Archive for 'Trees' Category

Red Mulberry

Mar 20th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Red Mulberry tree, Morus Rubra, is a medium-sized tree, reaching approximately 50, and occasionally, 70 feet in height. The trunk can reach a diameter of up to two feet. The broad, rounded crown consists of many shorter branches, making red mulberry a desirable shade tree. It is a rapid-growing tree. The tree’s value is [...]

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Silver Maple

Mar 12th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Silver Maple tree, Acer Saccharinum, is a medium to large fast growing tree. The species is ideal for wet bottomland sites and can easily recover from extended periods of flooding. It is one of the best trees for poor soil and it transplants very easily. The wood of this maple tree is soft and [...]

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Cottonwood - Siouxland

Mar 9th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Souixland Cottonwood tree, Populus deltoides, ‘Siouxland’, is a very fast growing, cottonless cottonwood with a rounded head at maturity. These Cottonwood trees display shimmering foliage which is rust resistant. Cottonless Cottonwood trees are not only fast growing seedless hybrid, they also do well in dry conditions. This deciduous tree has large ornamental and glossy [...]

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Tatarian Maple

Mar 3rd, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Tatarian Maple, Acer tataricum’, is quite similar to Amur Maple and the two species readily hybridize when grown together. Tatarian Maple grows slightly larger and is naturally more tree like in growth habit. The Tatarian Maples are slightly larger and usually develop a good red coloration when maturing. Fall color is usually yellow to [...]

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Snow White Flwrng. Dogwood

Feb 27th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Snow White Flowering Dogwood tree, Cornus florida, ‘Cherokee Princess’, exhibits a early and heavy white flowering habit. It is an erect growing white flowering dogwood with a straight central leader that displays four inch flowers. Large snow white blooms appear in abundance on this vigorous growing upright tree. The fall color of the upper [...]

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Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud (PP10328)

Feb 27th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud, ‘Cercis canadensis “Covey”, also known as Twisted Lavender Redbud, is a new variety of Redbud that is sure to attract the eye. The reddish-purple bud opens to a rosy lavender-pink flower in early spring. The umbrella shaped tree accentuates the weeping, twisted branches tipping towards the ground. They flower in [...]

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Dwarf Norway Spruce

Feb 21st, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Dwarf Norway Spruce, Picea abies ‘Pumila’, is a compact, broad, globe-shaped, mounding evergreen with medium to dark green foliage on branches that are pointed upward, creating an attractive broad-shaped globe. Dwarf Norway Spruce make a great accent to existing plants, and in winter, when the other foliage has succumbed to fall, they become strong [...]

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Norway Spruce

Feb 18th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Norway Spruce tree, Picea Abies, is a fast growing tree that can grow to 150 ft. Norway Spruce trees, placed on a good site, should reach 5 ft. in 6 to 7 years starting with a 2-yr. seedling. The dense, dark green needles never get longer than 1″. This evergreen conifer tree thrives well [...]

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Prairie Horizon-? Alder

Feb 17th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Prairie Horizon? Alder, Alnus hirsuta ‘Harbin’, is an attractive, rapid growing tree for dry difficult sites. Decorative purple catkins in spring are followed by tiny pine cones in the fall, and are favored by birds. The bark is gray and beech-like. Its purple catkins and clusters of brown, cone-like strobiles add interest to the [...]

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Arborvitae - Nigra

Feb 11th, 2010 by Online Nursery Advisor | 0

The Nigra Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’, is one of the busy varieties for cold climates. Unlike some evergreens, ‘Nigra’ will keep its dark green color all winter long. Scale-like leaves are ovate, mid to dark-green on top, lighter beneath. Females bear small cones with a small terminal hook on each scale. This low maintenance arborvitae [...]

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