Arborvitae - North Pole

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Pin Oak - Sale Price: $64.25 Fast-Growing Shade Tree The Pin Oak is a fast-growing shade tree.  It would look great as a central focal point in your yard or near your home to provide relief from the summer sun. The Pin Oak is prized for the beauty of its symmetrical pyramid shape.  Choose a sunny spot for your Pin Oak and you’ll be amazed how quickly it graces your home with shade and beauty.  Even if you have poor soil, the Pin Oak will thrive, and it’s tolerant of transplanting should you choose to move it.  The Pin Oak grows up to 70 feet tall with a 40 foot spread.  You’ll love how the Pin Oak’s leaves have a larger U-shaped opening between the lobes.  This distinguishes it from other Oak trees, and gives your tree a unique appearance.  It has a dense growth habit, with a thick branches coming off its trunk.   As beautiful as the Pin Oak is all summer long, autumn brings even more appeal.  The Pin Oak is highly prized for its brilliant fall display of red and deep-bronze color.   It’s at this time that another of the classic and valued features of the Pin Oak appears.  Reddish/brown acorns begin to drop, creating an abundant fall harvest for a variety of wildlife.  Watch as Mallard and Wood ducks take a break from their fall migration to visit your home.  Deer, wild turkeys and squirrels may also stop in to provide a show for your enjoyment. Pin Oaks were named by farmers who used the branches to “pin together” the beams of their barns years ago.  The Pin Oak remains one of the most popular Oak trees in America today. * Fast-growing* Hardy* Appeal to wildlife

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 - Emerald - Sale Price: $64.95 Fast-Growing Privacy Hedge or Accent Plant The Emerald Green Thuja (Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’) is a fast-growing, hardy arborvitae.  It would make a superb privacy hedge along your property line or beside your backyard pool.  These also make an excellent wind-break or foundation plant. “Smaragd” is Danish for “emerald”, which perfectly describes the color of this pyramid-shaped conifer.  You’ll be amazed how its dense-growing, soft-to-the touch foliage remains a vibrant emerald green all year round.   Once established, you won’t have to even water this fast-growing cedar.  You’ll see a foot of growth each year that will only slow when it’s around 15 feet in height.  Pruning isn’t necessary either.  Even when it reaches its maximum 25 feet tall and 8 foot wide dimensions, this Thuja will maintain the tight growing habit. If you decide to trim your Thuja, save a few sprigs to place around the house.  The citrus-like evergreen scent will lend a fresh bouquet to the ambience of your home, especially during the holidays.  Holiday wreaths made from the Thuja boughs are a favorite of many people. After only one season with your Thuja you’ll see why this cultivar of arborvitae is becoming one of the most sought after landscape plants.     * Fast-growing privacy hedge* Hardy* Scented

Shagbark Hickory - Sale Price: $78.50 The Shagbark Hickory tree, ‘Carya ovata’, has a distinctive, shaggy bark, conspicuous on tall straight trees, which gives this species its name. It grows well in both wet and dry areas, but prefers well-drained soils. Shellbark hickory trees are also called shagbark hickory, bigleaf shagbark hickory, kingnut, big shellbark, bottom shellbark, thick shellbark, and western shellbark, which attest to some of its characteristics. It is a slow-growing long-lived tree. The nuts, largest of all hickory nuts, are sweet and edible. Wildlife and people harvest most of them; those remaining produce seedling trees readily. The wood is hard, heavy, strong, and very flexible, making it a favored wood for tool handles. The wood also makes excellent firewood, and often is used in smoking meat. As with other edible nuts, squirrels compete with humans for this fruit. Its bold-textured, jagged branch structure and thick twigs give it a striking appearance in winter. This deciduous shade tree has a yellow fall color. * Nut Tree * Long-Lived * Conspicuous Bark

Willow Hybrid - Sale Price: $1.75  The Fastest Growing Privacy Hedge. Grows an Amazing 6-10 Feet a Year! Need to block and unattractive view? Want privacy from the neighbors? Choose the Willow Hybrid (Salix Willow Hybrid) and you could block the view of astonished neighbors in as little as a year! With a growth rate of 6-10 feet a year the Willow Hybrid is the fastest growing privacy hedge we know of. The Willow Hybrid will perform best in full or partial sun and reach a mature height of 50-75 feet in no time. That’s tall enough to block any undesirable view. They are low maintenance though and easily pruned to any height. The trouble-free Willow Hybrids are also perfect as a wind break and noise barrier.  It will also prevent erosion. Extremely disease and pest resistant, the Willow Hybrid is hardy from Canada to Florida and can thrive in most any soil. Plant them 3 feet apart in single rows for dense cover in a year; plant 5 feet apart in double staggered rows for a snow-stopping windbreak. Rather than an industrial privacy fence, imagine how much nicer your pictures and memories will be with a green backdrop for gatherings in the yard with family and friends. You will be amazed at how quickly the Willow Hybrids grow into a beautiful living wall.  *  Fast Growing*  Disease and pest resistant*  Noninvasive