{"title":"Shrub Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBig Impact. Small Footprint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot every great planting needs to be a tree. Shrubs are the workhorses of the landscape. They fill the space beneath the canopy, hold the edges of paths and gardens, feed wildlife through the seasons, and bloom when nothing else does. The right shrub in the right place does more ecological work per square foot than almost anything else you can grow. This collection brings together native and ornamental shrub seeds selected for wildlife value, edible use, and landscape impact. American Elderberry produces heavy crops of berries relied on by over 50 bird species. Buttonbush blooms in midsummer when most other shrubs have finished, giving pollinators a critical late-season resource. Mountain Laurel is one of the most striking native flowering shrubs in eastern North America, tolerating shade and poor soils where little else thrives. Whether you are looking to buy native shrub seeds, grow berry shrubs from seed, or establish a wildlife-supporting understory planting, this collection gives you the building blocks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecies include: American Elderberry, Buttonbush, Mountain Laurel, Arrowwood Viburnum, Winterberry, Saskatoon Serviceberry, American Hazelnut, Silky Dogwood, and more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlant the understory. Feed everything above it.\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":"american-hazelnut-seeds","title":"American Hazelnut Tree Seeds | (Corylus americana)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative nut. Wildlife magnet. The most productive edible shrub in the eastern forest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCorylus americana\u003c\/em\u003e, the American Hazelnut, is the native nut shrub that every food forester, wildlife manager, and habitat gardener should be growing. It produces clusters of small, sweet hazelnuts that ripen in late summer, establishing faster than any nut tree and beginning to fruit in as little as three to five years from seed. It tolerates shade, poor soils, wet sites, and dry hillsides with the same easy reliability and spreads naturally by root suckers to form dense, productive thickets that provide nesting cover and food for dozens of wildlife species. Squirrels, deer, turkeys, grouse, and over 20 bird species rely on American Hazelnut for food. If you are looking to buy American Hazelnut seeds or grow this native nut shrub from seed, nothing else produces edible nuts this quickly and this reliably in the eastern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBegins producing edible hazelnuts within 3 to 5 years of planting, faster than any nut tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpreads by root suckers to form dense wildlife thickets providing cover and food\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTolerates shade, poor soils, wet sites, and dry slopes with exceptional adaptability\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNative across the eastern United States and Great Lakes region, extremely cold-hardy to zone 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCatkins provide one of the earliest pollen sources of spring for native bees emerging from winter dormancy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the American Hazelnut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndigenous peoples selected and managed hazelnut groves for thousands of years.\u003c\/strong\u003e Archaeological evidence from sites across the eastern United States shows hazelnut shells in abundance, indicating that hazelnuts were a major caloric food source in pre-contact North America. Many Native American communities actively managed hazelnut thickets by burning them on rotation to encourage vigorous new growth and higher nut production. The hazelnuts were eaten fresh, dried for winter storage, and ground into a flour used in soups and porridges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe catkins open before any leaves emerge and before most insects are active.\u003c\/strong\u003e American Hazelnut is wind-pollinated, releasing pollen from its dangling catkins in late winter and early spring when temperatures barely rise above freezing. The tiny, bright red female flowers that receive the pollen are almost invisible to the naked eye. The entire pollination event happens in a few weeks before most gardeners notice anything is happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA single hazelnut provides more energy per gram than a handful of blueberries.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hazelnuts are roughly 60 percent fat, primarily heart-healthy oleic acid, and contain significant protein, Vitamin E, and B vitamins. They are among the most calorie-dense whole foods produced by any native plant, which is why wildlife compete for them so intensively in the weeks before they ripen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt can be coppiced for wildlife cover and increased nut production.\u003c\/strong\u003e American Hazelnut cut to the ground re-sprouts vigorously within a single season, producing dense multi-stemmed regrowth that provides superior nesting cover for ground-nesting birds. Coppicing on a 5 to 10 year rotation cycle also tends to increase nut production on the regrowth compared to older stems. This management technique was used by Indigenous peoples across its range for exactly this reason.\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 Corylus americana\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Required, 60 to 90 days cold moist stratification\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA Zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extremely adaptable, tolerates poor, dry, rocky, wet, or clay soils\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to full shade, best nut production in full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 to 16 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 to 15 feet, spreads by root suckers\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast, 1 to 2 feet per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlant it at the edge of a garden, along a fence line, or anywhere you want productive native cover within a few years. 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Its perfectly spherical white blooms appear in midsummer, drawing in butterflies, native bees, and hummingbirds in remarkable numbers. Built for wet conditions, it thrives where other shrubs struggle, transforming pond edges and low areas into ecological hotspots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eDistinctive globe-shaped white flowers in midsummer\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThrives in standing water, pond margins, and wet soils\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAttracts a wide diversity of pollinators and beneficial insects\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSeeds support ducks and other waterfowl\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eStabilizes banks and naturalizes along waterways\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eThings You Probably Didn’t Know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt fills a critical seasonal gap.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Buttonbush blooms after most spring flowers fade, providing essential nectar during a period when pollinator resources are limited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plant defends itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  All parts contain compounds that make it toxic if consumed by humans or livestock, helping it establish in areas where grazing pressure is high.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaterfowl depend on it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  The seeds are a valuable food source for ducks and other wetland birds, making it a key species in habitat restoration projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt has a long history of use.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Indigenous communities used Buttonbush in traditional medicine for a range of applications, reflecting its chemical complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eGrowing Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cephalanthus occidentalis\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recommended; 60–90 days cold stratification\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA Zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–11\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prefers wet to moist soils; tolerates standing water\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to partial shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6–12 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6–12 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePlant it at the water's edge and let it turn the wet corner of your property into the most visited spot on the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Evergreen Seed Co.","offers":[{"title":"5 Seeds","offer_id":50593432174914,"sku":"BUTTONBUSH-5","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 seeds","offer_id":50593432207682,"sku":"BUTTONBUSH-10","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25 Seeds","offer_id":50593432240450,"sku":"BUTTONBUSH-25","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 Seeds","offer_id":50593432273218,"sku":"BUTTONBUSH-40","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 seeds","offer_id":50593432305986,"sku":"BUTTONBUSH-100","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/5456\/4674\/files\/0129cb02-il_fullxfull.6804513827_7mpa.jpg?v=1747137477"},{"product_id":"american-witch-hazel-tree-seeds","title":"American Witch Hazel Tree Seeds (Hamamelis virginiana)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe last thing to bloom in fall. The first medicine from the forest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamamelis virginiana\u003c\/em\u003e, the American Witch Hazel, blooms in November and December after every other tree has dropped its leaves, producing clusters of spidery, fragrant yellow flowers on bare stems at the exact moment when the rest of the landscape has surrendered to dormancy. It is the only woody plant in eastern North America that blooms in late fall, making it one of the most extraordinary and unexpected ornamental shrubs available to the temperate gardener. It is also the source of witch hazel extract, one of the oldest and most widely used botanical medicines in North America, present in medicine cabinets from colonial times to the present day. If you are looking to buy Witch Hazel seeds or grow this native shrub from seed, this is a plant that surprises everyone who encounters it blooming in November.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe only woody plant in eastern North America that blooms in late fall and early winter on bare stems\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpidery yellow flowers with a sweet, faintly spicy fragrance appearing after all other trees go dormant\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe original source of witch hazel extract, one of the oldest botanical medicines in North America\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNative to the eastern United States, adaptable to shade, sun, wet, and dry sites\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrilliant yellow and orange fall foliage before the late-season blooms emerge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the American Witch Hazel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seeds are ejected ballistically up to 30 feet from the parent plant.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Witch Hazel seed capsules dry and contract in late fall, they build tension that is released explosively, launching seeds at speeds measured at over 30 feet per second. The seeds can travel 30 to 40 feet from the parent plant in a single ejection. This ballistic dispersal mechanism has been studied by mechanical engineers for its elegant natural spring design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe witch in the name has nothing to do with witchcraft.\u003c\/strong\u003e The name derives from the Old English word wiche or wych, meaning flexible or pliant, describing the bendable quality of the branches. This same root gives us the wych elm of Britain. The name was applied to the American plant by early settlers who recognized the flexible branches as similar to Old World witch trees used for water dowsing, but the word itself is botanical, not supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWitch hazel extract has been in continuous commercial production since 1866.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Dickinson Company began steam-distilling Witch Hazel extract in Essex, Connecticut in 1866 and has been producing it continuously ever since from wild-harvested and cultivated \u003cem\u003eHamamelis virginiana\u003c\/em\u003e. It is one of the longest-running commercially produced botanical medicines in American history and remains a standard ingredient in astringent skin products, aftershaves, and hemorrhoid treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt blooms while carrying fruit from last year's flowers.\u003c\/strong\u003e American Witch Hazel takes a full year for its fruit to ripen after flowering. When the new November flowers open, the capsules from the previous year's flowering are simultaneously ripening and preparing to eject their seeds. A single branch in fall carries flowers, ripening seed capsules, and the leafless architecture of the shrub all at once.\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 Hamamelis virginiana\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Required, warm stratification of 60 to 90 days followed by 90 days cold 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 Adaptable, prefers moist, acidic, well-drained soil but tolerates a range of conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to partial shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 to 20 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 to 20 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Slow to moderate, 1 to 2 feet per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlant it where you will see it from a window in November. 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Indigenous peoples in the Gulf Coast region crushed the leaves and rubbed them on their skin and on horses during summer. Modern researchers took that traditional knowledge seriously enough to fund a full chemical analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe berries persist on the stems after the leaves drop.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  When frost takes the leaves in late fall, the brilliant berries remain attached to the bare stems, creating an even more dramatic display against the gray and brown of the late season landscape. Birds that ignored the plant during summer suddenly discover it in October and return repeatedly until every berry is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt can grow 6 feet in a single season.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  American Beautyberry is one of the fastest-establishing native shrubs available in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. 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If you are looking to buy Blue Elderberry seeds or grow western elderberry from seed, this is the native shrub that does more per square foot than almost anything else in a western garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHeavy clusters of blue-black berries with silvery waxy bloom, distinctive and beautiful in late summer\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWhite flower clusters in early summer attract native bees, wasps, beetles, and butterflies\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBerries eaten by over 40 bird species and important mammals across the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain region\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFast-growing native shrub beginning to fruit within 2 to 3 years of planting\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUsed for elderberry syrup, wine, jelly, and juice in the same tradition as the eastern species\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Blue Elderberry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was one of the most important plants in the material culture of Pacific Coast Indigenous peoples.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Blue Elderberry was used for food, medicine, and tools by virtually every Indigenous nation across its range from British Columbia to Baja California. 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They climb trees and shrubs, girdle trunks with their twisting stems, and create such dense canopy shade that native vegetation beneath them dies. American Wisteria grows in the same places without this destructive behavior, providing the same floral display without the ecological cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe blooming sequence is different from Asian wisterias and often preferred.\u003c\/strong\u003e Asian wisterias produce flowers before leaves, creating a dramatic bare-stem flower display. American Wisteria blooms after its leaves emerge, which some gardeners find more subtly beautiful, with the lavender flower clusters visible among the green foliage rather than against bare winter wood. The fragrance is comparable between species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is the only known larval host plant for the long-tailed skipper butterfly in eastern North America.\u003c\/strong\u003e The long-tailed skipper, a striking butterfly with iridescent blue-green wings and distinctive long hindwing tails, requires wisteria foliage as the sole food source for its caterpillars in the eastern United States. American Wisteria is the native host, making its cultivation directly relevant to the persistence of this butterfly in areas where it occurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative Americans used the seeds and pods medicinally with care.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wisteria seeds and pods contain wisterin and lectin, toxic compounds that cause nausea and can be dangerous in quantity. Cherokee and other southeastern nations used carefully prepared wisteria preparations medicinally but with full awareness of the toxicity. 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The specific antispasmodic compounds, particularly scopoletin and aesculetin, that were responsible for these traditional uses have been identified and studied by pharmacologists. The bark extract is still used in herbal medicine for the same applications today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe berries become sweeter after frost.\u003c\/strong\u003e Blackhaw berries are mildly astringent and fully tart when they first ripen in late summer. After several frosts in fall, the tannins break down and the sugar concentration increases, transforming the berries into the sweet, date-like fruit that Indigenous peoples and early settlers valued. Picking before frost produces adequate jelly fruit. 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Metallic blue sausages that stop everyone who sees them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecaisnea fargesii, the Blue Sausage Fruit or Dead Man's Fingers, is one of the most visually arresting plants available in temperate horticulture, producing metallic, iridescent blue seed pods in late summer and early fall that hang in drooping clusters from the branch tips and look so completely unlike anything else in a temperate garden that first-time observers consistently refuse to believe they are looking at a real plant. Each pod is 3 to 4 inches long, shaped like a thick, rounded sausage, and covered in a waxy blue coating with a silvery-metallic sheen that no photograph fully captures. Inside the fleshy pods is a row of black seeds embedded in a clear, sweet, gelatinous pulp that is edible with a mild, watermelon-like sweetness. Native to the mountain forests of western China and Nepal, it is one of the most distinctive temperate plants in cultivation and one of the easiest exotic plants to establish in temperate gardens across a wide range of climates. If you are looking to buy Blue Sausage Fruit seeds or grow this extraordinary plant from seed, this is the plant that creates more conversation per square foot than anything else in any garden it occupies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMetallic, iridescent blue sausage-shaped pods unlike any other fruit in the temperate garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEdible clear, sweet gelatinous pulp with a mild watermelon-like flavor surrounding black seeds\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMulti-stemmed shrub reaching 10 to 15 feet with large tropical-looking compound leaves\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDrooping clusters of small yellow-green flowers in late spring, unusual and ornamental in their own right\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCold-hardy to zone 5, performing across a wide range of temperate climates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Blue Sausage Fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plant was collected by the same French missionary who discovered the Giant Panda.\u003c\/strong\u003e Père Armand David, the 19th century French Lazarist missionary who was the first westerner to scientifically document the Giant Panda and who has more plants named after him than almost any other person in botanical history, collected Decaisnea specimens in western China in the 1860s and 1870s. The species epithet fargesii honors Pierre Farges, another French missionary and botanical collector who also worked in western China and collected Decaisnea specimens. The discovery of the Blue Sausage Fruit is embedded in one of the most productive periods of western botanical exploration of China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe blue color comes from a waxy coating that can be rubbed off.\u003c\/strong\u003e The metallic blue of the fruit pods is produced by a waxy epicuticular layer covering the surface, similar in principle to the waxy bloom on blueberries and plums but producing a more intensely metallic effect. This wax can be partially rubbed off with a finger, revealing a darker green or brownish surface beneath and dramatically demonstrating that the blue is a surface coating rather than pigmentation in the fruit skin itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was used medicinally in traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine.\u003c\/strong\u003e Decaisnea fargesii roots, bark, and fruit have been used in traditional medicine in the mountain regions of western China, Yunnan, and Tibet for various applications including fever treatment and as a general tonic. Modern pharmacological screening of Decaisnea extracts has identified alkaloid compounds with biological activity consistent with some of the traditional uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plant produces both male and female flowers on the same plant and is self-fertile.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlike many unusual ornamental plants that require cross-pollination or separate male and female plants, Decaisnea is self-fertile and a single specimen can produce a full fruit crop without requiring a second plant. 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