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Autumn Blaze® Maple
Autumn Fantasy® Maple
Red Sunset© Maple
"Commemoration"® Sugar Maple

Acer x freemanii 'jeffesred'

Zone: 3-8
Height: 40'-50'
Spread: 40'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

This Silver-red cross grows in higher alkaline soils than rubrums will. It has all the vigor of a silver maple with slightly smaller leaf, but not the narrow branch angles that cause wind breakage. Its brilliant orange-red fall color is borrowed from the rubrum parent, ranking this new cultivar one of the best.

Acer freemanii 'Autumn Fantasy'

Zone: 3-9
Height: 40'-60'
Spread: 40'
Growth Habitat: Upright
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

A Red and Silver maple cross gives the best of both trees. Excellent fall color and faster growing than straight red maples. The young leaves emerge with a reddish tint then turning to rich green. The fall color is an exceptionally beautiful ruby red that persists until the first hard frost. Very drought tolerant and a very fast grower. Makes a excellent fast growing street or lawn tree.

Acer rubrum 'Franksred'

Zone: 4-9
Height: 35'-45'
Spread: 35''
Growth Habitat: Pyramidal, Oval
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Brilliant orange-red fall colors. Rapid growing, upright-spreading in youth, developing to a  rounded outline at maturity. Female Selection.

Acer saccharum

Zone: 4-9
Height: 30'-50'
Spread: 30'
Growth Habitat: Upright
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Spreading crown with dense vigorous growth. Resist leaf tatter. Colors two weeks earlier than seedlings. Simultaneous coloring includes pinks, reds, and oranges. Discov-Tree introduction.

State Street Maple
Bur Oak
Sawtooth Oak
Heritage® River Birch
Acer miyabei 'Morton'

Zone: 4-8
Height: 30'-40'
Spread: 40'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Dark Green exquisite foliage and interesting dark gray corky bark, Excellent ornamental character and good adaptability to a broad range of conditions. Very tolerant  of heat, drought, salt and pollution. Can be used as shade tree or street tree.		 Quercus macrocarpa

Zone: 3-8
Height: 70'-80'
Spread: 40'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Pyramidal to oval in youth. Develops a massive trunk and broad crown. Yellow fall colors with huge fringed acorns. Somewhat difficult to transplant. Excellent park tree. Tolerant to most soils. Withstands drought, wind, extreme cold, pollution and salt.		 Quercus acutissima

Zone: 5-9
Height: 40'-60'
Spread: 40'
Growth Habitat: Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Wide spreading, broadly pyramidal. Narrow chestnut like leaves. Clean foliaged shade or lawn tree. Bark becomes furrowed with age. Tolerant to head and wide soil ranges.		 Betula nigra 'Cully'

Zone: 4-8
Height: 30'-60'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Upright
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Pyramidal to broad oval form with age. highly resistant to bronze birch borer. Yellow fall color. Creamy colored white bark that exfoliates, becoming mottled and interesting whit age. Most or dry soils. Rapid growth once established.
       

Colorado Spruce
Black Hill Spruce
Techny Arborvitae
Dark Green Arborvitae
Picea pungens var. galuca

Zone: 2-9
Height: 30'-60'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Pyramidal
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

This beautiful Spruce varies in color from gray-green to blue-green. A broad, pyramid-shaped evergreen. The dense foliage needs little shearing. Excellent as a specimen, hedge or windbreak. Likes fully exposed, well drained locations.		 Picea glauca 'densata'

Zone: 2-8
Height: 20'-40'
Spread: 15'
Growth Habitat: Pyramidal
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Shapely "Christmas tree" type evergreen, with short, blue-green needles. Shears easily. Useful as a specimen, hedge, or windbreak. Best in full sun, but tolerates light shade. 		Thuja occidentalis 'Techny'

Zone: 3-9
Height: 8'-10'
Spread: 10'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Delicate, fernlike foliage makes Techny a wonderful choice for screens and hedge applications.

Often preferred over Emerald Green Arborvitae for its better color retention, and foliage density when mature. Foliage density starts out much more "open" than Emerald Green, but thickens tremendously with age, providing good screening.		 Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra'

Zone: 3-9
Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 12'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Excellent alternative to Emerald Green for use in privacy screens, tall borders, etc.

A very hardy arborvitae with dark green foliage that retains its color through the winter, moderate to fast growth, and its insect and disease resistance make this plant very desirable. Slightly more cold hardy than many occidentalis varieties, it is becoming more and more popular throughout the north and northeast.

Eastern Redbud
Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
Washington Lustre® Hawthorn
Japanese Flowering Crabapple
Cercis canadensis

Zone: 3-9
Height: 15'-30'
Spread: 15'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Small irregular tree with ascending branches and open form.  Reddish-purple buds open to purple-pink blooms. One of the earliest bloomers. Flowers often produced on old trunks. Seed pods are 3" long and flat. Heart shaped leaves. Yellow fall color. Suitable for naturalized plantings. adapts to acidic or alkaline soils.		 Crataegus crusgalli inermis

Zone: 4-7
Height: 15'-18'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Rounded to widespread form. Vigorous, attractive small tree. Dark green leaves bronze to purple-red in fall . Single, fragrant, white blooms in May. Persistent red fruit attracts wildlife. Tolerates hot, dry, salty conditions.		 Crataegus phaenopyrum 'Westwood I'

Zone: 4-9
Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

The tree has a rapid growth rate when young, slowing with age. It is tolerant of many different soil types. The small, white, abundant flowers, produced in clusters in late spring are followed by showy orange to red fruit that persist into winter, if not eaten by birds. The fall leaf color is orange to red and can be quite striking.		 Malus floribunda

Zone: 4-8
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Arching, broad, dense form. Profuse, fragrant, single pink-red buds opening to white flowers. Yellow-red ½ fruit. Green foliage. Good disease resistance.

Jane Magnolia
Prairie Fire Crabapple
Red Jewel Crabapple
Flowering Plum
Magnolia x 'Jane'

Zone: 4-9
Height: 10'-15'
Spread: 12'
Growth Habitat: Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Large flowers burst in the late spring. Pinkish purple on the outside, and a bright white on the inside. The fragrant blossoms are reminiscent of tulips. Jane Magnolias grow very quickly to a mature height of 10-15 ft. Selected to bloom two to four weeks later than M. stellata and M. x soulangiana, reducing the possibility of late spring frost damage. 		Malus x 'Prairifire'

Zone: 4-9
Height: 15'-20'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Single coral-red blooms late season. Dark purple-red persistent ⅜-½" fruit. Emerging red-tinged green foliage. Excellent disease resistance.		 Malus x 'jewelcole'

Zone: 4-8
Height: 15'
Spread: 12'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Pyramidal
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Upright, pyramidal, narrow form. Single white blooms. Firm bright cherry-red ½" fruit are very persistent. Good disease resistant.		 Prunus cerasifera 'Newport'

Zone: 4-9
Height: 15'-20'
Spread: 15'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Single light pink blooms. Purplish-red foliage. Vigorous and cold hardy. Sparse fruit. Probably the hardiest of the purple leafed varieties. Good for street tree planting.

Skyline® Thornless Honeylocust
Greenspire Linden
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gleditsia tria. inermis 'Skycole'

Zone: 4-9
Height: 50'-60'
Spread: 40'
Growth Habitat: Pyramidal
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Broad pyramidal form with tighter branching. Vigorous grower. Compact dark green foliage. Yellow fall color. Seedless and thornless.		 Tila-cordata 'Greenspire'

Zone: 3-8
Height: 40'-50'
Spread: 25'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Pyramidal
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Dense, narrow, oval form. Small fragrant flowers in June-July. Strong, uniform upright habit. Extremely straight trunk and central leader. Fast growing . Cinnamon colored bark. Yellow fall color. Widely used street tree. Does well in difficult conditions. 		Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'

Zone: 3-9
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 20'
Growth Habitat: Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Fast growing and heavy branching. Reaches mature size early. Bright red fall color. Clean summer foliage resistant to leaf spot. Edible purplish-black fruit. Strong branching resist ice breakage. Full sun to partial shade. 		Gimnocladus dioicus

Zone: 3-8
Height: 40'-50'
Spread: 25'
Growth Habitat: Upright, Spreading
Exposure: Sun, Part Sun

Narrow young growth broadens with age. New foliage is pink-tinged turning dark blue in summer. One of the latest in spring to leaf out. Fragrant white flowers panicles. 10" reddish-pink leathery seed pods served has early Kentucky settler's coffee beans. Adapts to alkaline soils, city conditions and is drought tolerant.