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Inkberry - Shamrock
Inkberry - Shamrock Compact Shrub - Ideal as Low Accent or Hedge The Compact Inkberry 'Shamrock', Ilex glabra 'Shamrock,' is a handsome compact form of the native Inkberry with lustrous dark green leaves. It is slow growing, reaching 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. 'Shamrock' tolerates wet sites. 'Shamrock' is a very nice compact inkberry that has new growth being a much brighter, glistening green, then maturing to the lustrous dark green color. It holds its leaves on the lower branches better than most Inkberry. With maturity, it produces large amounts of dark purple to black colored berries; production really increases after the third year of growth. This Inkberry plant is very useful as accent plantings, as well as for a maintained low growing hedge. Plant in fairly moist, acidic soil that is well drained; mulching recommended.
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White Flowering Dogwood - Sale Price: $96.35 Small Ornamental Tree with Seasonal Appeal White Flowering Dogwood is a deciduous tree valued for its pleasing shape and seasonal color. It would find a welcome place in your yard near a patio or as a small grouping in a side yard. Each season with your Dogwood will bring you something new to enjoy. The snowy white blossoms spring into life before the tree has even leafed out. In the summer distinctive curved leaves will appear. A variety of birds will visit your yard to take advantage of the tasty, bright scarlet berries your tree provides later in the summer. In the autumn your Dogwood will transform itself in shades of red. Just when you think the show is over, winter will reveal the underappreciated characteristic of the Dogwood. Heads will turn at the sight of the unusual bark as it’s fully exposed in all its uniquely mottled, rough glory. Your Dogwood will grow in almost any soil conditions. It can grow up to 30 feet with a 25 foot spread. It has horizontal growth on the lower half of the tree and upright branching on the top half, forming a round crown. This unusual growth pattern produces a graceful, flowing shape that will naturally draws the eye to its unique form in your landscape. The White Flowering Dogwood certainly has something to recommend it in every season, and it will look terrific in your yard year round. * Spring and fall color* Winter appeal* Berries for wildlife* Hardy |
| Maple - McKay Seedless - Sale Price: $89.90 The McKay Seedless Maple, Acer saccharinum, has an upright, oval form and is a very vigorous, seedless form of the common Soft Maple. This stately tree is a rapid grower, easy to transplant and a seedless Silver Maple variety. McKay Seedless Maple prefers moist soils, but shows somewhat surprising tolerance for poor dry soils. It is easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. This tree is best planted in flood plains, wetlands, and farm windbreaks. A breeze blowing through a Silver Maple causes a striking effect, exposing the silvery underside of the leaves! When planning a landscape, it is important to consider the mature height of a shade tree, as well as its extensive root system. With the McKay Seedless Maple, it is the male specimen that is seedless. Its fall color is a stunning yellow and a good choice for large spots that need a lot of shade. * Fall color * Rapid grower * Vigorous |
| False Cypress - Verdoni - Sale Price: $56.95 False Cypress - Verdoni, is a dependable, compact and upright, conical shaped evergreen tree. Each Verdoni has a naturally irregular and undulating habit with a softly drooping leader; somewhat contorted. It has clean bright and rich yellow-green cupped foliage; new foliage and stems display hints of orange; does not develop any appreciable fall color. The Hinoki False Cypress Verdoni makes a stunning specimen in the rock garden but can be pruned and kept quite small. This cypress requires moist well-drained soil. This plant is deer resistant and it is used as a specimen plant for residential landscaapes. It has become a popular cypress since it does not burn in full sun! Zones 4-8. * Bright Foliage! |
| Russian Cypress - Sale Price: $49.95 Russian Cypress, Microbiota decussata, is an extremely hardy, low growing evergreen that resembles the horizontal type junipers, but has the bright green soft foliage like an arborvitae. The foliage develops a showy bronze color in the winter. It matures at about 1foot tall by 6 feet wide, although it can get taller and much wider. It has a radiating mat growth habit and a rather slow growth rate. Russian Cypress likes full sun to partial shade, and its best performance occurs in partial sun in moist, well-drained soils. It is very adaptable to poor, dry, thin soils in sun and wind exposed sites. It can be used as a woody groundcover for foundations, wall plantings where it can cascade, group or mass plantings, raised planters, and embankments. |
| Burning Bush - Tures - Sale Price: $36.95 Stunning Red Fall Color The Euonymus Tures Burning Bush is a nice uniform shaped selection of Euonymus with stunning red fall color. The Tures variety of Burning Bush is a large growing shrub with a very rounded shape. It is an excellent choice for hedges, screens, mass planting or as a focal point in a garden bed or natural area for a splash of eye-catching color. Your Tures Burning Bush will begin to redden in August, achieving its full fiery splendor in September. It will hold its leaves until well into the fall and during this time you will notice the very attractive red fruit that the birds will appreciate as the weather turns cold. Although the Tures Burning Bush resembles the Compacta it has larger “corky” wings on its stems giving it a much more dramatic appearance in the winter. The Tures also provides a more brilliant scarlet, almost fluorescent fall color. The Tures Burning Bush is an adaptable shrub that can thrive in a variety of soils as well as full shade. It is a wonderful addition to any landscape for its symmetrical shape, unique bark and incredible fall color. * Brilliant fall color* Uniform shape* Shade tolerant |
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