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Seed Library List

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Illinois Bundleflower

Illinois Bundleflower

Desmanthus illinoensis, commonly known as Illinois bundleflower, prairie-mimosa or prickleweed, is a common plant in many areas of the south central and Midwestern US.

Ironweed

Ironweed

Types of variety: Purple 
Cyanthillium cinereum, also known as little ironweed, is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family.

Joe Pye Weed

Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium is a North American genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds.

Larkspur

Larkspur

Types of variety: Dwarf 
It is a popular garden plant and cut flower, grown from seed every year, with numerous cultivars in shades of pink, blue, purple and white.

Lettuce

Lettuce

Types of variety: Black Seeded Simpson, Hungarian Crisphead, Parris White Romaine, Turkish Crisphead, Turkish Leafy Landrace, Turkish Romaine Landrace
Lettuce is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable but sometimes for its stem and seeds.

Liatris Mix

Liatris Mix

Types of variety: Blazing Star Bottlebrush 
Liatris, commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America.

Marigold Mix

Marigold mix

Types of variety: Assorted
Calendula is a genus of about 15–20 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, that are often known as marigolds

Milkweed Mix

Milkweed Mix

Types of variety: Butterfly, Spider
Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged.

Okra

Okra

Types of variety: Burgandy, Clemson Spineless, Cote d’Ivorie Landrace, Emerald, Dwarf Long Pod
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, known in many English-speaking countries as Okro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods.

Peppers, Hot

Hot peppers

Types of variety: Aji Amarillo Grande, Aji Limo, Cayenne, Early Jalapeno, Fish, Jalapeno, Serrano
Hot peppers are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are cultivated for their pungency. They are widely used in many cuisines as a spice to add "heat" to dishes.

Phytoremediation Mix

Phytoremediation Mix

Types of variety: Alfalfa, Indian Mustard, Sunflowers
Phytoremediation is the use of green plants and the associated microorganisms, along with proper soil amendments and agronomic techniques to either contain, remove or render toxic environmental contaminants harmless.

Prairie Clover

Prairie Clover

Types of variety: Purple 
Dalea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush.

River Oats

River Oats

Types of variety: Aunt Lena, Blue Lake, Kentucky Wonder, New Mexico Dry, Rattlesnake
Chasmanthium latifolium, known as northern wood-oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, and river oats is a species of grass native to the central and eastern United States, Manitoba, and northeastern Mexico.

Squash, Maxima

Squash

Types of variety: Going To Seed Maxima Mix
Cucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most diverse domesticated species.

Squash, Mixta

Mixta squash

Types of variety: Amish Pie Pumpkin, Burgess Buttercup, Lofthouse Landrace 
Cucurbita mixta or Cucurbita argyrosperma, also called the cushaw squash and silver-seed gourd, is a species of winter squash originally from the south of Mexico.