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American Beech
American Beech The stately American Beech was once abundant across North America, but is now found primarily in the eastern U.S. It’s a deciduous slow-grower that reaches its greatest height and longest life — 300-400 years — in rich, moist, alluvial soil. The familiar stout trunk and spreading crown sport lustrous oval leaves with distinctive parallel veins and a sawtooth margin. Beech bark is characteristically smooth and slate-gray, a really striking contrast against the deep green foliage. While beech wood is known for its durability in the flooring and furniture world, it is the triangular beech nut that has such great appeal to wildlife and people as a sweet, nutritious snack. The beloved beech nut has even lent its name to a famous chewing gum and line of baby food! It’s also one of the best-burning firewoods to be found anywhere, and its coppery-gold autumn color makes it a standout choice for a good-sized yard or bit of acreage. Zones 3-9.
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All-in-One Almond - Sale Price: $71.35 Grow your own almonds and reap the health benefits The All-in-one almond (Prunus dulcis) will provide you with the amazing benefits of health-enhancing almonds for years to come. Its versatile nature makes it ideal for your garden location where a pruned, low-growing tree would be aesthetically pleasing. Without trimming it could reach 15-30 feet providing an excellent tree to accent your garage or outbuilding. This almond tree is a fast-growing variety that dresses itself in a spectacular flowering spring display. Hundreds of pink, apple blossom-like flowers cover the almond as the warmer weather approaches. Throughout the year the almond’s open, spreading canopy will provide a Mediteranian accent to your landscape. Your All in One Almond is a late bloomer, so you won’t have to worry about spring frosts hurting its production. This is a self-pollinating variety that will provide you with a multitude of medium to large sweet almonds as early as September. The All in One Almond also has a rich cultural history. It has been praised for centuries for its many uses for everything from beauty creams to a folk cures. It’s no mystery why almond trees have been highly treasured since ancient times. It is the #1 almond for home orchards. This one will certainly make an outstanding addition to both your life and landscape. * Home grown almonds* Fast growing* Beautiful spring flowers |
| Greenspire® Linden - Sale Price: $85.65 The Greenspire® Linden, Tilia cordata 'Greenspire', is very suitable for street planting. This 1998 Iowa Tree of the Year has a straight trunk, rich foliage and fragrant, pale yellow flowers. Greenspire's leaves are distinctly heart-shaped with serrated edges, alternate, and simple. This Linden has an oval shape, leathery dark green foliage and yellow fall color. It maintains a single leader with a nice branching habit, and with its strong central trunk, it gives the tree a broad pyramidal form. The impressive symmetrical shape makes it a good accent tree all year round. It tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. This Linden is an easy to grow, low maintenance tree. * Fall color * Heart Shaped Leaves * Fragrant Flowers |
| Crape Myrtle - White - Sale Price: $92.75 The White Crape Myrtle, 'Lagerstroemia indica Alba is a handsome, summer-flowering, deciduous small tree or shrub. It is a favorite among Southern gardeners because of its beauty and low maintenance. The crape myrtle is valued mainly for its long period of striking summer flowers. Large clusters of white flowers appear on the tips of new branches beginning in early summer and continue into fall. After flowers fade and fall from the tree, fruit remains in the form of small brown capsules. These fruits remain throughout the winter providing winter interest along with the attractive, exfoliating bark which peels away to expose a trunk which ranges in color from many handsome shades of brown to gray. The White Crape Myrtle is ideally suited for formal or informal design in the home landscape, street plantings and community plantings. It can be planted as a specimen or in groups, and looks attractive when underplanted with a ground cover. Crape myrtle leaves are oval and 1 to 2 inches long; they are bronze-colored when they first unfold in the spring and become yellow, orange or red before falling late in autumn. Crape Myrtle is easy to grow and if they are used for hedges, plant them 4 to 5 feet apart. Brighten your landscape with this white flowering beauty! |
| Texana Nuttall Oak - Sale Price: $59.95 The Texana Nuttall Oak tree, Quercus texana, also known as Spanish oak, Nuttall's oak, Texas red oak, Spotted Oak, Rock oak, and red river oak, is a large deciduous native tree of the red oak group. The Texana Nuttail tree has a wide-spreading, rounded crown. Fruits are oval acorns (to 1 1/2 long) with scaly cups. Dark green leaves (4-8 long) are deeply divided into 5-7 spiny, pointed lobes. Leaf shape is reminiscent of the closely related pin oaks and schumard oaks. Fall color comes late, but often includes quality shades of red. Species name is in reference to the state of Texas where this oak was apparently first identified. The popularity and demand for this oak species is driven by its fast growth rate, ease of care and planting, fall color, and its ability to thrive in wet soils. Texana has gray-brown bark, initially thin and smooth, and later develops narrow scaly ridges. The acorn matures in two seasons. The acorns are eaten by water fowl, turkey, squirrel, deer, and many small mammals. The wood is used as red oak lumber. * Wildlife tree * Fast growing * Accepts wet soils |
| Willow Hybrid - Sale Price: $1.75 The Fastest Growing Privacy Hedge. Grows an Amazing 6-10 Feet a Year! Need to block and unattractive view? Want privacy from the neighbors? Choose the Willow Hybrid (Salix Willow Hybrid) and you could block the view of astonished neighbors in as little as a year! With a growth rate of 6-10 feet a year the Willow Hybrid is the fastest growing privacy hedge we know of. The Willow Hybrid will perform best in full or partial sun and reach a mature height of 50-75 feet in no time. That’s tall enough to block any undesirable view. They are low maintenance though and easily pruned to any height. The trouble-free Willow Hybrids are also perfect as a wind break and noise barrier. It will also prevent erosion. Extremely disease and pest resistant, the Willow Hybrid is hardy from Canada to Florida and can thrive in most any soil. Plant them 3 feet apart in single rows for dense cover in a year; plant 5 feet apart in double staggered rows for a snow-stopping windbreak. Rather than an industrial privacy fence, imagine how much nicer your pictures and memories will be with a green backdrop for gatherings in the yard with family and friends. You will be amazed at how quickly the Willow Hybrids grow into a beautiful living wall. * Fast Growing* Disease and pest resistant* Noninvasive |
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