# 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).

80 of 364 plants matching native to South Carolina, Rare. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/?native=SC&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 |
| [Kentucky Coffeetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/kentucky-coffeetree/index.html.md) | *Gymnocladus dioicus* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 3–8 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | 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 |
| [Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-camellia/index.html.md) | *Stewartia ovata* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–20 | 5–8 | Part, Shade | Average | 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 |
| [Georgia Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus georgiana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 25–50 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | 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 |
| [Mountain Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-witch-alder/index.html.md) | *Fothergilla major* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-hemlock/index.html.md) | *Tsuga caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Honeycup](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/honeycup/index.html.md) | *Zenobia pulverulenta* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 6–9 | Part, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Clammy Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clammy-locust/index.html.md) | *Robinia viscosa* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 30–40 | 3–8 | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Georgia Plume](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-plume/index.html.md) | *Elliottia racemosa* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–16 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Michaux's Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/michaux-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus michauxii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–8 | Full | Average, Dry | 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 |
| [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 |
| [May White Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/may-white-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron eastmanii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 15–16 | 8–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Georgia Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha georgiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [Godfrey's Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/godfrey-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera godfreyi* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–16 | 8–9 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Bluff Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluff-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus austrina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Myrtle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus myrtifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Fevertree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fevertree/index.html.md) | *Pinckneya bracteata* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–20 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Runner Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/runner-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus pumila* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 3–6 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Dry | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Dwarf Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-witch-alder/index.html.md) | *Fothergilla gardenii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–3 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bottlebrush Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bottlebrush-buckeye/index.html.md) | *Aesculus parviflora* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 4–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Oconee Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oconee-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron flammeum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–8 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Blue Ridge St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ridge-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum buckleyi* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [White Wicky](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-wicky/index.html.md) | *Kalmia cuneata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–5 | 8 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bear Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia ursina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Bog Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-bog-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia carolina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Climbing Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-fetterbush/index.html.md) | *Pieris phillyreifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 8–9 | Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creeping Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium crassifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Minnie-bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/minnie-bush/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron pilosum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 5–7 | Part, Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Sweetbells](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-sweetbells/index.html.md) | *Eubotrys recurva* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–12 | 5–9 | Part, Shade | Average | 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 |
| [Hairy Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia hirsuta* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 8–9 | Full | Dry, 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 |
| [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 |
| [Tough Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/tough-bully/index.html.md) | *Sideroxylon tenax* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 12–30 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Miccosukee Gooseberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/miccosukee-gooseberry/index.html.md) | *Ribes echinellum* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 2–5 | 7–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Schwerin's Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/schwerin-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha schwerinii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 7–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Weeping Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/weeping-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus lacrimata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–26 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |