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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Acer saccharinum Seeds | Silver Maple
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Abies ernestii Seeds | Ernest’s Fir
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Sorbus aria Seeds | Whitebeam
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Cercidiphyllum japonicum Seeds | Katsura Tree
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Corylopsis sinensis Seeds | Chinese Winter Hazel
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Kalopanax septemlobus Seeds | Castor Aralia
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Acer rubrum Seeds | Red Maple
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Ulmus glabra Seeds | Wych Elm
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Dalbergia balansae Seeds | Balansa Rosewood
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Dypsis decaryi Seeds | Triangle Palm
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Phoenix roebelenii Seeds | Pygmy Date Palm
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis Seeds | Bottle Palm
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Pyrus calleryana Seeds | Callery Pear
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Rhapis gracilis Seeds | Slender Lady Palm
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Cydonia oblonga Seeds | Quince
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Tetracentron sinense Seeds | Spike Leaf
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Disanthus cercidifolius Seeds | Disanthus
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Koelreuteria bipinnata Seeds | Golden Rain Tree
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Cryptomeria japonica Seeds | Japanese Cedar
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Abies veitchii Seeds | Veitch’s Fir
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Abies koreana Seeds | Korean Fir
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Prinsepia uniflora Seeds | Hedge Prinsepia
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Syagrus romanzoffiana Seeds | Queen Palm
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Acer sieboldianum Seeds | Siebold’s Maple



