# 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.

72 of 364 plants matching native to Tennessee, Rare. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/?native=TN&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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [September Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/september-elm/index.html.md) | *Ulmus serotina* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–70 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Fraser Fir](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fraser-fir/index.html.md) | *Abies fraseri* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–55 | 4–7 | Full, Part | 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 |
| [Softleaf Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/softleaf-arrowwood/index.html.md) | *Viburnum molle* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 5–7 | Part, Shade | 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 |
| [Long-stalked Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/long-stalked-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex collina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–13 | 5–7 | Part, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Harbison's Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/harbison-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus harbisonii* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–26 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, 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 |
| [Virginia Spiraea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-spiraea/index.html.md) | *Spiraea virginiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–13 | 6–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Alabama Snow-wreath](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-snow-wreath/index.html.md) | *Neviusia alabamensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 4–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings | 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 |
| [Mountain Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Diervilla rivularis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 5–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bracted Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bracted-arrowwood/index.html.md) | *Viburnum bracteatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | 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 |
| [Piratebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piratebush/index.html.md) | *Buckleya distichophylla* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 6–7 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Conjurer's-nut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/conjurers-nut/index.html.md) | *Nestronia umbellula* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–4 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings | 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 |
| [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 |
| [American Smoketree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-smoketree/index.html.md) | *Cotinus obovatus* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 4–8 | Full | Dry, 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 |
| [Blue Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ash/index.html.md) | *Fraxinus quadrangulata* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 50–70 | 4–7 | Full | Dry, 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Mountain Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fetterbush/index.html.md) | *Pieris floribunda* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–6 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | 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 |
| [Box Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/box-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia brachycera* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | 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 |
| [Hairy Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium hirsutum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–8 | Part, Full | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Cumberland Rosemary](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-rosemary/index.html.md) | *Conradina verticillata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | 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 |

## 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.