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Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage Salvia coccinea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Flower color and size is quite variable. Spreading growth to 12". Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Genus: Salvia
  • Common Name: Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: coccinea
Iowa
Des Moines
Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata   Floristan White
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It is also used in treating kidney diseases. * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea.
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Crop Year: 1994
  • Cultivar: Floristan White
  • Height: 2 feet
Iowa
Des Moines
Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Crimson beebalm is extensively grown as an ornamental plant, both within and outside its native range; it is naturalized further west in the United States and also in parts of Europe and Asia.
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Quantity: 0.22 lb
  • Collection Locale: Netherlands
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 122
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Des Moines
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

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. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad.
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Quantity: 1.8 lb
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Lot#: 9501
  • Collection Locale: USA
Iowa
Des Moines
American Senna Senna hebecarpa     - Cassia hebecarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Two other species, Sicklepod (S. Occidentalis), are also found in the East. * Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Collection Locale: Wisconsin
  • Germination: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.27 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Crop Year: 2011
Iowa
Des Moines
White Flowered Lilac Syringa vulgaris  Alba
Price : CALL

* Parent has white flowers. * The plant is often used as a rootstock for the various ornamental cultivars of lilac. * An essential oil used in perfumery is obtained from the flowers.
  • Variety: Alba
  • Botanical Name: Syringa vulgaris Alba
  • Species: vulgaris
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Height: 12-20 feet
Iowa
Des Moines
Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa Knautia arvensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly...
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Species: arvensis
  • Common Name: Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa
  • Quantity: 0.11 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Collection Locale: Germany
Iowa
Des Moines
Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * Gray-head mexican-hat is a 3-5 ft. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem. * This plant is grown as an ornamental garden plant.
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Name: Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Seeds Per Pound: 463,080
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: pinnata
Iowa
Des Moines
Red Lotus Tree Magnolia insignis     - Manglietia insignis
Price : CALL

* This is a lovely tree with fragrant red flowers in the spring and beautiful evergreen foliage. * This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber.
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Quantity: 1.02 lb
  • Common Name: Red Lotus Tree
  • Seeds Per Pound: 4,086
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Iowa
Des Moines
Field Scabious, Blue Buttons, Field Scabiosa Knautia arvensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Quantity: 0.11 lb
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination: 98%
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Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * Gray-head mexican-hat is a 3-5 ft. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem. * This plant is grown as an ornamental garden plant.
  • Botanical Name: Ratibida pinnata
  • Common Name: Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Species: pinnata
  • Genus: Ratibida
Iowa
Des Moines
Purple Bauhinia, Butterfly Tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Camel\'s Foot, Hawaiian Orchid Tree Bauhinia purpurea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
  • Botanical Name: Bauhinia purpurea
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 4.33 lb
  • Common Name: Purple Bauhinia, Butterfly Tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Camel's Foot, Hawaiian Orchid Tree
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,498
Iowa
Des Moines
Mu he shu Schima superba
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 33
  • Genus: Schima
  • Family: Theaceae
  • Species: superba
  • Germination: 13%
  • Botanical Name: Schima superba
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Des Moines
Pendulous Lilac Syringa komarowii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad. * Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native to China.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
  • Germination: 99%
  • Lot#: 9301
  • Common Name: Pendulous Lilac
  • Botanical Name: Syringa komarowii
  • Quantity: 1.45 lb
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Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Helen\'s Flower, False Sunflower, Large-flowered Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over much of the U.S. * The dried nearly mature flower heads are used in a...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 101
  • Germination: 50%
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Collection Locale: MN
  • Purity: 75%
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Hardhack, Steeplebush, Hardhack Spirea, Meadow Sweet, Steeple Bush, Fernald Hardhack Spiraea tomentosa
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets. * Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S.
  • Common Name: Hardhack, Steeplebush, Hardhack Spirea, Meadow Sweet, Steeple Bush, Fernald Hardhack
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Quantity: 0.75 lb
  • Crop Year: 2012
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Family: Rosaceae
Iowa
Des Moines
New England Aster Symphyotrichum nova-angliae     - Aster NOVAE-ANGLIAE
Price : CALL

Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of...
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Height: 3-5ft
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,074,000
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Species: nova-angliae
Iowa
Des Moines
Scarlet Elderberry, Red Elderberry Sambucus pubens     - Sambucus racemosa  pubens
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Fruits are attractive to wildlife. * Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams. * Sambucus racemosa, commonly known as red elder or red elderberry, is a deciduous suckering shrub which...
  • Botanical Name: Sambucus pubens
  • Species: pubens
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 95
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Collection Locale: New York
  • Germination: 83%
Iowa
Des Moines
Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush Tecoma stans
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive compounds, especially monoterpenes , which may have...
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Tecoma
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
  • Common Name: Yellowbells, Yellow Trumpetbush
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
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Des Moines
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

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. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 85,352
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Common Name: Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 64
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Des Moines
Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Helen\'s Flower, False Sunflower, Large-flowered Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over much of the U.S. * The dried nearly mature flower heads are used in a...
  • Collection Locale: MN
  • Genus: Helenium
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 101
  • Quantity: 0.17 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 912,540
  • Family: Asteraceae
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Des Moines
Catnip, Catmint, Catswort Nepeta cataria
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

They can be used fresh or dried to make an aromatic herb tea. The tea should be infused in a closed container in order to preserve the essential oils, boiling is said to spoil it. * The plant is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant.
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Quantity: 158.3 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 762,720
  • Purity: 99%
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Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The flowers are white or creamy-white, the corolla with a tubular base to 4–6 mm long and a four-lobed apex 3–6 mm across, and a strong fragrance; they are produced in broad panicles 5–30 cm long and 3–20 cm broad in early summer.
  • Quantity: 0.43 lb
  • Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Collection Locale: North Dakota
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Iowa
Des Moines
Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...
  • Species: xylosteum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Seeds Per Pound: 113,500
  • Germination: 91%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle
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Des Moines
Oscar - Asclepias Seed
Prices start at : 4.10 USD / Packet

Sturdy, gracefully arched branches with neat, bamboo-like foliage. Packet: 50 seeds.All parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested. Begins taproot growth upon germination. The purchaser assumes all liability relating to the use of this product.Transplant...
  • Attracts Beneficial Insects: Yes
  • Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
  • Days To Maturity: 120 - 130 Days
  • Latin Name: Asclepias physocarpa
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Des Moines
Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* No serious insect or disease problems. Set plants out after last frost date. * Grow in average to organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Raised beds should be considered in areas with poorly-drained soils.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Quantity: 0.92 lb
  • Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii
  • Species: jamesonii
  • Common Name: Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy
  • Height: 10-18 inches
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Des Moines
Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis
Price : CALL

The plants have showy blooms in early to mid spring. * A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination: 89%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Common Name: Dames Rocket
  • Quantity: 3.02 lb
  • Botanical Name: Hesperis matronalis
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