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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Phragmites australis Seeds | Common Reed
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Dalbergia hupeana Seeds | Hubei Rosewood
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Diospyros rhombifolia Seeds | Diamond-leaf Persimmon
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Vitex trifolia Seeds | Three-leaved Chaste Tree
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Fallopia japonica Seeds | Japanese Knotweed
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Tsoongiodendron odorum Seeds | Tsoong’s Tree
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Celtis julianae Seeds | Julian’s Hackberry
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Aesculus chinensis Seeds | Chinese Horse Chestnut
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Zelkova sinica Seeds | Chinese Zelkova
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Tapiscia sinensis Seeds | False Pistache
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Pterocarya stenoptera Seeds | Chinese Wingnut
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Miscanthus sinensis Seeds | Silver Grass
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Camellia chekiangoleosa Seeds | Zhejiang Oil Camellia
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Cudrania tricuspidata Seeds | Chinese Mulberry
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Paliurus ramosissimus Seeds | Branching Paliurus
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Acer palmatum Seeds | Japanese Maple
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Prunus persica Seeds | Peach
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Koelreuteria paniculata Seeds | Koelrenteria
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Schefflera arboricola Seeds | Umbrella Tree
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Juniperus chinensis Seeds | Chinese Juniper
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Callistemon rigidus Seeds | Stiff Bottlebrush
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Pistacia weinmannifolia Seeds | Yunnan Pistache
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Prunus cerasoides Seeds | Himalayan Wild Cherry
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Cinnamomum camphora Seeds | Camphor Tree



