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Eastern White Pine - Sale Price: $54.95 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

Shumard Oak - Sale Price: $85.66 Fast-Growing Shade Tree  Shumard Oak is one of the fastest growing Red Oaks. It’s a deciduous shade tree loved by wildlife and would look great in a front or side yard to shield your home from the summer sun.   It can reach 90 feet at maturity with a 60 foot spread, providing you with an outstanding shade tree in a fraction of the time that most Red Oaks would require.  The 4-8 inches pointed, deep-lobed leaves are shiny and dark green, filling out the coarse, rounded crown.    Planting a Shumard Oak provides you with an impressive shade tree, but the Shumard has even more to offer you.  As your tree ages, 1-inch acorns will be an added benefit of your tree.  You can sit back and watch the show as these acorns, particularly loved by wildlife, provide a meal for your nature neighbors.  If you prefer to not share the harvest, simply remove the tannins from your acorns and they can be eaten raw or ground for use as a flour or coffee.    As autumn approaches, your Shumard Oak will put on a brilliant show of reds and oranges to finish out the season.    Long-lived and hardy, the Shumard Oak is an excellent choice for your landscape.  It will provide you with years of shade, color and an edible harvest for your entire family to enjoy.   * Fast-growing * Shade * Seasonal color * Edible fruit

American Sycamore - Sale Price: $99.95 Massive, Fast-Growing Shade Tree The American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is one of the largest and oldest North American native trees.  Its exceptionally rapid growth and immense size makes it an excellent choice as a central focal point in your yard or perhaps as a border tree.  It’s tolerant of air pollution, so this tree would even thrive on a city lot. Sycamores can be massive, growing to over 100 feet tall and with a crown of 70 feet in diameter.  They have the largest diameter of any American hardwood, in some cases growing over 10 feet.  This spectacular tree’s symmetrical canopy will provide you with a cool spot to sit through those hot summer days in a fraction of the time other shade trees require.     The white bark of the Sycamore tends to peel off in places, creating a unique mottled look that is sure to draw attention to your yard in any season.  Many people consider them self-pruning as you will rarely see the unsightly dead branches common to the canopies of other landscape trees.  The unneeded wood from your Sycamore will even make excellent mulch for your flower beds. Native Americans used Sycamores for many medicinal purposes, and the seed balls are prized by crafters today.  The Sycamore decorates itself for winter with 1 inch brown spiky balls hanging from 3-6 inch “threads”.  These seed balls will appear all over your tree.  In the spring they will fall to the ground, ready to be made into holiday ornaments, wreaths, bird feeders…whatever your imagination can create. With an expected age of 250 years or more, planting a Sycamore is like leaving a legacy for the generations to come. * Fast-Growing* Massive size* Long lived* Decorative seed pods

Newport Plum - Sale Price: $80.25 Easy to Grow Ornamental Tree with Unique Color The Newport Plum is an ornamental tree with unique color.  It would make a brilliant addition anywhere in your landscape to offset the usual greens of the summer months. Imagine having a tree in your yard that maintains a deep, rich purple shade all summer long.  Your eye can’t help but be drawn to such color when it’s displayed amid the common summer hues.   In addition to the uncommon color of the foliage, your Newport Plum will grace you with a lovely spring display.  Earlier than most trees, the Newport Plum leaps into spring with a copious bloom of delicate pink flowers.  Those flowers will be a delight to your nose as well as your eye with their delicious sweet scent.  When the flowers are spent, a 1-inch purple fruit will develop which is a large draw for the wildlife in your area.  In fact, even without the fruit your plum tree is known for being beloved by a variety of birds as a nesting site. The Newport Plum grows to 15 feet in height with an equal spread.  It forms a dense rounded canopy, which would be a pleasing silhouette for your landscape.  It’s a hardy tree requiring little maintenance and not bothered by deer. A Newport Plum is an excellent choice for almost any landscape.  It will delight you with its spring display, draw wildlife to your yard and its unique foliage will stand out in your landscape all summer long. * Unusual foliage color* Pink flowers* Early bloomer* Hardy

Golden Raintree - Sale Price: $78.50 Ornamental Tree with Unique Winter Appeal The Golden Raintree is a deciduous tree valued for its beauty and durability.  Use one as a small shade tree in your yard or perhaps as a patio tree Raintree is amongst the splashiest of spring bloomers with its late butter-yellow flowers, one of the few to show this color. Your Raintree will first catch your eye in the spring with its new foliage.  Raintree is amongst the splashiest of spring bloomers with its late butter-yellow flowers, one of the few to show this color. As the leaves turn to their summer bright green intensity, small ½ inch flowers cluster on 15 inch panicles.  The tiny yellow flowers with their red centers will seem to blanket your tree in a golden raiment, which will later “rain” down to carpet the ground beneath it. Your Golden Raintree can reach 40 feet in height with an equal or greater spread.  Branching is upright and irregular forming a rounded crown that is lovely in any landscape conditions.  As autumn approaches, your Raintree will surprise you a special gift.  2-inch papery clusters, like tiny Chinese lanterns will dangle among the branches, turning a delightful pink-orange shade and continuing into winter.  Fall also brings orange-yellow color to the leaves. The Golden Raintree would be a splendid addition to your landscape.  Its hardy nature and spring show make is a valuable addition to any yard.  However, its unique winter appeal truly makes it a must-have for your home. * Spring/summer flowers* Winter interest* Hardy