NANPS Seed Exchange

If you are donating seeds, please remember to:

• provide botanical and common name
• provide source information if known
• write clearly and legibly

Genetic provenance is an important consideration when selecting seeds from the Seed Exchange and whatever information you are able to provide about the origin of your seed is appreciated.

The purpose of the exchange is to make native plant seed of known provenance available to members at nominal cost. It is not our intention to generate revenue from the seed exchange, but simply to cover the costs of packaging and mailing. In order to export seed to the United States, we are required to obtain a phytosanitary certificate, which adds an additional cost for our American members. We cannot ship seeds of shrubs, trees, vines and some proscribed grass species to the U.S.

We recommend that members order seed that originates from their bioregion (the general rule of thumb is within a 200-kilometre range, or 125 miles). The same species grown at different locations will be listed separately, so that members can select the seed source closest to where they live.

The Seedex list is mailed to members with the fall edition of our quarterly newsletter, the Blazing Star. The list will also be online. If we receive seed donations after the newsletter is sent, they will be added online.

Members are asked to send us their seed requests by the second week of January for mailing by the end of the month. The seed exchange winds down by the end of March and resumes again in the fall.

Donated native plant seed with provenance noted should be sent to:

Inquiries about how the seed exchange works, or how to unlock the dormancy mechanism for seed offered, can be made to: seeds@nanps.org

2017/2018 NANPS Seedex List

The Seedex is now closed. Please check back in the fall for the 2018/19 list.

The following native species are available to members through the NANPS Seed Exchange. Members can order seeds without having donated to the Seed Exchange. See ordering instructions and key to donors following this list.

NANPS tries its best to list seeds as received. NANPS also uses discretion when receiving seeds of threatened species.

Please note that while all seeds donated are native to North America, they may not be local to the donor. Use your own discretion when ordering seeds and choose local stock if available.

Our donors are our heroes!

The following donors contributed to the 2017-18 SEEDEX:
Atk – Eileen Atkinson
Bel – Martha Bell
Den – Vivienne Denton
Dou – Joan Doubt
Edg – Kathy Edgar
Har – Kate Harries
Hen – Miriam Henriques
Hod – Jim Hodgins
Ima – Stan Imada
Kon – Alice Kong
McK – Darcie McKelvey
Mea – Howard Meadd
Moo – Peter Moore
Smi – Harold Smith
S&S – Stacey Shannon & Sue Wells
Van- Brenda van Ryswyk
Yor – York University HNES Native Plant Garden
Zed – Jane Zednick

Please include the following information with your request for seeds: your name and mailing address, the species you’d like (by botanical name) and any substitutions you would like in case we cannot supply your first choice. If you prefer seed from a specific listed location please so indicate and we’ll try to comply.

If you are donating seed, please remember to provide botanical and common name and source information if known.

Seed donors may request up to 30 packets; other members may order a maximum of 15 packets. If you are a Canadian requester include $2 for the first packet and 50 cents for each additional packet. If you are requesting acorns/nuts of tree species please add an extra $2 to cover the cost of mailing. If you are an American requester please send $20 to cover the cost of a phytosanitary certificate and 50 cents for each packet of seeds (in U.S. funds). Tree and shrub seeds cannot be sent to the U.S.

Cheque or money order only – please do not send cash in the mail.

Send your request to:

Inquiries can be made by email at seeds@nanps.org.

Happy growing!