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Red Flowering Dogwood
Red Flowering Dogwood It offers color for every season. The Red Flowering Dogwood Tree (Cornus Florida, Cherokee Chief) is a traditional dogwood in an exceptional color that offers year-round interest. You will know that spring has truly arrived when your Red Flowering Dogwood leaps into action. Gorgeous deep pink to ruby red blooms will cover the tree starting before the leaves appear and lasting long after other spring bloomers quit. To add to this spectacular show the new foliage starts out red then matures to a glossy emerald green. The red and green leaves form the most perfect backdrop to the pink and crimson blossoms that last well into the season. As proof of their beauty, The Dogwood Festival in Atlanta, GA brings visitors from far and wide to celebrate this trees brilliant flowering period. In fall your Red Flowering Dogwood will transform again. Its leaves turn stunning shades of bright scarlet, burgundy and amber. Sure to brighten even the furthest corner of your yard. The Red Flowering Dogwood will start to shed its leaves in late fall when glossy, ruby red fruit will be revealed. Not only will the branches provide a feast for songbirds, they will also be a wonderful addition to you winter décor. The Red Flowering Dogwoods size makes it easy to add to any landscape. Plant it near a patio or window where you can enjoy it all year long. * Deer resistant* Drought tolerant* Pest and disease resistant* Patio Tree
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| American Beech - Sale Price: $96.35 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. |
| 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 |
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| Willow Oak - Sale Price: $85.65 The Willow Oak tree, Quercus phellos, is one of the most popular trees for streets, parks, estates, and residential properties. This shade tree is also grown as far north as Cape Cod with reasonable success. A beautiful specimen oak, the Willow Oak is a relatively fast growing species, about 2’ a year. Willow Oak trees have moderate water requirements and a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils. This deciduous trees fall color is yellow to yellow-brown. The Willow Oak is a good street tree because it is tolerant of heat, drought, air pollution and standing water. Acorns are a good food source for birds and squirrels. The small leaves are easy to clean up in the fall. |
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