Trees

Pinus thunbergii 'Aocha Matsu' (VARIEGATED JAPANESE BLACK)

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Bright golden-yellow variegation is boldly and very irregularly splashed on the deep-green foliage of this upright 15-25' pine. Each tree is completely unique in its patterning and is definitely an unusual focal point for the landscape. Creates a...

Malus 'Dolgo' (PINK GLOW CRABAPPLE)

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Perhaps the very best for crabapple jelly this pretty tree to 25' produces edible, oblong, pink-red fruit; it is a beautiful picture in spring with its pink-budded white flowers, attractive in summer with glossy-green disease resistant foliage and lovely...

Picea engelmannii 'Hoodie' (DWARF ENGELMANN SPRUCE)

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This cute little Engelmann spruce is a sight with its brilliant steely-blue, long, pointy needles. A dwarf tree which starts out with a somewhat uneven and rambling form before finding its resolve and standing up to take on a dense pyramidal, Christmas...

Magnolia virginiana 'Moonglow' (SWEETBAY MAGNOLIA)

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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

Magnolia biondii (CHINESE WILLOW-LEAF MAGNOLIA)

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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...

Lonicera caerulea 'Yezberry Solo' (SELF FRUITING HASKAP)

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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 ...

Mahonia aquifolium (OREGON GRAPE)

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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...

Morus rubra (RED MULBERRY)

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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"...

Fagus sylvatica (EUROPEAN BEECH)

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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...

Laburnum anagyroides (GOLDENCHAIN TREE)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 In late spring 4-8" pendulous, wisteria-like clusters of golden-yellow pea flowers hang like golden chains from all along the branches of this superb 15-20' tree. Its beautifully soft leaves are almost clover-like, grey-green above...

Ilex opaca 'Arlene Leach' (FEMALE AMERICAN HOLLY)

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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...

Koelreuteria paniculata (GOLDENRAIN TREE)

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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,...

Ginkgo biloba 'Magyar' (MALE GINKGO)

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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...

Ginkgo biloba (MAIDENHAIR TREE/GINKGO)

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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...

Ficus carica 'Lattarula' (ITALIAN HONEY FIG)

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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...

Evodia Tetradium daniellii (BEE BEE TREE)

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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...

Heptacodium miconioides 'Temple of Bloom' (SEVEN SON FLOWER)

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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...

Cornus kousa 'Scarlet Fire' (PINK-FLOWERING DOGWOOD)

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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...

Cornus kousa 'Greensleeves' (DOGWOOD)

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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...

Fraxinus profunda 'tomentosa' (PUMPKIN ASH)

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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 ...

Gymnocladus dioicus (KENTUCKY COFFEETREE)

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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...

Cydonia oblonga 'Richs' (FRUITING QUINCE)

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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 ...

Hovenia dulcis (JAPANESE RAISIN TREE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 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...

Cornus kousa 'Summer Gold' (GOLD VARIEGATED CHINESE DOGWOOD)

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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...