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Wild Collected Seed

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Achillea sibirica - Siberian Yarrow

One of my favorite plants.  Grows everywhere in my area.   

When I'm out seed hunting I take fresh yarrow leaves with me.  Excellent for stopping bleeding in the event of a cut.

Product Overview:Wild Collected Seed

Height:50-80 cm

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Easy, germinates at warm

Price:$4.00 (50+ seeds per package)

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Actaea rubra - Red Baneberry

Found growing in shady areas with moist to wet soils, open forest or dry slopes.  Leaves are coarsely toothed with deeply lobed margins, white flowers which are followed by green berries turning to red or white in the fall.

Berries are poisonous except for birds which are the plants main distributors.

Product Overview:Perennial / Wild Collected

Positioning:Shade to part sun

Germination:Requires fluctuating temperatures to germinate

Price:$4.00 (40 seeds per package)

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Allium cernuum

Blue green foliage, strap like.  Pale pink flowers form in a cluster on top of a nodding stalk.  Hence the Wild Nodding Onion name.  Naturalizes readily.

I am amazed at where I've found these growing in the wild, sides of mountains out of what appears to be solid rock.  I would guess that it the ground squirrels that are disdributing them there.

All parts of this plant are edible.  Can be used as an odorous pest repellent.

Deer proof!

Product Overview:Bulbs

Height:5-25 cm

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Germinates best at cool temperatures

Price:$4.00 (25 seeds per package)

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Alnus crispa

Green Alder is a member of the birch family (Betulaceae).  

A shrub growing 1-3 metres.  

The catkins are rich in protein and can be used soups, salads, stews, also as a spice.  

I will add that I have eaten the fresh catkins while out on seed hunts, satisfying and delicious.

Product Overview:Trees & Shrubs

Height:1-3 m

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:May require fluctuating temperatures

Price:$4.00 (50 seeds per package)

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Alnus tenuifolia

River Alder, also a member of the Birch family.

Large shrub or small tree.  Found mostly along riverbanks and lakeshores indicating it likes wet conditions.  However I have found this is areas completely away from any water, and they are flourishing. 

The Blackfoot produced a yellow dye from the catkins and a orange/red dye from the inner bark which they used to color hides.  

Product Overview:Tree & Shrubs

Height:1-3 m

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:May require fluctuating temps to germinate

Price:$4.00 (50 seeds per package)

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Amelanchier alnifolia

Saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry

These are growing all along the tree line in my neighborhood.  I was hard pressed to collect as much seed as I did, only because I had to sample so many.     

Saskatoon berries were an important part of the Indignous people's diet.  The Blackfoot mixed saskatoons with buffalo fat and blood to make a favorite dessert. Saskatoons were also a major ingredient in pemmican.  

Product Overview:Trees & Shrubs

Height:1-6 m

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Requires cold period

Price:$4.00 (40 seeds per package)

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Androsace chamaejasme

Sweet-flowered Androsace

What a wonderful little thing and it is incredibly hardy.  It is mat forming and when in full bloom, a mass of tiny white blooms.  The largest mat of Androsace I've seen to date, at about a square foot, is also in one of the harshest spots that I visit.  

Note: I've had this in my garden for 4 years.  It is increasing quickly and flowers well but it does not set good seed.  The plants in the wild set abundant seed.  Could it be a polinator I don't have in my yard?  Curious. 

Product Overview:Perennial

Height:2-10 cm

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Sow at warm, but may require cold period

Price:$4.00 (25 seeds per package)

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Anemone canadensis

Canada Anemone

Product Overview:Perennial

Height:about 30 cm

Positioning:Full sun

Germination:Requires fluctuating temps

Price:$4.00 (40 seeds per package)

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Anemone cylindrica

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Long-fruited Anemone  

Grows on dry prairie grasslands and open woodlands.  Flowers are creamy tp greenish white.

Product Overview:Perennial

Height:20-70 cm

Positioning:Great in shade gardens

Germination:requires fluctuating temperatures to germinate

Price:$0.00 (50 seeds per package)

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Anemone multifida

Cut-leaved Anemone or Windflower

Flowers range in colour, white, yellow, bluish, pink to red or mottled.   I'm not sure what determines the colour, I've witnessed mostly pink to white / pink mottled.  Could be that's attributed to the soils here?  

 

Product Overview:Perennial / Wild Collected

Height:15 - 60 cm

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Requires fluctuating temperatures to germinate

Price:$4.00 (30 seeds per package)

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Antennaria alpina

Alpine Pussytoes

I'm very fond of these mat forming little plants.  Woolly leaves with woolly haired stems. The tiny clusters of flowers resemble cat's paws hence the "pussytoes" name.

Product Overview:Perennial

Height:3 cm- 15 cm (1 - 5")

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Irregular, requires cold period

Price:$4.00 (Good pinch (I am not counting them!))

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Antennaria neglecta

Common Pussy-toes

These grow in a massive colony about 2 km from home.  It's quite lovely to see them in bloom.

Product Overview:Wild Collected

Height:About 15 cm

Positioning:Full sun to part shade

Germination:Requires fluctuating temperatures

Price:$4.00 (A good pinch (too tiny to count) 100+)

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