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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Echinops sphaerocephalus Seeds | Glandular Globe Thistle
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica Seeds | Green Ash
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Carya kweichowensis Seeds | Guizhou Hickory
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Castanea pumila Seeds | Allegheny Chinquapin
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Croton tiglium Seeds | Purging Croton
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Castanopsis chinensis Seeds | Chinese Chinkapin
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Carya hunanensis Seeds | Hunan Hickory
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Callerya speciosa Seeds | Showy Callerya
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Cedrus atlantica Seeds | Atlas Cedar
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Cornus florida Seeds | Flowering Dogwood
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Castanea dentata Seeds | American Chestnut
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Carpinus turczaninovii Seeds | Turczaninov’s Hornbeam
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Carpinus betulus Seeds | European Hornbeam
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Platanus occidentalis Seeds | American Sycamore
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Picea breweriana Seeds | Brewer’s Spruce
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Pinus pumilio Seeds | Mugo Pine
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Magnolia x soulangeana Seeds | Saucer Magnolia
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Viburnum rhytidophyllum Seeds | Leatherleaf Viburnum
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Alnus cremastogyne Seeds | Sichuan Alder
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Acer platanoides Seeds | Norway Maple
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Acacia ligulata Seeds | Sandhill Wattle
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Acacia iteaphylla Seeds | Willow Wattle
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Beaucarnea recurvata Seeds | Ponytail Palm
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Anneslea fragrans Seeds | Fragrant Anneslea



