Trees grown from seed, one species at a time. This section gathers our field notes and species profiles for woody plants we have worked with over the years: forest natives, fruit and street trees, shrubs and climbers, and rare species kept alive in cultivation. Each entry covers the plant in its natural habitat, how it grows, what its seed needs to germinate, and how to raise a young plant from sowing onward. Some of these trees are common in gardens; others are hard to find anywhere, and a few survive in the wild only in scattered pockets. Whether you are planting a single specimen or restoring a hillside, the notes come from growing the plants themselves, not from copying catalogue entries.
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Terminalia catappa Seeds | Tropical Almond
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Syzygium rehderianum Seeds | Rehders Syzygium
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Syzygium hainanense Seeds | Hainan Eugenia
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Magnolia lotungensis Seeds | Lotung Magnolia
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Magnolia yunnanensis Seeds | Yunnan Magnolia
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Paulownia fortunei Seeds | Fortunes Paulownia
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Pterocarpus indicus Seeds | Narra
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Pyrus xerophila Seeds | Xerophytic Pear
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Rhodoleia championii Seeds | Hong Kong Rose
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Saraca dives Seeds | Asoka Tree
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Schefflera heptaphylla Seeds | Seven-finger Tree
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Schima wallichii Seeds | Needlewood
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Sindora glabra Seeds | Sindora
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Dipteronia sinensis Seeds | Chinese Dipteronia
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Dipteronia dyerana Seeds | Yunnan Dipteronia
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Magnolia foveolata Seeds | Foveolate Magnolia
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Michelia champaca Seeds | Champak
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Magnolia insignis Seeds | Magnificent Magnolia
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Malus halliana Seeds | Hall’s Crabapple
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Machilus thunbergii Seeds | Red Machilus
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Ilex rotunda Seeds | Round-leaved Holly
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Ilex chinensis Seeds | Chinese Holly
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Hovenia acerba Seeds | Japanese Raisin Tree
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Heteropanax fragrans Seeds | Fragrant Heteropanax



