Trees

SWEETBAY MAGNOLIA Magnolia virginiana (Moonglow)

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This upright 35' x 15' VERY hardy; pretty selection has glossy dark-green semi-evergreen foliage; fragrant, late spring-into-summer, cup-shaped white flowers. S-PSh/M PP12065 Zone 5

CHINESE WILLOW-LEAF MAGNOLIA Magnolia biondii

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This gorgeous and rare 30-50' tree blooms very early in spring (late-February). The early blossoms give it the pretty name of 'Hope of Spring'. A delightful tree from China, it produces an abundance of deliciously lemon-scented white flowers followed by...

SELF FRUITING HASKAP Lonicera caerulea (Yezberry Solo)

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A wonderful 5-6' Haskap from Japan with the ability to go solo, although self-fertile yields will be improved with another Yezberry” present; good for fresh eating or preserving. S-PSh/M ...

OREGON GRAPE Mahonia aquifolium

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Bright-yellow fragrant flowers in early spring bring rich dusty-blue fruit clusters that make a wonderful jelly. Thick glossy dark-green compound leaves which turn red to bronze in winter give this medium 3-6' western native true four-season appeal...

RED MULBERRY Morus rubra

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This lovely rounded tree to 30-50' is valuable in the landscape not only for its drought and pollution tolerance, but also for its fruit which is loved by birds and jelly makers! The tasty red fruits (on fertilized female trees) look somewhat like 1"...

EUROPEAN BEECH Fagus sylvatica

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The European Beech and its varieties should be at the top of everyone's list of desirable large shade trees. This dense, upright oval or wide spreading tree typically reaches 50-60' (uncommonly up to 100'). Glossy dark-green leaves up to 4" long have...

FEMALE AMERICAN HOLLY Ilex opaca (Arlene Leach)

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A rather quick growing female holly (30-50ft) with wavy, 2-4in dark green, leathery leaves and smaller spines. Berries are typically reddish-orange, but may be crimson or even yellowish. An especially stately tree standing naturally conical and somewhat...

GOLDENRAIN TREE (Koelreuteria paniculata)

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The dainty, feathery, pinnate foliage emerges a soft, copper color before maturing to bright-green. Unusual, small, star shaped, bright-yellow flowers hang in 15" panicles; when the flowers drop you have a 'golden rain'. Flowers become showy, curious,...

MALE GINKGO Ginkgo biloba (Magyar)

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This is a narrow pyramidal male form which reaches 40-60' in height, but only spreads 20-30'. This stunning tree not only fits a tough niche but does it in such a nice way with its well-spaced horizontal branches, deep-green foliage and brilliant gold...

MAIDENHAIR TREE/GINKGO Ginkgo biloba

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An ancient and amazing tree, actually a deciduous conifer; this picturesque, wide-spreading (80' tall by 40' wide) tree has interesting two-lobed fan-shaped leaves with butter-yellow fall color; most cultivars are male to avoid the foul smelling (but...

ITALIAN HONEY FIG Ficus carica (Lattarula)

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Wonderful, honey-sweet figs have soft-green skin and gorgeous golden-amber flesh and are good for fresh eating or dried. Large, lobed leaves are very attractive on this 10-20' tall and wide shrubby tree. These delicious figs bear two crops in warm...

BEE BEE TREE Evodia Tetradium daniellii

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A lovely garden addition in flower and fruit! This medium-sized rounded tree (to 50') has long 9-15"compound leaves and produces flat-topped clusters of small white flowers that are much enjoyed by bees in late summer when many other plants have already...

SEVEN SON FLOWER Heptacodium miconioides (Temple of Bloom)

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This tree may be small in size, but not in impact. Spring leaves emerge green and deeply veined, twisting at the tips as they mature. Profuse clusters of fragrant white flowers bloom for weeks in the summer, attracting pollinators of all kinds. Once the...

PINK-FLOWERING DOGWOOD Cornus kousa (Scarlet Fire)

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After a couple years of being established, the abundance of 4-5 inch lighter pink flowers will emerge as a dark-pink to fuchsia, unique from other dogwoods. Summer blooms can last for up to 8 weeks! Very showy, low maintenance, drought tolerant, and...

DOGWOOD Cornus kousa (Greensleeves)

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Four creamy-white perpendicular "petals" (really bracts) form a bright and prolific show of late spring flowers on this small (20x20') woodland beauty; dark-green leaves are unusually shiny and turn a showy bright red in the fall color, produces...

PUMPKIN ASH Fraxinus profunda (tomentosa)

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This native tree of river bottoms and swamps, mid-west to southeast, becomes a narrow 50-100' tree whose long (to 17") feather-like (compound) leaves are a dark yellow-green; seeds are enjoyed by wildlife. S-PSh/M-W ...

KENTUCKY COFFEETREE Gymnocladus dioicus

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One of the most handsome of our native trees, the Kentucky coffeetree is a tall 60-80' deciduous tree with handsome, rough, scaly gray-brown bark and large 3' compound leaves which are divided into 3-7 pairs of 1-3" blue-green leaflets, greenish-white...

FRUITING QUINCE Cydonia oblonga (Richs)

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This small 15-20' tree has white to pink spring flowers but was selected for its extra large, fragrant golden-yellow fruit used in jelly. S/M ...

JAPANESE RAISIN TREE Hovenia dulcis

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A handsome small tree (to 35') for lawn or street with pleasing gray-ridged bark and polished dark-green foliage; although the fruit itself isnt edible, its sweetish raisin-like stalk is eaten and used traditionally as medicine in Japan, China and Korea...

GOLD VARIEGATED CHINESE DOGWOOD Cornus kousa (Summer Gold)

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The foliage on this delightful small tree has wide margins of deep buttery-gold. Its habit is full with a somewhat columnar form reaching to 8' tall x 4'wide. The much-loved pure white spring flowers make this a unique and showy specimen for woodlands...

HYBRID DOGWOOD Cornus venus (Venus)

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This gorgeous cultivar is remarkable for its vigorous habit, extra-large brilliant-white flowers which bloom extra-profusely and its disease resistance! The gorgeous white-blossoms in late-spring become large, showy, bright-red edible fruits in autumn. A...

BHUTAN CYPRESS Cupressus torulosa

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A tall, handsome, pyramidal tree” (C. Harrison) with horizontal branches and flattened sprays of dark-green whip-like branchlets; used sometimes as a fast-growing vertical accent tree. S/D/GDr ...

ARGYLE APPLE Eucalyptus cinerea

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Especially ornamental, this small tree is broad and irregular with attractive bluish leaves and reddish fibrous bark (not peeling); adaptable to poor soils and hot summers, hardy to 15° F. S/M-D ...

EVERGREEN DOGWOOD Cornus capitata (Mountain Moon)

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Loads and loads of beautiful creamy-white flowers (each one up to four inches across!) cover this small (to 30') somewhat pyramidal evergreen tree in late-spring; lush green leaves provide the perfect backdrop, performs best in well-drained but evenly...