I bought it via seed from Lawyer Nursery one time though I looked and not listed right now. Seems to germinate pretty easy, though they ended up dying early on because got too weedy or dry if I recall right. Looks like Sheffield's seeds has it available right now. What do you like about that species? I bought a Corylus fargesii this year, I can imagine that may one of the best ones to grow because of the attractive bark.

Thanks. I'm somewhat concerned about the true-to-namedness of any seeds coming out of China & India. At any rate I'd rather start with a plant, in this case.

Have also considered C. fargesii, but I want a shade tree, not a nut producer (per se), and from what I've read C. chinensis is the strongest and tallest growing. They are probably fairly similar, but C. fargesii more of a small to medium sized tree and C. chinensis a medium-to-large one. Also, a document I found on the web noted that C. chinensis leaves were resistant to Japanese Beetles. This is a known problem with the other most tree-like species in the genus, Corylus colurna, aka the turkish tree hazel.