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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Howea forsteriana Seeds | Kentia Palm
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Diospyros blancoi Seeds | Velvet Apple
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Ceiba speciosa Seeds | Silk Floss Tree
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× Cuprocyparis leylandii Seeds | Leyland Cypress
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Cassia javanica Seeds | Java Cassia
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Cassia fistula Seeds | Golden Shower Tree
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Bombax ceiba Seeds | Red Silk Cotton Tree
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Vachellia nilotica Seeds | Gum Arabic Tree
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Xanthocyparis vietnamensis Seeds | Vietnamese Golden Cypress
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Thuja sutchuenensis Seeds | Sichuan Thuja
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Pseudotaxus chienii Seeds | White Yew
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Nothotsuga longibracteata Seeds | Bristlecone Hemlock
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Carpinus fangiana Seeds | Fang’s Hornbeam
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Amentotaxus yunnanensis Seeds | Yunnan Catkin Yew
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Mallotus japonicus Seeds | East Asian Mallotus
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Amentotaxus argotaenia Seeds | Catkin Yew
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Glyptostrobus pensilis Seeds | Chinese Swamp Cypress
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Magnolia floribunda Seeds | Many-flowered Michelia
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Pteroceltis tatarinowii Seeds | Tatar Wingceltis
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Pseudotsuga sinensis Seeds | Chinese Douglas Fir
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Corylus chinensis Seeds | Chinese Hazel
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Cephalotaxus oliveri Seeds | Oliver’s Plum Yew
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Acer griseum Seeds | Paperbark Maple
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Tsuga chinensis Seeds | Chinese Hemlock



