# 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.

68 of 364 plants matching native to Florida, Rare. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/?native=FL&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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Ashe's Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ashe-magnolia/index.html.md) | *Magnolia ashei* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–30 | 5–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Florida Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-flame-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron austrinum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–9 | Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Corkwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/corkwood/index.html.md) | *Leitneria floridana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–20 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | 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 |
| [Scrub Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus geniculata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 2–6 | 9–10 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Four-petal Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/four-petal-pawpaw/index.html.md) | *Asimina tetramera* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 3–15 | 9–10 | Full, Part | 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 |
| [Pygmy Fringetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pygmy-fringetree/index.html.md) | *Chionanthus pygmaeus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–12 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, 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 |
| [Florida Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-yew/index.html.md) | *Taxus floridana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 12–25 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yellow Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-anise/index.html.md) | *Illicium parviflorum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Georgia Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-bully/index.html.md) | *Sideroxylon thornei* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–20 | 8–9 | Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Dwarf Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-tupelo/index.html.md) | *Nyssa ursina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–16 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-willow/index.html.md) | *Salix floridana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–20 | 8–10 | Part, Full | Wet | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Sandhill Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sandhill-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus inopina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 5–16 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Dry | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Bigleaf Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-witch-hazel/index.html.md) | *Hamamelis ovalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–16 | 5–8 | Part | Average, Dry | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Flag Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flag-pawpaw/index.html.md) | *Asimina obovata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 6–15 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | 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 |
| [Florida Torreya](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-torreya/index.html.md) | *Torreya taxifolia* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 30–50 | 5–9 | Part, Shade, Full | 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 |
| [Smooth-bark St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-bark-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum lissophloeus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Chapman's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum chapmanii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 7–13 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Wet, 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 |

## 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 and blight-resistant chestnuts grown from seed, for nuts, wildlife and the pleasure of 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.