# Native trees, shrubs, acorns and seed

> Every plant Blue Whale Trees grows, all from seed: native trees and shrubs sold as saplings, and acorns, nuts and seed to sow.

23 of 364 plants matching grown as nuts. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/?as=nuts

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 price for sale, a plant size's first and a packet's apart, or Sold out for a priced plant with nothing for sale, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Northern Pecan](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pecan/index.html.md) | *Carya illinoinensis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 70–100 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya ovata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–90 | 4–8 | Full | Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Black Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-walnut/index.html.md) | *Juglans nigra* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 70–100 | 4–9 | Full | Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [American Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hazelnut/index.html.md) | *Corylus americana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 8–12 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Nuts | 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 |
| [Chinese Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinese-chestnut/index.html.md) | *Castanea mollissima* | Chestnuts & Chinquapins | Medium tree | 40–60 | 4–8 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Mockernut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mockernut-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya tomentosa* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Pignut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pignut-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya glabra* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Beaked Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beaked-hazelnut/index.html.md) | *Corylus cornuta* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 4–10 | 3–8 | Full, Part | 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 |
| [Red Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya ovalis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–100 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Scrub Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya floridana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–30 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [American Beech](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beech/index.html.md) | *Fagus grandifolia* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Little Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/little-walnut/index.html.md) | *Juglans microcarpa* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Southern Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya carolinae-septentrionalis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 70–125 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |

## Groups

- [Rare & Uncommon Oaks](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/rare-oaks/index.html.md): Scrub oaks, coastal-plain post oaks and southern white oaks you will not find at a garden center.
- [Classic Oaks](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/classic-oaks/index.html.md): White, red, bur, pin and the other oaks every yard and woodland knows, grown from seed for shade and for the wildlife their acorns feed.
- [Superior Specimen Lines](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/specimens/index.html.md): Acorns and seedlings collected from named, proven parent trees.
- [Uncommon Yard Trees](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/yard-trees/index.html.md): Native shade and flowering trees that deserve far more use than they get.
- [Native Shrubs](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/shrubs/index.html.md): Understory and hedgerow shrubs for birds, pollinators and privacy.
- [Nut & Fruit Trees](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/nuts-fruit/index.html.md): Pecan, hickory, walnut, pawpaw, persimmon and other native food trees.
- [Chestnuts & Chinquapins](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/chestnuts/index.html.md): Native chinquapins, the American chestnut and the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut, grown from seed for nuts, wildlife and a chestnut in the yard again.
- [Acorns, Nuts & Seed](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/index.html.md): Acorns, nuts and seed to sow, collected from the same proven parent trees as our saplings.