oh crikey on the redbud... i could send you about 14 million two year old seedlings... if you cant get that one to grow.. give up .. lol

of course you will have to make a deal with the devil hopping vermin ...

congrats on your successes ...

ken

ps: always meant to ask.. whos your fave hair metal band... and do you have the hair??? ...

hair,
Be aware that the triflorum has a hard shell much like griseum with similar associated problems. IMHO it would be better to strat those outside in a bed with well aged mulch. I suspect (but don't know for certain) that the seed actually relies upon decomposing organism to partly breakdown the hard shell before spring germination.I have had a couple volunteer griseum, and they germinated in mulch and the most moist location in the yard. Exactly where one would expect the most biological action on the seed coat.

Can't say about the Chalk seed though.

Arktrees

I've germinated Nyssa sylvatica 2 or 3 years in a row. I collect the fruit at peak ripeness in the fall, clean all the pulp off the stone, air dry for a couple/few days, and then cold storage until end of December. In January I would start the cold stratification. They can start germinating while stratifying, so keep an eye on them. Two to three months has been plenty long enough to allow good germination.

The neighbor across the street has a Carya cordiformis, Bitternut Hickory.

My squirrel friends do a great job of planting the nuts in my yard, especially in my flower beds too close to the house. I've one 8" seedling that I want to transfer to a better location and see if it will thrive and grow.

There are also some Shagbark Hickories nearby that I want to visit and look for seedlings I might be able to transfer.

Basically, they seem to be pretty easy to grow naturally.

Carya have a deep taproot. I'm thinking if they get dug up early enough, they can be transplanted. If growing from seed, a fairly deep pot might not be a bad idea. Of course, they need a bit of a cold spell, and possible stratification, but their shells seem to be thin.

Hope this helps,

vince

Xanthoceras sorbifolium

Frank