ABL01 Jim's Ornamental Wheat Mix
We have created a wonderful blend of ornamental wheat seed and made it available in an economical package. This mix features a blend of:
Blue Utrecht, One of the most decorative wheats we've ever seen. We were fortunate to find a grower in Canada who grows these wonderful plants, but the seeds are quite limited. The blue heads with black beards bend over when mature. Holds color and to stem well after drying.
Black Einhorn, A very special wheat that dates back 10,000 years to Ethiopia. Has flat, black heads that resemble the heads of crested wheat grass.
Dwarf Indian, An unusual wheat that is short and very upright with plump, round seeds. The heads resemble small bottlebrushes.
Silver Tip, A large wheat growing 2-3 ft. tall with all white heads and awns. Excellent contrast material.
Spring Red, This cool season, annual cereal grain offers a reddish tint for arrangements an holds color well.
Egyptian Blocky, Unusual wheat with short head about 2" long, seeds are uniquely arranged to form an almost square head. Almost no awns at all.
Blended together to make a perfect mix for cut and dried arrangements. It also makes border mix, as well as a classroom mix to teach children about how grains are produced.
Harvest when straw is still streaked with green and kernals are still soft to avoid heads shattering. A 20 gram pack ( 1/8 cup ) offers over 200 seeds.
Note: This is a blended mix, varieties are not separated.
  $4.95 per 20 gram pack
 Bulk One Pound Pack $22.95

ABL04 Jim's Premium Florist Blend Ornamental Wheat Mix
This special mix features a blend of wheats for the production of high quality floral materia, it features:
Moroccan Frost Spring Wheat, an easy to grow spring duram with extremely long awns with frosty/velvety appearence when harvested and dried green, or an excellent filler material when allowed to dry in place, then harvested.
Velvet Giant Winter Wheat, a winter hardy wheat with extremely huge pubescent heads developed expressly for floral use.
Australian Blue Wheat, a tall spring durham wheat with blue blocky heads when mature, and long awns.
Mesa Desert Spring Wheat, a spring wheat with large, sprawling heads, strong stems and full awns. Excellent for arrangements, good green or mature. A 20 gram pack ( 1/8 cup ) offers over 200 seeds.
Note: This is a blended mix, varieties are not separated.
  $6.95 per 20 gram pack

ABL02 Jim's Premium Ornamental Oat Mix
This is another premium blend that makes for lots of wonderful material for cut and dried arrangements. Features a blend of:
Forest Bouquet Ornamental Spring Oats, a vigorous spring oat with short, club like seed heads famous for green harvest and drying suitability. An excellent filler material.
California Red Oats, a good cereal type, it is also grown to set nitrogen in soil. It is a preferred type for arrangements, as it holds color very well.
Cayuse White Oats, these are cayuse awned, light yellow kernels, medium-short, stiff straw. A good "hay" type filler with beautiful tan seed heads.
Jerry Oats, a fast grower that produces dainty seed heads for bouquets and drying. A 20 gram pack ( 1/8 cup ) offers over 200 seeds. Note: This is a blended mix, varieties are not separated.
  $4.95 per 20 gram pack.
  $22.95 per 1 pound package.

ABL05 Jim's Premium Ornamental Barley Mix
Barley is another wonderful filler for bouquets, cutflower and dried arrangements, it's use is starting to become much more used in the floral industry.
We offer a premium blend of barley seeds featuring:
Moongold Barley, a very unusual two row barley with striped yellow head.
Bearded Barley, a cool season, annual cereal grain. Adapted to high altitudes with cold & short growing seasons, this barley can be grown further north than any other cereal grain. The bearded awns make wonderful dried arrangement material.
Blackheart Barley, a new black bearded barley with a 2 rowed head with extra long awns and a favorite in the florist trade. Note: This is a blended mix, varieties are not separated.
  $4.95 per 20 gram pack.
  $22.95 per 1 pound package.

ABL06 Jim's Premium Ornamental Sorghum Mix
This is a wonderful addtion to any garden. Makes birdfeed, sweet canes, exceptional dry arrangement material and traffic stopping fall decor.
Our sorghum mix features:
Egyptian Wheat Sorghum. Fluffy, loose, airy seed heads 12 inches long with straw colored seeds. Harvest in any stage of development for fresh use, or dry for filler material. Egyptian wheat (Shallu or chicken corn) has a misleading name because it a member of the sorghum family that bears large seed heads and is grown extensively for birds of all types and is high in protein and shatters freely when reaching maturity. Dove, quail and all gamebirds are naturally attracted because of the easy access to the seeds. Grows 4-6 feet tall.
African Black Top Sorghum. Excellent decorative material. Black, dense heads on stiff stems. Grows 5-7 feet tall.
San Felipe Pueblow Sorghum. Raised as "sugar cane", these stalks are chewed as a sweet treat. Dark black seeds, plants are up to five feet tall.
Cana Ganchado Sorghum. Grown by the Guarijio in Sonora, Mexico. Seeds are dark maroon and the sweet canes can be 6 feet tall.
Onavas Red Sorghum. The stalks produce many tillers and are sweet and juicy, with burgundy red seeds. From the Pima Bajo village. Grows 6 feet tall.
Apache Red Sorghum. The red seedheads attract birds, and the stalk is chewed like candy when the red seeds are ripe. From San Carlos Reservation, Arizona. Grows 5-6 feet tall.
Cannot ship to IA, IN, OH
Note: This is a blended mix, varieties are not separated.
  $4.95 per 20 gram pack.

2560 Colored Uprights Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor )
Create classy fall decorations. Also makes an impressive backdrop for sunflower plantings. Perfect for fall wreaths. Appealing mix of red, gold, black and burgundy with every shade in-between. Drought tolerant. Ht. 100-115". Cannot ship to IA, IN, OH
  Each pack contains 25-35 seeds $2.15

FA59 Texas Black Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor )
This heirloom broom corn has gorgeous, shiny, black-coated seeds.
Heavy producer with 8 to 12 stems/plant, each stem topped with one 8-14" seed head. Harvest any time after developing but is most striking once the black seeds develop and mature. Ht. 96-144". 2.5cc pack, about 40 seeds.
  $2.50

RHC741 Old Country Broomcorn ( Sorghum nigra )
Robust green to dark brown oval inflorescence, for fresh or dried arrangements, grows about 4 feet tall, provides a lot of material per plant. 25 seeds per pack.
  $2.50

1A146 Cold Hardy Cereal Rye
A cool season, annual cereal grain. Rye is an excellent source of organic matter, grows in marginal soils, reduces erosion and has an allopathic action that suppresses weeds. Rye is the most winter hardy of all the cereal grains. A cool season, annual cereal grain. Rye is an excellent source of organic matter, grows in marginal soils, reduces erosion and has an allopathic action that suppresses weeds. Rye is the most winter hardy of all the cereal grains. Adds color to fall/winter garden and provides good filler material for arrangements.
  1 Tablespoon Package ( 75-100 or so seeds ) $1.75

AT112 German Spelt
An old German Heirloom variety of spelt used for flour milling, this is an ancient distinct species of wheat that makes a wonderful flour for sourdough breads, and can be eaten even by persons normally sensitive to wheat.
Of course, we offer it as an ornamental plant, it grows 4-5 ft. tall with long, slender seed heads that droop when the seed is ripe, very ornamental.
  1 Tablespooon Package ( about 50 seeds ) $2.50

SL012 Bravehart Spring Triticale
A man made species resulting from crossing wheat and rye. Very vigorous, good for floral work green or ripe.
  Package of 25 seeds $1.95

AW01 Wachichu Flint Corn
An old heirloom type with many uses. Slender 9-11" ears on a 7-9' stalk exhibit a spetacular range of colors and patterns. Kernels have a hard, translucent seed coat. Vigorous bushy plants (lots of tillers) make an effective wind break or an excellent livestock forage. Tolerant to cool soils.
  30cc ( volume ) scoop, 60-70 seeds per pack $3.95 per pack

1A141 Sweet Rainbow Indian
Fiesta Hybrid Flint Corn. This unique Indian corn has various tones of blue, red, yellow and white. This is earlier than other Flint corn and averages 7 to 10 inch ears with 50 to 70% purple husks. 101 days.
  1/2 Ounce ( volume ) scoop, 40-50 seeds per pack $2.25 per pack

1A046 Bloody Butcher
An ornamental corn that is an excellent grain corn as well. The large 8-9" ears are bright red and cover with white husks. Excellent for fall decorations. 20-25 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack

VL372 Red Stalker
A beautiful ornamental corn that bears bright red ears of corn on bright red corn stalks. The whole plant can be used for decorations. 20-25 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack.

GO68 Black Aztec Corn
The same corn raised by the Aztec Indians over 2,000 years ago. A fast grower and heavy producer. Corn kernels turn dark blue-black when mature. Good for fresh corn or for making decorative corn meal.
  Package of 25 seeds $2.25

1A045 Wilma's Pride Ornamental Corn
The most unique Indian Ornamental type you’ll ever find. 110 DAYS. Tall sturdy plants produce 8-11” ears ranging from yellow and white, deep maroon red, solid yellow, black-red, and a wide assortment of multicolored ears. We believe this variety will soon command the large ornamental marketplace. This one is a must for ornamental displays.
  Package of 25 seeds $1.95

1A039 Oxacan Green Ornamental Corn
105 Days. This unusual and unique ornamental produces 6-8” ears that have kernels that are green in color. Most of the kernels will be shades of green with an occasional yellow or blue kernel mixed in. This heirloom variety can be use for decorations or it can be ground and used as a high protein feed or flour.
  Package of 25 seeds $1.95

1A043 Hopi Blue Ornamental Corn
A native style, excellent for grinding meal. The real Indian corn from American Hopi Indians. 100 days. 8-10 inch ears with dark bluish kernels.
  Package of 25 seeds $1.95

VEG071 Rachel's Ultimate Ornamental Corn Mix
Our custom Ornamental Corn mixture. Features Blue Dent, Hopi Pink Flour , Supai Red Parch, Apache Red Flour, Mini Indian, Red Strawberry, Secaca Mini Indian, Senaca Stanard Indian, Hopi Magenta Parch, Anasazi Flour, Triple Play Multicolor, Black Aztec, Hopi Purple Flour, Mandan Red Flour, Mini Blue Popcorn, and Mini Pink Popcorn.
This is the most impressive Ornamental Corn Mix we've ever seen!. A one-half cup of seeds ( hundreds of seeds ) will plant a large area and give you a tremendous display of ornamental corn in the fall.
  $7.95 per pack

1A048 Ornamental Pod Corn
A step back to prehistoric times when each kernel of corn had it's own husk. Makes a unique decorative item and the husks range in shades of red, copper and brown. 25-30 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack.

AW02 Dakota Black Popcorn
Excellent popcorn with great ornamental value. Unusual, dark red to nearly black, pointed kernels producing two ears on a 5-7' plant, with an occasional white kernelled ear. Good stalk strength and great seedling vigor, even in cold soils. Reliable producer in both hot and cool growing seasons. 20-25 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack

1A044 Mini Blue Ornamental Popcorn
A very attractive mini size popcorn that is blue in color. Ears are 4-6" long. Excellent popcorn. 25-30 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack

VL368 Mini Pink Ornamental Popcorn
Same as above, tiny pink ears shaded with blue and a good popcorn. 30-40 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack

VL373 Strawberry Popcorn
Tiny 2" ears of deep maroon popcorn. A must for flavor and ornamental appeal. 25 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack.

9592 Smoke Signals Popcorn
This new ornamental corn produces slender and colorful 4-7” ears in abundance on 8’ plants. Its broad color range includes shades of blue and pink mixed in with mahogany, white and yellow. Smoke Signals not only makes a very attractive decoration item when it is bunched but it also can be used to produce popcorn that is tender and delicious. 110 days. 30-40 seeds per pack.
  Package of 25 seeds $2.00

3012 Primero Mix Broomcorn
Mix of many fall colors, perfect for fresh or dry fall decorations, hand-tied brooms, crafts. 25 seeds per pack.
  Package of 25 seeds $1.95

VL363 Black Amber Broomcorn
Attractive black seeds on light straw makes excellent contrast material. Stalk can also be used for molasses production. 25-30 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack

VL365 Red Broomcorn
Bright red seeds shine as if they had been sprayed with lacquer. Spectacular decoration material.50-75 seeds per pack.
  $1.95 per pack

AT108 Broomcorn: Mixed Highlights
The best broomcorn selection we've seen that includes colors of red, natural, tan, cordevan and yellow.
Harvest when straw is still streaked with green and kernals are still soft to avoid heads shattering.
  Package of 125 seeds $2.50

SL005 Red Deer Broomcorn
The original broomcorn used for making brooms, kernels have a reddish/brown tint. 120 days. Wonderful dried arrangement material.
  Package of 25 seeds $1.95

SL006 Black and White Ornamental Broomcorn/Sorghum Mix
A unique blend of black and white sorghum types including Black Kaffir, Black Seed Sorghum, Black Amber, White Popping Sorghum and Egyptian Wheat for a salt and pepper mix in one pack
  Package of 50 seeds $2.95