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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Ilex aquifolium Seeds | English Holly
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Sequoiadendron giganteum Seeds | Giant Sequoia
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Pinus coulteri Seeds | Coulter Pine
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Mespilus germanica Seeds | Medlar
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Meliosma veitchiorum Seeds | Veitch’s Meliosma
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Carya ovata Seeds | Shagbark Hickory
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Malus coronaria Seeds | Sweet Crabapple
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Acer circinatum Seeds | Vine Maple
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Pausinystalia johimbe Seeds | Yohimbe
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Castanopsis sclerophylla Seeds | Hard-leaved Chinkapin
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Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia Seeds | Bamboo-leaved Oak
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Schefflera macrophylla Seeds | Large-leaved Schefflera
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Lindera angustifolia Seeds | Narrow-leaved Spicebush
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Albizia lebbeck Seeds | Woman’s Tongue Tree
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Fraxinus bungeana Seeds | Bunge’s Ash
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Populus euphratica Seeds | Euphrates Poplar
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Cryptomeria fortunei Seeds | Chinese Cedar
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Capparis spinosa Seeds | Caper
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Tilia amurensis Seeds | Amur Linden
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Magnolia odora Seeds | Odour Magnolia
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Cornus controversa Seeds | Wedding Cake Tree
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Phoebe hui Seeds | Hui’s Phoebe
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Phellodendron chinense Seeds | Chinese Cork Tree
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Magnolia officinalis biloba Seeds | Bilobed Magnolia



