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2011 SEED INFO
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Seeds Saved at Home  2011

Seeds are free to good homes
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Please email your choices with your postal address.
Please note that some entries may be NA(not available)

We can no longer send orders to the United States.
We hope website visitors from the US enjoy their visit nevertheless.

Remember that open pollinated(OP) seeds do not always give a plant exactly like the seed parent.
We have NOT done germination tests on all. Some seeds are in small quantities.

- For more information on the requirements for germination check out the following links -
Success with Seeds
Garden's North
 How to grow Rhododendrons from Seed
GROWING LILIES FROM SEED
 ORGS Seed Germination Database
 Tom Clothier's Germination Guide
Dictionary of Gardening Terms
Gardening Terms from Dave's Garden
Dictionary of Botanical Terms
The Seed Site

If anyone would like to sample please email us at   willowgarden_ns@hotmail.com



Image Botanical Name Common Name Variety/Color Height Source  Type of plant 

purple allium
Allium
ex Purple Sensation

purple
~4Ft
home
bulb



Althea sp.

Hollyhock
dark, single
4-5 Ft.
home
Bien-Per


pink form
Aquilegia
sp
Old fashioned Columbine
mix-Pink/Blue
~3Ft
home
Per


Irish Elegance
Aquilegia sp.
Columbine
'Irish Elegance, white with green touches
~3Ft home
Per

Black BarloweAquilegiasp.Columbinefrom Black Barlowe, deep purple~3FthomePer
aquilegia Biedermeier

Aquilegia

sp.

Biedermeier
Columbine
dwarf, dark pink2 FthomePer

coral azalea Azalea, deciduous
one of several types MIX - many colors
3-5Ft. home Shrub

bright yellow azalea
Azalea...bright yellow, small florets
likely R. luteum types
most have brilliant fall foliage
3-5Ft. home


pale yellow Azalea
Azalea…pale yellow,large florets    



3-5Ft. home Shrub

pink azalea Azalea, seedlings from a 'Homebush' cross
variety of pink forms
3-5Ft. home Shrub
azaleaAzalea, seedling from a 'Homebush' cross with yellowlarge peach florets3-5Ft.3-5Ft.Shrub

scarlet azalea
Azalea
scarlet, name unknown
3-4Ft.
home
Shrub
azaleaAzaleacoral shades3-4Ft.homeShrub

Northern Lights azalea 'Spicy Lights' Azalea 'Spicy Lights' OP
fragrant, peachy blooms
3-5Ft. home
Shrub



Azalea seedling fr. ARS'02#531

raspberry florets, quite late

home Shrub

July Jester
Azalea 'July Jester' OP

late blooming, scarlet
4-5Ft.
home
Shrub


azalea 'Homebush'
Azalea
 'Homebush' OP

ball-shaped, deep Pink
4Ft+
home
Shrub


purple Buddleia from seed Buddleia davidii  Butterfly Bush  collected from our best Purple 4-5Ft. home Shrub


Catalpa ovata
Catalpa

ovata

Chinese catalpa

creamy white , blooms at young age

 ~30Ft+
home
Tree
Clematis recta 'purpurea'
Clematis recta 'purpurea'

early foliage purple,white bloom, herbaceous
3Ft.
home Per.


Clethra
alnifolia
Summersweet
Pink form
~2-4 Ft.
StFX Shrub

Cornuskousa, likely var. ChinensisFlowering Dogwoodearly, pinkStFXsm Tree
Cornus?, likely var SatomiFlowering Dogwoodwhite, lateStFXsm Tree

from pure white
Digitalis purpurea foxglove white, OP
4+ Ft. home Biennial


Digitalis
Digitalis purpurea foxglove pink shades
4+ Ft. home Biennial

Echinacea purpurea Echinacea  purpurea Purple Cone Flower purple 2-3 Ft. home Per.

Enkianthus
Enkianthus
campanulatus

upright shrub with bell-like flowers, red fall foliage
3Ft+
home
Shrub



Eryngium
ex 'Miss Wilmott's Ghost' sea holly
large, silvery bracts
2-3Ft.
home
Per.

NA

Exochorda
macrantha
Pearl Bush
late spring, white blooms
~4Ft+/-
home
Shrub


Pinwheel
Kalmia
latafolia, ex 'Pinwheel' Mountain Laurel,pink
evergreen
~2-3Ft.
home
Shrub


seedling Holland bed
Kalmia latafolia seedling, pink
evergreen ~2-3Ft. home Shrub

drooping Leuocthoe
Leucothoe   
fontaneisiana drooping Leucothoe
handsome evergreen shrub, small white flowers in spring, winter color
2Ft, spread ~4Ft.
home Shrub

NALilium canadenseLiliumcanadensedownward facing, orange blooms~5 Ft.homeBulb
NA
Lilium martagon martagon lily white
3 Feet+ home Per / Bulb


Lilium martagon martagon lily pink mix, will give some white
3 Feet+ home Per / Bulb
NA
Lilium orientalis
mix
4 Ft.
home Bulb


Lilium orientalis ex 'Barbaresco'
dark burgundy
4 Ft.
home Bulb



Magnolia kobus v.loebneri Leonard Messel pink 20Ft+/-  town
Tree
magnoliaMagnoliakobus v.loebneriex 'Ballerina'white20Ft+/- homeTree


Magnolia sieboldii

white with pink center
20Ft+/- home
Tree

Star MagnoliaMagnoliastellataStar Magnoliaearly, white6-8 Ft.townsm.Tree

new growth very colorful
Pieris
japonica

white flowers, early spring Evergreen, attractive new growth
~3Ft+/-
home
Shrub



Rhododendron carolinianum species Rhododendron
pink/white 2-3 Ft.  home Shrub


Rhododendron cumberlandense
fr. ARS'01#539
scarlet shade/dark fall folaige
3 Ft.
home Shrub


Rhododendron maximum
late species, very hardy
white to pale pink blooms in July
~4Ft
home
Shrub



Rhododendron maximum, rubrum sel.
late species, very hardy a darker version of the above
~4Ft home Shrub

early blooming R. mucronulatum...pink form Rhododendron mucronulatum semi-deciduous early
pink ~5Ft. At maturity  home Shrub


Rhododendron mucronulatum semi-deciduous early white
~5Ft. At maturity home Shrub


Rhododendron prinophyllum
fr. ARS'01#689
pink deciduous azalea
~3Ft.
home Shrub

R. schlippenbachii
Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Japanese Royal azalea
pink/white, deciduous, good fall colour
~4Ft.
home
Shrub



Rhododendron-ARS92-608
aka "Ivory Cloud"
seedling from'92  large Ivory
5 Ft.
home Shrub
Rhododendron-ARS92-608yellow, one of several 4 Ft.homeShrub


Rhododendron 'Haaga' OP
Finnish Hyb.
upright habit, pink bloom
3-4 Ft.
home
Shrub



Rhododendron 'Calsap' OP

hardy, tall, white with vivid purple blotch
truss
home
Shrub


Rhododendron 'Minas Maid' OP

pink buds opening dark pink
compact home Shrub

Mist Maiden
Rhododendron 'Mist Maiden'
yak Hybrid
pink buds, gradually turning white
compact
home Shrub



Rhododendron 'Nepal' OP

pink buds open to white, very hardy

home Shrub


Rhododendron 'Peter Tigerstedt' OP

white with blotch Finnish hybrid
truss
home Shrub


Rhododendron 'Red River' OP

red, late bloomer; R. maximum hybrid
truss
home Shrub

mixed colors Rudbeckia ?hirta Brown-eyed -Susan mix 2+ Ft. home Per.


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Last Updated on March 19, 2012
By Sharon Bryson