# 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).

33 of 364 plants matching native to New Jersey, Rare. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/?native=NJ&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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Allegheny Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus alleghaniensis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 3–20 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | 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 |
| [Roundleaf Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-serviceberry/index.html.md) | *Amelanchier sanguinea* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 3–23 | 2–8 | Full, Part | Dry, 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 |
| [Bear Oak (Scrub Oak)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus ilicifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 6–20 | 4–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Carolina Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-silverbell/index.html.md) | *Halesia tetraptera* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–40 | 4–8 | Part, Full | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Butternut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/butternut/index.html.md) | *Juglans cinerea* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 3–7 | Full | Average, Dry | 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 |
| [Rock Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rock-elm/index.html.md) | *Ulmus thomasii* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 70–90 | 2–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | 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 |
| [Table Mountain Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/table-mountain-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus pungens* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–40 | 5–7 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Broom Crowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/broom-crowberry/index.html.md) | *Corema conradii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–7 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sand Myrtle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-myrtle/index.html.md) | *Kalmia buxifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 6–8 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Rhodora](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rhodora/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron canadense* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 4–6 | Part, Full | 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 |
| [Golden Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia ericoides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia tomentosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sand Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-cherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus pumila* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 1–8 | 3–6 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |