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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Camellia sinensis var. assamica Seeds | Assam Tea
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Sapium discolor Seeds | Mountain Tallow
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Senna surattensis Seeds | Senna
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Cornus elliptica Seeds | Oval-leaved Dogwood
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Dendrobenthamia japonica Seeds | Japanese Dogwood
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Magnolia multiflora Seeds | Many-flowered Magnolia
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Chrysanthemum morifolium Seeds | Florists’ Chrysanthemum
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Garcinia oblongifolia Seeds | Oblong-leaved Garcinia
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Spiraea thunbergii Seeds | Thunberg’s Meadowsweet
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Buxus sinica Seeds | Chinese Boxwood
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Prunus virginiana Seeds | Chokecherry
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Prunus wilsonii Seeds | Wilson Cherry
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Cornus sericea Seeds | Red Osier Dogwood
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Prunus maackii Seeds | Amur Chokecherry
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia Seeds | Virginia Creeper
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Phellodendron amurense Seeds | Amur Cork Tree
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Catalpa ovata Seeds | Yellow Catalpa
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Ligustrum obtusifolium Seeds | Border Privet
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Callicarpa giraldii Seeds | Giraldi’s Beautyberry
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Callicarpa bodinieri Seeds | Bodinier’s Beautyberry
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Phyllanthus niruri Seeds | Stonebreaker
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Phyllanthus urinaria Seeds | Leaf Flower
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Reynoutria japonica Seeds | Japanese Knotweed
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Cinnamomum wilsonii Seeds | Wilson’s Cinnamon



