# Acorns, Nuts & Seed

> Acorns, nuts and seed to sow, collected from the same proven parent trees as our saplings.

360 of the species we grow are also offered as acorns, nuts or seed to sow: forty-one as acorns, twenty-three as nuts and 296 as seed packets. The [seed sowing planner](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/sowing/index.html.md) turns each page's sowing advice into dates for your fall or spring. Acorns and chestnuts are alive and die if they dry. [White-oak-group acorns](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/red-oaks-and-white-oaks/index.html.md) should be planted the week they arrive, red-oak-group acorns want one to three months of [cold, damp storage](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/planting-acorns-nuts-and-seed/index.html.md) and most nuts a full winter of it. Most small seed keeps dry until sowing, though pawpaw and magnolia seed must stay moist. Acorns, nuts and seed ship year-round. Sow them under hardware cloth, or [the squirrels dig them up](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/protecting-trees-from-animals/index.html.md).

An order of only seed, acorns or nuts ships for $5.00 for the first item and $0.50 for each additional one to MD, DE, VA, PA, NJ, DC and WV; for $10.00 for the first item and $1.00 for each additional one to the rest of the contiguous US. [Rates and shipping details](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shipping/index.html.md#seed-rates).

54 of 364 plants matching native to Louisiana, Rare. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/?native=LA&want=rare. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest current price, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oglethorpe Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oglethorpe-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus oglethorpensis* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 6–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md) | *Dirca palustris* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–9 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shellbark-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya laciniosa* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Maleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maleberry/index.html.md) | *Lyonia ligustrina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Silky Camellia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-camellia/index.html.md) | *Stewartia malacodendron* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–15 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Nutmeg Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nutmeg-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya myristiciformis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 80–100 | 7–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Ozark Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ozark-chinquapin/index.html.md) | *Castanea ozarkensis* | Chestnuts & Chinquapins | Small tree | 15–30 | 5–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Arkansas Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arkansas-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus arkansana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 20–60 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Swamp Cottonwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-cottonwood/index.html.md) | *Populus heterophylla* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 70–90 | 6–9 | Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Shining Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shining-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha nitens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 7–9 | Part, Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Three-flower Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/three-flower-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus triflora* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 3–20 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bog Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bog-spicebush/index.html.md) | *Lindera subcoriacea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–13 | 8–9 | Part, Full | Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pondberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondberry/index.html.md) | *Lindera melissifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 7–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pondspice](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondspice/index.html.md) | *Litsea aestivalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–15 | 7–9 | Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Granite Gooseberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/granite-gooseberry/index.html.md) | *Ribes curvatum* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 2–10 | 7–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pyramid Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pyramid-magnolia/index.html.md) | *Magnolia pyramidata* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–30 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sarvis Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sarvis-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex amelanchier* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–30 | 7–10 | Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Dwarf Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus prinoides* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 6–15 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sand Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-post-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus margaretta* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 6–9 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Delta Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/delta-post-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus similis* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 60–80 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Yellowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellowwood/index.html.md) | *Cladrastis kentukea* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–50 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Cucumber Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cucumber-magnolia/index.html.md) | *Magnolia acuminata* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Mulberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-mulberry/index.html.md) | *Morus rubra* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Medium tree | 35–50 | 4–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Allegheny Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-chinquapin/index.html.md) | *Castanea pumila* | Chestnuts & Chinquapins | Small tree | 10–25 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md) | *Staphylea trifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–15 | 4–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Leadplant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/leadplant/index.html.md) | *Amorpha canescens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-buckthorn/index.html.md) | *Frangula caroliniana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 5–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hoptree/index.html.md) | *Ptelea trifoliata* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–20 | 4–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Deerberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/deerberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium stamineum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–15 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-prickly-ash/index.html.md) | *Zanthoxylum americanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Two-wing Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/two-wing-silverbell/index.html.md) | *Halesia diptera* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–30 | 4–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Chalk Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chalk-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer leucoderme* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 25–30 | 5–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Shingle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shingle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus imbricaria* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Blackjack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackjack-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus marilandica* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–40 | 6–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/post-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus stellata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 35–50 | 5–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Water Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya aquatica* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 80–100 | 5–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Durand Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/durand-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus sinuata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–75 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sand Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya pallida* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 40–100 | 5–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Black Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya texana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Medium tree | 30–80 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Bitternut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bitternut-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya cordiformis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [American Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-chestnut/index.html.md) | *Castanea dentata* | Chestnuts & Chinquapins | Small tree | 15–30 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Dwarf Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-hackberry/index.html.md) | *Celtis tenuifolia* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–30 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Water Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-elm/index.html.md) | *Planera aquatica* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 30–40 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bigleaf Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-magnolia/index.html.md) | *Magnolia macrophylla* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–40 | 5–9 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Nuttall Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nuttall-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus texana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Black Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus velutina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Southern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-red-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus falcata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 60–80 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Dwarf Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus minima* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sweetleaf](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetleaf/index.html.md) | *Symplocos tinctoria* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–30 | 7–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Water Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-locust/index.html.md) | *Gleditsia aquatica* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Staggerbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staggerbush/index.html.md) | *Lyonia mariana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 5–9 | Part, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Littlehip Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/littlehip-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus spathulata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–26 | 5–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Upland Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/upland-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera ligustrina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Lanceleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lanceleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) | *Rhamnus lanceolata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–15 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |