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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Gordonia axillaris Seeds | Gordonia
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Erythrophleum fordii Seeds | Iron Wood
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Elaeocarpus balansae Seeds | Balansa’s Elaeocarpus
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Distylium chinense Seeds | Chinese Distylium
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Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis Seeds | Hong Kong Dogwood
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Magnolia grandiflora Seeds | Southern Magnolia
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Ilex purpurea Seeds | Red Holly
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Heteropanax fragrans Seeds | Fragrant Heteropanax
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Ficus religiosa Seeds | Sacred Fig
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Ficus altissima Seeds | Council Tree
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Juniperus procumbens Seeds | Japanese Garden Juniper
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Caesalpinia decapetala Seeds | Mysore Thorn
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Caesalpinia sappan Seeds | (syn. Biancaea )
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Cornus controversa Seeds | Giant Dogwood
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Betula luminifera Seeds | Luminous Birch
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Acer mono Seeds | Mono Maple
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Bothrocaryum controversum Seeds | (syn. Cornus Controversa)
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Celtis tetrandra Seeds | Himalayan Hackberry
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Celtis bungeana Seeds | Bunge’s Hackberry
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Cinnamomum kotoense Seeds | Koto Cinnamon
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Cinnamomum septentrionale Seeds | Northern Cinnamon
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Cupressus funebris Seeds | Mourning Cypress
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Calophyllum inophyllum Seeds | Tamanu
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Barringtonia racemosa Seeds | Powder-puff Tree



