Sourwood, oxydendrum arboreum
Product Description
Approximatley 10000 Seeds available as of Feb. 3, 2012.
Seed Specifications: Purity - 100%; Projected Germination Rate - 30%; Where Harvested (location/year) - Tennessee
The Sourwood is a medium sized tree usually found in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The thick bark of the Sourwood is gray to brown, deeply fissured, and it has narrow, scaly ridges. This tree grows in moist, well-drained soil that contain a large amount of humus. It requires acid soil. It generally grows with oaks and pines on valley slopes and in uplands. The Sourwood ranges throughout much of the southeastern United States to northern Florida and westward to Louisiana. Ohio is at the northern edge of its range and the tree is found only in a dozen or so southern counties. Although attractive as a ornamental , the Sourwood "is rather difficult to transplant and is not common in cultivation. The wood has little or no commercial value. Sometimes woodworkers make tool handles ans small turned articles from its wood. Deer browse on the tree's twigs. In some areas Sourwood honey is much admired. The Sourwood has some awesome fall color going from red or yellow or even purple in autumn. Sourwood can reach a height of 20-50 ft. Some have reached heights of 70 feet. Hardy to zone 6.
ATTENTION BUYERS: SEEDS ARE VERY, VERY SMALL BE AWARE OF THIS WHEN BUYING. To give you an idea how small, there are 4,000,000 seeds in one pound.
Recommended Planting Instructions:
Scarification: none required. Stratification: none required. Germination: No pre-germination treatment required. Sow immediately, surface sow, press seed into the soil, and keep moist.
Seed Specifications: Purity - 100%; Projected Germination Rate - 30%; Where Harvested (location/year) - Tennessee
The Sourwood is a medium sized tree usually found in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The thick bark of the Sourwood is gray to brown, deeply fissured, and it has narrow, scaly ridges. This tree grows in moist, well-drained soil that contain a large amount of humus. It requires acid soil. It generally grows with oaks and pines on valley slopes and in uplands. The Sourwood ranges throughout much of the southeastern United States to northern Florida and westward to Louisiana. Ohio is at the northern edge of its range and the tree is found only in a dozen or so southern counties. Although attractive as a ornamental , the Sourwood "is rather difficult to transplant and is not common in cultivation. The wood has little or no commercial value. Sometimes woodworkers make tool handles ans small turned articles from its wood. Deer browse on the tree's twigs. In some areas Sourwood honey is much admired. The Sourwood has some awesome fall color going from red or yellow or even purple in autumn. Sourwood can reach a height of 20-50 ft. Some have reached heights of 70 feet. Hardy to zone 6.
ATTENTION BUYERS: SEEDS ARE VERY, VERY SMALL BE AWARE OF THIS WHEN BUYING. To give you an idea how small, there are 4,000,000 seeds in one pound.
Recommended Planting Instructions:
Scarification: none required. Stratification: none required. Germination: No pre-germination treatment required. Sow immediately, surface sow, press seed into the soil, and keep moist.
