# 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.

15 of 414 plants matching "prunus". Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/?q=prunus

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [American Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus americana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 15–25 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Beach Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beach-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus maritima* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 4–8 | 3–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Chickasaw Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chickasaw-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus angustifolia* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 4–20 | 5–9 | Full, Part | 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 |
| [Mexican Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mexican-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus mexicana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–35 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Flatwoods Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flatwoods-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus umbellata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 12–20 | 4–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Canada Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus nigra* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–30 | 2–6 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pin Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-cherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus pensylvanica* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 15–40 | 2–7 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Chokecherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chokecherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus virginiana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 2–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Laurelcherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-laurelcherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hortulan Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hortulan-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus hortulana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 5–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Black Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-cherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus serotina* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 2–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creek Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creek-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus rivularis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 3–25 | 7–8 | 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, 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.