Common Name: Indian Rattlebox
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 55
Illinois
Elgin
Macadamia Nut Macadamia integrifolia
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Plants grow best in rich moist soils and require copious summer watering in their early stages, though established plants are very drought resistant. The flowers are white or pinkish followed by woody, rounded fruits which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 60
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Common Name: Macadamia Nut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Macadamia integrifolia
  • Height: 20-30 feet
Illinois
Elgin
Macadamia Nut Macadamia integrifolia
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Plants grow best in rich moist soils and require copious summer watering in their early stages, though established plants are very drought resistant. The flowers are white or pinkish followed by woody, rounded fruits which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter.
  • Quantity: 16.25 lb
  • Species: integrifolia
  • Botanical Name: Macadamia integrifolia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Genus: Macadamia
Illinois
Elgin
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Intermountain Bristlecone Pine, Western Bristlecone Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah Pine Pinus longaeva     - Pinus aristata longaeva   , Pinus aristata  longaeva
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds. The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine .
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Quantity: 1.49 lb
  • Germination: 98%
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Elgin
Black Poui, Jacaranda, Blue Jacaranda, Green Ebony Tree, The Fern Tree Jacaranda mimosifolia     - Jacaranda chelonia    , Jacaranda ovalifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans. * Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 96
  • Germination: 83%
  • Species: mimosifolia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 53,037
  • Quantity: 7.55 lb
  • Collection Locale: India
Illinois
Elgin
Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion\'s Ear Leonotis nepetifolia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of...
  • Botanical Name: Leonotis nepetifolia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Christmas Candlestick, Klip Dagga, Lion's Ear
  • Quantity: 0.14 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 340,500
  • Species: nepetifolia
Illinois
Elgin
Utah Agave Agave utahensis
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It is partly below ground. Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Agave
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • Common Name: Utah Agave
Illinois
Elgin
Mexican Buckeye Ungnadia speciosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The sweetish but poisonous seeds are sometimes used by children as marbles. It is often multi-trunked with with light gray to brown bark, smooth on young branches, becoming fissured with age.
  • Botanical Name: Ungnadia speciosa
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Ungnadia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Common Name: Mexican Buckeye
Illinois
Elgin
Mugo Pine, Mugo Pine Tree, Mountain Pine Pinus mugo  mughus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Drought tolerant, disease and insect tolerant are also good assets for a bonsai. Plant seeds in the fall and deep soil evenly moist in deep well-drained soil. * Unlike most species of pine.
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Quantity: 20.5 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 63,866
  • Collection Locale: Bulgaria
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Variety: mughus
Illinois
Elgin
Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod Gleditsia sinensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of...
  • Common Name: Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Gleditsia sinensis
  • Crop Year: 2013
Illinois
Elgin
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds . The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock .
  • Genus: Tecoma
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Germination: 31%
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
Illinois
Elgin
Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy;...
  • Species: quadrangulata
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Quantity: 0.88 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 6,341
Illinois
Elgin
African Tuliptree Spathodea campanulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

These buds are often used by children who play with its ability to squirt the water. The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the African tuliptree, fountain tree, pichkari or Nandi flame.
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Botanical Name: Spathodea campanulata
  • Genus: Spathodea
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 51
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
Illinois
Elgin
Gasplant, Gas Plant, Dittany Dictamnus albus   Albiflorus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Botanical Name: Dictamnus albus Albiflorus
  • Cultivar: Albiflorus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Common Name: Gasplant, Gas Plant, Dittany
Illinois
Elgin
Fontanesia, Syrian-privet Fontanesia phillyraeoides
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides , though some authors split this into two species (see below).
  • Genus: Fontanesia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80,812
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Botanical Name: Fontanesia phillyraeoides
  • Quantity: 0.42 lb
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
Illinois
Elgin
Gas Plant, Dittany, Gasplant, Burningbush Dictamnus albus     - Dictamnus fraxinella
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as soon as possible because it dislikes root disturbance. * It is a popular garden plant both for its flowers and for its fragrance.
  • Genus: Dictamnus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 50
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination: 98%
  • Species: albus
Illinois
Elgin
Bejuco de Santiago (Vine of St. James), Calico Vine
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

Each cap has its own 10-14'' purple twisting streamer dangling from its tip. Beautiful and unusual! Deep burgundy-green, curving, tubular, dutchman's pipe-shaped blooms with deep burgundy caps that overhang the open throat of these unique, carnivorous...
  • Outdoor Light: Part sun, Part shade
  • Grows To: 12-15'H
  • Indoor Light: Direct sun, High
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Illinois
Elgin
Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine Pinus muricata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California , USA , including some offshore islands, and a few locations in Baja California , Mexico , and always on or near the coast, from Trinidad Head in Humboldt County,...
  • Height: 50-80 feet
  • Collection Locale: Mendocino County Ca
  • Common Name: Bishop Pine, Bishop Pine, Obispo Pine, Santa Cruz Pine, Dwarf Marine Pine, Pricklecone Pine
  • Quantity: 0.15 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Pinaceae
Illinois
Elgin
Fiji Island Tropical Hibiscus
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

For more on how to successfully grow Tropical Hibiscus in portions of zones 9 and 10 see the following publication from Texas A&M's AgriLife Extension service titled " Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) For Galveston County and the Texas Upper...
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11
  • Deer Resistance: Sometimes Bothered - Occasionally Severely
Illinois
Elgin
Butcher\'s Broom, Knee Holly, Jew\'s Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

* Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: aculeatus
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 8
  • Common Name: Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Asparagaceae
Illinois
Elgin
Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon Pinus maximartinezii
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* Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964. * A very attractive tree. In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree.
  • Height: 20-45 feet
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Common Name: Maxipinon, Big-cone Pinyon, Martinez Pinyon
  • Family: Pinaceae
Illinois
Elgin
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence the common name. * New Jersey tea is a compact, dense, rounded shrub which typically grows 2-3' tall (less frequently to 4').
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Germination: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanus
  • Genus: Ceanothus
Illinois
Elgin