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this a is a positive tree I like the history behind these trees and what they were used for I would like to know more about them. my wife...Read More
One ingested seed can kill an adult human. Contact with the foliage can cause a poison-ivy-like rash in some people.
The ...Read More
Naturalized in Gulf Coast of Mississippi because of the tung oil industry. My soil is pH 5.5-6.5 and nutrient-poor, but these trees grow ...Read More
We have a tree in our yard that I dearly love. It is slow-growing and spreads rather than growing straight up. Mine is more like a bush t...Read More
I wanted to grow this tree in my borderline zone 7b-8 garden in the Peidmont of NC. I planted it in full sun in 2012 as a one gallon and ...Read More
I have grown this tree for 3 years now. It survived 5 degrees last winter with minor tip burn and has flushed back out.It is now about 5 ...Read More
In the Florida panhandle, there are still remain of Tung Tree plantations, and when I first saw them in Spring, I wondered what those bea...Read More
My Pawpaw was a Tung Oil farmer back in the 70s..he's long gone but we have bought his old place & found many Tung Oil trees still growin...Read More
See it all over Charleston, SC as an unstorey tree. Called it the pink snow tree until I learned the true name. Reseeds but seedlings e...Read More
Positive with a few caveats: this plant can be horrifically messy if planted where it can drop seeds on a driveway or patio. The seeds ar...Read More
Walking on a trail on the south facing bluffs above Madison, Indiana(zone 7, zip 47250) on the Ohio River this past November (2010) I cam...Read More
I have this tree growing in woods about 20 feet from the back of my house. They only grow in the lower half I think because it is more m...Read More
I came across this tree at my grandmother's hairdresser, (Prosperity, South Carolina) The tree was forming its pods and I loved the large...Read More
I will be getting a Tung Oil Tree in trade. Does anyone know how it will do in Zone 6B (Central NJ). If it's pushing it to plant outside ...Read More
We are just back from Charleston, and YES, there is ONE and only one, of these trees there. Not one person could I find that could recogn...Read More
These grow very well here and grow quite large. I have two smaller trees on my property that are about 15 feet tall. There is one that gr...Read More
I saw this tree growing in the yard of one of Charleston, SC historic homes, Zone 8. It was bearing seed at the time.
this plant requires a minimum temperature of 45F