College student needs help with project - Need Seeds

[PAnative]

hey everyone, I'm new to the site and thought this would be a great place to get some advice and maybe some help with my second degree (landscape architecture)

For one of my classes we need to grow 10 different specimens and record nutrient input, water input, sunlight, growth rate etc etc etc...below I have a list of prospective trees. As you can see I like fairly unique trees for the most part....most wanted trees are bolded

It seems that there are a lot of generous people on the site so ill take this opportunity to ask for some help, if you have any seeds from the below list that you wouldnt mind parting with PLEASE message me

...some specimens I will keep strictly indoors (maybe some bonsai), and some I will plant at my home at the completion of the course so keep in mind I need species tolerant to 5a

I'm LOOKING FOR:
-wisterias
-african tulip
-jezo spruce
-indian sacred fig
-indian banyan
-japanese maple
-bamboos
-quaking aspen
-cypress
-dogwoods
-junipers
-royal empress
-myrtles
-smoke tree
-crapes
-cleveland pear
-plums
-pears
-weeping willow
-autumn blaze maple
-autumn purple ash


I HAVE:
-osage orange
-oaks
-rhododendron

[PAnative]

PS....if you have any other seeds that I did not list please message me, I'm open to any other ideas!

[Kisal]

You might want to reconsider growing the Royal Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa). It's listed as an invasive exotic plant in much of the U.S.

https://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/Forestry/invasivetutorial/princess_tree.htm

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/printree.shtml

[DoubleDogFarm]

You might want to reconsider growing the Royal Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa). It's listed as an invasive exotic plant in much of the U.S.

https://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/Forestry/invasivetutorial/princess_tree.htm

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/printree.shtml

Interesting. Nevada is planting thousands of acres of these trees. They believe they can reforest the deforested areas that turned to desert.
https://www.nnbw.com/ArticleRead.aspx?storyID=15011

Eric

[PAnative]

the royal empress is actually one of the trees I was planning to try bonsai with, so I don't think there is need for concern

[PAnative]

still looking for the above seeds!!!

[Wort]

What zone are you in?

[bangstrom]

still looking for the above seeds!!!

Your seed list looks largely impractical. Many seeds like plums and pears need a long period of cold stratifaction to break their dormancy. Dogwood seeds need two cold treatments and two years to germinate. Seeds from grafted Cleveland (Callery) pears are normally sterile but occasionally they cross with other pears and the seedlings grow into highly prolific wild type pears that are becoming weed trees in many areas. Autumn Blaze maple, and Autumn Purple ash are grafted trees that rarely breed true. You could make a trip to the woods or road ditches for seedling trees or go to the grocery for citrus seeds, nuts, or avocados. This summer the streets will be full of tree seeds. Maples, ash, and elms.

[bangstrom]

Interesting. Nevada is planting thousands of acres of these trees. They believe they can reforest the deforested areas that turned to desert.
https://www.nnbw.com/ArticleRead.aspx?storyID=15011

Eric

They can't seriously be trying to grow Royal Empress trees (Paulownia tomentosa) in Nevada. I smell an investment scam.