Scirpidiella's exchange seed-list 2019

List of species for exchange, in alphabetical order of the Latin names, with short descriptions. On the end of each description there is the approximate amount of seeds in the package is given (but I can send several times more of them in one package if I have enough) and the year of harvest. Please limit your request to 12 samples. Thank you.

Lycopersicon galapagense (left) and L. cheesmaniae (right)

Anise Hyssop, Blue giant hyssop - Agastache foeniculum - a perennial herb to about 0,6m (=2ft) tall, hardy to zone 6, very aromatic (anise scent), leaves edible (addition to salads), tea plant - 30 seeds (2016, 2017)

Korean Mint - Agastache rugosa - Asian perennial to 1 m (=3ft) tall, hardy to zone 6, plant aromatic (original sweet scent), condiment and tea plant - 50 seeds (2016, 2017)

Hybrid Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus giraldii x vilmoriniana – unusual hybrid (F1) of two rare Chinese species, medium size tree with huge leaves, fruits are very large (over 5 x 1,5cm = 2 x 0,6 inch), can be cut down every year to obtain little straight treelet (a few meters tall) with enormous leaves - 15 fresh whole samaras (with 1 seeds in a center of each) (2016)

Marsh Mallow - Althaea officinalis – robust herbaceous perennial to about  6 ft (= 1,8m) tall, hardy to zone 3 and warmer, vegetable herb (roots, leaves, flowers and fruits are edible), roots thick, fleshy, soft, very delicious, also very ornamental herb, wild Polish from (very rare in wild state) – 50 seeds (2017)

Spiny Amaranth - Amaranthus spinosus - annual delicious leafy vegetable to 0,6m (=2ft) tall, seeds also edible, medicinal and dye (yellow and green dyes as a colouring in foods and medicines) plant - 40 seeds (2016)

Hog Peanut - Amphicarpaea bracteata "Spotted" - annual climber (to about 2m = 7ft tall) which creates medium size underground "tubers" (these are correctly the seeds) and aerial pods with small dry seeds, "tubers" are edible raw or cooked, delicious, hardy to at least zone (6)7/8, variety with spotted "tubers", ripes late - 2 "tubers (2018)

Hog Peanut - Amphicarpaea bracteata "Spotted" - annual climber (to about 2m = 7ft tall) which creates medium size underground "tubers" (these are correctly the seeds) and aerial pods with small dry seeds, "tubers" are edible raw or cooked, delicious, hardy to at least zone (6)7/8, variety with spotted "tubers", ripes late - 7 dry aerial seeds (2018)

Hog Peanut - Amphicarpaea bracteata "White" - the form with uniformly whitish "tubers, hardy to at least zone 6-7, very early (ripens in September) - 2 "tubers (2018)

Hog Peanut - Amphicarpaea bracteata "White" - the form with uniformly whitish "tubers, hardy to at least zone 6-7, very early (ripens in September) - 7 dry aerial seeds (2018)

Dang Gui, Dong Quai, Chinese Angelica - Angelica sinensis - perennial herb hardy to zone 6/7, to about 3 ft (=1m) tall, well known Chinese medicinal herb - 25 seeds (2017) 

Wild Chervil – Anthriscus sylvestris – rare perennial vegetable (delicious young shoots in May) – 100 seeds (2017)

American Groundnut – Apios americana “Early flowering”- perennial climber hardy to zones 5/6, form with large ovoid tubers (delicious when cooked) and flowering in autumn, shoots to about 2 m tall (= 7 ft) - 1 tuber (2018)

American Groundnut – Apios americana “Late flowering”- perennial climber hardy to zones 5/6, form with medium size oblong tubers (delicious when cooked) and flowering in August, shoots to about 2 m tall (= 7 ft) - 1 tuber (2018)

American Groundnut – Apios americana “Nutty”- perennial climber hardy to zones 6/7, form with large size roundish tubers (delicious when cooked), never flowering, shoots to about 3-4 m tall (= 10-14 ft) in my 6b zone (and even larger in warmer zones) - 1 tuber (2018)

Udo - Aralia cordata - giant (2-3m = 7-10ft tall) herbaceous perennial, fully frost hardy in zone 6 and warmer, vegetable (large young shoots are edible raw or cooked and thick roots are cooked like scorzonera), seeds should be sown surface in autumn in cool cellar in pots or cold stratified before sowing - 25 seeds (2018)

Burdock (Arctium sp.) - Korean variety with edible leaf - 25 seeds (2018)

Burdock (Arctium sp.) - Korean variety with edible root - 25 seeds

(2018)

Jagged Arrow-leaf Orach – Atriplex calotheca – annual herb about 2-2,5ft = 0,6-0,8m tall; very ornamental; leaves are edible cooked (after blanching) and seeds are said to be eaten too (cooked with changed water like a Quinoa) - 15 fresh seeds (in bracts) (2018)

Hastate Orach – Atriplex hastata – rare vegetable annual herb - 50 seeds (2011)

Hoary Orach – Atriplex nitens – unusual vegetable (delicious blanched young shoots, leaves and cooked seeds) – 30 seeds (2018)

Black-jack, Beggar-ticks, Cobbler's Pegs, Spanish Needle - Bidens pilosa – Chinese tall annual medicinal herb, a form with no ray flowers, seeds should be sown in fall outside or cold stratified – 25 seeds (2017)

Giant False Nettle - Boehmeria gigantea – rare perennial about 1,5m (=5ft) tall, Japanese endemic - 25 seeds (2016)

Long-racemose False Nettle - Boehmeria longispica – rare vegetable (cooked roots and leaves) dioecious subshrub to 1,2m(=4ft) tall, native to China and Japan – 25 seeds (2016, 2018)

Wild Ramie, Japanese False Nettle – Boehmeria nipononivea (syn. B. nivea var. nipononivea, B. nivea var. tenacissima) – perennial vegetable (cooked roots and young leaves) to 0,5-2,5m (=2-8ft) tall native to east Asia, also fibre plant - 25 seeds (2016)

Ramie, False Nettle – Boehmeria nivea – very similar to previous one (and used in the same manner), but blooms earlier, accession from Japan – 15 seeds (2018)

Sycamore-leaf False Nettle, Plane-leaved False Nettle - Boehmeria platanifolia – hardy (to zones 4-8) perennial to 0,6m (=2ft) tall, native to east Asia, very ornamental leaves - 25 seeds (2016)

Siebold's False Nettle - Boehmeria sieboldiana - native to East China, Japan and Korea; perennial to about 1,5-2m = 5-7ft tall, fully frost hardy in my zone 6b; very ornamental - 25 seeds (2018)

Racemose False Nettle - Boehmeria spicata – rare Asiatic (sub-)shrub to 1m (=3ft) tall, young leaves edible after cooking - 25 seeds (2016)

Flat-stem Clubrush - Bolboschoenus planiculmis – "hardy Chufa" - hardy to at least zone 5/6, perennial, bog herb about 0,5-0,9m (=2-3ft) tall which creates dense carpets in very short time (fast growing, edible (raw or cooked) tubers 0,5-1,5cm (0,2-0,6 inch) diameter (the youngest orange-brown tubers tastes like delicious nuts, while older darker tubers are very hard and can be eaten when pressed into a mush, or grinded to obtaining a meal), seeds are also edible (cooked), wild accession ex Southern Poland - 5 tubers (2018)

Flat-stem Clubrush - Bolboschoenus planiculmis – "hardy Chufa" - 25 true dry seeds (2018)

Brown Mustard - Brassica juncea - annual herb, edible (all parts) and condiment, Korean variety - 25 seeds (2017)

Rye Brome – Bromus secalinus – rare weed of a rye, which was formerly cultivated as cereal, the grains are something similar to a rye in shape and size and they are very delicious when cooked, very ornamental grass (can be used to dry bouquets) - 30 seeds (2017)

Kozo – Broussonetia monoica (formerly B. kazinoki) – deciduous Asiatic shrub to 5 m (17ft) tall, but commonly smaller,frost hardy to zone 6, monoecious, creates (in July) edible delicious orange-red mulbery-like fruits, seeds of open pollinated plants (they can be hybrid because near grows also B. papyrifera – such hybrid called “Broussonetia x kazinoki” is very prized for making a paper), need cold stratification – 50 seeds (2016, 2017)

Kozo – Broussonetia monoica (formerly B. kazinoki) – (certainly not hybrid seeds, because in 2017 yr. I cutted all male B. papyrifera which grew near) - 50 seeds (2018)

White Bryony, English Mandrake, Wild Vine, Wild Hops, Wild Nep, Ladies' Seal, Tetterbury, Snakeweed, Devil's Turnip, Bastard Turnip – Bryonia alba – frost hardy (to zone 6) perennial climber to 4m(=14ft) tall, thick tuberous roots were been used to falsify the carved dolls

called "Homunculus" (= little Homo, originally made from Mandragora roots), also medicinal and poisonous plant – 30 seeds (2015)

Corn Rocket, Crested wartycabbage – Bunias erucago – rare annual vegetable (young stems, leaves and roots) to 0,6m (=2ft) tall, very delicious (with a characteristic aromatic flavor), rarity – 25 seeds (2017)

Turkish Rocket - Bunias orientalis – rare delicious vegetable (young shoots better than asparagus – raw or cooked) – 100 seeds (2018)

Bird Pepper - Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum (ex Texas) – shrub, resistant to severe frost if kept dry and if grows on alkaline soil, flowers and fruits in autumn, fruits very hot, small, red – 10 seeds (2015)

Rocopica, Ulupica Large, rare hybrid Chili – Capsicum pubescens x cardenasii (syn. Capsicum cardenasii var. pendulum) - subtropical perennial (but can be grown as annual) shrub 0,3-3 m (= 1-10 ft) tall - a hybrid of rare cultivated chili Rocoto - Capsicum pubescens and wild Ulupica pepper - C. cardenasii, fruits very hot, juicy, fleshy and aromatic about 1 cm (0,4 inch) diameter, bright red, flowers violet, seeds brown, to germination the seeds need soaking in GA3 (2000ppm by 24 h) + chamomila tea and next sowing surface or shallow in light moist soil in warm place, can germinate slowly and erratic, plant self-infertile, open pollinated, seeds very scarce - 5 seeds (2017)

Tova, Covincho, Ají Puta Pario, Ají Puta Madre - Capsicum chacoense -frost susceptible perennial to 1,5 (5 ft) tall but usually smaller, fruits red with 10 calyc teeth, very small and very hot, aromatic, wild species native to Argentina, Paraguay etc. - 7 seeds (2016, 2017, 2018)

Hardy Chili - Capsicum flexuosum – very rare wild chili pepper, deciduous shrub hardy to about at least 10-20 F degree = (-12)-(-6,5) C degree), very difficult to propagation from seeds (the best use GA3 and chamomile tea), self-incompatible, so to obtain fruits there are necessary at least 2 various genetically plants, rarity – 10 seeds (2018)

Hoary Cress, Perennial Peppergrass – Cardaria draba – rare vegetable (leaves raw or cooked) and spice (seeds as pepper substitute), hardy perennial (zones 6 and warmer) – 25 seeds (2017)

Yellow Star-thistle, Golden Star Thistle, Yellow Cockspur, St. Barnaby's Thistle, Barnaby's Thistle - Centaurea solstitialis (wild ex southern Poland) – biennial herb with very prickly capitulums and lovely yellow flowers (bee plant), accession very frost hardy (to zone 6), leaves were eaten in Turkey, they are bitter and aromatic, very ornamental herb, good for low hedges – 50 seeds (2018)

Golden Chervil - Chaerophyllum aureum (wild ex southern Poland) – perennial, frost hardy to at least zone 6, to about 1m (=3ft) tall, native to Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and Caucasus (in Poland only very rare alien species), leaf-petioles are eaten as a snack, leaves used as a condiment (with original, parsley-like aroma), seeds need about 2-3 months of cold stratification to germinating - 25 fresh seeds (2018)

Fig-Leaved Goosefoot – Chenopodium ficifolium – rare vegetable (tasty blanched young shoots, leaves and young inflorescences), condiment (roasted seeds used like sesame), annual plant to 1m (3ft) high, rare – 25 seeds (2017)

Djulis, Taiwan Quinoa – Chenopodium formosanum - annual herb to 2,8 m = 9 ft tall - a colorful Taiwanese cereal cousin of Andean Quinoa, leaves, inflorescences and young shoots are edible after cooking or pickled, also used as food colouring (to yellow, red, orange or purple colour), the small red grains are edible cooked, very ornamental herb when it is in fruits, likes much of sun and warm, drought and sality resistant, rarity - 25 seeds (2017)

Oak-Leaved Goosefoot – Chenopodium glaucum – rare leaf vegetable – 200 seeds (2011)

Huauzontle, Nuttall's goosefoot – Chenopodium nuttalliae –rare cereal native to Mexico, edible annual herb (leaves and inflorescens used as vegetable and seeds boiled as groats, red-leaf form – 50 seeds (2017)

Red Goosefoot - Chenopodium rubrum - annual plant to 0,8 (=3 ft) tall, delicious vegetable - leaves are edible raw or cooked as a spinach (must be first blanched and water removed), seeds used as tasty black groats (after boiling in changed water to remove saponins), also gold/green dye - 100 fresh seeds (2015)

Asian Goosefoot – Chenopodium vachelii (syn.: Chenopodium acuminatum subsp. virgatum, Ch. acuminatum subsp. vachelii) - rare annual upright herb about 0,3-0,8m (=1-3 ft) tall, with very long narrow almost un-lobed leaves, native to China, Japan and Vietnam, sometimes grown as a leaf vegetable (young shoots and leaves are edible and very delicious cooked), very cold tolerant,rarity - 20 seeds (2017).

Naked Weed, Rush Skeletonweed, Gum Succory, Devil's Grass, Hogbite – Chondrilla juncea - rare tasty French salad vegetable – 50 seeds (2017, 2018)

Deodeok, Lance Asiabell - Codonopsis lanceolata - perennial climber to about 1,5m (=5ft) tall, frost hardy to at least zones 6/7 (it survives outside without mulching usual winters in zone 6b), leaves and roots of this plant are edible raw or cooked (it is used as vegetable in Korea), also medical herb, very ornamental climber due to large, beauty flowers which appear in August, seeds need GA3 treatment (2000ppm by 24 hours) or probably cold stratification to germinating - 15 seeds (2018)

Ussuri Asiabell - Codonopsis ussuriensis - perennial climber similar to C. lanceolata, but with smaller leaves and flowers and sherical, edible tubers/corms, seeds need GA3 treatment (2000ppm by 24 hours) or probably cold stratification to germinating, only 2-3 packages available - 7 seeds (2018)

Honewort - Cryptotaenia spp. (C. japonica and C. canadensis - mix) - hardy (at least to zones 5/6) herbaceous perennial with edible leaves (called in Japan "Mitsuba"), mix of two very similar and difficult to differentiating species - 20 seeds (2017, 2018)

Fig Leaf Gherkin, Fig Leaf Cucumber – Cucumis ficifolius – rare vegetable, fruits 6–7x3–4cm (2,5x1,5inch), not bitter, pale yellow, very juicy, delicious, edible immature and mature prickly plant (perennial but usually grown as annual), extremely rare plant, seeds scarce – 12seeds (2016)

Lesser Dodder, Clover Dodder –Cuscuta epithymum – annual parasitic climber to 1m (=3 ft) long, poisonous and medicinal herb (antibilious, antiscorbutic, anticancer, carminative, cholagogue, diuretic, hepatic), also very ornamental (pink flower–heads and red stems) – 25 seeds (2018)

Greater Dodder, Nettle Dodder, European Dodder – Cuscuta europaea – parasitic climber 0,3–1,5m (1–5ft) tall, very ornamental (numerous little pink flowers), Tibetan medicinal herb (a bitter, acrid and sweet taste with a heating potency) and Chinese medicinal (seeds improve immunity, increase blood sugar metabolism), aphrodisiac, renal and a hepatic tonic, also poisonous plant – 50 seeds (2017)

Hop Dodder, Hop–shaped Dodder, Willow Dodder – Cuscuta lupuliformis – parasitic climber 0,5–2,0m (2–7ft) tall, very ornamental (numerous little pink or white flowers), thick stemmed, Chinese medicinal herb (seeds improve immunity, increase blood sugar metabolism), also poisonous plant, rarity – 20 seeds (2018)

Clover Dodder – Cuscuta trifolii – small annual parasitic climber, very ornamental (numerous little pink flowers), without leaves and roots, larger flower heads than its similar cousin - lesser dodder (Cuscuta epithymum), host plant for it can be alfalfa (Medicago spp.) or clover (Trifolium spp.), seeds can be difficult to germinating [sow the seeds outside in fall near host plants or scarify (thermical or chemical) and sow in spring] - 25 seeds (2017)

Small Achocha, Achocchilla, Achuqcha – Cyclanthera achocchilla – very rare delicious juicy fruit vegetable (fruits edible raw or cooked) – 7 seeds (2016)

Wild Chinese Climbing Milkweed - Cynanchum boudieri - seeds harvested from a wild state - Jiangsu province, tall perennial herbaceous climber with tuberous roots, China, probably very frost hardy, rarity, sow the seeds surface (they do not need any pre-treatment) - 30 seeds (2016)

American Climbing Milkweed - Cynanchum leave - perennial herbaceous climber over 2-3m (7-10ft) tall with perennial crepping rhizomes; very frost hardy (to at least zone6); food plant for the caterpillars of monarch butterflies; very ornamental - 15 fresh seeds (2018)

Pale Swallowwort - Cynanchum rossicum (syn. Vincetoxicum rossicum) - climber to 2m = 7ft tall (maximum), native to Ukraine and southeast Russia, very ornamental - 20 seeds (2018)

Ge Shan Xiao, Korean Climbing Swallowwort - Cynanchum wilfordii - perennial herbaceous climber with tuberous roots, very frost hardy, Korean medicinal herb - 10 seeds (2018)

Purple Nutsedge - Cyperus rotundus (ex Thailand) - small dense perennial (creating carpets) which borns undergound, numerous, small (0,5-1,5cm = 0,2-0,6 inch), strongly fragrant (as violets) tubers (edible raw or cooked, tasty, not bitter), also used in medicine - 10 tubers (2018)

Dwarf Tamarillo – Cyphomandra abutiloides – tasty rare fruit – 30 seeds (2017)

Hardy Tamarillo x Guava Tamarillo (hybrid) – Cyphomandra corymbiflora (female) x fragrans – hand pollinated, according prof. Lynn Bohs such hybrids are fully viable, rarity, only for special trade, only a few packages available – 5 seeds (2018)

Variegated-leaf Chinese Yam – Dioscorea batatas “variegata” – hardy to zone 6/7 perennial yam with ornamental white-spotted leaves – 2 bulbils (2018)

Japanese Air Yam – Dioscorea bulbifera f. spontanea (ex Japan) – wild form, inedible – 1 bulbil (2018)

Thai Air Yam – Dioscorea bulbifera (ex Thailand) – edibility unknown, bulbils with yellow flesh – 1 bulbil (2018)

Japanese Barnyard Millet – Echinochloa esculenta - rare annual herb cultivated on a small scale in Japan, China and Korea (both as a food and for animal fodder), one of the best tasting grains of all cultivated cereals, can be successful grown in zones 6/7 and warmer - 50 seeds (2017)

Indian Barnyard Millet, Sawa Millet, Billion-dollar Grass – Echinochloa frumentacea - rare annual millet grown as a cereal in India, Pakistan and Nepal, one of the best tasting grains of all cultivated cereals (the grains are cooked in water, like rice, or boiled with milk and sugar or used to a beer making), can be successful grown in zones 6/7 and warmer – 25 seeds (2017)

Han Lian Cao – Eclipta alba - rare annual herb native to south-east Asia to Australia, vegetable (cooked leaves) and medicinal herb, easy to growing - 25 seeds (2017)

Finger Millet, Koracan – Eleusine coracana – rare corn and ornamental grass – 100 seeds (2018)

Henry's Finger Aralia, Henry's Ginseng - Eleutherococcus henryi (syn. Acanthopanax henryi) - deciduous shrub native to central China, a close cousin to Siberian Ginseng, used in medicine (fruits and roots), seeds need 6 month of warm stratification followed by 3 months of cold stratification to germinating - 30 seeds (2018)

Manchu Ginseng - Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus (syn. Acanthopanax sessiliflorus) - medium size deciduous shrub native to Mandchuria and hardy to zone 4, close cousin of Siberian Ginseng, used as a vegetable - young leaves are eaten raw or cooked and used as a vegetable, old leaves are dried and used as a healthy tea substitute, a wine is made from the bark, highly prized in northern China due to medicinal purposes, roots and fruits used as medicinal as adaptogen, analgesic, antiinflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic herb, seed requires 6 months warm followed by 3 months cold stratification and can be very slow to germinate - 15 seeds (2018)

Crested Late-summer Mint, Vietnamese Balm - Elsholtzia ciliata - annual edible (aromatic leaves - raw or cooked - added to salads or used as a potherb, powdered seeds used as a condiment) and medicinal herb to 0,6m (=2ft) tall, whole plant with strong specific aroma something similar to caraway, lemon grass and mint - 50 seeds (2016, 2017)

Crested Latesummer-mint, Vietnamese Balm – Elsholtzia ciliata - wild ex Bialystok (NE Poland) - aromatic annual herb used as tea and condiment herb - 25 seeds (2005)

Devil's Thorn – Emex spinosa - rare annual herb with edible taproots and leaf-petioles; fruits spiny, original, likes full sun and well drained soils - 10 seeds (2017)

Hard Wallflower – Erysimum marschallianum (syn. E. hieraciifolium subsp. durum, E. durum) – extremely rare ornamental biennial herb (frost hardy to zone 5/6), drought resistant, young shoots and leaves of closest cousin (E. hieraciifolium) of this plant were used as cooked vegetable in Nepal, so probably this species is also edible – 100 seeds (2014)

Hong Yao Zi, Tuberous Hardy Climbing Buckwheat - Fagopyrum giraldii (syn. Pteroxygonum giraldii) - large (often more than 3 m = 10 ft tall), dense climber which creates underground perennial tuberous rhizome to 15cm (= 6 inch) diameter, flowers white - in summer, fruits 1 cm long thorny nutlets - in autumn, very frost hardy, resembles a Caucasian spinach (Hablitzia tamnoides) in appearance, but this is not edible, but only medicinal, blooms and fruits in first year from seeds, if sown early, easy from seeds - 25 seeds (2017)

Mulberry Weed, Hairy Crabweed, Shui She Ma, Xiao she ma - Fatoua villosa - annual Chinese medicinal herb, ripe fruits break and spread seeds, can germinate slowly but without any pre-treatment - 10 seeds (2016, 2018)

Sea Fig, Deciduous Fig, Strangler Fig – Ficus superba - hemiepiphyte tree native to Japan; creates edible fruits; can survive some frost and drought, suitable to growing in containers - 15 seeds (2015)

Fern–leaf Dropwort – Filipendula vulgaris – tuberous vegetable perennial to 0,8m (=3 ft) tall, creates dense clumps, tubers aromatic and starchy, very delicious raw and when baked, boiled or (especially) candied, tasty leaves edible raw or cooked, also medicinal plant – 60 fresh seeds (2017)

White Wild Strawberry - Fragaria neilgherrensis - wild strawberry species native to Nilgirii Mountains in India, fully frost hardy in zones 6/7 and warmer, fruits medium size, white, very fragrant (the smell of apricots), very delicious and sweet - 20 fresh seeds (2018)

Green Strawberry, Wild Strawberry – Fragaria viridis (syn. F. collina) – tasty large fruits (original aroma, very different than common Wild Strawberry – F. vesca) – 25 seeds (2016)

Malva Blanca, Malva China, White Mallow - Fuertesimalva limensis - rare Mexican leafy vegetable - ascending plant to 1,5m tall with large tender leaves and small violet fowers, leaves are eaten in Mexico (boiled in stews ot steamed), and are used to remedy a cough, also fodder plant, very cold tolerant, easy to growing – 30 seeds (2016)

Chinese Nettle, Korean Nettle, Scorpion Grass – Girardinia cuspidata – very rare annual stinging nettle 0,4m (=1,5 ft) - 1,8m (=6 ft) tall, with very thin ovate large sinuate-dentate leaves, very long stinging hairs and inconspicuous flowers in dense inflorescence, edible plant (leaves - cooked and eaten as vegetable, young flowers - cooked and eaten as a vegetable and the roasted and pickled seeds) and a medicinal herb, fiber plant, native to northern Asia ( the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China), may be sown outside in mid spring or inside year around, very similar to its cousin – Girardinia septentrionalis (they differs only in details and distribution range - for example G. cuspidata has larger seeds and something other shape of inflorescences than G. septentrionalis) - 12 seeds (2017).

Northern Girardinia – Girardinia septentrionalis – rare annual stinging plant 0,4m(1,5ft)-1,8m(6ft) tall with very thin ovate large–sinuate–dentate leaves, long stinging hairs and inconspicuous flowers in spicate inflorescences, edible plant (leaves - cooked and eaten as vegetable, young flowers - cooked and eaten as a vegetable and the roasted and pickled seeds) and a medicinal herb, fiber plant, native to east Russia (Ussuri Region) – 15 seeds (2017)

Honey locust – Gleditsia triacanthos - tall tree with ornamental fern-like leaves, huge pods and enormous thorns, edible plant (boiled - seeds and young pods, flesh of immature pods - raw) - 25 seeds (2018)

Water Manna Grass, Floating Manna Grass, Sweet Grass, Manna Grass, Float Grass, Poland Manna – Glyceria fluitans – heirloom Slavic cereal – 100 fresh seeds (2017)

Cultivated Caucasian Spinach – Hablitzia tamnoides “Swedish cultivated variety” – climber about 1,5m (5ft) tall with small pale–green coloured leaves and stems, and tuberous root, hardy to zone (4?)5 and warmer – 50 seeds (2016, 2017, 2018)

Wild Caucasian Spinach – Hablitzia tamnoides “wild variety” from Caucasus (Armenia) – robust dense climber, leaves a little corrugated on the edges, perennial hardy to zone 5/6 and warmer, seeds scarce – 15 seeds (2018)

Wild Caucasian Spinach – Hablitzia tamnoides “wild variety” from Caucasus (Georgia) –robust dense climber 2,5–3m (8–10ft) tall (after 2–3 years from seed), leaves dark–green and large, stems redish, hardy to zone 5/6 and warmer – 100 seeds (2018)

False Roselle - Hibiscus acetosella (ex Philippines) – shrubby red-leaf herb, edible leaves, flowers and roots – 12 seeds (2017)

John's Cabbage, Bluntleaf Waterleaf – Hydrophyllum canadense - perennial herb hardy to zone 4 with edible leaves and roots, also very ornamental, likes some shade and moist soil - 7 seeds (2017)

West Asian form of Henbane (early May flowering) – Hyoscyamus niger - rare unusual form of Black Henbane which blooms since first days of May (much earlier than an European form) to June, biennial -12 seeds (2017)

Small Henbane - Hyoscyamus pusillus - annual rarity - 6 seeds - annual poisonous herb, small lovely flowers, short growing period, day-length neutral variety, native to West Asia, rarity – 6 seeds (2016, 2017)

Ploughman's Spikenard – Inula conyza – rare xerothermic herb hardy to zone 5/6, tall to 4 ft (= 1,2m), medicinal herb (antiscrophulatic, emmenagogue, parasiticide, vulnerary), the roots formerly used to burnt upon a fire in order to scent a room – 50 small seeds (2017)

Bohs Jaltomato, Small-fruit Jaltomato - Jaltomata bohsiana – herbaceous perennial native to Mexico, small fruits, sub-acid, delicious, easy to growing in north temperate areas (as common tomatoes) - 15 seeds (2018)

Contorted Jaltomato - Jaltomata contorta – known only from Peru, similar to other black berry Jaltomatos, fruits have very similar taste to Common Jaltomato, tasty - 25 seeds (2018)

Jaltomate Negro, Jaltomato – Jaltomata procumbens, syn. Saracha jaltomata – annual (tropical perennial), tasty black fruits – 50 seeds (2018)

Back-serrated Jaltomato - Jaltomata repandidentata - herbaceous perennial something similar to Common Jaltomato (J. procumbens) (other in details), its black fruits have something other taste (without daylily-like aftertaste and more acidic), can be easily grown in temperate areas in the same ways as common tomatoes and is not day-longevity sensitive (easily blooms in summer in northern areas) - 25 seeds (2018)

Tomatito - Jaltomata sinuosa – annual, delicious orange fruits, shruby tropical perennial, native to Peru (possible Incan agricultural relict), easy to growing but often difficult to germinate (GA3 - 2000 ppm by 24 hours can realy help), sow the seeds surface – 20 seeds

(2016)

Sticky Red Jaltomato - Jaltomata viscosa (syn. Schraderanthus viscosus) - tall herbaceous annual or perennial herbaceous shrub native to Mexico, large flowers and red inedible (bitter) fruits, can be grown in pots, rarity - 10 seeds (2018)

Green Jaltomato, Coscomate, Coscotomate – Jaltomata tlaxcala – annual (tropical perennial), delicious green sweet aromatic fruits, rare – 15 seeds (2017)

Filipino Woodnettle - Laportea interrupta - annual tropical herb (to 2m = 7ft tall) but usually smaller, nettle cousin, with very inconspicuous stinging hairs, used as medicinal herb, accession from Philippines - 20 seeds (2018)

Narrow Leaved Peppergrass, Roadside Pepperweed – Lepidium ruderale – rare, low (to 1ft = 30cm tall) annual/biennial vegetable: young shoots and leaves (raw or cooked) which have very hot (almost like pepper), pungent and aromatic flavour. Also medicinal herb (hypotensive). Easy to growing – 50 seeds (2017)

Prairie Peppergrass, Common Peppergrass - Lepidium densiflorum - small annual or biennial herb, without strong scent, young shoots edible, tasty - 50 seeds (2018)

Wild tomato – Lycopersicon arcanum – species with almost entire leaflets and small (about 1 cm = 0,4 inch diameter), firm, green fruits, rare – 7 seeds (2018)

Galapagos Wild Tomato, Tomatillo – Lycopersicon cheesmaniae – rare vegetable (“sweet”, pale yellow, round, small – about 0,4inch=1cm diameter fruits) – 7 seeds (2018)

Wild Galapagos Tomato – Lycopersicon cheesmanii v. minor – (synonim names: L. cheesmaniae var. minor, L. galapagense) - the form with rather “loose” (not dense), tripinnate leaves and glabrous (non hairy), small (0,6-1,1 cm), orange fruits, open pollinated - 7 fresh seeds (2016, 2017)

Wild Galapagos Tomato – Lycopersicon cheesmanii v. minor – (synonim names: L. cheesmaniae var. minor, L. galapagense) - the form has very dense, tripinnate leaves and glabrous (hairy when immature), small (0,6-0,8 cm = 0,25-0,33 inch), orange fruits with firm skin - 5 fresh seeds (2016, 2018)

Chilean Wild Tomato - Lycopersicon chilense – smaller form (about 1m = 3-4ft tall and wide) with very fragile shoots and whitish fruits, ex Chile – 7 seeds (2018)

Chilean Wild Tomato - Lycopersicon chilense – larger form (about 2m = 7ft tall) with whitish fruits, unknown origin – 7 seeds (2018)

Chmielewsky's Wild Tomato – Lycopersicon chmielewskii - wild species from Andean valleys in southern Peru to northern Bolivia (at altitude 2300-3000m = 7666-10000ft), perennial herb (but can be grown as annual) with woody base to 1m (=3,3ft) tall and wide, leaves have characteristic cilantro-like smell, fruits (with very large violet tinged calyxes) very small 0,5-1,3 cm (= 0,2-0,5 inch) long, aquamarine colored, short hairy pubescent, very delicious, acidulous, the species has the potential for high vitamin C content, open pollinated - 7 fresh seeds (2016, 2018).

Wild Tomato – Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme (ex Florida) – wild form, grows tall (about 2-2,5m = 7-8ft), fruits 2,5cm = 1 inch diameter, with soft skin, very delicious, red, very easy– 25 seeds (2018)

Wild Hairy Tomato - Lycopersicon hirsutum f. glabratum, (syn. L. hirsutum var. glabratum) - perennial shrubs or vines to 6 m (20= ft) long, but usually smaller, flowers showy, golden, fruits small (about 1-1,5cm = 0,4-0,6 inch) diameter, green, hairy (with very fragile straight hairs), fragrant and very delicious when fully ripe (with specific fruity aroma and taste), leaves with glabrescent upper surfaces; native to the southwestern parts of Ecuador at lower latitudes, capable of crossing with L. esculentum, resistant to powdery mildews, early blight, bacterial speck, root-knot nematodes and two species of red spider mite, open pollinated - 5 seeds (2016).

Wild Tomato – Lycopersicon humboldtii – robust annual plant to 2m (7ft) tall, tasty cherry sized red fruits – 25 seeds (2013)

Wild Tomato – Lycopersicon pennellii – rare wild tomato species, with green fruits and characteristic roundish leaflets, used to grafting Solanum ochranthum, to obtain small fruiting shrubs (instead giant lianes), rarity – 7 seeds (2018)

Wild Peruvian Tomato - Lycopersicon peruvianum - rare tomato species native to Peru and Chile, perennial, which can be grown as annual in temperate areas, with small (1-3cm = 0,4-1,2 inch diameter), grenish-white, acidous fruits (ripe fruit is edible and delicious), high vitamin C content, drought resistant, the very rare (in this species) self-compatible, early form with completely white-green fruits (sometimes with dark green stripes) - 7 seeds (2017).

Wild Peruvian Tomato - Lycopersicon peruvianum - rare tomato species native to Peru and Chile, perennial, which can be grown as annual in temperate areas, with small (1-3cm = 0,4-1,2 inch diameter), grenish-white, acidous fruits (ripe fruit is edible and delicious), high vitamin C content, drought resistant, the self-incompatible, late form with white-green fruits with purple ruddiness and stripes - 7 seeds (2017).

Wild Peruvian Tomato - Lycopersicon peruvianum – other form with grenish-white fruits and something dentate leaves, probably the self-incompatible – 7 seeds (2018)

Currant Wild Toamto – Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium var. pimpinellifolium – wild species with small (1cm = 0,4 inch) red fruits with thick skin – 10 seeds (2018)

High Gypsywort – Lycopus exaltatus – perennial to 1,5m (=5ft) tall, frost hardy to zone 6, rare vegetable (delicious tubers in autumn – raw or cooked) – 100 seeds (2018)

Mogilen Mallow – Malva mohileviensis - tall (to 1,5m = 5 ft) annual herb with long petiole large leaves, native to Japan, China and Russia (rare in Europe and West Asia), vegetable herb (edible leaves and dry fruits - very delicious), rarity - 25 seeds (2017)

Wheel Medick - Medicago bonarotiana - annual plant native to the Eastern Mediterranean region, small ornamental pods, only a few packages - 2 pods (2018)

Ciliate Medick - Medicago ciliaris - annual plant native to the Mediterranean region, small ornamental pods, only a few packages available - 2 pods (2018)

Keg Medick - Medicago doliata - annual plant native to the Mediterranean region, small, oblong ornamental pods - 5 pods (2018)

Keg Medick - Medicago doliata var. inermis – a variety with pods without spines, only a few packages available - 2 pods (2018)

Sand Medick - Medicago italica - annual herb native to Portugal, ornamental small pods - 5 pods (2018)

Cutleaf Medick, Tattered Medick - Medicago laciniata - annual herb native to Northern and Eastern Africa, a tea substitute, ornamental small, round pods, only a few packages - 3 pods (2018)

Little Medick, Small Medick - Medicago minima var. brevispina - annual plant native to the Mediterranean region, ornamental almost prickly-less pods, only a few packages available - 3 pods (2018)

Spiny Medick - Medicago murex - annual plant native to native to the Mediterranean region, small ornamental pods - 7 pods (2018)

Gama Medick, Rugose Medick, Wrinkled Medic - Medicago rugosa - annual plant native to the Mediterranean region, ornamental almost prickly-less pods - 5 pods (2018)

Snail Medick, Shield Medick - Medicago scutellata - annual plant native to the Mediterranean region, ornamental spine-less pods, only a few packages available - 2 pods (2018)

Barrelclover, Strong-spined Medick, Barrel Medic - Medicago truncatula - annual plant native to native to the Mediterranean region, used in genetic researches, small ornamental pods - 10 pods (2018)

Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber - Melothria guadalupensis (M. pendula var. chlorocarpa) (wild ex Texas) – medium size climber with edible roots and immature fruits (2-3cm = 1 inch long), deciduous perennial resistant to light frost - 15 seeds (2018)

Japanese Rough Potato – Metaplexis japonica (Milkweed Family – Asclepiadaceae) – rare ornamental climber (to 8m=27ft tall), perennial frost hardy to zone 6, beautiful, showy, pale purple flowers in the second year after sowing (about 15 months to first flowers from seed), also Asiatic vegetable (young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, young fruits – raw or pickled, roots – cooked), poisonous plant (raw milk sap) – 30 seeds (2018)

Headache Vine, Rough Bryony - Mukia maderaspatana - rare annual climber, 0,5-2.5 m (2-8 ft) tall, small yellow flowers and red berries (non edible), edible vegetable leaves, germinates without any pre-teatment, sow surface – 10 seeds (2017)

Sweet Cicely – Myrrhis odorata – rare perenial vegetble (leaves - raw, cooked or used as a flavouring or as tea substitute- with anise like aroma, cooked with tart fruits in order to reduce their acidity, root - raw or cooked, seed - raw or cooked - the best whilst it is still green) to 1m (3,3 ft) tall, frost hardy to zone 4/5 – 15 large seeds (2018)

Watercress - Nasturtium sp. - well known hardy bog salad perennial with delicious edible leaves - about 50 small seeds (2017)

Wild Catmint – Nepeta cataria (wild ex Poland) – aromatic perennial to 1,5m=5ft tall, frost hardy to zone 3, delicious herbal tea (with specific aroma resembling something between mint and lemon), condiment – 25 seeds (2017)

Pellitory Of The Wall, Spreading pellitory - Parietaria judaica - perennial herb, low (to 0,6 = 2ft tall and wide), fully frost hardy in my zone 6b, likes half shade, young shoots and leaves edible, tasty - 50 seeds (2018)

Pellitory–of–the–wall, Lichwort – Parietaria officinalis – tasty rare leaf vegetable (nettle cousin) – 25 seeds (2012)

Ceylon Pellitory, Graceful Pouzolzsbush - Parietaria zeylanica (syn. Pouzolzia zeylanica) - subtropical spreading perennial (0,6-1,5m (=2-5ft) tall) Chinese herb can be easily grown as an annual, creates underground corms/tubers (edible - roasted), the leaves and young shoots are edible like a spinach, cooked, Chinese medicinal herb, rarity, sow the seeds surface, germinates easily - 25 seeds (2017)

Annual Passion Flower - Passiflora gracilis - the only annual species in genus Passiflora, native to Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil and Ecuador, can be easily grown in zones 5/6 and warmer, starts to blooming in 1-2 month of living and continues flowering in next a few months, numerous lovely flowers and red fruits (inedible), geriminates usualy difficult and in small rate (GA3 solution - 2000ppm by 24 hours - can realy help), rarity - 10 seeds (2017).

Blue Sweet Calabash, Woodland Passionflower - Passiflora morifolia - white and purple flowers, blue fruits with edible orange flesh, perennial climber hardy to zone 8/9 - 15 seeds (2015)

Japanese Patrinia - Patrinia villosa - rare vegetable - rare in trading Japanse herbaceous perennial to about 1-1,5m (=3-5ft) tall, belongs to the valerian family (Valerianaceae), young leaves and flower buds are edible cooked and they are used as a vegetable, also a medicinal herb, very frost hardy (to at least zone 6/7), likes half-shade or full sun and moist soils, seeds should be sown shallowly in situ in April - 15 seeds (2018)

Garlic Cress – Peltaria alliacea - small evergreen perennial hardy to zone 6, edible leaves and inflorescences (aromatic, pungent), rarity - 7 seeds – only a few packages (2017)

Coastal Hog Fennel - Peucedanum japonicum - perennial herb native to China, Korea, Japan and Philippines, the accession ex Korea frost hardy at least to zone 6, leaves are edible (raw, pickled or paraboiled) and delicious, aromatic (with original aroma) - 15 fresh seeds (2018)

Wild Perennial Bean, Thicket Bean, Bean-vine, Wild Kidney Bean - Phaseolus polystachios - very frost hardy large climber with perennial tuberous roots (West Virginia accession), seeds are edible (cooked as a common bean) but small, rarity - 5 fresh seeds (2018)

Tuberous Jerusalem Sage – Phlomis tuberosa – rare perennial (frost hardy to zone 6 and warmer) to 1,8 (=6ft) tall, Kalmucks' vegetable (round tubers cutted or grated, dried, roasted and boiled with milk), raw tubers are bitter, also very ornamental plant – 15 seeds (2018)

Winter Cherry, Strawberry Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Chinese Lantern - Physalis alkekengi (wild form China) - frost hardy perennial origin at the lower slopes of E'meishan Sichuan in 2000 at 1700m, fruits closed in small orange inflated calyxes, the berries are edible and not bitter!!! rarity - 30 seeds (2018)

Camapu, Cutleaf Ground Cherry – Physalis angulata ex Thailand – tasty annual rare fruit – 30 seeds (2017)

Campanulate-flowered Ground Cherry - Physalis campanula – Guatemalan endemic (grows only in one place - on altitude 2200-2500m = 7333-8333ft), herbaceous perennial with characteristic yellow flowers and typical berries (edible?) enclosed in inflated calyxes, rarity, seeds germinate very easy and in high rate after soaking in GA3 solution (2000ppm) by 24h - 7 seeds – only 2-3 packages available (2016, 2018)

Yellow Nightshade Groundcherry, Thick–leaf Ground–cherry, Desert Ground Cherry – Physalis crassifolia – rare edible fruit perennial (hardy to zone 8a if kept dry), drought resistant – 20 seeds (2018)

Clammy Groundcherry, Rowell's groundcherry – Physalis heterophylla - frost hardy (to at least zone 6) perennial to 50 cm (=2 ft) tall with hairy leaves and delicious fruits, native to North the eastern United States and Canada, likes half-shade or full sun and is much drough resistant - 7 seeds - only a few packages available (2017)

Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato – Physalis integrifolia – very tasty and very rare fruit annual herb, delicious fruits, straight habit – 25 seeds (2017)

Yellow Groundcherry, Perennial Ground Cherry, Hardy Husk Tomato, Smooth Ground Cherry - Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata - frost hardy (to zone 5) perennial to 1,5m (5 ft) tall and 0,6-1,2m (2-4 ft) wide, fruits delicious orange-yellow - 30 seeds (2018)

Lanceleaf Ground Cherry - Physalis lanceifolia (wild accession ex California) - annual branched and spreading plant, can be grown as common tomatoes - ripens fast (within about 4 months from seed to first ripe fruits and about 5 months to all ripe fruits), delicious fruits are enclosed in inflated calyx (which is inedible), green, slightly aromatic, not sweet, with sticky skin - can be used as tomatillos (vegetable) or a snack - 30 seeds (2018)

Giant Tomatillo – Physalis philadelphica - special giant Mexican strain produces 3-4 inch (= 7-10cm) wide, green fruits on very tall (about 6ft = 2m) plants - 10 seeds (2018)

Japanese Clearweed – Pilea hamaoi (syn. Pilea pumila subsp. hamaoi) - small (20-40 cm = about 0,7-1,3ft tall and wide) annual herb with juicy succulent stems and delicious leaves, native to Japan, China and Korea wild herb, to germinating it needs a long (2-4 months) cold stratification period, seeds should be sown surface (in sheltered place outside, or in cool cellar, or stratified and sown spring), rarity - 20 seeds (2017).

Filipino Mulberry - Pipturus sp. (probably P. arborescens) - native to lowlands of Philippines small tree/large shrub (nettle cousin) with edible white fruits and leaves used as tea substitute (on Hawai called "mamaki tea"), needs much of sun, warm and it is not frost resistant - 10 seeds (2017)

Nalui, Ngalui, Small Filipino Mulberry – Pipturus sp. (probably P. dentatus, syn. Pouzolzia dentata) - native to mountains on Philippines small shrub with edible mulberry-like fruits, sometimes planted as hedge, can be propagated by seeds and cuttings, probably not frost resistant, can flower and fruit in 1 year from sowing (but need long growing period – it takes about 6-7 months to first flowers, only special trades - 10 seeds (2017)

Buck's-Horn Plantain - Plantago coronopus - a herb with edible delicious leaves – about 50 seeds (2017)

Plantain - Plantago major “Rosularis” - a form with ornamental inflorescences, edible salad plant – 20 seeds (2017)

Plantain - Plantago major “Purpurea crispa” - a form with purple ornamental leaves, edible – 25 seeds (2017)

Devil's Tail, Mile-a-minute Weed, Giant Climbing Tearthumb, Asiatic Tearthumb – Polygonum perfoliatum (syn. Periscaria perfoliata) - fast growing annual vine. The stems are long and prickly, fruits blue, edible, tasty, young shoots also edible - raw or cooked, also medicinal herb (depurative, diuretic, febrifuge), very ornamental; needs a cold stratification (at least 9 weeks) to germinating - 25 fresh seeds (2018)

Roundleaf Star Creeper - Pratia nummularia - Asiatic creeping subtropical perennial (but can be grown as annual in zone 6 and warmer) with small round leaves, small pinkish flowers and relatively large purple fruits, very ornamental, resistant to small frost, young shoots were eaten cooked by local peoples, fruits also edible but not tasty, also medicinal herb - about 100 very small seeds (2018)

Desert Unicorn-plant, Golden Devil's Claw - Proboscidea althaeifolia (ex Arizona) - rare perennial hardy to zones 8a and warmer with edible seeds, young fruits and outer part (cortex) of tuberous roots, also very ornamental (golden fragrant flowers) and used in basketry or to making strange figures, bouquets etc. – 15 seeds (2015)

Sweet Unicorn Plant , Devil’s Claws – Proboscidea fragrans – rare vegetable (young fruits), corn (black seeds) and ornamental plant (large bunches of purple flowers and odd beautiful fruits with 2 claws) – 5 seeds (2015, 2017)

Unicorn Plant, Devil’s Claws, Ram's Horn, Aphid Trap, Louisiana Unicorn-plant, Goat's Head, Elephant Tusks - Proboscidea louisianica – similar to above species but flowers whitish-lavender colored, usefulness the same – 20 seeds (2017)

Unicorn Plant, Devil’s Claws (Domesticated Multi-claw) - Proboscidea parviflora var. hohokamiana – annual proto-carnivorous viscid herb, fruits (fleshy drupes) and drupelets to 35cm (=14 inch) long with 4-5 claws, seeds edible cooked, young fruits pickled, ornamental strange drupelets used in basketry, plant needs short growing period from sowing the seeds to ripe fruits (only 3-4 months), grows well in zone 6 and warmer, seeds white or greyish - 10 seeds – only a few packages (2017)

Unicorn Plant, Devil’s Claws (Giant 2-3-claw variety) - Proboscidea parviflora var. hohokamiana – seeds white or gray, “pods” large, only a few packages - 5 seeds (2018)

Unicorn Plant, Devil’s Claws (Wild Multi-claw) - Proboscidea parviflora var. parviflora – annual proto-carnivorous viscid herb, fruits (fleshy drupes) and drupelets to about 15-20cm (= 6-8 inch) long with 3-4 claws, used as other Devil’s Claws, seeds black, only a few packages - 5 seeds (2018)

Unicorn Plant, Devil’s Claws (Wild 2-claw) - Proboscidea parviflora var. parviflora – annual proto-carnivorous viscid herb, fruits (fleshy drupes) and drupelets to about 15cm (= 6 inch) long with 2 claws, used as other Devil’s Claws, seeds black, form with deep-purple flowers - 7 seeds (2018)

Unicorn Plant, Devil’s Claws (Wild 2-claw) - Proboscidea parviflora var. parviflora – annual proto-carnivorous viscid herb, fruits (fleshy drupes) and drupelets to about 15cm (= 6 inch) long with 2 claws, used as other Devil’s Claws, seeds black, form with medium-purple flowers and something purple tinged stems - 7 seeds (2018)

Fruit Radish, Rat’s Tail Radish - Raphanus caudatus - variety with edible young fruits (long to 14 inches = 35 cm), native to India, heat resistant, crop in summer, open pollinated - 20 seeds (2017)

Korean Wild Radish – Raphanus sativus var. raphanistroides – wild large edible herb (whole plant used as vegetable), very robust, easy, can be weedy – 20 seeds (2017)

Marmoraccia – Rapistrum rugosum – Italian leafy vegetable (mustard), annual weed – 12 seeds (2017)

Giant Arrow Head, Chinese Arrow Head – Sagittaria trifolia subsp. leucopeta (syn. S. trifolia var. edulis) - perennial with giant tubers (in size to 5-10 × 4-6 cm = 2-4 x 0,8-1,2 inch) which are edible after cooking, hardy to some frost, cultivated in Japan, Korea and China - 2 tubers (2018)

Pampas Lily of the Valley – Salpichroa origanifolia (Nightshade Family – Solanaceae) – delicious fruit, perennial climber (to 3m=11ft tall), very frost hardy (to zone 6 if thick mulched) – 12 seeds (2017)

Glabrous Sarcandra - Sarcandra glabra (ex Philippines) - evergreen tropical perennial about 0,6 - 3m (= 2-10 ft) tall, seeds are edible, roots and leaves used as scenting tea, can slowly germinate - 8 seeds (2017)

Rue-leaved saxifrage, Nailwort - Saxifraga tridactylites - small (5-15 cm = 2-6 inches tall) annual herb with small succulent leaves, young plants are edible, acidulous, tasty, likes sandy dry soils and full sun - about 100 very small seeds (2016)

Shepherd's Needle, Venus' Comb, Crow Needles – Scandix pecten–veneris – a rare vegetable - 25 seeds (2017)

Common Golden Thistle, Spanish Oyster Thistle – Scolymus hispanicus (ex Spain) – perennial prickly herb with edible young shoots and roots, also ornamental (numerous golden capitulums), the form from Spain (tall and narrow shape herb) – 15 seeds (2017)

Common Golden Thistle, Spanish Oyster Thistle – Scolymus hispanicus (ex Greece) – perennial prickly herb with edible young shoots and roots, also ornamental (numerous golden capitulums), the from from Greece (round shape herb) – 15 seeds (2017)

White Campion, Bladder Campion – Silene latifolia (syn. Melandrium album) – perennial (frost hardy to zone 6) to 0,6m (=2ft) tall, Spanish rare vegetable (leaves and young shoots – stewed) and soap subsitute (obtained by simmering the root in hot water) – 50 seeds (2014)

Stone-Parsley – Sison amomum – rare vegetable (cooked roots) and condiment (aromatic leaves and seeds), biennial plant to 1,5m (5ft) tall, frost hardy to zone 6 – 25 seeds (2017)

Tumble Mustard, Tall Tumble Mustard - Sisymbrium altissimum (wild ex Bialystok - NE Poland) - annual herb with edible leaves and seeds used as condiment - 100 seeds (2003)

Skirret – Sium sisarum – rare heirloom root vegetable – 25 seeds (2016, 2017)

Devil Potato, Wild Andean Potato - Solanum acaule var. caulescens - wild potato species which belongs to taxonomic Acaulia series. Herb with long stolons and small, whitish (0,5-1,5 inch = 0,4-4,0 cm diameter) tubers. Tubers are edible after cooking. Plants grows to about 1ft (30cm) tall and creates numerous beautiful blue flowers in summer. Species native to Peru, Bolivia and N.W. Argentina - on alpine meadows, by patchs, walls, drainage ditches, cultivated fields, etc. at altitude 2600 - 4650 meters (8666-15500 ft). Something frost hardy. Species potato blight / alternariose resistant (in a large degree). Can be hybridized with other wild and cultivated potatoes – 10 true small seeds (2017)

Red-berry Nightshade - Solanum alatum (syn. S. luteum subsp. alatum) - tall erect herb with bright red fruits, commonly used in Africa for edible leaves and fruits, but be careful, because some forms can be poisonous (it is unknown if this form is safe or not), the fruits have good taste and strong skin - 50 seeds (2018)

Red-berry Nightshade - Solanum aff. alatum - (wild ex Poland, Cracow) – a form low, with bright yellow fruits, unknown if edible or not – 20 seeds (2018)

Chichiquelite Huckleberry – Solanum sp. (S. americanum?) – very tasty rare fruit, annual – 50 seeds (2013)

Vegetable Nightshade - Solanum americanum subsp. nodiflorum, syn. Solanum nodiflorum subsp. nodiflorum (ex Phillipiness) – huge annual herb (to over 2 m = 7 ft tall and wide), which creates enormous leaves, white flowers and small, glossy, edible (as snack) fruits, young shoots and leaves are eaten after boiling (and water is throw out) by Filipino people - 10 seeds (2017)

Malevolence, Purple Devil, Five-minute Plant - Solanum atropurpureum - subtropical half-shrub to 1,2-1,8m (4-6 ft) tall and 0,9-1,2m (3-4 ft) wide, stems and leaves densely covered by very large purple prickles, flowers pale yellow, fruits orange, ornamental plant which may be hardy to -10 C degree (about 10 F degree), belongs to taxonomic section Acanthophora (the same as S. mammosum, S. capsicoides, S. palinacanthum, S. viarum and other) - 12 fresh seeds (2017)

Rainforest Kangaroo Apple – Solanum aviculare – subtropical shrub with purple flowers and red berries (edible only in small quantities when break and fall down), seeds very small (smaller than in other Kangaroo Apples), it is true species (not confused with S. laciniatum), rarity – 50 seeds (2017)

Papa de Zorro - Solanum brevicaule - wild potato native to South America (Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru), belongs to taxonomic Tuberosa series, tubers edibility unknown, resistant to some viruses and other pests - 7 true dry seeds (open pollinated) (2018)

Tzimbalo – Solanum canense – fruity herb often sold under false name S. caripense, fruits delicious, does not cross with pepino – 15 seeds (2018)

Heartleaf Wild Potato, Cimatli - Solanum cardiophyllum (taxonomic Pinnatisecta series) - long stolons and small edible tubers (cooked), native to Mexico, Early Blight, Late Blight and Aphids resistant, can be hybridized with other potatoes, rarity in trading - 2 small seed-tubers about 0,5-1 cm (0,20-0,40 inch) diameter (2018)

Pepino Llorón, Weeping Pepino – Solanum caripense (true, wild ex Apurimac, Peru) – true species (not Tzimbalo), hybridizes with Pepino Solanum caripense, can be grown as annual in temperate zones (fruits in a few months since sowing) or wintered inside - 7 seeds (2018)

Chaco Wild Potato - Solanum chacoense (taxonomic Commersoniana series) - long stolons and small brown (0,25-1,50 inch = 0,6-4 cm long) round or ovate tubers (they were eaten after special processing by Indians in the past), plants about 1,5-2 ft (45-60 cm) tall, native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil (from sea level to 2350m = 7800ft altitude), can be hybridized with other potatoes, very ornamental plant - flowers showy white with yellow center, leaves glossy, lovely - 5 seed-tubers about 1-1,5 cm (0,40-0,60 inch) diameter (2018)

Chaco Wild Potato - Solanum chacoense – a botanical form with not winged stem - 2 seed-tubers about 1-1,5 cm (0,40-0,60 inch) diameter (2018)

Chaco Wild Potato - Solanum chacoense – 7 true dry seeds (open pollinated) (2018)

Whitetip Nightshade, Velvety Nightshade – Solanum chenopodioides – a herb native to South America (but naturalized in Australia), fruits black, very sweet, but unknown if edible or not, the leaves are said to be edible (cooked) – 20 seeds (2018)

Watermelon Nightshade – Solanum citrullifolium – very ornamental flowers, annual prickly plant to 0,5m=1,5ft tall, hardy (to zone 6) – 15 seeds (2013)

Papa del Monte - Solanum demissum - wild potato species which belongs to taxonomic Demissa series, long stolons and small tubers, (edible after cooking), fruits are said to be also edible cooked and they are eaten as a sweet (fully ripe fruit have the aroma similar to mangoes, papayas or wild strawberries), native to Central America - Guatemala to northern Mexico at altitude 1,900 - 3,700 metres (6333-12333ft), Late Blight and Potato Virus Y resistant, can be hybridized with other potatoes - 7 true dry seeds (open pollinated) (2018)

Fendler's Wild Potato - Solanum fendleri (taxonomic Longipedicellata series) - long stolons and brownish-violet, small (0,25-1,00 inch = 0,6-2,5 cm diameter) tubers (edible after cooking and are pleasant eating, tasting somewhat like a sweet chestnuts), native to North-Western Mexico and South-Western USA, 1,700-2850m (=5500-9500 ft) altitude, can be hybridized with other wild potatoes - 10 true small seeds (not tubers) (open pollinated) (2018)

Fendler's Wild Potato - Solanum fendleri – 2 small seed-tubers (2018)

Colorado Wild Potato - Solanum jamesii (taxonomic Pinnatisecta series) - rare delicious tuberous vegetable – brown, small (0,15-1,20 inch = 0,4-3,0 cm diameter) tubers (edible after cooking), plant 1ft (30cm) tall and creates numerous flowers, native to N. W. Mexico and S. W. United States - coniferous forests at altitude1600 - 2500 meters (5000-8000 ft) in Arizona, frost hardy to zone 8/9, potato blight / alternariose resistant (in a large degree), can be hybridized with other wild and cultivated potatoes, a form with darker (brown) tubers - 2 small seed tubers about 0,4-1,0 cm (0,16-0,40 inch) diameter (2018) (only 2-3 packages)

Colorado Wild Potato - Solanum jamesii – a second form with with paler tubers - 2 small seed tubers about 0,4-1,0 cm (0,16-0,40 inch) diameter (2018) (only 2-3 packages)

Colorado Wild Potato - Solanum jamesii - 7 true dry seeds (open pollinated) (2018)

Southern Kangaroo Apple - Solanum laciniatum – Australian shrubby herb with edible yellow-orange fruits and blue flowers, can be grown as annual if sown early - 10 seeds (2017)

Mountain Kangaroo Apple – Solanum linearifolium – tasty rare fruit , can be grown like annual if sown early, (from these seeds can grow also hybrid (F1) with S. aviculare, with small fruits, not fully fertile) – 30 seeds (2017)

Orange Nightshade – Solanum luteum (syn. S. villosum) – delicious rare fruit, hardy annual – 20 seeds (2013)

Tropical Eggplant, Gboma Eggplant, Aubergine Gboma, Terong Engkol - Solanum macrocarpon (ex Africa) - herbaceous perennial from the wetter parts of tropical and subtropical Africa, creates large entire leaves and pale violet flowers following into round small apple-size green, darker green striped (yellow and pale brown when ripe) fruits, which are edible cooked - 10 seeds (2015)

Tropical Eggplant, Gboma Eggplant, Aubergine Gboma, Terong Engkol - Solanum macrocarpon (ex Brazil) - herbaceous perennial which of wild forms originates from the wetter parts of tropical and subtropical Africa, creates large entire leaves and violet flowers with enlarged calyx following into round small apple-size whitish (with violet) fruits, which are edible cooked, leaves can be eaten raw, cooked or steamed - 10 seeds (2015)

Greenspot Nightshade – Solanum nigrescens, syn. S. douglasii (wild ex Chile) – wide perennial shrubby herb (sub-shrub) native to South and Central America and southwestern USA (and has been naturalized in Australia), fruits small, greenish, unknown if edible, medicinal herb – 25 seeds (2018)

Green berry Nightshade, Morelle Verte – Solanum aff. opacum – delicious fruit (annual), rare – 30 seeds (2013)

Yoa, Joá, Joá bravo, Tutiá, Manzanita del monte, Mañiq lqo, Naxaraxanaaq lqo, Pocoto, Pocotillo – Solanum palinacanthum (ex Bolivia) – rare ornamental, one from the most beautiful Solanums (Nightshades), large beautiful bright blue and yellow flowers, prickly plant, rarity – 7 fresh seeds (2015)

Cherry Nightshade, Argentinian Nightshade, Hoe Nightshade – Solanum physalifolium var. nitidibaccatum – annual ornamental, rarity, tasty fruits eaten in Ethiopia – 12 seeds (2018)

Hairy-style Nightshade – Solanum polytrichostylum, syn. Solanum aloysiifolium var. polytrichostylum – a perennial subshrub native to Andes, fruits brownish-purple, unknown if edible or poisonous – 25 seeds (2018)

Shrubby Nightshade, Joá Mando, Juá Piloso, Juá Alado, Brazilian Naranjilla – Solanum robustum "Green-leaved variety"– prickly shrub 0,6–2m (2–7ft) tall with broadly winged stems and leaf petioles, leaves not silver (like plants escaped in Hawaii) but cashmere–green, flowers numerous – white and yellow, fruits to 2cm (0,8inch) diameter – hairy, light green and dark green striped (according one source fruits without seeds are edible in small quantities) - they have very nice strong aroma (used to making juices and as vegetable), very ornamental variety native to Brazil, can be grown outside in zone 6 (as annual) and warmer (first ripe fruits fall down after 9 months from sowing) – package of 10 seeds (2014)

Buffalo-bur, Spiny Nightshade, Colorado Bur, Kansas Thistle, Mexican Thistle, Texas Thistle - Solanum rostratum (S. cornutum) - ornamental medium size (about 0,3-0,6m = 1-2ft tall) annual herb with numerous bright golden-yellow flowers and blackish inedible berries completely covered by spiny calyx, seeds need to be cold stratified by a few months or sown in autumn in cool cellar (or eventually outside), they germinates only in a dark so they should be sown about 1-1,5cm (0,4-0,6inch) deep - 15 black seeds (2018)

Hierba Mora – Solanum macrotonum – this is small scandent herb (0,5-1,5m = 2-5ft tall), native to tropical South America and Central America, fruits dull green with thick skin – not translucent, edible (and very sweet) – 10 seeds (2014)

African Nightshade, Garden Huckleberry – Solanum scabrum “Yellow–anthered” (ex Australia) – rare variety with yellow anthers (not brown as in typical varieties) and large black, punctate fruits in 3–6 flowered inflorescences, rarity – 10 seeds (2014)

Seven-lobed Nightshade, Quing Qi - Solanum septemlobum – rare climbing (sub-)shrub frost hardy (to zone 5/6) to 3-5 meters (10-17 ft) tall, small lobed leaves, lovely purple and yellow flowers and red inedible fruits, ative to east Asia, rarity, seeds germinate very slowly and erratic, gradually (often after a few months from sowing), soaking in GA3 (2000 ppm by 24 hours) can help - 12 seeds (2017)

Mexican Wild Potato - Solanum stoloniferum - wild potato species which belongs to taxonomic Longipedicellata series, long stolons and brown, small (0,25-1,00 inch = 0,6-2,5 cm diameter) tubers (said to be edible after cooking and are pleasant eating, tasting somewhat like a sweet chestnuts), native to Central Mexico - dry areas, from 1,800-3000m (=6000-10000 ft) altitude, potato blight / alternariose resistant, can be hybridized with common potato and other wild potatoes, only 2-3 packages available - 7 true dry seeds (open pollinated) (2018)

Bura–Bura, Bolo Maka, Coconilla, Cocochat, Pupu, Tupido, Pimpla, Tupirito – Solanum stramoniifolium – rare edible fruit, annual or perennial spiny tropical shrub (needs heat to fruit) – 20 seeds (2012)

Surai – Solanum trilobatum – perennial (subtropical evergreen) Asiatic prickly vine, about 7ft=2m tall, red fruits are edible, as well as cooked leaves, only a few packages – 10 seeds (2018)

Green Kangaroo Apple, Gunyang - Solanum vescum - the fruiting shrub to 1-2 m (= 3-7 ft) tall, can be grown as annual, but must be sown early, fruits delicious, -yellow-green, break and fall down when ripe, sow the seeds surface, open pollinated (from these seeds can grow also hybrid (F1) with S. aviculare - very similar to S. laciniatum, but other in details and not fully fertile) -15 seeds (2017)

Tropical Soda Apple, Juá-bravo - Solanum viarum - very ornamental perennial shrub native to Brazil and Argentina, to 1-2 m (3-7 ft) tall and wide, with very prickly stems and leaves, small white flowers and yellow fruits (green mini watermelon-like when immature), creates underground rhizome suckers, frost hardy to zones 8b and warmer, plant prohibited in numerous countries (mainly tropical and subtropical), scarification or GA3 may improve germination - 15 seeds (2015)

Violet Aubergine, Puncture Eggplant, Talong-na-puti, Talong-pipit, Terong Pipit - Solanum violaceum (unarmed form) - shrub to 2 m (=7ft) tall with 5-7 lobed leaves, blue-purple flowers and orange 1,3cm (0,5 inch) berries, medicinal herb, native to tropical Asia - 12 seeds (2015)

"Papa Mariva" Potato - Solanum x chaucha - hybrid species (crossing of S. tuberosum subsp. andigena and S. stenotomum), very esteemed on Canary Islands, late variety, creates very numerous but small tubers with black skin and yellow flesh (delicious) on short stolons, rarity, can be successful cultivated as north as in Central Europe - 9 small seed-tubers (2018)

Salt Sandspurry^, Lesser Sea-spurrey - Spergularia marina – small herb (annual or perennial) which likes salty soil, leaves edible in Korea, very delicious, Polish wild form – about 50 small seeds (2017)

Marsh Woundwort – Stachys palustris var. vulgaris – wild variety with long narrow white, tasty, tubers, rare vegetable, likes moist or wet soil – 10 seeds (2017)

Goldencreeper, Red Hailstone, Manchu Tubergourd – Thladiantha dubia – rare edible delicious fruits, frost hardy (zone 6) perennial tuberous climber to 6m (=20ft) long – 30 seeds (2016, 2017, 2018)

Hungarian Thyme, Eurasian Thyme – Thymus kosteleckyanus (syn. Thymus pannonicus pro parte) – aromatic spice and tea plant (frost hardy to zone 6b and warmer) – 20 seeds (2017)

Savory-Scented Thyme – Thymus marschallianus (syn. Thymus pannonicus pro parte) – aromatic spice and tea plant (frost hardy to zone 6b and warmer) – 20 seeds (2017)

Nettle Tree, Chichaste, Ortiga - Urera nitida - delicious edible berries - rare pachycaul spinose caulicarpic shrub (burns not very much - similar as common nettle), monoecious, very resistant to drought, easy to growing, needs some direct sunlight, white berries are edible and very delicious, plant can fruit within 1-1,5 year from seeds, leaves are said to be edible too (cooked) - 10 seeds (2018)

Mallorca Nettle – Urtica bianorii (syn. Urtica atrovirens subsp. bianorii) - small perennial creating dense carpets, with little ornamental leaves, resistant to some frost, rarity, sown seeds surface (germinate easily without any pre-treatment) - 10 seeds (2017)

Ortiga Crespa, Queimadeira Nettle – Urtica circularis – annual medicinal (hypotensive, diuretic, antioxidant) and vegetable herb, native to Agrentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil, leaves small 1-3 cm (0,4-1,2 inch) long, 1-3,5 cm (0,4-1,4 inch) broad, with burning hairs; edible and considered to be highly nutritious for its minerals and vitamins content and it is usually included in various dishes in South America; germinates easily (no pre-treatment required) - 25 seeds (2017)

Pellitory-leaved Nettle, Entire-leaved Roman Nettle – Urtica dodartii – rare annual ornamental and useful plant (used like U. pilulifera and very similar to it but with entire leaves and larger seeds) – 6 seeds (2017)

Fen Nettle, Stingless Nettle - Urtica galeopsifolia - rare perennial, unusual vegetable (leaves and young shoots – raw or cooked), perennial about 2m tall, leaves and tops of shoots have not stinging hairs, resistant to water flooding and severe frosts (zone 4/5), may need cold stratification, sow surface – 100 fresh seeds (2016)

American Stinging Nettle - Urtica gracilis - hardy perennial to 1,5m (=5ft) tall, native to northern and central part of USA, very frost hardy (to at least zone 6) and winter dormant, stems and leaves are vivid green and scarcely covered by stinging hairy, young leaves are edible and very delicious when cooked, nettle beer is brewed from the young shoots, medicinal herb, good flax-like fibre is obtained from the stems (to making string, cloth and good quality paper), likes moist, fertile soil and full sun to half-shade, seeds need cold stratification period to germinating - 15 fresh seeds (harvested in autumn 2017)

Hoary Nettle - Urtica holosericea - perennial to 2,5m (=8ft) tall, native to western USA (accession ex California), stems and leaves are hoary and very densely covered by stinging and not stinging hairs, drought dormant and something frost resistan, young leaves are edible and very delicious when cooked, nettle beer is brewed from the young shoots, medicinal herb, a hair wash can be made from the leaves (used as tonic and to anti dandruff treatment), strong flax-like fibre is obtained from the stems (to making string, cloth and good quality paper), likes moist, fertile soil and full sun to half-shade, seeds need cold stratification period to germinating - 15 fseeds (2017)

Kievan nettle – Urtica kioviensis - leafy vegetable - can be used in the same manner as common nettle, also oil plant; hardy perennial with stems 0,8-1,2 m (= 2,5-4ft) tall (branched in upper part), above ground runners, long, narrow leaves, upper stipules connected at bases and seeds (achenes) 1-1,6mm long, stems can create roots if they touch of a moist soil; endemic to central and eastern Europe, frost hardy do zones 5/7 and warmer - 100 fresh seeds (2016)

Roman Nettle - Urtica pilulifera - annual vegetable (delicious young leaves - cooked and used as a potherb), nettle beer is brewed from the young shoots, oily plant (edible oil pressed from seeds), also medicinal, fibre, dye plant and repellent insect pests - 20 seeds (2017)

Wild Corn Salad, Wild Lamb’s Lettuce – Valerianella locusta – leaf vegetable, wild ex southern Poland – 50 seeds (2014)

Brooklime, European Speedwell - Veronica beccabunga - evergreen semi-aquatic perennial hardy to zone 5, salad plant (edible leaves and young shoots, the best in winter) - about 50 small seeds (2017)

Moth Bean, Mat Bean, Turkish Gram, Maṭki – Vigna aconitifolia (syn. Phaseolus aconitifolius) – tasty rare Asiatic legume vegetable (edible mature seeds and sprouts), drough resistant, original deeply palmate divided leaves – package 200 seeds (2015)

Japanese Pepper Tree - Zanthoxylum piperitum – shrub to 2m (=7ft) tall , fruits – condiment (pepper substitute), aromatic leaves are edible, very frost hardy (to zones 5) – 10 fresh seeds (2017)

Dwarf Corn - Zea mays "Tiger Cub" - ornamental dwarf variety of corn (only about 2ft = 60cm tall) with white-green variegated leaves, rarity - 7 (2018)

Corn x Teosinte (hybrid) - Zea mays x mexicana – a hybrid of cultivated and wild species, annual herb (perennial in tropics)b to about 1,5 m (=5 ft) tall, with small corncobs of yellowish (and lighty red) grains – 6 seeds (2016)

Peruvian Zinnia – Zinnia peruviana – annual ornamental plant (lovely red flowers) to 0,6–1,0m (2–3ft) tall – 10 seeds (2013)