BotanyCa Seeds List 2023/2024, always in the works…
How to use the Seeds List
Click on the species name in the list to find out more: common name, description, pictures, cost and germination instructions.
- Species with very small seeds, which are hard to count (orchids, some species of Saxifraga, Drosera) and indicated as 50+/pck. or 30+/pck. are always provided in greater quantities. So, one packet contains more than enough seeds to sow one full pot.
- Something I had not considered necessary to write down before: all the seeds are free of any chemicals, the moist packed ones included; seeds from cultivated plants are from organically managed gardens.
Inventory may show temporarily ‘out of stock’ while orders are being processed, check back in a few days; - SO marked in the Seeds List – means the species is Sold out
We do not offer all species on a yearly basis. Sold out species which are not offered on a yearly base will be removed from the list and archived (use the Search button to read about them if necessary). Offerings older than 4 years are deleted entirely. - Hepatica and Corydalis solida seeds are available almost every year during the month of June ONLY.
BotanyCa operates as a seeds provider for the hobby gardeners and specialized nurseries. With regret, we cannot provide large quantities of seeds for naturalizations or other large scale garden projects. From the beginning, the desire and goal of this business was for regular gardeners to have access to native species not commonly offered by other sources in Canada (or offered as DOD); and also to non-native, more unusual species which come at a high price as plants and are best grown from seeds.
With this in mind, species with limited seeds in stock can only be ordered as 1 pck./person like in previous years. Also, all the other species, at least for the beginning of the season, can be purchased in max. 2 pck. /person.
For all species marked in green: seeds are provided fresh and/or ‘moist-packed’ almost every year; usually they are available right away after collection until early winter – weather permitting shipping.
Spring seeds 2024 coming soon!
Various Corydalis
Corydalis solida ‘Wildheart mix’
Corydalis malkensis
Corydalis paczoskii
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North American Hepatica species
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Other Hepatica species
A
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea pachypoda f. rubrocarpa
Actaea rubra
Actaea spicata
Androsace maxima
Androsace adfinis ssp. brigantiaca – new
Antennaria lanata/ SO– new
Antennaria cf. rosea ssp. pulvinata
Allium cernuum
Allium ‘Fireworks’
Allium pseudojaponicum
Allium stellatum
Allium victorialis
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone multifida (wild)
Anemone virginiana
Anemone occidentalis (see Pulsatilla)
Aristolochia iberica
Aristolochia steupii
Aralia racemosa
Aralia hispida
Aralia nudicaulis
Arisaema ciliatum var. liubaense/SO
Arisaema flavum
Arisaema triphyllum
Arisaema amurense dark form
Arnica cordifolia
Arum italicum ex. ‘Marmoratum’
Aronia melanocarpa
Asarum canadense
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asphodeline lutea
Astragalus missouriensis – new
Astragalus purshii spp. tinctus
Astragalus vesicarius ssp. pseudoglaucus
AQUILEGIA
Aquilegia alpina
Aquilegia ex. atrata
Aquilegia flavescens
Aquilegia flavescens hybrid – new
Aquilegia canadensis – short form
Aquilegia canadensis – woodland
Aquilegia canadensis ‘Little Laterns’
Aquilegia formosa
Aquilegia nigricans
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Barlow’ mix
Aquilegia hybrid – dark purple
Aquilegia olympica
Aurinia saxatilis
Allysum borzeanum – see Odontarrhena
B
Baptisia australis
Brodiaea elegans
Bupleurum longifolium spp. aureum
C
Calochortus albus – new
Calycanthus floridus
Campanula alliariifolia – new
Campanula bellidifolia
Campanula kirpicznikovii
Campanula carpatica
Campanula persicifolia ‘Alba’
Campanula rotundifolia
Castilleja applegatei
Castilleja coccinea – new
Castilleja miniata – new
Ceanothus americanus
Ceanothus herbaceus
Ceanothus velutinus
Centaurea jankae
Centaurea orientalis
Cercis canadensis
Cercis siliquastrum
Chimaphila umbellata
Chiastophyllum oppositifolium/SO – new
Cimicifuga racemosa
Cirsium canum
Cirsium edule var. macounii
CLEMATIS
Clematis cf. glaucophylla
Clematis heracleifolia ‘China Purple’
Clematis integrifolia
Clematis virginiana
Conopholis americana
Cornus rugosa
Cotoneaster integerrimus
Crocosmia ex. ‘Lucifer’
D
Delphinium andersonii/SO
Delphinium nudicaule – new
Delphinium fissum
Delphinium albiflorum
Delphinium exaltatum – new
Delphinium grandiflorum
Delphinium cf. likiangense
Delphinium laxiflorum
Desmodium canadense
Desmodium nudiflorum
Dianthus arenarius spp. bohemicus
Dianthus carthusianorum – new
Dianthus deltoides – wild form
Dianthus deltoides ‘Deep Red Confetti’ – new
Dianthus moravicus
Dianthus seguieri ssp. seguieri – new
Dianthus spiculifolius
Dictamnus albus
Dictamnus albus ‘Albiflorus’
Digitalis ferruginea ssp. schischkinii
Digitalis purpurea ‘Alba’
Draba haynaldii
Draba lasiocarpa
Drosera linearis
Drosera intermedia
Dryas octopetala – new
E
Eremogone capillaris var. americana
Erigeron peregrinus – new
E
Epipactis helleborine
Epipactis palustris
Erythranthe guttata
Erythranthe lewisii/SO – new
Eriogonum ursinum/SO – new
Euonymus obovatus
Euonymus planipes (E. sachalinensis)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Euphorbia myrsinites
F
Fritillaria pudica
Fritillaria pallidiflora
G
Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria humifusa – new
Gentiana andrewsii
Gentiana asclepiadea
Gentiana dahurica
Gentiana decumbens
Gentiana paradoxa hybrid – new
Gentiana tibetica
Gentiana triflora
Gladiolus imbricatus/SO
Gladiolus tenuis – new
Glaucidium palmatum
Glaucidium palmatum ‘Album’
Glaucium flavum – new
Gypsophila cephalotes
H
Hamamelis virginiana – new
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Cherry Blossom
Helleborus x hybridus large, purple
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus purpurascens/SO
Helleborus caucasicus
Houstonia canadensis – new
Hydrastis canadensis/SO
Hydrophyllum canadense/SO
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Hypericum olympicum
Hypericum kalmianum
I
Ilex mucronata
Ilex verticillata
Incarvillea delavayi – new
Ipomopsis rubra
Ipomopsis aggregata
Iris domestica
Iris hookeri
Iris versicolor
Iris tectorum ‘Album’
Iris dichotoma
J
Jeffersonia diphylla/SO
Jeffersonia dubia
K
L
Lathyrus vernus (pink)
Lathyrus vernus
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia – new
Linum hypericifolium
Linum capitatum – new
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia kalmii – new
Lonicera canadensis
Lonicera dioica
Lonicera hirsuta – new
Lonicera involucrata
Luetkea pectinata/SO – new
LILIUM
Lilium formosanum var. pricei
Lilium kesselringianum
Lilium martagon var. pilosiusculum
Lilium martagon ‘Album’ – new
Lilium michiganense
M
Maackia amurensis – new
Mitchella repens
Mitella diphylla
Mitella breweri – new
Monarda fistulosa
Monardella odoratissima
Myrica pensylvanica – new
Musineon divaricatum – new
N
Nabalus racemosus (Prenanthes) – new
Nepeta multifida
Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca
O
Oenothera macrocarpa (O. missouriensis) – new
Orlaya grandiflora
P
Paronychia cephalotes – new
Peonies
Paeonia anomala ssp. veitchii
Paeonia anomala ssp. veitchii – white form
Paeonia japonica
Paeonia mascula ssp. arietina
Paeonia mascula ssp. mascula/SO
Paeonia mlokosewitschii/SO
Paeonia obovata
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia officinalis ssp. huthii – new
Paeonia peregrina
Paeonia tenuifolia
Paeonia wittmanniana (1)
Paeonia wittmanniana (2)
Papaver
Papaver aff. alboroseum
Papaver ammophilum (P. nudicaule ssp. baicalense)
Papaver atlanticum ‘Flore-Pleno’
Papaver chakassicum
Papaver somniferum
Parnassia asarifolia – new
Parnassia glauca
Parnassia grandiflora – new
Parnassia palustris
Paronychia cephalotes – new
Penstemon barbatus Pinacolada (red) – new
Penstemon digitalis
Penstemeon grandiflorus
Penstemon hirsutus ‘Pygmaeus’
P
Penstemon speciosus/SO
Penstemon cf. saxosorum
Phlomis tuberosa
Physoclaina orientalis – new
Phyteuma scheuchzeri
Phyteuma orbiculare
Phytolacca americana ‘Variegata’ – new
Pinus parviflora ‘Glauca’ – new
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’
Podophyllum hexandrum
Podophyllum peltatum
Polemonium caeruleum – new
Polemonium yezoense ex. Purple Rain Strain
Polygala major
Polygala senega
Polygala paucifolia/SO
PRIMULA
Primula alpicola – new
Primula florindae – new
Primula incana
Primula nivalis
Primula japonica ex. ‘Postford White’
Primula macrocalyx
Primula mistassinica
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Ptelea trifoliata – new
Pulsatilla occidentalis – new
Pulsatilla pratensis hybrid
Pulsatilla styriaca/SO
R
Rhodiola rhodantha – new
Rhodotypos scandens
Rhus aromatica
Rosa acicularis ssp, sayi
Rosa rubrifolia – new
Rosa roxburgii f. normalis
Rosa pimpinellifolia
Rosa palustris
Roscoea schneideriana
Roscoea scillifolia fo. atropurpurea
Roscoea tibetica
Ribes cynosbati /SO new
Rubus hispidus
Rubus odoratus
Rubus parviflorus
Rubus pedatus/SO – new
Rubus pubescens/SO
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia maxima – new
S
Salvia austriaca ex. Dobrogea – new
Salvia pratensis
Salvia viridis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis ex. ‘Armstrong Pink/SO
Sarracenia pupurea
Saruma henryi
Saxifraga cuneifolia subsp. robusta
Scabiosa caucasica
Scabiosa silenifolia
Scutellaria incana
Scutellaria pontica
Sedum atratum
Sedum urvillei/SO – new
Senna hebecarpa
Sidalcea malviflora
Silene jailensis
Silene suecica
Silene pusilla – new
Silene turgida – new
Silene uniflora ‘Compacta’
Smilax herbacea
Smilax tamnoides – new
Solidago simplex var. ontarioensis
Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis – new
Stachys inflata
Stachys recta
Staphylea pinnata
Staphylea trifolia
!Streptopus amplexifolius dark fruit – new
!Streptopus lanceolatus – new/SO
!Streptopus cf. streptopoides var. brevipes/SO
Symphyotrichum laeve
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
T
Tellima grandiflora
Teucrium canadense
Thalictrum dioicum
Thalictrum delavayi/SO
Thalictrum cf. foetidum
Thalictrum pubescens/SO – new
Thalictrum rochebruneanum
Thermopsis villosa
Tiarella cordifolia/SO – new
Tradescantia ohiensis
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Trillium grandiflorum
Trillium flexipes/SO
Trillium mix cuneatum-sessile/SO
Trillium luteum/SO
Triosteum pinnatifidum
Triosteum aurantiacum
U
V
Vaccinium membranaceum – new
Verbena stricta
Verbesina alternifolia
Vernonia gigantea
Veronicastrum virginicum
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum lentago – new
VIOLA
Viola adunca var. bellidifolia
Viola canadensis
Viola dissecta/SO
Viola labradorica
Viola langsdorfii ssp. kamtchadolorum
Viola odorata ‘Alba’
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
Viola rostrata/SO
Viola sororia fo. priceana
Z
Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus
Zigadenus fremontii – new
Zizia aurea
Grasses & related genera
Carex crinita
Carex grayi
Carex muskingumensis
Carex rosea –new
Carex retrorsa
Chasmanthium latifolium
Danthonia spicata
Melica uniflora
Patis racemosa
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