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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

Crimson King Maple - Sale Price: $92.75 Shade Tree with Outstanding Color  By far the most outstanding feature of the Crimson King Maple is its summer leaf color. While other homeowners have to wait until fall for their Maples to display vivid colors, your Crimson King will do so all summer long. Its star-shaped, classic Maple leaves are an engaging deep purple-maroon that stands out amid the usual greens of the summer landscape. As an added bonus, your Crimson King will be dotted with petite yellow flowers in the spring to the delight of the neighborhood’s butterflies and bees. Seeds will later develop, with a two winged structure that is as entertaining as it is useful. Their enchanting descent to the ground, spinning on the autumn breeze is a sight to behold…if the birds don’t snatch them up first. When fall arrives your Crimson King’s purple foliage will give one last burst of color as its dark purple shade transform into a bronze hue. The Crimson King Maple can grow up to 50 feet tall with a 30 foot spread to its symmetrical, oval form. It’s a particularly hardy Maple. It’s easily transplanted, tolerates shade, drought and many other conditions well, including urban environments. A dense shade tree with dramatic uncommon color, the Crimson King Maple is a must-have for any home that wants to stand out from the rest. * Unique leaf color * Spring flowers * Wildlife interest

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

Summit Ash - Sale Price: $114.95 The Summit Ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Summit', is a vigorous selection of Green Ash that features a straight trunk and is uniformly upright in habit.  Being very hardy, it tends to color early in the fall with golden yellow color! Although reported to be a female selection, seed production has not been a problem.  It rarely is fed on by Japanese beetles.   Once developed properly in the nursery, the trunk remains straight up through the crown of the tree, and the branch habit is reported to be better than the species.  Early pruning helps assure that this happens. The attractive bark is red-tinged and furrowed, and it is reportedly thicker than other Ashes.  The tree grows quickly and can sometimes reach 80 feet in height. Summit has green to reddish-purple flowers that appear in spring.  This tree has been successfully grown in urban areas where air pollution, poor drainage, compacted soil, and/or drought are common! * Hardy * Upright habit * Fall color

Ginkgo - Sale Price: $96.35  If you’re looking for an indestructible tree, here it is. The Gingko tree (Ginkgo biloba) is also called the Maidenhair Tree. It is a truly unique tree that has no close living relatives. The Gingko tree can tolerate most anything. It does well in poor soil, compacted soil can withstand drought, winter salt and even air pollution. They are usually deep rooted and resistant to snow and wind damage. The leaves on the Gingko are an interesting fan shape that flutters in the slightest breeze. They are a beautiful dark green from spring to summer usually 2-4 inches but can sometimes be up to 6 inches long. In autumn the leaves turn a brilliant, saturated yellow. One of the most favored and popular characteristics of the Gingko tree. The female Gingko tree produces a yellow orange, plum-like fruit. The nuts inside the fruit are considered a delicacy in Asian cooking. The extract from the leaves are used in Gingko Biloba supplements to improve memory, symptoms of dementia and blood flow. The Gingko Tree can live 1,000 or more years, has been around since the dinosaurs, and is as beautiful as it is beneficial. It is a conversation starter that would be an interesting addition to any yard. * Pest and disease resistant* Unique leaves with medicinal benefits* Beautiful fall color