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
deep pink, light pink and white varieties are growing
in popularity.
Red
Pink