London Plane

This is a rapid growing, heat and drought tolerant

tree that looks similar to a Sycamore. It can grow

5 - 6 ft. per year up to 60 ft. tall with a 50 ft. spread.

It has large leaves similar to a Sycamore that are

resistant to the anthracnose disease unlike the Sycamore.

It tolerates a wide range of soil conditions and has patchy

cream and tan bark. The dark green leaves of summer turn

to a yellow-brown in the fall.

Althea (Rose of Sharon)

Althea is a quick growing shrub that flowers from mid-summer to mid-fall. It makes a very showy screen that grows to 10 ft. tall and 5 ft. wide in full sun. It grows well in a wide range of soils except for the very wet or very dry soils. Prune Althea back in very early spring to encourage the best flowering. Winter dieback can happen at temperatures of 20 degrees below zero. Althea is also called Rose of Sharon or Hardy Hibiscus and has flowers in red, pink and purple. Plant 3-4 ft. apart for colorful screen.

Red Oak

Red Oak trees are one of the fastest growing oaks, with up

to 2 ft. of growth per year. They can grow to a height of

60 ft. with a spread of 50 ft. In 15- 20 years it may also

produce acorns. In summer the leaves are a dark green and

turn to a russet red in the fall. Prefers sandy, well-drained soils

in full sun. The wood is heavy, strong and very ice-and wind

resistant.

Autumn Blaze Maple

the Autumn Blaze is an extremely fast-growing maple

with brilliant red fall color. Under good conditions

it can grow 3ft. or more per year. It is tolerant of clay

soils and drought and has a dense, oval head with strong branching.

Cleveland Select Pear

Spring blooming Fall color

Cleveland Select Pear Tree

This is an excellent street tree with dense white flowering in early spring and purple fall coloring some years. It has an attractive upright oval form and glossy green leaves. The Cleveland Select Pear reaches a height of 30 feet and width of 15 feet. This pear has a superior branch structure that withstands ice and wind damage better than the Bradford Pear. It is fruitless has few pest problems, tolerates urban conditions, and heavy clay soils.

Prairiefire Crabapple

This upright rounded crabapple tree is very disease resistant,

Unlike the old-time crabapples, this tree requires no chemical

spraying to keep its maroon to dark green leaves healthy. The

red flower buds open to a dark pinkish red in a gorgeous spring

display. The show continues with the pea size, dark red fruit

hanging on into winter. Fall foliage is various shades of yellow,

orange and red. Prairifire will grow about 1 ft. per year to a height

and spread of 20 ft. by 20 ft. Grows in most soil conditions

except very wet.

Prairiefire Crabapple

Cranberry

This is an excellent deciduous shrub for screening

up to 10 to 12 ft. high. It grows to a width of 8 ft.

with very dense growth of up to 3 feet per year in

full sun or part shade. The American Cranberry Bush

has showy white flowers in spring followed by red

berries in fall and winter. These berries hang through

mid winter, making excellent bird feed. This shrub has

very few insect problems and prefers good, well-drained

soil. For best growth, provide supplemental water during

drought periods. For a solid screen, plant bushes 2 to 3 ft. apart.

Honeysuckle

It grows in shady areas as well as full sun to a height

and width of 10 ft. It's one of the few honeysuckles that is

Aphid resistant. Arnolds Red can grow 1-3 ft per year and

makes a great screen when planted 3-4 ft. apart.

Dogwood

The Dogwood is a thicket-forming shrub that quickly grows to 10 ft. high by 7 to 8 ft. wide. It has small, white flowers that are followed by small, white fruit. In the fall, its foliage turns from green to purple. In the winter, the stems are red, providing a nice contrast to the snow cover. This plant is rugged, tolerating most soil conditions except for droughty soils. With additional water, growth rates of 3 to 4 feet per year are possible. It will even grow in wet, swampy conditions and may thrive in sun or shade. The Dogwood is good cover for birds and wildlife. For a screen or windbreak, plant 2 to 3 feet apart.

Milky Way Select Dogwood is an outstanding selection of Chinese Kousa Dogwood. This cultivar is notable for rich, dark green foliage and a prolific crop of white flowers that are borne in June. Composed of four creamy white bracts, they are followed in late summer by bright orange red fruits. These complement the deep red and orange to scarlet fall foliage and remain well after leaf drop to provide an extra display of seasonal color. Milky Way Select Dogwood grows in a rounded to widely vase shaped form to a height and spread of about 20 feet.

The Legacy Sugar Maple has an upright, symmetrical form. Its classic, thick, glossy, dark green maple leaves turn shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. Sugar maples produce 1-2” winged samaras in September and October. The Legacy is considered the best of the new, more drought resistant Sugar Maple cultivar

Summer Fall

October Glory Maple Tree

A rapid growing Red Maple cultivar. This ever-popular

maple should be considered as a beautiful shade tree

addition to any yard. Glistening dark green leaves in

spring, summer turn radiant red late fall and last several

weeks. Tiny, conspicuous red flowers bloom in spring.

Showy red fruit attract many birds and other wildlife.

Grows 40'-50' high with a 25'-35' spread. Tolerant of

many soils, but prefers slightly acid and moist conditions.

Plant in partial shade to full sun.

Norway Spruce Trees

This very attractive pyramid evergreen is the fastest

growing type of spruce. When established, it can

grow 2 ft. or more per year. With a height of 60 ft. or

more and a 20 ft. spread, it is good for windbreaks or

screens. The Norway Spruce does not tolerate extremely

wet conditions.

Colorado Blue Spruce

A magnificent sight of silver blue-green spruce that

is a broad, dense, pyramidal tree with stiff

branches horizontal to the ground. It is rated one of

the most popular evergreens and that can grow to a

mature height of 50-75' and a spread of 10'-20'

in the landscape. In the wild it can grow up to 135'

and have a 35' spread.

White Pine

The Eastern White Pine is a beautiful landscape

pine widely used throughout much of North America.

It is a fast-growing species with bluish or greenish

foliage depending on the individual tree.

Description

Height: 50-80 feet
Spread: 25-35 feet
Leaf blade: 2-4 inches

Crimson King Maple

The Crimson King Maple is a red-leaved cultivar of the

Norway Maple and it is noted for its rich maroon leaves

throughout the summer. The Crimson King grows best in

a well drained area and is very tolerant of drought and urban

pollutants. It often used as a specimen tree for the landscape

and it provides dense shade. It grows to a height of 40 – 50

feet with a spread of 25 – 30 feet.

Tulip Poplar

Tulip poplar actually is not a poplar, but a member

of the magnolia family. The leaves are tulip-shaped,

alternate, and simple. The leaf is smooth on both

surfaces, dark green and lustrous above, pale and

often with a slight whitish bloom beneath.

Twigs are moderately stout, olive-brown, to reddish

brown, very smooth and usually lustrous; the large

terminal bud has two large duck-bill shaped scales.

Tulip poplar produces tulip-shaped, light greenish-yellow

flowers from April to June. It is a prolific seed bearer

but has a low percent germination. The cone shaped fruit

clusters usually persist on branches.



Eastern Redbud

The redbud tree grows 12 to 18 inches each year,

achieving a total height of 30 feet. It has a rounded

canopy that spreads about 25 feet when mature. Its

pinkish-purplish flowers are among the first to blossom

in the spring. Some flowers even sprout directly from

the trunk. Its leaves turn yellow in the fall. The leaves

have a rounded, heart shape. The thin, brown bark is

smooth and grows darker and furrowed with time until

finally it looks like large plates cracked into thin scales.

Pin Oak

Pin oaks are one of the most rapid growing oak

trees and can shoot up between 12 and 15 feet over

a time frame of five to seven years. Pin oak trees

can reach heights of between 50 and 75 feet tall,

maximum. The trees have deep green and glossy

summertime alternate leaves--those which alternate

in direction--which become either red or bronze

during the autumn. They bear light brown acorns

that are half an inch in both width and length.

Miss Canada Lilac

This hardy, late-flowering hybrid bears perfumed rose-pink

buds opening to pink flowers. It forms a shrub 10 feet high

by 8 feet wide. It grows in reasonably fertile, well-drained

soil in full sun; prefers neutral to slightly alkaline soil.

Donald Wyman Lilac

'Donald Wyman', has purple buds that open to

single, red-purple fragrant flowers in early to mid-June.

This hardy, upright growing Canadian Lilac blooms two

weeks later than Common Lilacs. The flowers on the

panicles tend to be finer and more delicate than those on

other lilacs, and its fragrance is more spicy too. It makes

an excellent specimen or hedge planting. This plant is

attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds and requires

average water needs; water regularly; do not overwater.

Donald Wyman Lilac prefers full sun, good drainage

and air circulation. It tolerates light shade, but best bloom

is in full sun. It can be used in many situations, including

shrub borders, informal hedges and perennial borders.

Being very showy and fragrant, it makes a wonderful

screen or border specimen and grows 8-10 feet tall

and 4-10 feet wide.

Knock Out Roses

The Knock Out rose is a shrub rose that grows to

around 4 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. This rose

variety features foliage that is deep green with a

maroon undercoloring and maroon highlight on

top of the leaf. The blooms are anywhere from

3 to 4 inches in diameter and bloom about every

6 weeks. Bloom clusters are generally 2 to 5 flowers,

with up to 30 blossoms on each flowering branch.

Knock Out roses are usually bright red, but some Red

deep pink, light pink and white varieties are growing

in popularity.

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