Trees

Cornus venus 'Venus' (HYBRID DOGWOOD)

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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...

Cupressus torulosa (BHUTAN CYPRESS)

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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 ...

Eucalyptus cinerea (ARGYLE APPLE)

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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 ...

Cornus capitata 'Mountain Moon' (EVERGREEN DOGWOOD)

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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...

Cupressus arizonica var.stephensonii (CUYAMACA CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 A wonderful cypress found growing in only the headwaters of King Creek in the Cuyamaca mountains of San Diego, California, this wonderful variety reaches 20-50' and almost as wide forming a spreading tree with a central leader; its...

Carpinus japonica (JAPANESE HORNBEAM)

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Elegant! This very attractive understory tree from Japan eventually reaches 20-30' tall and is just as wide-spreading. Its outstanding feature is its dark-green, long, very prominently grooved leaves. Wonderful hop-like papery catkins appear abundantly...

Acer rubrum 'October Glory' (OCTOBER GLORY MAPLE)

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Brilliant orange to deep-red autumn color makes this gorgeous, rounded 40-50' tree one of the glories of any fall landscape! This cultivar is a female form bearing attractive red flowers in the spring before the foliage emerges. The flowers later turn to...

Albizia julibrissin (SILK TREE)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 Commonly known as the Mimosa, this ornamental tree has graceful spreading branches and upon maturity becomes a lovely umbrella shaped specimen. Foliage is handsome and lacy looking made up of deep-green, bipinnate compound leaves...

Acer miyabei ssp. Miaotaiense (MIAOTAI MAPLE)

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This attractive, upright, rounded maple is endemic to Chinese temperate mixed forests, where it is considered a vulnerable species, and it is rare in cultivation elsewhere. Some consider it to be its own species, which gives it the synonym Acer...

Betula nigra 'Dura Heat' (HEAT-TOLERANT RIVER BIRCH)

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A wonderful birch which extends the area to grow this fine native tree, selected in Georgia for its superior heat and disease resistance. It also boasts better foliage and is somewhat smaller at 30-40'in height. Gorgeous peeling pinkish creamy-white...

Betula nigra 'City Slicker' (RIVER BIRCH)

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Delightful anytime of the year, this medium (30-40') tree has exceptional creamy-white exfoliating bark which develops at an early age and deep, dark-green foliage that turns a beautiful golden yellow in the fall; this may be the perfect tree for tough...

Calocedrus decurrens (INCENSE CEDAR)

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Known as the incense cedar for the sublime spicy fragrance of the bright-green fern like sprays of this majestic pyramidal tree, with age its bark becomes reddish and deeply-furrowed and exfoliates in long strips, in cultivation this tree reaches 30-50',...

Actinidia arguta 'Issai' (SELF FRUITFUL HARDY KIWI)

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A self-fruitful variety (separate male and female plants arent required for its small fig-like fruits) of the popular hardy kiwi, this vigorous vine is a fine ornamental as well. S/M ...

Acer griseum (PAPERBARK MAPLE)

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One of the most beautiful of all small trees; this very unusual 20-30 foot maple from Central China has true four-season interest. Remarkable tri-foliate leaves emerge a beautiful copper color in spring before turning a soft green for summer, its...

Acer palmatum 'Heartbeat' (JAPANESE MAPLE)

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Named for its bright red autumn color, this mounding Australian cultivar has extremely dissected leaves which are each held up in their own space, without drooping. New leaves emerge green with red overtones, turning from bronze to green in the summer...

Actinidia arguta (MALE HARDY KIWI)

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The fragrant, saucer-shaped, white flowers of this attractive 20-30' male vine have clusters of thin stamens just covered in golden-yellow pollen. Hardy kiwi vines are male and female and the male is required to pollinate the named female arguta...

Betula utilis 'jacquemontii' (HIMALAYAN WHITE BIRCH)

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One of the loveliest of the birches, notable for its dazzling white and attractively peeling bark, though birch bark can vary greatly, this is generally regarded to have the whitest bark of all. This 30-40' tree from Nepal is similar to Betula utilis,...

Cedrus deodara (DEODAR CEDAR)

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This noble giant coming from the Himalaya reaches an impressive 110-160' in the wild and a more demure 40-50' in cultivation, it is probably the best of the big conifers to plant in the warmer localities; dark gray-green needles grace this pyramidal and...

Acer palmatum 'Korean Gem' (JAPANESE MAPLE)

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Native to S. Korea, this easy and dependable tree (to 20-30') has dark bark and 7-lobed leaves which turn intense red, yellow and orange colors in fall; formerly known as Koreanum. S-PSh/M ...

Actinidia arguta 'Jumbo' (LARGE-FRUITED HARDY KIWI)

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Selected in Italy, this 20-25' vine produces an abundant crop of unusually large (up to 1 ounce) sweet and tasty fruit with a smooth, greenish, edible skin in autumn, this climber generally begins producing fruit in its 3rd or 4th year; kiwi vines are...

Actinidia arguta 'Geneva' (FEMALE HARDY KIWI)

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Developed at the Geneva New York Research Station for its early ripening (Sept.-Oct.) tasty and sweet honey-flavored and scented 1" fruit that cover this 20-25' vine. Needs arguta male for pollination. S-PSh/M ...

Cladrastis lutea 'Rosea/Perkins' (PINK-FLOWERED YELLOWWOOD)

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A lovely form of this small SE native tree which produces long weeping clusters of pink flowers in mid-summer as well as luxuriant bright-green compound leaves; a really special shade tree for the small yard. S/M ...

Abies nordmanniana (CAUCASIAN FIR)

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This dense pyramidal fir is native to the Caucasus Mountains, where in the wild it is found growing 3,000-7,200 feet above sea level, in areas that also receive at least 40in of rainfall/year, so it is a fan of cooler climates and good drainage. It is...

Acer freemanii 'Matador' (FREEMAN MAPLE)

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This exceptional tree was selected for many great qualities. It wears bright green foliage through spring and summer on symmetrical branches, which form a tidy, upright and oval-shaped form. Its reliable, deep red fall color stretches out the season by...