Seven Son Flower, Seven Son Tree Heptacodium miconioides - Heptacodium jasminoides

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Botanical Name:

Heptacodium miconioides

Family:

Caprifoliaceae

Genus:

Heptacodium

Species:

miconioides

Common Name:

Seven Son Flower, Seven Son Tree

Seeds Per Pound:

43,584

Quantity:

24.53 lb

Average Viable Seeds/Packet:

Germination:

50%

Germination Test Type:

Purity:

70%

Height:

15-25 feet

Collection Locale:

Tennessee

Crop Year:

2013

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

In Stock: 24.53 lb

Prices

Heptacodium miconioides

Quantity

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Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:

1 packet (~ 78 seeds)

$5.95

10 gram (~ 961 seeds)

$15.50

1 oz (~ 2724 seeds)

$20.95

1 lb (~ 43584 seeds)

$209.50

1 kg (~ 96086 seeds)

$419.00

10 lb (~ 435840 seeds)

$1,895.00

Characteristics

Low PH

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.

Stratification: cold stratify for 120 days.

Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.

In a Nutshell:

* Heptacodium miconioides, commonly known as the Seven Sons plant, is a member of the Caprifoliaceae family, a cousin of the Honeysuckle, and sole member of the genus Heptacodium.

* Considered rare, the species is threatened by habitat loss, and only nine populations are known to remain in the wild, all of them in Anhui and Zhejiang provinces. The species is under second-class national protection in China.

* The plant is now also widely grown as an ornamental around the world.

* H. miconioides is a deciduous large shrub or small tree, typically growing to a height of between 4 and 8 m.

* The bark of the trunk is papery and thin, light tan in colour, and exfoliates in strips or sheets.

* In September, H. miconioides produces large shows of small fragrant white blooms attractive to butterflies, the flowers five-petalled, < 13 mm across.

* When the white corollas have fallen, the calyces develop into deep red expanded lobes which persist into November. more...

* This is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree.

* Fast grower especially when young. more...

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Seven Son Flower, Seven Son Tree Heptacodium miconioides - Heptacodium jasminoides

Heptacodium miconioides

Caprifoliaceae

Heptacodium

miconioides

Seven Son Flower, Seven Son Tree

Heptacodium miconioides

Shade Tolerant Plant

Specimen Tree

Drought Tolerant Plant

Acid Loving Plant

Flowering Shrub

Flowering Tree

Pollinator Attracting

Fragrant

Fall Color

Salt Tolerant Plant

Exfoliating Bark

Plant with Fast Growth

Ornamental Fruit

Plant for Summer Color

Low PH