Trees & Shrubs

Paperbark Maple is perhaps the most beautiful maple for use as a landscape specimen. Trifoliate leaves offer excellent fall color, ranging from red-orange to bronze. The orange-y peeling, papery bark provides year-round interest....

Full-Moon Maple has deeply lobed leaves, crimson autumn color, and plenty of small, reddish flowers in spring. Grow as small tree or multi-stemmed shrub. Growth habit is mounded, bushy, and spreading....

State Street Maple is a great deciduous shade tree with oval to rounded habit. Thick, medium green foliage turns glorious yellow in fall....

Brandywine Red Maple has emerald green leaves in summer and persistent fall color that begins bright red and gradually turns brilliant purple red. This is a seedless male with proven performance. Mature tree develops into a oval rounded form. Makes a...

 

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Red Buckeye is a short tree or shrub, usually single-stemmed, open habit. Fast-growing on rich, moist soils. In April, its pikes of showy red flowers are pollinated by ruby-throated hummingbirds. The palmate leaves offer great texture but the foliage...

Alleghany Serviceberry is a small, deciduous, usually multi-trunked understory tree or tall shrub. Showy, fragrant spring flowers followed by small, round, edible berries which ripen to dark purplish-black in June....

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is an easy-to-grow small tree with white spring flowers and clean summer foliage, persistent leaves and brilliant red fall color....

Dura Heat River Birch offers beautiful creamy, white exfoliating bark at an early age. Fast-growing, nicely forked, and wind and ice resistant. 'Dura Heat' has a denser canopy of foliage than native River Birch along with leaf spot resistance. The tr...

Very cold hardy and densely branched, Winter Gem Boxwood is a great evergreen shrub for small topiaries and trimmed hedges in the landscape. Different cultivars offer broad variety of mature heights, all with moderate growth. Salt-...

American Hornbeam is a handsome, small- to medium-sized tree with multiple stems that forms wide, horizontal canopy. Dark green leaves can be yellow, orange, red or purple in fall. Beautiful thin, blue-gray bark....

Sunshine Blue Caryopteris has rich golden foliage, amethyst-blue blooms in tall spikes, and bushy, well-branched habit make Sunshine Blue® the best way to brighten the sunny garden in late summer and fall. This shrub leafs out bright gold in sprin...

Hundreds of ball-shaped, creamy white flowers dangle from Buttonbush in August. Butterflies and insects find the nectar irresistable....

Appalachian Red Redbud is a cultivar that explodes with brilliant fuchsia pink flowers in spring in a much brighter shade than the native redbud. Does well in sun to dappled shade and will adapt to any average garden soil....

Avondale Redbud is a show-stopper! The most showy of all the redbuds, Avondale Redbud offers deep purple flowers along its branches and even on the main trunk. Grown as a single stem or multi-stemmed tree, it flowers at an early age....

Golden Dwarf Hinoki Cypress is a compact, slow-growing, golden yellow selection. It is the yellow counterpart to `Nana Gracilis'. A great specimen that provides color and textural contrast in borders and containers....

Shimmering, white fringed flowers cover Fringetree in May or June followed by small, round, bluish olive-shaped fruit on female trees in fall. Leaves often turn bright yellow in fall. Grow in part sun to shade as a small tree or shrub. Beautiful as a...

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Pagoda Dogwood is an excellent small tree or large shrub that can be grown either as a single or multi-trunked specimen. General crown form is oval to round but it has a unique horizontally layered branching structure which accounts for its common na...

Cherokee Princess Flowering Dogwood has large white flowers with bracts up to five inches across in early spring. Bronze-green to yellow-green spring foliage turns dark green in summer. Fall color is consistent red to reddish purple. Small low-branch...

Kousa Dogwood has a vase-shape to rounded habit with excellent flowering and fall color. Tolerates sun to partial shade with well drained soil....

Golden Glory Cornelian Cherry is a multi-stemmed, low-branching deciduous shrub that is more erect in appearance and more vigorous than the native species. Tiny, star-like, yellow flowers borne in umbels which appear in late winter to early spring be...

Gray Dogwood has clusters of small white spring flowers that are followed by small white berries on short red stalks. The green foliage turns burgundy in fall. Like all dogwoods, this is a good source of food, cover and nesting sites for many birds. ...

Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood is a dwarf cultivar of the native that is grown for its bright red winter stems. Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood is particularly showy against a snowy backdrop. Lacks the height and spreading habit of the native species. Tin...

Looking somewhat like a red version of Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Red Harry Lauder's Walking Stick is a Hazelnut that emerges in spring with crinkled, deep purple foliage that turns red as the season progresses. The leaves turn a burnt burgundy in...

Eastern Wahoo is a shrub or small tree that blooms in the spring with small purple flowers followed by scarlet red fruit that is enjoyed by birds. Brilliant red fall foliage....

Tricolor Beech is a slow growing with a spreading habit and elliptical, wavy-edged leaves. Tricolor Beech has purple leaves marked with white and pink. Foliage burns in hot sun or dry winds. This tree's bark is smooth and silvery....

Blue Mist Fothergilla is a compact, slow-growing, deciduous shrub with a rounded habit. Fragrant, bottle-brush-like flower spikes appear in spring before the foliage. Blue Mist Fothergilla has rounded to oblong leaves that are an attractive frosty bl...

From late winter into early spring Spring Witchhazel, a unique native shrub, blooms when little else is flowering. The fragrant yellow flowers can persist for three to four weeks and may be clustered or solitary. Flowers are yellow to dark red in col...

Ozark Witchhazel is a tall shrub or small tree with upright spreading branches that form an irregular crown. Ozark Witchhazel blooms with yellow, fragrant flowers that open in late fall or early winter. The flowers are a boon to migrating hummingbird...

Hayes Starburst Hydrangea is a beautiiful selection of the native Smooth Hydrangea. The flowers first open as typical white lacecaps but within days the outer florets double and form a starburst effect. Then the interior flowers also become double, f...

Snowflake Oakleaf Hydrangea is a dramatic, white-blooming shrub with four seasons of interest. Deeply lobed foliage turns brilliant crimson in fall. It blooms best in areas where summers are somewhat hot, is winter hardy further north than the macrop...

Mystical Red Star is a St. John's Wort cultivar with beautifully colored fruits on perfectly-shaped branches. A large red-berried form, Mystical™ Red Star will fill your fall garden with interest and your floral arrangements with lovely colore...

Deciduous Holly is a shrub or small tree that produces white flowers in late spring and early summer followed by orange or red berries on female plants. The berries are enjoyed by birds but especially by bluebirds. A male plant is required for pollin...

Compacta Inkberry is an evergreen cultivar. It is a stoloniferous, slow-growing, compact shrub with a tight, oval to rounded habit. Thick, spineless, dark green leaves fade to olive green in winter. Inconspicuous white spring flowers appear followed ...

Winterberry is a slow-growing, deciduous, suckering shrub with an upright rounded habit. Among winterberry cultivars, both 'Winter Red' and 'Berry Nice' are noted for heavy fruiting, bright red fruit color, clean mildew resistant foliage and good ret...

Henry's Garnet Sweetspire is an erect, rounded, deciduous shrub with fragrant drooping clusters of white flowers. Oval, dark green leaves turn garnet red in fall. Flowers and fall color of this cultivar are superior to that of the species....

Virginia Sweetspire is a native shrub with broad habit and slender upright branches that eventually arch over. Blooms in May or June with fragrant clusters of drooping creamy white flowers. In fall, the dark green leaves turn scarlet and remain showy...

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Spicebush is a broad, rounded multi-stemmed native shrub covered with fragrant, yellow-green flowers in March and April. In fall, the aromatic light green leaves of Spicebush turn a deep yellow-gold. Birds feed on the small, brilliant red fruits prod...

Happy Days or Rotundiloba Sweet Gum are each fruitless cultivars of a favorite native tree. Deep green, glossy, star-shaped leaves turn a wonderful medley of colors in fall ranging from orange to purple to red on a single tree....

'Bracken's Brown Beauty' is a handsome magnolia cultivar. Relatively cold hardy, dense of growth and compact, 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' produces small, but glossy leaves and well-shaped flowers. This evergreen tree has a broadly conical growth habit. ...

'Royal Star' is a common commercial selection. Royal Star's pink buds bloom slightly later in spring than other Star Magnolias. Its pink buds open to multi-petaled white flowers. Royal Star becomes a densely-branched large shrub to 10' tall, clothed ...

Moonglow Magnolia is a vigorous grower with distinctly upright growth habit and lemon-scented, creamy white flowers. Moonglow Magnolias flower heavily in mid-spring then continue sporadically through summer. The foliage is shiny green on top with sil...

'Bracken's Brown Beauty' is a handsome magnolia cultivar. Relatively cold hardy, dense of growth and compact, 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' produces small, but glossy leaves and well-shaped flowers. This evergreen tree has a broadly conical growth habit. ...

Royal Raindrop Flowering Crabapple has denser foliage than many other purple-leafed crabapples. Dark foliage turns orange in fall for a festive contrast to the bright red fruit. In spring, bright pink flowers line the upright branches....

Northern Bayberry is a long-lived, slow-growing deciduous shrub with green foliage, inconspicuous yellow male flowers and small blue fruits or seeds. The greatest bloom is in late spring, with fruit and seed production starting in the summer and cont...

Attractive glossy, dark green leaves of Red Rage or Wildfire Black Gum turn a fluorescent yellow to orange to scarlet red to purple in fall. These cultivars of the native Black Gum are wonderfully spectacular! The bark has almost alligator-like patte...

Eastern Hophornbeam or Ironwood is a small to medium-sized, understory tree with a generally rounded crown. Oval to lance-shaped, sharply-serrated, dark yellowish-green leaves turn an undistinguished yellow in autumn and often drop early....

Persian Ironwood is a deciduous tree which resembles our native Witchhazel. The smooth, pinkish-brown bark of Persian Ironwood flakes to leave cinnamon, pink, green, and pale yellow patches in a similar manner to plane trees. The leaves have a wavy ...

Native Ninebark blooms for weeks in summer with clusters of white to pinkish flowers resembling Bridalwreath Spirea. In fall, seed is formed in reddish drooping clusters which are enjoyed by birds. On Ninebark's mature stems, the bark provides additi...

Coppertina Ninebark is a great new addition to the Ninebark family of native shrubs. Coppertina is a new cross between the golden ninebark 'Darks Gold' and the purple leafed ninebark Diabolo ('Monlo'). Plants have orange-copper foliage in the spring ...

Colorado Blue Spruce is a medium-sized evergreen tree. The bark is thin and scaly, flaking off in small circular plates. The crown is conic in young trees, becoming cylindric in older trees. Great fpr specimens and screens....

Sycamore develops a massive trunk with an open, wide-spreading crown. Sycamore has leaves that can grow to nine inches in width. In winter, the tree's characteristic large patches of creamy white inner bark are prominent making it a winter landscape...

London Planetree is a large cultivar between American Sycamore and Oriental Plane Tree. Like Sycamore, London Planetree becomes more spreading than pyramidal as it ages. It tolerates dry soil and is resistant to the anthracnose that afflicts native S...

Wild Plum is grown as a single trunk tree or a multi-stemmed shrub. Wild Plum is a native tree that spreads to form large thickets and is among the first to bloom in spring with pure white, fragrant flowers....

Swamp White Oak is a large and imposing tree forms coarse outline with a broad crown. Leaves turn varied shades in fall from yellow-bronze to red-purple. The broad, shallow-lobed leaves of Swamp White Oak are dark green and usually gray-green underne...

Indian Cherry is a small tree or shrub with dark-green, lustrous leaves that bears beautiful, sweet, round fruit that ripens red to black between August and October. In the fall, the foliage of Indian Cherry is yellow to orange yellow and will someti...

Fragrant Sumac offers yellow-green spring flowers followed by clusters of fuzzy red fall fruits on female plants. The fruit may persist into winter and is an important food source for mammals and birds. In the fall, Fragrant Sumac leaves turn a brigh...

Gro-Low Sumac is the dense, low-growing version of the native Aromatic Sumac. Gro-Low Sumac is a rambling shrub which spreads by roots. Trifoliate, medium green fragrant leaves turn attractive shades of orange and red in autumn. Leaves and twigs are ...

Smooth Sumac has compact clusters of dark red, velvety fall berries and brilliant red fall foliage to make a striking focal point. Smooth Sumac plants spread to form large, dense thickets. The fruit is eaten by a wide variety of birds and the leaves ...

Tiger Eyes Sumac is a golden-leaved, dwarf, slow-spreading selection that is a valuable addition to the landscape. Tiger Eyes Sumac's striking foliage gives this plant a long season of interest with deeply-cut, almost lacy leaves. The new growth star...

Carpet of Color is possibly the finest of all groundcover roses to date. As its name implies, Carpet of Color Groundcover Rose makes a virtual carpet of color in the garden. Its small cupped and ruffled, semi-double blooms are a striking blend of gol...

Rainbow Knockout Rose is one of the latest in the popular 'Knock Out' series. Coral buds open into single orange and pink blooms, fading into a blend of pink, salmon and yellow hues. The bright orange hips of Rainbow Knockout Rose persist well into f...

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Cascade Falls or Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress are two excellent cultivars of the native tree. Each cultivar is more pyramidal in habit than the native tree with very delicate, feathery foliage. These hybrid varieties have denser foliage and a narrower ...

Bald Cypress is a deciduous conifer, with medium-fine, needle-like leave that are soft green in summer but turn rusty brown in winter before they drop. The bark of Bald Cypress is brown and fibrous. Great choice for compacted, urban sites as are othe...

DeGroot's Spire Arborvitae is an elegant, narrow and columnar form of American Arborvitae. DeGroot's Spire is unique both for its form and refined texture, which boasts deep emerald green, fanned leaves. A traditional plant, 'Degroot's Spire' is text...

The soft, dark green foliage of 'Hetz Midget' grows in layered sprays that creates a round, dwarf and compact form. Use as low hedge, or as evergreen accent in rock gardens and small spaces...

The lacy, deep green foliage of 'Techny Gold' is tipped in gold and holds its winter color better than any other golden cedar, with no winter cold damage. Techny Gold is a cultivar of Golden Eastern Arborvitae and will mature into well formed, dense ...

Dark Green Arborvitae is a tall, compact, cone-shaped evergreen with deep green foliage and good winter color. It is considered one of the best of its genus! Used primarily for hedges and screens....

Woodwardii, a cultivar of Globe Eastern Arborvitae, is a wonderful low maintenance plant. It has dense, lacy and deep evergreen foliage that creates a plant habit that is a perfect globe....

Rheingold Arborvitae, a cultivar of Eastern Arborvitae, adds a little color and a softly rounded shape into the landscape. This unique plant that features orange-yellow foliage that turns a deep copper-orange hue in winter....

American Basswood is a tall stately tree has dark green leaves. In late spring, American Basswood has fragrant yellow flowers with fine, high-quality nectar attract bees and other pollinators. In the fall, color may be a deep yellow....

Greenspire and Sterling Linden are two selections of Little Leaf Linden. Each has a strong central trunk, which gives the tree a broad pyramidal form. Offers excellent shade with its dense foliage....

Accolade and Triumph Elm are two notably drought-tolerant cultivars that grow vigorously in almost all soils except those that are excessively wet. Accolade or Triumph Elm are both resistant to Dutch elm disease as well as elm yellows and the elm lea...

Nannyberry is an important food plant for winter wildlife. Fruits are deep-blue with a whitish coating. Nannyberry fruits ripen in late fall and turn glossy when the coating wears off. The leaves, oval with a pointed tip, emerge a soft yellow-green t...

Wentworth Viburnum is an unusually beautiful cultivar of the native species with soft, maple-like leaves. Wentworth Viburnum produces white lacecap flowers mid-May to mid-June, followed by bunches of shiny bright red berries by August, which can be ...

Large attractive native shrub that is often found in the wild in bogs. They are showy in spring for their large clusters of small white flowers. In late summer, the fruit turn bright red and remain on throughout the winter or until harvested by birds...