Crape Myrtle - Tightwad Red®

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Legacy Sugar Maple (PP4979) - Sale Price: $114.25 The Legacy Sugar Maple, 'Acer saccharum 'Legacy', produces glossy dark green foliage that holds and resists leaf tatter and drought. The Legacy is dense and will mature with a uniform, oval crown. This Sugar Maple displays brilliant red and orange fall colors in cold areas and displaying more yellows in warmer areas. Many tourists who have never seen the Legacy Sugar Maple in full fall color say the experience is unforgettable. These maples can do that for your yard! The Legacy is fast growing for a Sugar maple. The Legacy Sugar Maple is used for wide tree lawns, screens, shade, and as specimen tree. It is also good street tree. The leathery leaves and durable foliage resists heat and drought. Sugar Maple is among the most shade tolerant of large deciduous trees. This maple is easy to grow and does not require much maintenance. The sugar maple is salt tolerant and thus performs well in some urban environments. * Shade Tree * Fall color * Street Tree

Hardy Pecan - Sale Price: $78.50 A Multipurpose Tree with a Bountiful Harvest The Hardy Pecan is a tree that has it all—aesthetic beauty, delicious nuts with health benefits, high quality wood, and interest for wildlife.  One would look great as a central focus of your front yard, or plant several as a shady orchard in the back. The largest of the Hickory trees, Pecans can grow to 130 feet in height with a spread of 75 feet.   The lovely medium green leaves and oval canopy will lend a lively symmetry to your landscape, providing countless hours of cool shade during those hot summer months.  You’ll be fascinated by the unique 3 inch catkins that form in the spring to hang among the branches.  From a distance it will appear as if someone decorated your tree with short braided tassels of green vegetation.  Even more amazing is the fact that these uncommon-looking “flowers” will eventually turn into nuts for a fall harvest.  As fall approaches your Pecan will adorn your yard with citrine hues.  Soon after, an abundant harvest of rich, buttery Pecans are ready to be enjoyed.   American Indians are known to have cultivated pecans as far back as the 1500’s.  They are rich in antioxidants and are reported to have many possible health benefits.  Pecans are a tasty snack and versatile for cooking in a variety of dishes. The Hardy Pecan is truly a multipurpose tree.  It will be an attractive shade tree for your home, provide interesting spring flowers and fall color…with an added benefit of a delicious fall harvest.  Even the wood of the tree is valued for making furniture or as fuel that adds flavor to smoked meats.  The Hardy Pecan is a tree that never stops giving, and will certainly be a wonderful addition to your landscape for years to come. * Edible harvest* Variable uses * Hardy

Blue Nest Spruce - Sale Price: $78.45 The Blue Nest Spruce, Picea mariana 'Nana', is a slow growing, dwarf, globe-shaped evergreen with blue-green foliage and a dense compact habit. It is an excellent specimen for the landscape or rock garden, so Blue Nest would be a standout your rock garden.  This dwarf plant displays an attractive broad dense globe of blue-gray needles and requires practically no maintenance. It is also great in shrub borders. The Blue Nest Spruce prefers a sunny location and a well-drained soil, but can tolerate poor soil. This is an excellent plant for adding structure, color and texture to your yard or garden. It attracts wildlife and is deer resistant.

Arborvitae - North Pole - Sale Price: $59.95 Thuja North Pole, Thuja occidentalis 'Art Boe', is an extremely hardy evergreen that is resistant to winter burn, and creates an all season interest with its dark green foliage. It is one of the newest Proven Winners evergreen shrubs! This North Pole arborvitae is narrower than ‘Smaraged’, and its columnar shape adds a vertical, dramatic border to any landscape. North Pole needs regular watering, weekly, or more often in extreme heat. This thuja is at home in a formal or casual landscape; great to use as a screen in small places, or even in a container. Use North Pole as a specimen, or at water’s edge or near a bog. This easy to grow Arborvitae may be planted in full sun to part shade and normally needs no pruning; may be pruned in late fall. North Pole prefers well drained moist soils. It is suggested that a controlled release fertilizer be applied in the spring. This plant exhibits good resistance to breakage from ice or snow accumulations. Any gardener will love North Pole with its truly narrow columnar growing habit, low maintenance, and requiring little if any pruning! * Columnar form * Container plant * Low maintenance

American Elm - Sale Price: $92.75  Fast Growing, Long Lived Tree The American Elm is a large deciduous tree. It would make an impressive street or shade tree for your front yard. The American Elm is the largest Elm in the United States. It can reach 130 feet in height and has an elegant vase shape with a broad, rounded crown. It’s fast-growing so you won’t have to wait as long as with some other trees for your shade tree to mature. The American Elm is also long-lived, with some reported being as old as 300 years. Think of the legacy you will provide for your children and grandchildren by planting an Elm in the yard! Your American Elm provides ornamental interest for every season The six inch deciduous leaves are ovate shaped with toothed edges, their dark green color a vibrant addition to the summer surroundings. Small green flowers form in spring, and although you’re not likely to notice them, the bees, butterflies and other pollinators of your yard certainly will. As the leaves begin to form, the flowers will turn from their subtle beauty to the Elm seed. Single, and surrounded by a flat, oval paper-like membrane, the seeds provide beneficial sustenance for birds and small mammals. In the fall, your American Elm’s foliage transforms to a pleasing yellow. Even in the coldest of seasons, when most trees provide little of interest, the dark grey and deeply furrowed bark of your Elm will present a pleasing feature for the winter landscape. The American Elm is a hardy tree tolerant of drought and urban conditions. It won’t cost you a lot of time or effort to maintain, and will provide many years of shade and beauty for your yard. * Fast-growing* Long-lived* Hardy