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Japanese Wingnut Pterocarya rhoifolia
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* Compound dark green leaves to 1'; fruit in racemes to 1' long; wood used in Japan to produce small wooden implements. It grows to 30 m (98 ft) tall, flowering from May-July. * Pterocarya rhoifolia is a species of tree in the Juglandaceae family that...
  • Common Name: Japanese Wingnut
  • Genus: Pterocarya
  • Botanical Name: Pterocarya rhoifolia
  • Species: rhoifolia
Illinois
Chicago
Shantung Maple, Purpleblow Maple, Shandong Maple ACER truncatum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Emerge with a reddish tinge in spring, mature to deep green in summer and turn attractive shades of orange, purple and red in autumn. * An excellent compact dense shade tree for smaller areas of the landscape.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Hebei province, China
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Shantung Maple, Purpleblow Maple, Shandong Maple
  • Germination: 48%
  • Crop Year: 2016
Illinois
Chicago
Drummond Red Maple ACER drummondii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* The southern type of Acer rubrum.
  • Common Name: Drummond Red Maple
  • Botanical Name: ACER drummondii
  • Genus: ACER
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 24
  • Collection Locale: Louisiana
  • Germination Test Type: cut
Illinois
Chicago
Downy Oak Quercus pubescens
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They are long-lived, to several hundred years, and eventually grow into very stout trees with trunks up to 2 m in diameter. * The Quercus pubescens acorns are light brown to yellow, 8–20 mm long, usually thin and pointed.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Species: pubescens
  • Genus: Quercus
Illinois
Chicago
Arkansas Oak Quercus arkansana
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* Quercus arkansana (also called Arkansas Oak) is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. * Medium sized tree with a narrow crown, growing to 95 feet (28.9 m). * The Latin and common names are derived from its initial discovery in Arkansas.
  • Botanical Name: Quercus arkansana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Genus: Quercus
Illinois
Chicago
Flying Moth Tree, Flying Moth Maple ACER oblongum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Maple makes a handsome street tree in SE China. * Bark smooth to wrinkled. * The trees are evergreen, 12 to 15 m tall.
  • Purity: 96%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination: 77%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,030
  • Species: oblongum
  • Crop Year: 1994
Illinois
Chicago
Chinese Maackia Maackia hupehensis     - Maackia chinensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Chinese maackia is a small, rounded, shrubby, deciduous tree that typically grows in cultivation to 20-30' tall. This tree is very similar to M. Amurensis, except (1) its leaves have 5-6 pairs of obtuse leaflets, (2) its leaves are pubescent beneath...
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Common Name: Chinese Maackia
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: hupehensis
Illinois
Chicago
Dove Tree, Ghost Tree, Laundry Tree, Handkerchief Tree DAVIDIA involucrata
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 packet

* Native to woodlands in central China, dove tree is a deciduous tree that typically grows 20-40' tall with a broad pyramidal habit. * The genus Davidia is named for Father Armand David (1826–1900), ("Pere David"), a French Vincentian missionary and...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: NYSSACEAE
  • Botanical Name: DAVIDIA involucrata
  • Common Name: Dove Tree, Ghost Tree, Laundry Tree, Handkerchief Tree
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2014
Illinois
Chicago
Black Cherry, Timber Cherry Prunus serotina    Pennsylvania
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* The wood weighs about 36 lb per cubic foot and takes a beautiful polish. * The fruit is readily eaten by birds. Serotina is also used for cooking and smoking foods, where it imparts a unique flavor.
  • Botanical Name: Prunus serotina Pennsylvania
  • Common Name: Black Cherry, Timber Cherry
  • Location: Pennsylvania
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Prunus
Illinois
Chicago
Cherrybark Oak Quercus pagoda     - Quercus falcata  pagodifolia  , Quercus falcata pagodifolia
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The species is rare in the lower Mississippi Delta. * It is widely distributed on the best loamy sites on first bottom ridges, well-drained terraces, and colluvial sites. * Cherrybark oak is found in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, from southeastern...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 100-130 feet
  • Common Name: Cherrybark Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
Illinois
Chicago
Canary Pine, Canary Island Pine Pinus canariensis
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Under warm conditions, this is one of the most drought-tolerant pines, living even with less than 200 mm per year. * The Canary Island Pine ( Pinus canariensis ) is a species in the genus Pinus , family Pinaceae , native and endemic to the outer Canary...
  • Common Name: Canary Pine, Canary Island Pine
  • Collection Locale: Spain
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Botanical Name: Pinus canariensis
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
Illinois
Chicago
Japanese Hackberry, Chinese Hackberry Celtis sinensis
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* As an ornamental plant it is used in classical East Asian garden design. * Trees can be very long-lived, perhaps to 1000 years. Flowering occurs in March–April, and fruiting in September–October.
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Lot#: 050839
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,179
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Celtis
Illinois
Chicago
Cherrybark Oak Quercus pagoda     - Quercus falcata  pagodifolia  , Quercus falcata pagodifolia
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The species is rare in the lower Mississippi Delta. * It is widely distributed on the best loamy sites on first bottom ridges, well-drained terraces, and colluvial sites. * Cherrybark oak is found in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, from southeastern...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: pagoda
  • Common Name: Cherrybark Oak
Illinois
Chicago
Sugar Maple ACER saccharum    Southern
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* A species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas. * A decidious Tree growing to 30 m.
  • Purity: 97%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Location: Southern
  • Common Name: Sugar Maple
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Species: saccharum
Illinois
Chicago
Lavalle Cork Tree, Lavalle Corktree Phellodendron lavallei
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The bark is thick and corky and can be used as a source of cork. Amurense; bark may be less corky; native to central Japan. * More upright branching than P.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 62
  • Seeds Per Pound: 29,510
  • Collection Locale: NY, Ithaca
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • Germination: 99%
Illinois
Chicago
Chinese Cork Tree Phellodendron chinense
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Compound leaves, dark yellow green, yellow in fall; greenish flowers in clusters; black fruit; the sexes occur on different trees; Wyman notes that it is as good an ornamental as the other species; native to central and western China.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Genus: Phellodendron
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Germination: 67%
Illinois
Chicago
Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Leaves much smaller than those of the American Elm, Fall foliage is yellow except in the southern part of the range where it is evergreen. * Cedar elm is a large, oval-rounded tree growing 50-70 ft.
  • Purity: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 71%
Illinois
Chicago
Ivy-leaved Maple, Vine-leaved Maple ACER cissifolium
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Each leaf has 3 leaflets. * Red and Orange fall foliage. * Native to Japan.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 21,792
  • Common Name: Ivy-leaved Maple, Vine-leaved Maple
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: cissifolium
  • Family: Aceraceae
Illinois
Chicago
Dombey\'s Southern Beech, Coihue, Coigue, Dombey\'s Beeech Nothofagus dombeyi
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 packet

One tree, felled by a storm in 1954, reportedly measured 2.55 m (8.4 ft)in diameter at the height of a man's chest and a total volume, including the branches, of 87 m³. * Coihue timber is considered excellent.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 28
  • Genus: Nothofagus
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Botanical Name: Nothofagus dombeyi
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: Neuquen, Argentina
Illinois
Chicago
Formosan Sweetgum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosan Gum Liquidambar formosana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Liquidambar formosana grow mostly in woodland in warm temperate zones. Formosana turns a very attractive red color in autumn.Leaves grow in an alternate arrangement, and are simple, palmately-veined, with serrated margins.
  • Common Name: Formosan Sweetgum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosan Gum
  • Height: 40-50 feet
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Purity: 97%
  • Lot#: 060802
  • Seeds Per Pound: 93,070
Illinois
Chicago
Coffee Tree, Chinese Coffee Tree, Soap Tree, Yunnan Bean Gymnocladus chinensis
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* Chinese relative of G. The tree can fix nitrogen. * The fruit is high in saponins and is used as a soap for washing fabrics and thebody. Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree; planted for ornament and for timber; doubly compound leaves; substantial branches;...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Gymnocladus chinensis
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Common Name: Coffee Tree, Chinese Coffee Tree, Soap Tree, Yunnan Bean
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
  • Quantity: 4.04 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Siberian Fir Abies sibirica
Prices start at : 10.95 USD / 1 packet

* Essential oils extracted from the leaves are used in aromatherapy and perfumes. * A coniferous evergreen tree native to the taiga east of the Volga River and south of 67°40' North latitude through Turkestan, northeast Xinjiang, Mongolia and Heilongjiang.
  • Common Name: Siberian Fir
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: PINACEAE
  • Botanical Name: Abies sibirica
  • Species: sibirica
  • Height: 90 feet
Illinois
Chicago
Red Sunset Maple
Prices start at : 25.99 USD / Each

Gorgeous in every season. Offers an impressive spread of shade. Cold-hardy.The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this...
  • Zone Range: 3 - 8
  • Shade/Sun: Partial Shade - Full Sun
  • Bloom Color: Red, Yellow
Illinois
Chicago
Vine Maple ACER circinatum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The syrup is used as a sweetener on many foods. * The sap contains a certain amount of sugar and can either be used as a drink, or can be concentrated into a syrup by boiling off the water.
  • Collection Locale: OR
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Vine Maple
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 98%
  • Genus: ACER
Illinois
Chicago
Norway Maple ACER platanoides
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* The tree tends to grow out leaves earlier than most maples and holds its leaves somewhat longer in autumn. * It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October.
  • Height: 60-100 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: ACER platanoides dewinged
  • Family: Aceraceae
Illinois
Chicago
Balkan Maple ACER heldreichii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: ACER heldreichii
  • Crop Year: 1999
  • Species: heldreichii
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
Illinois
Chicago
Devil Maple ACER diabolicum
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves are red when young and in the fall. * Native to Japan.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,448
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Species: diabolicum
Illinois
Chicago