Who Bill McDorman Native, Ketchum, Idaho BA in Philosophy, University of Montana Cofounded Garden Se

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Who? Bill McDorman Native, Ketchum, Idaho BA
in Philosophy, University of Montana Co-founded
Garden Seeds, 1980 Founded High Altitude
Gardens, 1984 Founded Seeds Trust, 1989 Author,
Basic Seed Saving, 1994
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Seeds Trust, High Altitude Gardens
Founded 1984 at 6,000 ft. in the high desert of
central Idaho. 75,000 customers in mail order
data base. Provided seeds and/or instructions
for thousands of Western landscapes.
Bill McDorman Seeds Trust High Altitude
Gardens bm_at_seedsave.org seedstrust.com
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Most famous for our 1989 trip to Siberia to
search for good tasting non-hybrid tomato
varieties.
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2007 Sales of lawn and garden products to
consumers totaled 35.102 billion last
year.Lawn care (48 of households)Growing
indoor houseplants (31 of households)Flower
gardening (30 of households)Landscaping (27 of
households)
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Internet Removes Barrierbut.

• 90 packet seed sales are retail
• (mostly big box stores)
• Less than 10 mail order
• 60 Seeds Trust sales now are wild flowers and
  native grasses.
• No certified organic wildflower and native seed.

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Requirements

• Seed Dealers/Labelers License
• Germination Requirements
• Noxious Weed Lists
• California Seed Assoc. http//www.calseed.
  org/index.html

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3855. Restricted Noxious Weed Seed.

• 3855. Restricted Noxious Weed Seed. In
  accordance with Section 52332 of the Food and
• Agricultural Code, the Secretary hereby
  designates the seed or propagule of the following
  species
• of plants to be restricted noxious weed seed
  within the meaning of Section 52258 of the Food
  and
• Agricultural Code
• Allium vineale (wild garlic)
• Carduus pycnocephalus (Italian thistle)
• Carduus tenuiflorus (slenderflowered thistle)
• Carthamus baeticus (smooth distaff thistle)
• Carthamus lanatus (woolly distaff thistle)
• Cenchrus echinatus (southern sandbur)
• Cenchrus incertus (coast sandbur)
• Cenchrus longispinus (mat sandbur)
• Centaurea solstitialis (yellow starthistle)
• Chorispora tenella (purple mustard)
• Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed)
• Cuscuta spp. (dodder)
• Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge)
• Cyperus rotundus (purple nutsedge)
• Elytrigia repens (quackgrass)

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3854. Prohibited Noxious Weed Seed.

• 3854. Prohibited Noxious Weed Seed. In
  accordance with Section 52332 of the Food and
• Agricultural Code, the Secretary hereby
  designates the seed or propagule of the following
  species
• of plants to be prohibited noxious weed seed
  within the meaning of Section 52257 of the Food
  and
• Agricultural Code
• Acroptilon repens (Russian knapweed)
• Alhagi psuedalhagi (camelthorn)
• Cardaria chalepensis (lens-podded hoarycress)
• Cardaria draba (heart-podded hoarycress)
• Cardaria pubescens (globe-podded hoarycress)
• Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle)
• Carduus nutans (musk thistle)
• Carthamus leucocaulos (whitestem distaff thistle)
  
• Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
• Cirsium undulatum (wavyleaf thistle)
• Cucumis melo var. dudaim (dudaim melon)
• Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge)
• Helianthus ciliaris (blueweed)

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Helpful Resources

• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
  http//www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/taxa_p.htm
• Plants Database http//plants.usda.gov/
• Proposed US Forest Service Native Plants Policy
• http//www.nativeseednetwork.org/article_view?id3
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• Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystem
  Research Program
• http//www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/index
  .shtml
• Meetings Links
• http//www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/links
  .shtml
• Great Basin Native Plant Selection Increase
  Project http//www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/sh
  rub/greatbasin.shtml
• Station Native Wildflower Seed Production Trials
  http//www.cropinfo.net/crops/WildflowerSeedProd.h
  tml
• Revegetation Equipment Catalog

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Seed Resources

• Wild West Seeds http//www.wildwestseed.com/
• ESP Seeds http//www.espseeds.com/index.html
• Clyde Robin Seeds http//www.clyderobin.com/index
  .html
• Wild Seed Farms http//www.wildseedfarms.com/
• Wind River Seed http//www.windriverseed.com/
• Granite Seed http//www.graniteseed.com/
• SS Seeds http//www.ssseeds.com/
• Hedgerow Farms
• Larner Seeds http//www.larnerseeds.com/index.htm
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• Sierra Seed Supply http//sierraseedsupply.com/in
  dex.html
• Sun Mountain Natives http//sunmountainnatives.co
  m/
• Inside Passage http//www.insidepassageseeds.com/
  
• Native Seed Network http//www.nativeseednetwork
  .org/

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THE REASONABLE LANDSCAPE

• What is it?
• Beautiful.
• Sustainable.
• Minimizes water, maintenance and biocides.
• My version combines aspects of Xeriscaping,
  Native Landscaping and Permaculture.

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25 years of learning what not to do!
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Penstemons are quickly becoming a favorite.
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Penstemon procerus, P. eatonii, P. cyaneus
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Penstemon albertinus, P. venustus, P. fruiticosus
Penstemon pinifolius
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Papaver nudicale, Penstemon spp., Viola cornuta
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Aster occidentalis
Delphinium occidentale
Linum lewisii
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Lupinus sericeus
Lupinus laxiflorus
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Gilia aggregata
Phacelia sericea
Geranium viscossimum
Scutellaria nana
Lathyrus pauciflorus
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Wildflower Mixes
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Heart of Idaho
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Mix flowers must work quickly, but not work too
well.
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Layia platyglossa
Cosmos bipinnatus
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Clarkia amoena
Centaurea cyanus
Linum grandiflorum
Ammi majus
Linanthus grandiflorus
Clarkia unguiculata
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Mentzellia lindleyi
Phacelia campanularia
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Eschscholzia californica aur.
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Native Grass Alternative
Festuca ovina
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Festuca ovina
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Poa compressa var. Rubens
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Festuca trachyphylla var. DurarDurar Hard
Fescue
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Festuca ovina glauca
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• Great Basin Wildrye
• Idaho Fescue

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Mangage For Diversity
Bill McDorman Seeds Trust Middle Ground
Consulting bm_at_seedsave.org seedstrust.com
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The End
Bill McDorman Seeds Trust High Altitude
Gardens bm_at_seedsave.org seedstrust.com