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Alnus glutinosa
This broadly pyramidal and fast growing tree is ideal for dry soils but will also thrive in wet, infertile site conditions. Glossy green leaves and lustrous gray-green bark add to its appeal, as do the brown seeds which can be used for dried arrangements. It grows 1 to 2 ft. per year to 50 ft. tall, and it does well in sun or part shade. |
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Acer freemanii 'Marmo'
Marmo Maple is a fast growing seedless maple relative to the popular Autumn Blaze Maple. It grows with a broad-columnar form and a strong central leader. It is particularly prized for its brilliant orange-red fall color, although temperature and site conditions play a role in its intensity. It is a disease and insect resistant tree that is adaptable to heavy clay soils. It will grow ultimately to 70' tall and 35'-40' spread (in 50+ years). |
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Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'
Sun Valley Maple is a cross between the brilliantly coloured Red Sunset and and popular Autumn Flame red maples. The brilliant red fall colour is exceptionally long lasting. It performs well in many different soil and site conditions, and is excellent as a large lawn or street tree. It grows to 25' tall by 10' wide in 10 years, and will mature larger to 40' or more.
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Acer ruburm 'Embers'
Embers is a very hardy and vigorous growing red maple variety that has a bit narrower profile when it is younger, and becomes more rounded as it matures. It grows in most soil conditions to a height of 50', and has a strong red colour show to its leaves in the fall. |
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Acer freemanii 'Autumn Blaze'
Autumn Blaze maple is one of the most vigorous growing maple trees, and now it is available in a multi-stemmed form. Arising from a cross between native silver maple and red maple, it is noted for the outstanding fall colour and adaptability to most soil conditions. It will grow to 50 feet at a rate of 1 to 1.5 feet per year. |
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Acer ginnala
This delightful tree has an oval to rounded head full of handsome green glossy leaves! It grows 20-25 ft. tall at 1.5 ft. per year and is extremely tolerant of most conditions. White summer flowers become red winged fruit in fall, accented by dramatic orange red foliage. It is an excellent specimen or screening plant tree, and can even be sheared if desired. |
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Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Snowcloud'
This strong growing narrow upright tree has an airy, graceful texture. The large white flowers that appear in early May are followed by edible black fruit, but you won't get any as the birds will likely eat them all. Summer foliage is bluish-green, with leaves turning coppery orange in the fall. A new selection that has shown improved disease resistance. |
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Betula nigra 'Shiloh Splash'
This unique slow growing tree has striking variegated leaves and creamy gold peeling birch bark. It grows at ¼ to ½ the rate of a normal River Birch tree and will be 10 to 15 feet tall by 5 to 7 feet wide in 10 years. As with most River Birch it is highly resistant to Birch Leaf Miner and Bronze Birch borer. |
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Cornus x 'Celestial'
A cross between Flowering Dogwood and Chinese Flowering Dogwood, this Stellar series hybrid dogwood (formerly known as Galaxy) starts to bloom in April with large white blooms that are produced in great abundance covering the newly emerging dark green leaves. The plant habit is taller than wide with branches low to the ground and a uniform spread all the way up, and it grows to approximately 15' - 20' tall. |
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Gleditsia 'Emerald Kascade'
This tree was discovered in 1981 and has a very unusual form for honeylocust. An irregular weeping form that would form a large specimen, it will grow at a relatively fast rate to between 15 to 25 feet in size, and is tolerant of salt, drought and tough urban conditions. Green leaves turn to yellow in the fall.
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Gingko biloba 'Marikan'
This is a very slow-growing, incredibly compact, dwarf specimen tree for your sunny garden! Grafted on a stem, its small, unique fan-shaped leaves grow in a tight spherical mass and turn bright golden in the autumn. It grows best in moist, sandy, well-drained soil to a height of approx 8 feet.
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Magnolia 'Golden Gift'
This new magnolia has 4.5 inch sized, 6 petaled flowers of yellow with a very faint green flush at the base of the exterior surface of the blossom. It bears these flowers prolifically over a period of 4 weeks, with multiple blossoms being formed on the branches. The plant is semi-dwarf growing ultimately to approximately 20 feet tall (6.5' tall in 9 years), and as with all magnolias is best sited in well-drained soil in a semi-protected area. |
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Magnolia 'Galaxy'
Cup-shaped, fragrant purple-pink flowers cover this compact multi-stemmed clump in mid-spring, followed by large pointy green leaves which turn bronze in the fall. It will grow to 33 ft. tall by about 25 ft. wide in sun with an oval-shaped head. Although hardy, it must be planted where sheltered from strong winter winds to prevent tender flower buds from freezing. |
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Malus 'Brandywine'
With each individual flower looking like it should be on a wedding car, Brandywine Flowering Crab is a beautiful specimen tree for any home. It grows to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet, and is often found low branched to the ground. It is tolerant of many soil conditions and is very winter hardy.
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Malus sargentii
This large shrub or small tree makes for a beautiful addition to the garden. Deep dark pink flower buds open to pure white showy blossoms that form tiny bright red fruit that persist into winter. Fall colour is a unique bronzy yellow. It can grow to 10 to 12 feet tall and wide, in most soil types, and is noted for it's incredible disease resistance. |
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Malus 'Red Barron'
Red Barron Crabapple offers a more upright pyramidal form than most crabapples, growing just 8 feet wide by approximately 18 feet tall. Dark reddish pink flowers are followed by glossy dark red fruit that are about 1/2" in size, and this is enhanced by bronze green leaves that turn yellow in fall. It tolerates most soil and site conditions. |
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Malus 'Spring Snow'
This crabapple is unique in that it bears a huge show of fragrant single white blossoms in May that do not develop into fruit. A fireblight resistant tree that will grow to 20 to 25 feet tall by 15 to 20 feet wide in a dense upright oval form. H 20-25’ W 15-20’ Dense, upright oval form. Dark green leaves turn yellow in fall. |
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Quercus palustris 'Pringreen'
This new Pin Oak variety has a very narrow, dense form that will grow to 45+ feet by about 15 feet wide and has lovely glossy green oak leaves that turn a striking red in the fall, and then persist as brown leaves well into the winter. Young trees occasionally produce a 'lazy lateral' branch that should and is easily pruned off to maintain the pyramidal form of the tree. Grows in most soil and site conditions.
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Sorbus aucuparia 'Michred'
Vigorous growth in a neat upright rounded form makes this a choice lawn tree. Dark green leaves with silver reverse turn orange in fall. White flowers are followed by red fruit clusters that will attract birds. Could grow 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide and prefers well-drained soils. |
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Syringa reticulata
This multi-stemmed small tree has large showy clusters of creamy white flowers in mid summer. Its cherry-like branches form a rounded crown growing to about 25 ft. high at approximately 1-2 ft. a year. A hardy tree, it should be planted in sun or light shade, and is effective as a specimen or accent plant. |
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Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii'
This small ornamental tree has outstanding large creamy white flowers in the spring on an interesting horizontal branches. It will grow with minimal pruning to 12 ft. tall, but will look best with a little pruning directly after flowering. Bright red fruit appear in late summer, but are not messy. It grows best in a wind protected sunny or partially shady location. Its medium green leaves turn a deep purple colour in the fall.
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