Japanese Raisin Tree Rare! {Hovenia dulcis} Bonsai | Exotic Ornamental | Zero Waste | Year Round Beauty | 10 seeds Free Shipping! A perfect ornamental with a multitude of uses including bonsai, container growing and as a tropical. Beautiful glossy green leaves are deciduous and drop in the fall while green. White-green flowers burst forth in the spring with a sweet fragrance followed by small brown drupes that ripen to bright red and taste like raisins. The bark is ridged with valleys of brown making it look aged and perfect for bonsai culture. Likes sun to part shade. An extract of the seeds and young leaves is used as a honey substitute and used to make candy. The wood is hard and fine and used to make quality furniture.Japanese Raisin tree can reach 40 to 50 feet in height but is most often seen at 30 to 35 feet.Leaves drop while green in fall without changing color. Small seed lots may be scarified by nicking or filing. Hard seed coat induced dormancy combined with an embryo requiring 60-90 days cold stratification. Flowers are greenish-white. Germination info: Seed requires a 1-2 hour scarification followed by 60-90 days cold moist stratification. Germination Range: 60-80%