| black walnut | germinated black walnuts |
| black oak acorn | germinated black oak acorns |
| bur oak acorns | germinated bur oak acorns |
| English oak acorns | germinated English oak acorns |
| Northern red oak acorns | germinated Northeern red oak acorns |
| Shagbark hickory nuts | germinated Shagbark hickory nuts |
| southern live oak acorns | germinated southern live oak acorns |
| Swamp white oak acorns | germinated Swamp white oak acorns |
| Water hickory nuts | germinated Water hickory nuts |
| Water oak acorns | germinated Water oak acorns |
Wild Trees collect acorns and nuts from trees of opportunity, and prepare them for planting. For your convenience, we offer these acorns and nuts as well as germinated acorns and germinated nuts for sale on this web site.
The area from which they are collected is given for each variety. In particular, black oak, bur oak, English oak,
northern red oak, and swamp white oak acorns, as well as shagbark hickory, and bitternut hickory nuts were collected
near Lansing Michigan. Water oak, and southern live oak acorns were collected near Tarpon Springs, Florida;
and black walnut were collected in Alabama. All of these acorns and nuts are offered for sale and are available for immediate
delivery. Starting with germinated acorns and nuts can save time and provide quicker satisfaction. Germinated black oak acorns, germinated black walnuts,
figs (ficus carica), ficus sycomorus, germinated bur oak, germinated northern red oak, germinated shagbark hickory, and
germinated black walnuts are offered for sale with delivery in April. Northern red oak, Southern live oak, and English oak acorns
germinate soon after harvest and may be available somewhat earlier. The acorns, shagbark hickory, and black walnuts are layered
and checked periodically for germination. Germinated shagbark hickory are shipped with sufficient quantities of layering material
to protect the brittle taproot. Unlike the water hickory, the germinated shagbark hickory must produce a taproot
approximately 10 inches long before it will produce stim growth. It therefore gets a slower start, but grows fairly
rapidly once it has suffient tap root development. Germinated live oak acorns taproot grows relatively rapidly. For
example those shown in the figures displayed when selecting southern live oak from the Main Menu are only two days
old. Parent tree size is given where possible. Heights of parent trees were determined using a laser distance measuring
device. It is well recognized that oaks hybridize. There were no other varieties of oak near the parent trees.
However pollen is airborne so no gurantiee is given on type. If necessary seedlings can be selected on type.
The acorns have been kept in a mixture of sand and spaghnum peat and refrigerated. Southern live oak acorns, and English oak corns germinate easily and refrigeration doesnot seem to significantly slow the taproot
growth. So germinated live oak acorns, and germinated English oak acorns will have germinated acorns earlier than the rest. Germinated acorns is of course a fast way to start.
For photographs of germinated live oak acorns select the button for southern live oak in the Main Menu; then select order germinated live oak acorns.
So check each variety for availability. Several varieties of figs (ficus carica) including celeste, brown turkey, brunswick, black mission, desert king, kadota, LSU gold, LSU purple, Texas everbearing, and ficus sycomorus are offered for sale with shipping starting 1 April 2006. These figs have at least
one full year of growth in large pots so you are assured to get plants with their entire root systems which you can prune to your satisfaction. The background photograph is that of an American chestnut. As is well known, the American Chestnut dominated our eastern forests in a manner similar to that of the giant red woods in the west. However, a fungus that induces blight in the American chestnut tree was imported to the US a little over a hundred years ago. The vast majority of the American chestnut trees had very little resistance to the blight which spread rapidly through our eastern forest killing an estimated 4 billion American chestnut trees. For more on the restoration work being done on the American chestnut go to the following websites: The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation is breeding a pure blight resistant American chestnut The ACCF Web Site and the American Chestnut Foundation is breeding a hybrid American x Chinese blight resistant Chestnut tree that has the physical characteristics of the American chestnut but carries the blight resistant genes of the Chinese chestnutThe ACF Web Site>. Both programs are moving forward with high anticipation of restoring the American chestnut to its former dominance of our eastern forests. To examine information and order acorns or germinated acorns push the appropriate
