# 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.

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/?sun=shade&zone=3

46 of 444 plants matching shade sun, zone 3. 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 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 Basswood (Linden)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-basswood/index.html.md) | *Tilia americana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–90 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Nannyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nannyberry/index.html.md) | *Viburnum lentago* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–18 | 2–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Common Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hackberry/index.html.md) | *Celtis occidentalis* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–60 | 2–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Arrowwood Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum dentatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer spicatum* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–25 | 2–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md) | *Taxus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 2–7 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Squashberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/squashberry/index.html.md) | *Viburnum edule* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–7 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roundleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus rugosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 2–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Osier Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-osier-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus sericea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Balsam Fir](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/balsam-fir/index.html.md) | *Abies balsamea* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–75 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Velvetleaf Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/velvetleaf-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium myrtilloides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–4 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Trailing Arbutus](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/trailing-arbutus/index.html.md) | *Epigaea repens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 2–8 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Riverbank Grape](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/riverbank-grape/index.html.md) | *Vitis riparia* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 35–75 | 2–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bunchberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bunchberry/index.html.md) | *Cornus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 2–6 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [American Hornbeam (Musclewood)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hornbeam/index.html.md) | *Carpinus caroliniana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–35 | 3–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hop Hornbeam](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hop-hornbeam/index.html.md) | *Ostrya virginiana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 25–40 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-pepperbush/index.html.md) | *Clethra alnifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–8 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Blackhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackhaw/index.html.md) | *Viburnum prunifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–15 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/witch-hazel/index.html.md) | *Hamamelis virginiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–20 | 3–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md) | *Staphylea trifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–15 | 3–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-elderberry/index.html.md) | *Sambucus racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 3–7 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md) | *Dirca palustris* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–9 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Rosebay Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron maximum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–15 | 3–7 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Silverleaf Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silverleaf-hydrangea/index.html.md) | *Hydrangea radiata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Striped Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/striped-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer pensylvanicum* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–35 | 3–7 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hobblebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hobblebush/index.html.md) | *Viburnum lantanoides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–12 | 3–6 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pagoda Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pagoda-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus alternifolia* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–25 | 3–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mapleleaf Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mapleleaf-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum acerifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer nigrum* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–75 | 3–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Ohio Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ohio-buckeye/index.html.md) | *Aesculus glabra* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 20–40 | 3–7 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | 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 |
| [Alderleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alderleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) | *Rhamnus alnifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–5 | 3–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [American Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Lonicera canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Downy Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-arrowwood/index.html.md) | *Viburnum rafinesqueanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 3–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Wahoo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-wahoo/index.html.md) | *Euonymus atropurpureus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–20 | 3–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Wild Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-hydrangea/index.html.md) | *Hydrangea arborescens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-hemlock/index.html.md) | *Tsuga canadensis* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–100 | 3–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Slippery Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/slippery-elm/index.html.md) | *Ulmus rubra* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–70 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Limber Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/limber-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Lonicera dioica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Lonicera villosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 3–6 | Part, Full, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roseshell Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roseshell-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron prinophyllum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 3–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Virginia Creeper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-creeper/index.html.md) | *Parthenocissus quinquefolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 30–50 | 3–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Purple-flowering Raspberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/purple-flowering-raspberry/index.html.md) | *Rubus odoratus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Teaberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-teaberry/index.html.md) | *Gaultheria procumbens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 3–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Partridgeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/partridgeberry/index.html.md) | *Mitchella repens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 3–8 | Shade, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yellowroot](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellowroot/index.html.md) | *Xanthorhiza simplicissima* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 3–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet, 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.