{"title":"Flowering Tree Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrees That Bloom Before Anything Else\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e There is a moment in early spring when the landscape is still brown and bare, and then suddenly a tree is covered in color. No leaves yet. Just flowers, everywhere. That is what this collection is for. These are the trees that make people stop their cars. Whether you are looking to buy flowering tree seeds, grow cherry trees from seed, or plant an ornamental tree that brings seasonal drama to your yard, this collection has exactly what you need. Eastern Redbud blooms in violet pink before its leaves unfurl. Weeping Higan Cherry drapes itself in pale pink blossoms every spring. Kousa Dogwood follows with white bracts in late spring and edible fruit in fall. Saucer Magnolia puts on one of the most spectacular flowering displays of any tree in North America. These are not just pretty trees. They are trees that mark the seasons. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecies include: Eastern Redbud, Weeping Higan Cherry, Saucer Magnolia, Kousa Dogwood, Japanese Hill Cherry, Golden Rain Tree, Common Lilac, Mimosa, Flowering Almond, and more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlant a tree that announces spring.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscribe-shadow id=\"crxjs-ext\" data-crx=\"okfkdaglfjjjfefdcppliegebpoegaii\" style=\"position: fixed; width: 0px; height: 0px; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 2147483647; overflow: visible; visibility: visible;\"\u003e\u003c\/scribe-shadow\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"flowering-almond-tree-seeds","title":"Flowering Almond Tree Seeds | (Prunus triloba)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePink ruffled flowers. The earliest bloom of spring.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus triloba\u003c\/em\u003e, the Flowering Almond, is one of the earliest flowering woody plants of spring, smothering its bare branches in densely doubled, ruffled pink flowers in late winter and early spring before almost anything else in the garden has stirred. A native of China grown in cultivation for centuries, it is one of the most popular flowering shrubs in the traditional gardens of northern China and Japan and is equally valuable in North American landscapes for the concentrated color it delivers at the moment when spring is most needed. Each small flower is ruffled and layered like a miniature peony, giving the plant a refined, decorative quality that simple single flowers cannot match. Seed-grown plants express natural variation in flower doubleness and color from pale to deep pink. If you are looking to buy Flowering Almond seeds or grow this early spring bloomer from seed, this is the plant that tells you the worst of winter is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDense double pink flowers covering bare branches in late winter and early spring before leaves emerge\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne of the earliest flowering woody plants of the season, blooming ahead of forsythia in most climates\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRuffled, layered flowers resembling tiny peonies, refined and distinctive compared to single-flowered cherries\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCompact shrub size suitable for small gardens, borders, and foundation plantings\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeed-grown plants produce natural variation in flower fullness and shade of pink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Flowering Almond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is one of the most historically cultivated flowering shrubs in Chinese garden history.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePrunus triloba\u003c\/em\u003e has been grown in Chinese gardens for centuries and appears in classical Chinese garden painting and poetry as a symbol of spring's arrival and the renewal of life after winter. The fully doubled form was developed through centuries of selection from the single-flowered wild species and became one of the defining ornamental plants of the traditional Chinese garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe flowers appear on the previous year's wood before any new growth begins.\u003c\/strong\u003e Flowering Almond blooms on one-year-old wood, which is why the flowers appear on bare stems before any new leaves emerge. This characteristic means that heavy pruning after bloom, rather than in late winter, is essential to preserving next year's flowering wood. Plants pruned in late winter will lose all of their bloom for that season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt blooms so early it sometimes opens during late winter warm spells in zone 5 and 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e In years with extended late winter warm periods, Flowering Almond can begin opening flowers in February in zone 6, creating a pink display against possible late snow that is genuinely startling in its early arrival. This extremely early blooming timing is part of its value as a garden plant and also its occasional vulnerability to late frost damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fruit that follows the flowers is edible.\u003c\/strong\u003e Small red-orange cherries ripen on Flowering Almond in summer and while they are not particularly flavorful when eaten raw, they are relished by birds and can be used in jams and preserves. The plant earns its place in the garden for the flowers and delivers modest additional value in the fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prunus triloba\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Required, 90 to 120 days cold moist stratification\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA Zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun, best flowering in full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 15 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 12 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate, 1 to 1.5 feet per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlant it at eye level near a path or window. The flowers open in the first warm days of late winter and they are the best news the garden delivers all year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Evergreen Seed Co.","offers":[{"title":"5 Seeds","offer_id":50593429225794,"sku":"FLOWERING-ALMOND-5","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 seeds","offer_id":50593429258562,"sku":"FLOWERING-ALMOND-10","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25 Seeds","offer_id":50593429291330,"sku":"FLOWERING-ALMOND-25","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 Seeds","offer_id":50593429324098,"sku":"FLOWERING-ALMOND-40","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 seeds","offer_id":50593429356866,"sku":"FLOWERING-ALMOND-100","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/5456\/4674\/files\/a4292336-il_fullxfull.6593951729_27uu.jpg?v=1747137478"},{"product_id":"lily-magnolia-tree-seeds","title":"Lily Magnolia Tree Seeds | (Magnolia liliiflora)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDark purple buds. 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If you are looking to buy Lily Magnolia seeds or grow this flowering magnolia from seed, each seed-grown specimen develops its own flower color and form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDeep purple-red buds opening to goblet-shaped flowers with rich purple-pink outer and white inner petals\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBlooms after leaf emergence, protecting flowers from late spring frosts that damage earlier-blooming magnolias\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eContinues producing scattered flowers through summer, longer effective season than most ornamental magnolias\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eParent species of the famous Little Girl hybrid magnolias, one of the most influential magnolias in ornamental horticulture\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCompact shrub-like form suitable for smaller gardens where larger magnolias are impractical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Lily Magnolia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is the direct parent of more named magnolia hybrids than any other species.\u003c\/strong\u003e When plant breeders at the US National Arboretum crossed \u003cem\u003eMagnolia liliiflora\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eMagnolia stellata\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1950s and 1960s, they produced the Little Girl series of hybrid magnolias, including Betty, Ann, Jane, Judy, Susan, Randy, Ricki, and Pinkie, that are now among the most widely planted ornamental magnolias in North American gardens. Every one of these hybrids carries the late-blooming and cold-hardiness traits inherited directly from the Lily Magnolia parent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe flower color varies significantly between seed-grown specimens.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lily Magnolia flowers range from light pink with only faint purple tones to deep purple-red with almost no pink visible, depending on the individual plant's genetics. The outer and inner petal contrast, which creates the bicolor effect characteristic of the species, also varies in intensity between individuals. Growing from seed produces a range of color expressions that no single nursery selection can provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe flower buds are so dark they are used as ornaments in Chinese floral arrangement.\u003c\/strong\u003e The elongated, dark purple flower buds of Lily Magnolia, which develop through winter on bare branches, are harvested in the bud stage and used in traditional Chinese flower arrangement for their color, form, and texture. The buds, called xin yi in Chinese medicine, are also used in preparations for nasal and sinus conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe species has been cultivated in Chinese gardens for over 1,000 years.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eMagnolia liliiflora\u003c\/em\u003e appears in Chinese garden literature and plant records dating back to the Tang Dynasty and earlier. It was one of the first Chinese ornamental plants introduced to European botanical gardens, arriving in France and England in the late 1700s. 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If you are looking to buy Sweetbay Magnolia seeds or grow this native magnolia from seed, this is the species that delivers fragrance, wildlife value, and four-season interest with the least fuss of any magnolia available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCreamy white, intensely lemon-scented flowers blooming repeatedly from late spring through summer\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSemi-evergreen to evergreen in mild climates, providing winter green in most of its range\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNative to wetland margins and stream banks, one of the most flood-tolerant magnolias available\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRed seeds on bright red stalks in fall provide wildlife food and exceptional ornamental interest\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHost plant for the Spicebush Swallowtail and Palamedes Swallowtail butterflies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Sweetbay Magnolia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt blooms for months, not weeks.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlike most spring-blooming magnolias that flower for two weeks and are done, Sweetbay Magnolia produces new flowers repeatedly from May through August, with peak bloom in early summer. The fragrance on a warm evening is intense enough to carry across a considerable distance. A single tree in bloom fills the entire surrounding garden with the scent of clean lemons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe leaves are silvery white on the underside.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sweetbay Magnolia leaves are deep green on top and bright silver-white beneath, which creates a distinctive shimmering effect when the wind moves through the canopy. This two-toned leaf is one of the most distinctive ornamental features of the tree and is particularly effective when the tree is backlit by afternoon sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was among the first American trees to be cultivated in European gardens.\u003c\/strong\u003e European botanists encountered Sweetbay Magnolia in colonial America in the early 1600s and it was one of the earliest American native trees to be introduced into cultivation in Britain. It has been grown in English gardens for over 400 years and is still considered one of the finest American trees for the British climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bark and leaves have been used medicinally for centuries.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sweetbay Magnolia bark was used by Indigenous peoples and later by colonial physicians as a febrifuge, a fever-reducing treatment, and as a substitute for quinine in treating malaria-like fevers. 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If you are looking to buy Eastern Redbud seeds or grow redbud from seed, this is the flowering native tree most likely to stop traffic in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOne of the earliest flowering trees in spring, blooming on bare branches before leaves emerge\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eRosy-pink flower clusters cover every branch, twig, and even the trunk and roots\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eNative across eastern North America, exceptionally adaptable to a wide range of conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eProvides critical early-season nectar when native bees are first emerging from winter dormancy\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHeart-shaped leaves provide summer interest and clear yellow fall color\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Eastern Redbud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe flowers are edible.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Eastern Redbud flowers have a mildly sweet, slightly tangy flavor and have been eaten by Indigenous peoples and settlers for centuries. They can be eaten raw in salads, pickled as a caper substitute, or added to baked goods. The young seed pods that follow are also edible when very young and tender. It is one of the few flowering ornamental trees with genuinely useful edible parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt blooms on wood that is years old.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Unlike most flowering trees whose blooms appear only on the current season's growth, Eastern Redbud produces flowers directly from older wood, including trunks and major branches that may be decades old. This cauliflory, the ability to flower from old wood, is characteristic of tropical plants and is extraordinary in a temperate tree. It is part of what makes the Redbud display so enveloping and unlike anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative bees depend on it critically.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Eastern Redbud blooms several weeks before most other native flowering trees, providing an essential nectar and pollen bridge for queen bumblebees, mason bees, and mining bees that emerge early but find little else in bloom. In gardens where Redbud is present, early-season pollinator populations are measurably higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt has a near-perfect natural form.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Eastern Redbud develops a naturally layered, horizontal branching structure that landscape architects describe as requiring almost no pruning to achieve a beautiful form. Its structure in winter, summer, and fall is as attractive as its brief spring flowering. 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The cherry blossom viewing tradition called hanami began as a practice of walking into the mountains in spring to appreciate the wild sakura, not the cultivated street plantings that modern hanami primarily involves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wood has been used for traditional Japanese lacquerware for over a thousand years.\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese Cherry wood, called yamazakura, is prized by woodworkers for its fine grain, warm pink-brown color, and ability to take a high polish. Traditional Japanese lacquerware chests, known for being among the most refined decorative art objects in Japanese craft history, use yamazakura as the substrate beneath the lacquer. The warmth and grain of the wood contribute to the overall aesthetic even where covered by lacquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first Washington DC cherry trees were this species before they were replaced.\u003c\/strong\u003e The original cherry trees donated by Japan to Washington DC in 1912 included \u003cem\u003ePrunus serrulata\u003c\/em\u003e specimens. Many did not survive the subsequent decades, and subsequent plantings have been dominated by the Yoshino Cherry cultivar which is easier to propagate and more uniform in appearance. The wild species, with its greater genetic diversity and variability, represents what the original tree gift was drawn from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing from seed takes longer to bloom than grafted trees but produces longer-lived specimens.\u003c\/strong\u003e Grafted Japanese cherry trees typically bloom in 3 to 5 years. 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The most dramatic spring display in the Mediterranean garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCercis siliquastrum, the Judas Tree, is the Old World counterpart of the Eastern Redbud, a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern native that produces one of the most dramatic spring flowering displays of any ornamental tree, covering its bare trunk, branches, and twigs in dense clusters of intense purple-pink flowers that emerge directly from the wood in a phenomenon called cauliflory, the same trait as Redbud but displayed even more intensely on a tree that has been cultivated in gardens for over 2,000 years. The flowers appear in early to mid-spring before the heart-shaped leaves, covering every surface from the highest branch to the base of the trunk in a purple-pink cloud that is visible from considerable distances. It is more drought-tolerant than Eastern Redbud, better suited to alkaline soils, and more adapted to hot, dry Mediterranean-style climates. 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Despite being widely planted for nearly 300 years in North America, it remains native to Asia and is considered invasive in some southeastern states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHummingbirds are so attracted to it that plantings near feeders reduce feeder visits.\u003c\/strong\u003e The nectar production of Mimosa flowers is sufficient that hummingbirds in areas with established Mimosa trees often prefer the natural flowers to artificial feeders during the blooming season. 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The flowers that appear in late spring and early summer are equally remarkable, creamy white bowls up to 16 inches across with deep purple centers that are among the largest flowers of any temperate tree in the world. The tree grows naturally in rich, moist woodland coves in the Appalachians and Gulf Coast plain where it occupies the understory and mid-canopy, bringing an exotic, prehistoric quality to the forest interior that stops everyone who encounters it. 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Historically, the seeds were used ceremonially by various Texas and Mexican Indigenous groups, and archaeobotanical evidence from southern Texas and northern Mexico documents their ceremonial use for over 10,000 years, making the Mescal Bean ceremony one of the oldest documented ritual plant uses in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt grows extraordinarily slowly, which is the primary reason it is not more widely grown.\u003c\/strong\u003e Texas Mountain Laurel is notoriously slow from seed, typically spending 2 to 3 years in a seedling state before making significant growth. Established plants in good conditions grow 6 to 12 inches per year, but plants in poor, rocky, alkaline soils may add only 3 to 4 inches annually. The slow growth combined with the plant's extraordinary ornamental value means large nursery specimens are extremely expensive and growing from seed is the most economical approach for patient growers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seeds are attractive to children but dangerously toxic.\u003c\/strong\u003e The brilliant, hard, scarlet-red seeds of Texas Mountain Laurel are visually striking and frequently handled by children who find them on the ground beneath the plant. A single seed can cause severe toxicity if chewed and swallowed. The hard seed coat prevents toxicity from intact swallowed seeds, but children should not be allowed to chew or play with them. 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Black-chinned, Broad-tailed, and Rufous Hummingbirds visit Desert Willow repeatedly throughout the day during bloom periods, and the tree often hosts multiple individuals simultaneously competing for nectar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seed pods were used as a percussion instrument.\u003c\/strong\u003e The long, slender seed pods of Desert Willow dry on the tree through winter and rattle audibly in the wind, a characteristic that gave the tree musical utility. Indigenous peoples of the Chihuahuan desert used dried Desert Willow pods as rattles in ceremonial contexts, and the sound of a Desert Willow thicket in winter wind is distinctive enough to be used for navigation by experienced desert travelers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was the medicine chest of the Chihuahuan desert tribes.\u003c\/strong\u003e Desert Willow was used medicinally across virtually every Indigenous group within its range. 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The downward-hanging orientation of Siebold Magnolia flowers directs beetles that enter the flower downward into the floral chamber where pollen is concentrated, and the slight nodding makes it easier for beetles to exit with pollen attached. The crimson stamens that are visible in the center of the white petals serve as a landing target and nectar guide visible from a considerable distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was the most frost-sensitive of the magnolias Sir Joseph Banks introduced from Japan to Kew Gardens.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Philipp von Siebold brought Magnolia sieboldii to Europe in the 1830s and specimens eventually reached Kew Gardens, it was noted as requiring more protection from late spring frost than most Japanese magnolias because of its relatively late bloom timing. 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Its introduction to cultivation in the West was part of one of the most productive periods of ornamental plant discovery in botanical history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fruit cones in fall contain bright red seeds that attract birds.\u003c\/strong\u003e Like most magnolias, Magnolia biondii produces cone-like aggregate fruits in late summer and fall that open to reveal bright red seeds hanging on threads. These seeds are attractive to mockingbirds, vireos, and other fruit-eating birds that harvest them before they drop. The red fruit display is brief but provides late-season ornamental interest after the main flowering and foliage season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeed-grown plants take longer to bloom than vegetatively propagated ones but develop stronger root systems.\u003c\/strong\u003e Magnolia biondii grown from seed typically requires 8 to 12 years to produce its first flowers. 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The flowers are delicate, each with five soft petals in shades from pale blush to deep rose, and they appear in such density across every branch that the underlying branch structure disappears entirely during peak bloom. If you are looking to buy Pink Shower Tree seeds or grow Cassia bakeriana from seed, this is the tropical flowering tree that delivers the most complete and saturated floral display available in warm climates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplete canopy coverage in soft pink to rose flowers on bare branches, one of the most spectacular flowering displays in tropical horticulture\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFlowers appear before leaves, maximizing the visual impact of the bloom with no foliage competing for attention\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKnown as the Wishing Tree in Thailand, associated with ceremonies and celebrations across its native region\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFast-growing in tropical conditions, reaching flowering size within a few years from seed\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeed-grown trees produce natural variation in flower color from pale blush to deep rose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Pink Shower Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe tree blooms most spectacularly during the dry season when water stress triggers flower production.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cassia bakeriana, like many tropical flowering trees, responds to drought stress by producing a massive flowering display. In its native Thailand, the tree blooms at the end of the dry season before the monsoon rains return, using the stored energy from the previous wet season to produce a reproductive display timed to coincide with optimal pollinator activity. Gardeners in warm climates can encourage blooming by reducing irrigation in late winter before the desired bloom period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Thailand it is called Wissaeng or Ratchaphruek and is planted at temples, palaces, and celebration sites.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Pink Shower Tree holds significant cultural and ceremonial importance across Thailand, planted at Buddhist temples for its association with beauty, purity, and good fortune. Couples seeking blessings for marriage and families seeking wishes for prosperity plant or visit Pink Shower Trees at specific temples during bloom season, a tradition that gives the tree its Wishing Tree common name. The tree's association with celebration and ceremony across Thai culture reflects a centuries-old recognition of its extraordinary beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe flowers are edible and used in traditional Thai cuisine.\u003c\/strong\u003e The flowers and young leaves of Cassia bakeriana are consumed in Thailand, where the flowers are used as a vegetable in salads, stir-fries, and curries, and the petals are eaten fresh as a garnish. The flavor is mildly bitter and slightly sweet, accepted in Thai culinary tradition as a seasonal vegetable available during the brief flowering period. The practice of eating flowers from flowering trees has a longer tradition in Thai cooking than in most western cuisines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is closely related to the Golden Shower Tree and produces similar pods.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cassia bakeriana belongs to the same genus as Cassia fistula, the Golden Shower Tree, and produces the characteristic long, cylindrical seed pods of the Cassia genus. 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If you are looking to buy Peking Lilac seeds or grow this underused flowering tree from seed, this is the lilac that the Japanese form's admirers discover and immediately prefer for the bark alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLarge creamy white flower panicles in late spring and early summer with honey-sweet fragrance\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe most ornamental exfoliating bark of any lilac, peeling to reveal mahogany-red to orange-brown inner bark\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMore heat-tolerant and drought-tolerant than Japanese Tree Lilac, better suited to warmer and drier climates\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCompact, graceful small tree form reaching 15 to 20 feet, fitting smaller garden spaces naturally\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCold-hardy to zone 3, performing across the widest range of cold climates of any tree lilac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Peking Lilac\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bark development is among the finest of any small flowering tree in temperate horticulture.\u003c\/strong\u003e While most lilacs are grown exclusively for their flowers, Peking Lilac develops an exfoliating bark pattern over time that rivals the ornamental cherries and birches for winter interest. The outer bark peels in horizontal strips similar to cherry bark, revealing fresh mahogany-red to orange inner bark beneath that warms and deepens in color with age. The combination of fragrant summer flowers and remarkable winter bark makes Peking Lilac one of the most genuinely four-season small trees available in cold-climate horticulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was introduced to western horticulture through the Peking Imperial Gardens in the late 19th century.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Peking Lilac has been cultivated in Chinese gardens for centuries, planted in temple gardens and imperial palace grounds in Beijing and surrounding regions where the tree's refinement and fragrance were appreciated in the classical Chinese garden tradition. Western botanical collectors working in northern China in the late 19th century introduced it to European and North American arboreta, where it was recognized as distinct from the Japanese Tree Lilac and valued for its superior bark character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fragrance is slightly different from Japanese Tree Lilac, with a warmer, more honey-like quality.\u003c\/strong\u003e Both Peking and Japanese Tree Lilac produce flowers with a distinctive privet-like sweetness different from common lilac, but the Peking subspecies is often described by fragrance enthusiasts as having a slightly warmer, more complex honey note compared to the cleaner, lighter fragrance of Japanese Tree Lilac. The difference is subtle but detectable to those who encounter both subspecies in bloom simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeed-grown Peking Lilacs develop individual variation in bark color intensity and flower density.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlike clonally propagated nursery specimens selected for specific characteristics, seed-grown Peking Lilac trees develop their own individual expression of the subspecies' qualities. Some seedlings will develop the most intense mahogany-red bark while others show more orange tones. Flower cluster size and density vary between individuals. 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Give it twenty years to develop the full mahogany-red exfoliating bark character and it will become the most interesting small tree on the property in the season when most gardens have nothing to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Evergreen Seed Co.","offers":[{"title":"5 Seeds","offer_id":52911464710466,"sku":"PEKING-LILAC-5","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 Seeds","offer_id":52911464743234,"sku":"PEKING-LILAC-10","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25 Seeds","offer_id":52911464776002,"sku":"PEKING-LILAC-25","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 Seeds","offer_id":52911464808770,"sku":"PEKING-LILAC-40","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Seeds","offer_id":52911464841538,"sku":"PEKING-LILAC-100","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/5456\/4674\/files\/PEKING_LILAC_2000_x_1500_px_1.png?v=1775847755"},{"product_id":"dove-tree-seeds-handkerchief-tree-davidia-involucrata","title":"Dove Tree Seeds | Handkerchief Tree | (Davidia involucrata)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most spectacular flowering tree discovered in the 19th century. Worth every year of waiting.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavidia involucrata, the Dove Tree or Handkerchief Tree, is widely considered the most spectacular flowering tree discovered during the great age of Chinese plant exploration, a native of the mountain forests of western China that produces flowers surrounded by two enormous white bracts of dramatically unequal size, the larger reaching 7 inches in length, that flutter in the slightest breeze like white handkerchiefs or the wings of a dove. The actual flowers are small and inconspicuous. The bracts are everything, hanging from every branch in May in a display so unique and so striking that it prompted three separate expeditions to China in the 1890s and 1900s by competing botanical collectors, each racing to be the first to bring it into western cultivation. It is the only species in its genus and one of the most distinctive trees in temperate horticulture. If you are looking to buy Dove Tree seeds or grow Davidia from seed, this is the tree that plant hunters risked their lives to find and that gardens still covet over a century after its introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTwo large white bracts of dramatically unequal size surrounding each flower, the smaller 3 to 4 inches and the larger up to 7 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe bracts flutter in the breeze like white doves or handkerchiefs, creating a moving display in May unlike any other tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe only species in its genus, with no close relatives in temperate or tropical horticulture\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePrompted three competing plant exploration expeditions to China in the 1890s and 1900s\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeed-grown trees require 10 to 15 years to produce their first flowers, but the wait is the stuff of legend among tree collectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Dove Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe race to introduce it to western horticulture was one of the most competitive events in botanical history.\u003c\/strong\u003e After Père Armand David first collected specimens in Sichuan in 1869 and the herbarium specimens reached Paris, the impossibly beautiful dried bracts created an immediate demand from botanical gardens and nurseries across Europe to have living plants. Augustine Henry located a single wild tree in Hubei in 1888. Veitch nurseries sent E.H. Wilson to China specifically to find and collect Dove Tree seeds in 1899. Wilson arrived to find that the single tree Henry had marked had been cut down and a house built on the site. He eventually found further trees and returned with seeds, but he was preceded by a French missionary, Père Farges, who had sent seeds to a French nursery in 1897 which were the first to flower in western cultivation in 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE.H. Wilson nearly died collecting it.\u003c\/strong\u003e During his first expedition to collect the Dove Tree in 1900, Wilson was caught in a landslide on a narrow mountain path in Hubei and severely injured his leg. He completed his plant collection while lying in a makeshift stretcher for days before reaching medical care, refusing to abandon his collected seeds despite the injury. The leg never fully healed and Wilson walked with a slight limp for the rest of his life. He described the experience in his plant hunting memoir alongside his account of finding the Dove Tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe tree grows naturally in mixed broadleaf forests at 1,500 to 3,000 meters elevation in western China.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wild Dove Trees grow in the cool, moist, mountainous forests of Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces, primarily in the mixed broadleaf forest zone dominated by oaks, maples, and other hardwoods. The conditions of cool summers, moist acidic soils, and winter cold that define this habitat translate well to the conditions of temperate gardens in zones 6 through 8, explaining why the tree performs well in Britain, the Pacific Northwest, and similar maritime climates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seeds have multiple dormancy layers requiring extended warm and cold stratification.\u003c\/strong\u003e Davidia seeds are notoriously slow to germinate, often requiring 18 months to 2 years from sowing to first emergence. The seeds have deep morphophysiological dormancy requiring an extended warm period to allow embryo development followed by cold stratification to break dormancy, a two-stage process that makes impatient sowing unrewarding. Collectors who understand this two-year germination timeline and plan accordingly consistently achieve germination. 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The first flowering in 10 to 15 years will be one of the most anticipated events in your gardening life. There are trees worth waiting for. 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The Silverbell genus represents a botanical lineage with an ancient Appalachian distribution that has contracted significantly from its historical range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wood was used for small wooden objects and was prized by turners and craftspeople.\u003c\/strong\u003e Carolina Silverbell wood is fine-grained, moderately hard, and takes a good polish, making it a favorite material for small decorative wood turning in Appalachian craft traditions. 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