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Sourwood

Original price £135.00 - Original price £135.00
Original price
£135.00
£135.00 - £135.00
Current price £135.00

The Living Urn® ships now;  2-4' Premium Sourwood Tree will ship separately within 5-10 days from your order fresh from our nursery and ready to plant. Please contact us if you need your tree sooner or by a certain date.

What’s Included

Everything you need to grow a living memory:

  •    Our Patented BioUrn®
  •    RootProtect® Proprietary Soil Additive
  •    Aged Wood Chips
  •    Step-By-Step Planting Instructions
  •    2-4 Foot Premium Sourwood Tree

                      Questions? Check out our FAQ Page.

                      Sourwoods cannot be shipped to AK and HI due to state restrictions.

                      About

                      A medium-sized tree, the Sourwood shines in the Summer and Fall. Its midsummer flowers appear like lilies-of-the-valley, are highly fragrant and contrast nicely against the green foliage. Then in the Fall, leaves turn intensely beautiful shades of brilliant crimson, purplish-red and sometimes yellow. This tree shines in landscaping as a specimen in a lawn, a garden feature, an ornamental addition to larger trees or a clump in a large, open space. And for honey lovers, the sourwood offers an additional bonus. Honey produced from the flowers of this tree is considered by many to be unmatched by clover, orange blossom, fireweed or any other honey. It has few pest or disease problems and is easily treated for the ones it does encounter.

                      Wildlife

                      Deer browse sourwood twigs and leaves. Gourmet honey is produced by the many bees that are attracted to the nectar-laden flowers.

                      Quirky Facts

                      A native tree of North America, the Sourwood is one of the few endemic trees that is not found in other continents unless planted, and has no related species. The name Sourwood is derived from the acrid taste of its leaves, but tea made from these leaves is widely used by mountain climbers as a thirst-quencher. Pioneers used the sap as one ingredient in a concoction used for treating fevers, the bark for chewing to soothe mouth pains, and leaf tea for treating diarrhea, indigestion and dysentery. But the best known by-product of the Sourwood tree is the hard-to-find and extremely delicious honey produced from the fragrant blossoms by honeybees.

                      What is The Living Urn®?

                      What is The Living Urn®?

                      The patented Living Urn® is America's first and leading bio urn & planting system designed to grow a beautiful, enduring memory tree, plant, or flowers with cremated remains!

                      Honor a loved one when they pass on and celebrate all they’ve given us - the joy, the companionship, the love - and keep their memory present in our lives! Give back and grow a living memory with The Living Urn®...

                      Patented System

                      Only tree urn designed to be used with living trees, not seeds or tiny saplings

                      Tree Options

                      Over 70 beautiful premium 2 to 4 foot tree options shipped directly to your doorstep, ready to plant!

                      Dignified & Eco-Friendly

                      All natural system comes packaged in an attractive bamboo casing that can be customized.

                      Advantageous Product Design

                      Versatility (use as much or as little ashes); Depth (designed for trees); Eco Material

                      How Does it Work?

                      How Does it Work?

                      The patented Living Urn® BioUrn® and Planting System is complex in its design, but simple and easy to use. Place your loved one's cremated remains in the BioUrn® and add our proprietary RootProtect® additive on top. Next, lower the roots of the young tree into our special BioUrn®, add premium growth mix, and plant it in the ground. A beautiful, enduring living memorial will then grow up from the urn and the cremated remains to keep your loved one's memory present in your life!

                      Frequently Asked Questions

                      For answers to additional questions please Click Here.

                      Family Program & Pre-Need

                      Family Program & Pre-Need

                      The Family Program is designed for families that are splitting up remains or sharing remains among family to use remains for different purposes (scattering, Living Urn, keeping some in a traditional urn, etc.).

                      The family program provides you with a discount of 10% off your entire order when ordering more than one urn (simply use discount code FAMILYPROGRAM at checkout) - making it more affordable to pursue the memorial options best suited for your family. 

                      Pre Need (making plans in advance) - also, many families are interested in taking care of plans ahead of time. The Living Urn can be purchased for yourself or in advance for a loved one. The urn has no expiration, and although it is all natural and biodegradable, it will not biodegrade unless it is buried. Therefore, it can be stored safely for many years before use (as long as desired). 

                      Use the Ecorial App with The Living Urn®

                      Use the Ecorial App with The Living Urn®

                      The Ecorial® App is the leading new way to memorialize and honor a loved one as they Rest in Nature®. When scattering ashes on land or in water or performing a tree burial with The Living Urn®, use the Ecorial® App to “mark the spot” by recording the exact GPS coordinates plus the time and date of the event. You can also upload photos and videos of your loved one’s forever resting place and create a beautiful interactive online memorial with ease.

                      This special location can be found forever on the Memory Map® and shared with family, friends, and, if you choose, the world to see! The Ecorial® app can be found in Apple’s App Store (for iOS), Google Play (for Android), and on the web at ecorial.org.