It is well-suited as a street tree in northern and mid-south climates in residential and other suburban areas but the bark is thin and easily damaged by mowers. October Glory (cultivar name is 'PNI 0268') can be grown in the southern portion of ...

This is a cross between 'Autumn flame' and 'Red Sunset'. Introduced by the USA National Arboretum in 1994. A male tree that turns bright red in the fall....

A birch with superior leaf color both summer and fall. Bark is also more creamy white than the species. More resistant to borers and leaf miners, and is easily transplanted if necessary....

Cedar grow best when protected from strong winds. They tolerate high pH and clay soil by growing most of their roots in the top few inches of soil. Supply mulch out to the edge of the branches for best growth and to help the tree endure extended drou...

Redbuds are one of the first plants to bloom in spring. The Forest Pansy has a darker purple bloom than other redbuds. Leaves appear after the blooms. Leaves have a true heart shape and nice purple/green color....

This is a deciduous tree that grows slowly into a rounded or vase shape. Young trees are a bid irregular and benefit from training and pruning. The deep pink to red flowers appear in profusion up and down the tree limbs in springtime, before the le...

The Japanese Cedar has compact blue-green foliage and peeling red bark....

A pyramidal tree with a stout trunk and erect, wide-spreading branches. Handsome form with rich bright blue-green summer foliage that becomes slightly bronze-green in cold wather, grows fast and develops a handsome form without extensive pruning....

This variety is similar to 'Haggerston Grey' in color. Rich green with a pale grey cast. A consistent cone bearer. Very nice form for the landscape....

Foliage is a rich silver blue/powdery blue color. bark is shiny, reddish brown. Trees are bleeders, they bruise easily and having oozing sap. The evergreen scent in quite nice....

Purple-brown colored, but otherwise common, fruit...

Upright bushy pyramidal-conical form with lustrous dark greenwith yellow-green, translucent rim 1/4" diameter fruits....

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Lustrous dark green flat leaves, might be a good choice for hedging. Usually a dense, multi-branched evergreen that is excellent for textural differences in foundation plantings, hedges, and masses....

Cardinal is a bold textured, large, female evergreen shrub. As it matures the limbs sweep toward the ground in classic Ilex pyramidal form. This variety is equally as cold hardy as Nellie Stevens. The new growth is a beautiful maroon color. A...

Festive is a dense, medium-sized evergreen shurb. The spiny, stiff foliage is dark green and shiny. 'Festive' can easily be maintained as a tightly-sheared pyramid for a small garden accent. Rich, deep green foliage year round with a tight growth ...

A Red Holly Hybrid. Liberty has large serrated leaves that are dark green. Bronze to reddish burgundy new growth. The habit is a fast growing upright pyramidal and it is great to use for screens. It can be used as a specimen....

A row of these hollies makes one of the best screens available. Its tight growth habit, even in partial shade, makes it nice along the border of a property to block a view or provide protection from the wind. Place it far enough away from the patio...

This holly grows quickly in full sun or partial shade on moist, acid soils. Growth is poor and foliage chlorotic on alkaline soil. Plants in full sun can grow a dense canopy, those in partial shade are more open. This plant is considered mostly alle...

Upright columnar evergreen. Bright green foliage. Tolerant of heat, cold and drought conditions. Excellent for topiary. Requires full sun....

Probably the most narrow columnar juniper available. Bluish green acicular needles. It is similar to other Junipers in that it requires a full sun exposure and will tolerate dry and arid soils. Natural habitat is dry and windy with full sun exp...

Large shrub form or small tree. Color is medium lavender. Blooms mid-July to September and is mildew resistant....

Grows best in full sun and will tolerate some drought and a little salt. This plant will grow in dry soil. Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy, sandy or clay. The pH preference is an acidic to alkaline (less than 6.8 to more than 7.7) soil. 'Natchez...

Pink Velour has a wonderful dark hot pink flower with dark foliage for a beautiful contrast. One of our favorites. Grows best in full sun with rich, moist soil but will tolerate less hospitable positions in the landscape just as well, once it becom...

This variety is one of the Whitcomb selctions Grows best in full sun with rich, moist soil but will tolerate less hospitable positions in the landscape just as well, once it becomes established. However, plants left on their own in highway medians ap...

Will tolerate some drought and a little salt and will grow in dry soil. Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy, sandy or clay. The pH preference is an acidic to slightly alkaline (less than 6.8 to 7.7) soil. Sioux' grows best in full sun with rich, moi...

A newer introduction. Underside of leaves are a nice orange/brown. It is the offspring of Little Gem and (it is believed) Bracken Brown Beauty. Is considered to be the best of the grandifloras available. More cold tolerant than most. Flowers for...

The original parent tree of this cultivar was 42 feet tall in 1997. This cultivar will probably remain smaller than most and will grow slower than many other magnolia cultivars. This makes it well suited for maintaining as a tall hedge. Southern ...

Loblolly Pine is a southern pine commonly planted for the lumber industry and often found along water in the southeast. It grows best in full sun on well-drained, moist, acid soil and is highly drought-tolerant once established. Pines are often gro...

This plum has a light pink flower that will appear before the dark purple foliage. Very similar in appearance to the 'Thundercloud' plum....

Oriental cherry grows 15 to 25 feet tall. Oriental cherry prefers full sun, is intolerant of poor drainage, and is easily transplanted. A regular fertilization program with slow release nitrogen is recommended to keep plants vigorous. Too much ...

This makes a good street or lawn tree. The habit is gracefully weeping with semi-double pink flowers which during a warm fall will open sporadically and then fully flower the following spring. Flowers are deep pink in bud, open to li ght pink and f...

First Lady was selected for its strongly upright growth habit and dark pink semi-pendulous single flowers. It is the first in a series of flowering cherries to be named after the First Ladies of the United States. It has glossy dary green leaves th...

Provide good drainage in an acidic soil for best growth. Crowns become one-sided unless they receive light from all around the plant, so locate in full sun. Select a different plant if soil is poorly drained, but otherwise cherry adapts to clay or lo...

Snow Fountain is a beautiful weeping cherry with compact growth. A slow growing dwarf cherry. Branches will bend to the ground. Very hardy, disease and insect resistant....

Short lived tree, but very showy with almost white to light pink flowers. Rounded and spreading growth habit. Blooms usually appear before the leaves, but may occur with the leaves....

Cleveland Select is a ornamental pear that holds up much better than the 'Bradford'. Densely covered in spring with white blooms. Nice purple color in fall....

Overcup Oak is one of the most wet site tolerant of the oaks available for planting in landscapes. This should make it suitable for many urban sites where poor drainage is the norm. Despite its tolerance to standing water, like many wet sites trees,...

This is an oak that is very underused in the landscape. It is gaining in popularity because of it's adaptability and rapid growth. Has a nice red color in the fall....

It grows in low, bottomland, acid wet sites of flood plains yet is drought-tolerant. It thrives in constantly wet to moist soil, although it has been known to adapt to seemingly impossible habitats. Fibrous root system makes transplanting rather eas...

A native of the bottomlands of the southeastern United States, Shumard Oak grows well in full sun on a wide variety of soils. Although it prefers moist, rich, bottomland soil where it will grow rapidly, it will tolerate somewhat drier locations. Sh...

This beautiful weeping willow (the best of the green weeping willows) is a hardy deciduous three. It forms a gracefully rounded crown to about 50 feet in height with a spread just as wide. Its bark is dark gray and deeply formed. Branches divide i...

Green foliage with a broad pyramidal habit that prefers full sun with rapid growth and bronze winter foliage. Has lustrous rich medium green summer foliage. A great alternative to Leyland Cypress....

Superb selection, covered with fragrant clear blue panicle-like blooms. Butterfly magnet! Vigorous grower. Blooms on new wood. Cut back hard in spring if desired....

Green Vase somewhat resembles the vase shape of American Elms. Zelkova is massive. It has a moderate growth rate and likes a sunny exposure. Major branches grow very upright. Leaves turn a brilliant burnt umber in the fall....