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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Prunus mume Seeds | Japanese Apricot
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Pinus luchuensis Seeds | Luchu Pine
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Thuja occidentalis Seeds | Northern White-cedar
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Quercus acutissima Seeds | Sawtooth Oak
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Aesculus indica Seeds | Indian Horse Chestnut
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Citrus aurantium Seeds | Bitter Orange
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Quercus mongolica Seeds | Mongolian Oak
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Quercus aliena Seeds | Oriental White Oak
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Dypsis decaryi Seeds | Triangle Palm
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Aesculus wangii Seeds | Wang’s Buckeye
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Aesculus pavia Seeds | Red Buckeye
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Picea glauca Seeds | White Spruce
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Ulex europaeus Seeds | Gorse
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Toona ciliata Seeds | Red Toon
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Thuja orientalis Seeds | Oriental Arborvitae
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Tamarindus indica Seeds | Tamarind
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Prunus armeniaca Seeds | Apricot
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Pinus gerardiana Seeds | Chilgoza Pine
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Phoenix rupicola Seeds | Cliff Date Palm
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Lagerstroemia speciosa Seeds | Queen’s Crape Myrtle
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Dalbergia latifolia Seeds | Indian Rosewood
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Caryota mitis Seeds | Clustering Fishtail Palm
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Melaleuca viminalis Seeds | Weeping Bottlebrush
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Bauhinia variegata Seeds | Orchid Tree