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Eastern White Pine
Eastern White Pine The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a beautiful landscape pine extensively used throughout much of North America. This evergreen conifer tree is a truly magnificent tree attaining a height of 80 feet at maturity with a diameter of two to three feet! It carries long, soft bluish green needles with large brown cones. Eastern White Pine grows rapidly for a pine tree and is pyramidal shaped when young, becoming umbrella-shaped with age. This pine takes six to eight years to produce a six-foot tree on good sites. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil; can tolerate wet, swampy areas. When planting, space 6 ft. apart for screening purposes. Eastern White Pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak, are long-lived and vigorous. The Eastern White Pine is easily controlled, and it is good for small properties as well as field plantings. This beautiful tree is also widely used as Christmas trees! * Pyramidal shape * Bluish green needles * Long lived
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Cottonwood - Siouxland - Sale Price: $64.25 Fast-Growing Landscape Tree The Siouxland Cottonwood is a fast growing tree that would look great in a stand along a driveway or border, or as an accent tree. If you don’t like the fluffy fall seeds of poplars, then the Siouxland Cottonwood may be for you. The Siouxland is a male cultivar of the Cottonwood, so doesn’t produce seed. It still has all the endearing features of the Cottonwood, but without the mess. Extremely fast growing, hardy and easy to care for, the Siouxland will provide you with years of carefree beauty. The Siouxland can grow to a majestic 70 feet tall with a spread of 40 feet. Its grey/whitish bark gives a distinctive flair, and the heart-shaped leaves rustle on the slightest of breeze. The foliage is a light green with a lighter green or even silvery shade on the underside. This aids it in catching the sun’s rays and drawing the eye as it dances on the wind. In the fall that dancing foliage turns to a delightful yellow shade before winter enforces its time of rest. The Siouxland is a Cottonwood sure to please. It’s a no-mess, no-fuss tree that will provide you years of beauty and enjoyment. * Fast-Growing * Seedless * Hardy * Fall color |
| Royal White Redbud - Sale Price: $114.25 An Ornamental Tree with a Stunning Spring Display The Royal White Redbud is a small ornamental tree or shrub that puts on a stunning spring display. Plant several as a naturalized border or one near your home’s entrance as an elegant welcome to guests. Not only is the Royal White a low-maintenance plant, but it blooms earlier and with more and larger flowers than other white Redbuds. You’ll be amazed by the staggering number of blooms that blanket your Redbud in the spring. Prolific clusters of pristine white, pea-sized flowers seem to encase the bare branches in spectacular color. In the summer the beauty of your Redbud becomes apparent. Heart shaped leaves emerge with a unique bronze hue, later changing to green. Your Redbud’s leaves will progress to a lovely blue-green until spicing up your autumn landscape with a lively yellow. As an added attraction in the fall, your Redbud will gift you area wildlife with a tasty treat inside the 4-inch pea pod-type casings that contain its seed. Your Redbud will reach a height of 30 feet with a 25 foot spread. It’s a relatively carefree plant and tolerant of a variety of conditions. For a tree that requires little space and care, it provides a large amount of enjoyment. * Early Spring flowers* Yellow Fall color* Ornamental foliage |
| Chinkapin Oak - Sale Price: $59.95 The Chinkapin Oak tree, Quercus muehlenbergii, is the limestone equivalent of the chestnut oak, occurring as a dominant species on rocky alkaline uplands. This is not a fussy tree and it will adapt too many soil types! This oak is also known as bray oak, chestnut oak, rock chestnut oak, yellow oak and rock oak. This oak tree is also sometimes commonly called yellow chestnut oak. Chinkapin oak is a medium sized deciduous oak of the white oak group that typically grows 40-60’ tall with an open globular crown. The fruits are small oval acorns with scaly cups that extend to approximately 1/2 the acorn length. Acorns are valued food for a variety of wildlife. Chinkapin oak trees have narrow, shiny green leaves that have coarse marginal teeth. Leaves somewhat resemble the leaves of chestnut (Castanea) whose nut is sometimes called a chinquapin, hence the common name of this oak. Its acorn is sweet and edible. The thin leaves provide light shade. Fall color is variable, but it usually displays shades of yellow and brown. Chinkapin is not used extensively as an ornamental tree, although it is quite tolerant of tougher sites. It grows best on medium acid to moderately alkaline (4.5 to 7.2 pH), well drained-soils. * Heat tolerant * Drought tolerant * Widely adaptable |
| Eastern Red Cedar - Sale Price: $64.25 Hardy Evergreen Great for Wildlife The Eastern Red Cedar is an evergreen conifer. You could use several as a large privacy screen or just one would look beautiful as a specimen plant. If you’re a bird-lover, this is the tree for you. The Eastern Red Cedar grows in a 40-60 foot pyramidal shape that is dense but somewhat irregular, providing terrific cover for birds and other wildlife. The bark has a shredding nature that is hidden from view but useful for nest construction. The ¼ inch dark blue cones that are produced by the female tree are a valuable food source for many species of birds. The Eastern Red Cedar has blue-green foliage that sometimes turns a darker brown-green shade in the winter months. Plant several along your driveway for that rich pine aroma as you arrive home. Step close and you’ll detect the cedar scent that is prized by many who construct cedar chests from them, or use them in closets for their natural ability to repel insects. People also love to clip a few springs for use indoors during the holiday season. They make wonderful wreaths or just scatter a few boughs around for their invigorating pine bouquet. Hardy and easy to transplant, the Eastern Red Cedar is a tree you can plant and forget about. It will adapt to almost any conditions and provide you years of enjoyment. * Evergreen * Hardy * Valuable for wildlife . |
| Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud (PP10328) - Sale Price: $142.75 Spring and Fall Color on a Small Weeping Variety This is an adorable small tree with amazing spring and fall color. Its umbrella-shape is accentuated by the weeping, twisted branches tipping towards the ground. The Weeping Redbud will reach a height of 4-10 feet with an equal spread, packing a lot of interest into a small garden plant. Your Redbud will explode in the spring with lovely little clusters of pink to lavender flowers along its bare branches. The weeping nature of this Redbud, gives you an impression of cascading flowers pouring over the crest of the tree. You’ll be amazed how quickly hummingbirds and butterflies will flock to its fragrant branches…but never have to worry about deer doing the same. As the season transitions into summer, your Redbud will further delight as its heart-shaped leaves appear with the slightest pink tint to their eventually dark green shade. Those same leaves will offer up a lively yellow display on the Redbud’s arching, cascading branches when autumn arrives. This is simply an endearing tree that offers so much in such a small package. There’s always space for a Weeping Redbud in any landscape, and it will look terrific in yours as well. * Small, cascading tree* Spring and fall color |
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