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On this page you find seed packages from the rarest plants we offer. Please refer to the regular category concerning quantity of seeds per package and detailed sowing and cultivation recommendations for each plant species => click on "More Details »" => on the new product detail page click on the category on the bottom left side "Try these categories" |
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Coreopsis gigantea (Giant Coreopsis)100 (150)cm, Giant Coreopsis (syn. Leptosyne gigantea) is a unique species with a massive, greyish brown trunk crowned by narrow, feather-like leaves and showy yellow flowers on arching stalks. It is native of few sites in coastal areas of California (USA). For any rich, very well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year. This stunny species is not winterhardy in Central Europe. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. Seeds are from a certified wild collection in Santa Barbara County, California, USA at some 50m. USDA Climate Zone 9. VII-VIII. |
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| seed package6751 | € 12,90 |
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Dracaena draco ssp. ajgal (Moroccan Dragon Tree)2 (5)m, Moroccan Dragon Tree is a threatened and only in 1997 new described subspecies endemic to the Assif Amaghouz mountain range in the western Anti-Atlas in southwestern Morocco. In cultivation it is known from few specimens only, out of which less than a handful specimens have reached maturity so far. It mainly differs from the type species from the Canary islands by the arrangement of the inflorescences. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny position throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 12°C. |
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| seed package1290 | € 19,90 | ||
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Dracaena draco ssp. caboverdeana (Cape Verde Dragon Tree)2 (5)m, Cape Verde Dragon Tree is an only in 2012 new described subspecies endemic to the Cabo Verde archipelago, offcoast central Western Africa. In cultivation it is still virtually unknown. It differs from the type species from the Canary islands by very showy bluish-green leaves and a more compact habit with a much shorter trunk. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny position throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 12°C. |
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| seed package0283 | € 12,90 | ||
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Dracaena ombet ssp. schizantha (Somalia Dragon Tree)2 (7)m, Somalia Dragon Tree (syn. Dracaena schizantha) is a very rare subspecies from dry mountain regions along coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in northern Somalia. It has long and narrow, greyish-green, rigid leaves. For any rich, very well drained substrat in full sun throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 12°C. Plants flower every 8 to to 12 years, thus seeds can be offered every 10 years only. |
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| seed package0284 | € 14,90 |
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Erythrina sandwicensis (Wiliwili Coral Tree)400 (700)cm, Wiliwili Coral Tree is a medium tall, deciduous to semi-evergreen tree from Hawaii, where it has become rare. It bears most ornamental terminal clusters of bright orange flowers and broad trifoliate leaves. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C. VII-IX. |
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| seed package9042 | € 17,90 |
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Hibiscus boryanus (Orange Mandrinette Hibiscus)180 (300)cm, Orange Mandrinette Hibiscus is a rare and endangered, evergreen wild species from the Mascarene islands (Réunion and Mauritius) with glossy dark green leaves and ornamental, bright orange-red flowers. Easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year and reduced watering in winter at a minimum of 20°C. Seeds are from a population on La Réunion island. Seeds from all Hibiscus species in section Lilibiscus (e.g Hibiscus arnottianus, Hibiscus cooperi, Hibiscus denisonii, Hibiscus fragilis, Hibiscus genevii, etc. ) germinate unevenly over a period of several months. Keep pots in a warm spot and the soil slightlly moist until germination will occur. VI-X. |
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| seed package9080 | € 9,90 | ||
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Hibiscus brackenridgei ssp. brackenridgei (Yellow Hawaiian Hibiscus)180 (240)cm, Yellow Hawaiian Hibiscus is a rare evergreen wild species from the Hawaiian archipelago with fresh green, broadly lobed leaves and ornamental, rather large, bright yellow flowers with a small reddish center. Easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year and reduced watering in winter at a minimum of 20°C. Germination in Hibiscus brackenridgei is erradic over several months and sowings will require sufficient heat between 25°C and 30°C. VI-X. |
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Hibiscus genevii (Rose Mauritius Mandrinette Hibiscus)150 (200)cm, Rose Mauritius Mandrinette Hibiscus is a rare and highly endangered, evergreen wild species from the island of Mauritius, where is was thought to be extinct until a couple of plants were rediscovered in 1968. It bears small leaves and ornamental, pale rose flowers. Easily grown in any rich, well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year and reduced watering in winter at a minimum of 20°C. Seeds from all Hibiscus species in section Lilibiscus (e.g Hibiscus arnottianus, Hibiscus cooperi, Hibiscus denisonii, Hibiscus fragilis, Hibiscus genevii, etc. ) germinate unevenly over a period of several months. Keep pots in a warm spot and the soil slightlly moist until germination will occur. IV-VII. |
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| seed package0247 | € 14,90 |
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Hibiscus punaluuensis (Fragrant White Aloalo Hibiscus)250 (500)cm, Fragrant White Aloalo Hibiscus (syn. Hibiscus arnottianus ssp. punaluuensis) is an endangered, tall evergreen woody shrub native of the Ko'olau Range on O'ahu, Hawaii, USA. It is one out of few slightly fragrant Hibiscus species which are all endemic to the Hawaiian archipielago. Hibiscus punaluuensis has dark green, large oval leaves and showy slightly fragrant pure white flowers with a long protruding reddish pistil. For any rich, well drained substrate in a partially shaded (summer) to sunny (winter) spot at a minimum of some 15°C. Our seeds are from pure, unhybridized, true-to-type plants. VI-X. |
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| seed package0597 | € 24,90 |
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Hibiscus scottii (Scott's Hibiscus)80 (120)cm, Scott's Hibiscus is an utmost desirable, extremely rare and endangered, evergreen small woody shrub from Socotra island, offshore Yemen, where it occurs in open spots in dry forests. It has small glossy dark green leaves and surprisingly large, rich yellow flowers with a small dark red center. For any rich, well drained substrate in full sun throughout the year and reduced watering in winter at a minimum of some 20°C. Hibiscus scottii is one out of five look-alike yellow flowering species which are endemic to Socotra, and which are easily confused: Hibiscus diriffan, Hibiscus macropodus, Hibiscus malacophyllus, Hibiscus quattenensis, and Hibiscus scottii. Socotra hosts even more yellow flowering endemic Hibiscus species (plus several probably introduced African species), yet these are more easily recognizable. Most (if not all) specimens which are labelled Hibiscus diriffan in cultivation are actually Hibiscus scottii. The problem has emerged as the original collection of Hibiscus scottii had been wrongly identified as Hibiscus diriffan, and probably all existing plants in cultivation descend from this single collection. Leaves in Hibiscus scottii are highly variable, they may have an obtuse, orbicular, or elliptical shape, the leaf margins are either entire, serrated or crenulate and the leaf base may be cordate, rounded, or truncate. Even a particular plant may change its leaf shape from a juvenile to an adult stage, and later in its adult stage again depending on cultivation conditions. Thus the leaf shape does not serve to identify plants. The only true distinctive and unique trait in Hibiscus scottii are very short rusty-brown hairs on the calyx and epicalyx, as well as the lower base outside the petals. Our plants are correctly identified and true-to-type. V-IX. |
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| seed package0340 | € 24,90 |
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Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes)300 (450)cm ø, Queen of the Andes is native of Peru and adjacent areas and makes the tallest inflorescence of all plants, eventually reaching up to 8m in height. It is an extremely rarely seen plant in cultivation and makes a huge, short stemmed and unbranched leaf rosette before the impressive inflorescence is produced with several thousand pale yellow flowers after some 40 to 80 years (!) in habitat. However, cultivated plants will reach flowering size much earlier after some 20 to 35 years "only" under appropiate growing conditions. The entire plant will gradually die down after setting seed, and propagation is by seeds only. Keep slow growing plants slightly drier in winter at a minimum of some 10°C and in full sun throughout the year. Seeds are rarely available and only few packages are in stock. Tested viability of our seed stock is above 80% under optimal sowing conditions. |
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| seed package8628 | € 9,99 | ||
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Sedum valens (Idaho Stonecrop)5cm, Idaho Stonecrop is an only in 2010 described new species from the Salmon River Canyon in Idaho, USA. It makes a single basal grayish-green, pubescent leaf rosette and a bright yellow flower head. For any rich, very well drained and preferably rocky soil in a sunny spot. An excellent plant for a protected spot in the rock garden. Seeds from a certified wild collection in Idaho County, Idaho, USA, at some 600m. V-VI. |
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| seed package 7507 | € 14,90 | ||
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Tapeinochilos palustris (Black Wax Ginger) Exclusive200 (300)cm, Black Wax Ginger is a rarely cultivated, evergreen tropical species. It makes tall stalks with a dense terminal head of dark greyish-maroon to almost black bracts. For any humus rich, well drained substrate at a minimum of some 20°C and in winter with slightly reduced watering. Sowings require sufficient heat to germinate. The optimal temperature range is between 25°C and 30°C. Lower temperatures will significantly slow down the germination process or may even inhibit it. V-VIII. |
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| seed package9466 | € 7,90 | ||
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