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Royal White Redbud
Royal White Redbud 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
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Black Walnut - Sale Price: $24.95 Large Shade Tree with Edible Nuts The Black Walnut is a large deciduous tree that produces edible nuts. It would do great as a shade tree on a side lawn or at the edge of a property line. Your Black Walnut is a majestic landscape tree growing up to 100 feet tall with an equal spread. Its upright, spreading branches will put you in mind of strength and endurance as you sit beneath its protection from the sun’s harmful rays. Black Walnut trees have 24 inch long pinnate leaves that will fill your tree out nicely through the summer months. Large and vibrantly green, they will also emit a pleasing scent when crushed in your hand. Those fragrant leaves will continue to put on a show in the fall when they are one of the first trees to turn a pleasant yellow color before dropping in preparation for their winter rest. Black walnuts mature in the fall. They’re great to just eat raw or can be used in a variety of dishes. Native Americans traditionally used the nuts for food and the sap for syrup. The wood of your Black Walnut is likewise valued. Its straight-grained nature, ease of use and natural color make it prized for furniture and other uses. Large and stately, it will provide you with shade for years to come as well as an abundance of hearty nuts for your family and the surrounding wildlife. The Black Walnut would be a fascinating addition to your landscape. * Large shade tree * Edible nuts * Drought tolerant |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Russian Olive - Sale Price: $19.95 Uncommon Silver Ornamental – Great Windbreak The Russian Olive is often grown as an ornamental shrub for its unique silver foliage. It would be stunning in your yard as a background shrub or accent next to plants of deeper colors. The silver hues of the Russian Olive are sure to be a focal point in your yard wherever you plant it. Imagine for a moment walking into your summer yard with a silvery-leaved bush amid the common plantings. Nothing will draw your eye like the uncommon color of silver among the trees and flowers. The secret to the unique appearance of the Russian Olive is the unique scaly layer that covers the 3-inch long, ½ wide grey-green linear leaves. When kissed by the afternoon sun, those leaves almost seem to sparkle! Most people value the Russian Olive for the silvery accent, but it also has spring and fall interest. Your Russian Olive will tantalize your senses each year with its succulent spring scent. This spring splendor is brought to you by the abundance of yellow-kissed, small white flowers that cover the Russian Olive as it prepares for the fruit that gives it its distinctive name. The fruit of the Russian Olive is silvery-scaled and a ½ inch olive-like shape. It can be sweet to sweet-tart depending upon the growing conditions, and is delicious eaten raw or made into preserves. Wildlife love it as well, so be sure to time your harvest carefully or they’ll beat you to it. Russian Olives grow 15-20 feet with an equal spread. They are a fast-growing shrub with a rounded, if somewhat irregular shape, but easily adapt to pruning if you prefer a particular form. A Russian Olive gives you a lot of versatility. You can prune it, transplant it or just leave it alone. Your Russian Olive is extremely hardy and tolerant of many conditions, giving you a carefree plant for your landscape. * Unique silver ornamental* Edible fruit* Fragrant flowers* Hardy |
| White Mulberry - Sale Price: $85.65 Fast-Growing Tree with Edible Fruit The White Mulberry is a fast-growing, deciduous tree that produces an edible harvest. Plant one in a side yard where you can enjoy its features without concerns about dropping fruit. Your Mulberry can reach a height of 50 feet with an equal spread. The crown tends toward a spreading nature which is popular with wildlife. Birds will enjoy visiting your yard for the shelter and food your tree provides. One inch raspberry-like fruits ripen in early to mid summer, and attain a delectable white-pink hue. You’ll know the fruit is ripe when your tree is alive with the excited cheeps of the songbirds that have come to feast. You’ll enjoy the fruit for a snack right from your very own tree, or save some of the sweet berries. Homemade Mulberry preserves or wine is hard to come by and is a special, rare gift for friends and family. The White Mulberry’s autumn raiment includes various shades of yellow, adding a bit of fall color to your landscape. The White Mulberry is wonderful as a shade tree or windbreak. It requires very little care and can tolerate drought, frost or poor soils. If you’d like a durable tree that produces delicious fruit every year, look no further than the White Mulberry. * Edible fruit * Wildlife interest * Drought tolerant |
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