The Arbor Day organization is great, but do be aware that the "trees" you're getting are going to be very small (18" I think is the tallest) and will take years to be able to provide food/shelter for wildlife. That is not to discourage you at all! Every big tree around started small, of course. However, you may also want to invest in some balled and burlapped versions of those same trees. You also may want to get more than one of some of the species, instead of 10 different things. 3 weigela are a more attractive target for birds/butterflies than 1

You could try Google! I found this on the first try: ' Species list ordered by common names of 336 Australian native trees and shrubs with links to photos and descriptions' . I simply typed in Queensland Native Trees species.

Woodlanders very much seems to still be existing...they did an order for me back in early March! Which as usual, I was very pleased with. But, yeah, time is probably limited for them and various other specialty nurseries. I'd say I've seen them list it every 3 to 5 years...going back to the 1990s...and they are the only mainstream mail order nursery to have ever offered it, as far as I know. I wouldn't rule out Forestfarm having had it once upon a time...the original owner/operator Ray, would really go out of his way to get unusual stuff. I think these days there's less of that going on...but they still have an impressive collection. Anyhow, yes this species is known to be hard to grow, short-lived, and really more like zone 8 hardy though it will probably be fine in 7b SC. I tried one and it hardly grew even during the summer. Not sure why. Then one of the polar vortex winters almost killed it. It tried to sprout in spring but petered out. A lot of the rare southeastern native trees are rare precisely because they need all sorts of environmental conditions 'just right' and over millions of years and various ice ages kept losing genetic diversity. For example William and Mary tried to plant a bunch of Gordonias when I was there, and they all died. (The native one of course. The Asian ones probably would have done well until a cold winter!) The late Dilworth Nursery in Oxford, PA, had a huge Franklinia when I visited in the 1990s. When I last saw them in 2012 they said it had died...etc. etc. etc. Which makes Sam's Elliottia, far from home in Harford County, MD, all the more impressive LOL.

^ Just a note - Seven-Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides) is a nonnative from China. I don't think it's invasive, and actually sounds like a nice import, but regardless...certainly does not fit the title of this thread. Just FYI for those who do want to focus on mostly native plants... -------------------------------------------------- 1980 introduction of seven-son flower, Heptacodium miconioides, from China. Heptacodium is shrubby plant belonging to the honeysuckle family native to at least two provinces in southern and south-central China. Like most members of the honeysuckle family, it grows as a multi-stemmed shrub with long branches that arch outward as the plant ages. Plants can reach 15 to 20 feet tall with a spread of 10 to 15 feet. As the plants age, the bark begins to peel (exfoliate), revealing a brownish to gray-white display. Heptacodium was first collected in China in 1907, but it was not introduced into cultivation in the West until 1980 after members of the Sino-American Botanical Expedition collected seeds in a southern Chinese botanical garden. This team was the first group of western botanists allowed in China since 1945 when the Communists defeated the Nationalists and Chairman Mao assumed control of the nation. The Arnold Arboretum made a general release of plants in 1987.