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Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina  duriuscula
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 823
  • Germination: 80%
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 481,240
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
Illinois
Chicago
Grape Ivy, Japanese Creeper, Woodbine, Boston Ivy, Japanese Ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Though unrelated to true ivy , it is commonly known Japanese creeper , Boston ivy , Grape ivy , Japanese ivy , and woodbine (though the latter may refer to a number of vines). * Parthenocissus tricuspidata is a flowering plant in the grape family ( Vitaceae...
  • Quantity: 6.49 lb
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 32
  • Germination: 91%
  • Common Name: Grape Ivy, Japanese Creeper, Woodbine, Boston Ivy, Japanese Ivy
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
Majestic Blue Spruce Picea pungens  glauca Majestic
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * Majestic also produces 99% blue color trees (shiners) ! * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: pungens
  • Botanical Name: Picea pungens glauca Majestic
  • Cultivar: Majestic
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Chicago
Arizona White Oak Quercus arizonica
Price : CALL

The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few. * One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its greatest size in canyons and other moist...
  • Species: arizonica
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Height: 60 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Japanese Rowan Sorbus commixta
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species is suitable for street planting. * Sorbus commixta ( Japanese Rowan ) is a species of rowan native to Japan , the far east of Russia on Sakhalin , and in Korea on the island of Ulleungdo .
  • Seeds Per Pound: 127,120
  • Species: commixta
  • Common Name: Japanese Rowan
  • Quantity: 0.39 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Rosaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Fleshy Hawthorn Crataegus succulenta
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit is excellent for making jellies, it can also be dried for later use. * Crataegus succulenta is a species of hawthorn known by the common names fleshy hawthorn and succulent hawthorn .
  • Collection Locale: Manitoba, Canada
  • Crop Year: 2007
  • Botanical Name: Crataegus succulenta
  • Germination: 63%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 28
  • Quantity: 3.35 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Turkey Oak Quercus laevis
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* The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member of the red oak group of oaks . It is native to the southeastern United States , occurring on the coastal plain from Delaware south to central Florida , and west to southeast Louisiana .
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Botanical Name: Quercus laevis
  • Common Name: Turkey Oak
Illinois
Chicago
Lanceleaf Tickseed, Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).
  • Seeds Per Pound: 194,312
  • Germination: 90%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Illinois
Chicago
Bastard Oak, White Shin Oak, Bigelow Oak, Scaly-bark Oak, Shortlobe Oak Quercus sinuata  breviloba
Price : CALL

* Found mostly on flat-topped limestone hills. * A shrub or small tree with light gray, flaking bark. * Forms thickets on shallow soil, seldom a single tree.
  • Species: sinuata
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Variety: breviloba
  • Common Name: Bastard Oak, White Shin Oak, Bigelow Oak, Scaly-bark Oak, Shortlobe Oak
Illinois
Chicago
Carolina Buckthorn, Indian Cherry Rhamnus caroliniana     - Frangula caroliniana
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It is noted for its bright shiny green leaves and edible fruits. * Carolina buckthorn is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10-15' (infrequently to 30') tall. * Rhamnus caroliniana ( syn.
  • Quantity: 0.58 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Rhamnus caroliniana
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 15
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Snowberry, Common Snowberry, Wax Berry Symphoricarpos albus
Price : CALL

Livestock such as cattle and sheep readily browse it. Pocket gophers dig burrows underneath it during the winter. The native Americans used it to treat a variety of complaints but especially as an external wash on the skin.
  • Collection Locale: Massachusettes
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 59
  • Quantity: 0.72 lb
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 55,366
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
Illinois
Chicago
Durango Pine Pinus durangensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species is related to Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine), and included in the same subsection Ponderosae. * I find this to be one of the most impressive of Mexican pines. It is a moderately high altitude species, growing at 1,500–2,800 metres (4,900–9,200...
  • Collection Locale: El Toro,Guanacevi,Dgo.Mexico
  • Seeds Per Pound: 13,166
  • Germination: 95%
  • Botanical Name: Pinus durangensis
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 27
Illinois
Chicago
Milkflower Cotoneaster, Parney Cotoneaster Cotoneaster coriaceus     - Cotoneaster lacteus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Branchlets dark purplish brown to grayish brown, cylindric, initially densely yellow tomentose, glabrous when old. Petiole 4–8 mm, initially densely yellow tomentose, subglabrous when old; stipules linear-lanceolate, 4–5 mm, sparsely tomentose or...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 70,370
  • Germination: 63%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Seeds Type: cs
  • Genus: Cotoneaster
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 96
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana  silicicola   - Juniperus silicicola
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

A hurricane in 1896 destroyed these factories and terminated a major portion of such use. * The wood of southern redcedar is close grained, light, soft, fragrant, and very durable.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 86,260
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Variety: silicicola
  • Purity: 98%
Illinois
Chicago
European Mountain Ash Sorbus aucuparia
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A cosmetic face-mask is made from the fruits and is used to combat wrinkled skin. * Sorbus aucuparia ( Rowan , European Rowan , Mountain ash , or European mountain ash ), is a species of the genus Sorbus , native to most of Europe except for the far...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 69
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Lot#: 050556
  • Botanical Name: Sorbus aucuparia
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Species: aucuparia
Illinois
Chicago
Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple ACER saccharum floridanum    - ACER barbatum    , ACER floridanum
Price : CALL

Acer barbatum Michx. * It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree, growing to 15–25 m. Southern sugar maple ACBA3 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology...
  • Subspecies: floridanum
  • Common Name: Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple
  • Species: saccharum
  • Botanical Name: ACER saccharum floridanum
  • Height: 50-60 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Sonoran Scrub Oak Quercus turbinella
Price : CALL

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .
  • Common Name: Sonoran Scrub Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus turbinella
Illinois
Chicago
Green Ash, Northern Red Ash, Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It weighs 44lbper cubic foot. Used for tool handles, furniture etc. Americana, though it is usually sold under that name. * Green Ash is one of the most widely planted ornamental trees throughout the United States and much of Canada but mostly Alberta,...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Botanical Name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
  • Common Name: Green Ash, Northern Red Ash, Red Ash
  • Crop Year: 2013
Illinois
Chicago
Tatarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica
Price : CALL

* The fruit is a shiny orange or red berry up to a centimeter wide. * Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatarian honeysuckle . The plant forms thickets and spreads easily when birds and other animals consume the fruits.
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Species: tatarica
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • Genus: Lonicera
Illinois
Chicago
Western Yellow Pine, Pacific Ponderosa Pine, Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa benthamiana
Price : CALL

Pacific race pines have relatively large needles, cones, and seeds, and are rapid growing and least cold hardy in tests to date. Ponderosa subsp. The 'Pacific' group includes populations formerly assigned to Pinus benthamiana Hartweg (1847) from the Sierra...
  • Species: ponderosa
  • Subspecies: benthamiana
  • Botanical Name: Pinus ponderosa benthamiana
  • Common Name: Western Yellow Pine, Pacific Ponderosa Pine, Ponderosa Pine
  • Genus: Pinus
Illinois
Chicago
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...
  • Species: rugosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
Illinois
Chicago
Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
Price : CALL

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Common Name: Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Chicago
Swedish Mountain Ash Sorbus intermedia
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A small tree, or sometimes a shrub; white flowers with pale pink anthers in clusters to 4", followed by oblong 1/2" orange-red or red-brown fruit; tolerant of pollution; dense rounded crown; native to northern Europe, where it is planted in streets...
  • Genus: Sorbus
  • Seeds Per Pound: 28,148
  • Common Name: Swedish Mountain Ash
  • Family: ROSACEAE
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 28
Illinois
Chicago
Whitebark Pine Pinus albicaulis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Established plants tolerate drought. The Whitebark Pine is typically the highest-elevation pine tree of these mountains, marking the tree line . * Pinus albicaulis (known commonly as Whitebark pine , Pitch pine , Scrub pine , and Creeping pine ) occurs...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Whitebark Pine
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 60-80 feet
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Genus: Pinus
Illinois
Chicago
Scrub Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni  frutescens
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the United States .
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Common Name: Scrub Interior Live Oak
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Species: wislizeni
Illinois
Chicago
Jojoba, Pignut, Goat Nut, Deer Nut, Wild Hazel, Quinine Nut, Coffeeberry, Grey Box Bush Simmondsia chinensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Jojoba foliage provides year-round food opportunity for many animals, including deer , javelina , bighorn sheep , and livestock. * Jojoba grows to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) tall, with a broad, dense crown.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 22.97 lb
  • Collection Locale: Arizonia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 685
Illinois
Chicago
Durango Pine Pinus durangensis
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species is related to Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine), and included in the same subsection Ponderosae. * I find this to be one of the most impressive of Mexican pines. It is a moderately high altitude species, growing at 1,500–2,800 metres (4,900–9,200...
  • Germination: 95%
  • Botanical Name: Pinus durangensis
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Collection Locale: El Toro,Guanacevi,Dgo.Mexico
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Illinois
Chicago