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Redspire Pear - Sale Price: $99.90 The Redspire Flowering Pear, 'Pyrus calleryana Redspire, produces beautiful large white flowers in early spring. The flowers are larger than Bradford or Aristocrat flowering pears. The leaves emerge as red/purple and then turn a glossy green with a red tinge. The leaves turn to a yellow/orange color for an awesome fall display. The Redspire Flowering Pear develops small, pea sized reddish fruits that are attractive to birds and other wildlife. The fruits are quite persistent and may hang for up to a year. This tree has many uses including lawns, buffer strips, median strip plantings, small shade tree, specimen and as a residential street tree. The Redspire provides 3 seasons of interest: spring flowers, glossy summer foliage and spectacular fall color. It is tolerant of pollution, compacted soils, restricted rooting areas, drought and heat. * Early Spring Flowers * Shade Tree * Fall Color

Kousa Dogwood - Sale Price: $96.35 Stunning Spring Display, Edible Fruit and Fall Color The Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa chinesis) is a deciduous tree with a specialized leaf system (bract), that creates a showy white appearance throughout the summer.  This tree would look stunning planted in small groupings along your home or as a focal point in your front yard.  Your Dogwood’s 4-inch, dark green leaves will appear in spring, but it’s in late spring when the real show begins.  Pointed bracts of 4-petaled white flowers will appear, giving this tree a unique show-stopping appearance.  As an added bonus, 1-inch, round red berries will begin to appear in the summer and be ready for a fall harvest.  Sweet and juicy, these berries are a favorite for wine makers, but can also be eaten straight from the tree.   As fall approaches, your Dogwood will transform from green to a vibrant red/burgundy splash of color for your landscape.  Even when those leaves have come and gone, your remaining berries will still dangle from the branches, like an early holiday display right in your yard. The Dogwood has a horizontal branching structure that reaches all the way to the base, forming a natural pyramidal shape.  It can reach heights of 15-30 ft and spread to 20 ft wide.  This particular Dogwood has a better disease tolerance than many other flowering Dogwoods, and is generally hardy and easy to care for.  Deer won’t like this tree, but birds certainly will…and so will you! * Unique spring/summer display* Edible fruit* Fall color

Arborvitae - Excelsa - Sale Price: $51.35 Arborvitae Excelsa, Thuja plicata 'Excelsa', is a beautiful Western Red Cedar that develops into a tall “two story” privacy screen; can be used as a height-controlled screening tree. Excelsa may be left natural or can be pruned on sides and top to create a large hedge. This is a superb tree that holds its color throughout the year! The Excelsa Cedar is natural-looking, good-smelling, and an indigenous cedar tree that is suitable for rural, semi-rural and some urban settings; also works as a windbreak and is deer resistant. It prefers full sun and partial shade; adapts well to various soil conditions. Arborvitae Excelsa is a vigorously growing, pyramidal evergreen with a rich green color that remains outstanding year round. A fast growing arborvitae, Excelsa is one of the better plants introduced in the last few years for screening! * Adaptable * Privacy screen * Vigorous grower

Northern Red Oak - Sale Price: $85.65 Fast-Growing Shade Tree The Northern Red Oak is a long-lived tree and one of the fastest-growing Oaks.  It would be a perfect shade tree for your yard. There’s nothing quite as peaceful as whiling away a few hot summer hours under the cool shade  of an Oak tree, and the Northern Red Oak would be a perfect choice for doing just that. Imagine sitting under your Red Oak.  Tilt your head back to view the straight and true trunk that grows to a height of 75-140 feet.  See how the branches reach toward the sky in a spreading form that creates a pleasing rounded crown.  Notice the dark green leaves as they gently rustle in the breeze, their 8 inch, wide-lobed surface filtering the sunlight above you. In the autumn you’ll still enjoy sitting under your Red Oak amid the deep reds and yellows of its fall foliage.  If you sit very still, you’ll even share in the excitement of neighborhood squirrels and other wildlife that come to collect the 1-inch acorns your Red Oak generously produces for them. In the spring 2-4 inch green catkins will appear on your Red Oak as flowers to announce the coming of another growing season to enjoy…and all the charming features of your Red Oak will begin again. The Northern Red Oak is an important source of food for wildlife.  A variety of birds depend upon Red Oak acorns, the wild turkey in particular.  Several mammals also value the Red Oak acorn, including the Black Bear. You will likewise value the Northern Red Oak for all it has to offer. * Fast-growing* Long-lived* Fall color* Food for wildlife

Crape Myrtle - Royalty - Sale Price: $64.25 The Royalty Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Royalty') is a medium sized crape myrtle with four seasons of interest. Green foliage emerges in the early spring, while beautiful purple blossoms start in late spring lasting all through until frost. The green foliage will transition into a brilliant orange to red color in the fall. After the leaves fall, the exposed stems have an exfoliating bark in shades of gray to brown, giving a unique look to your winter landscape. The Royalty 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 is easy to grow and if they are used for hedges, plant them 4 to 5 feet apart.