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Following are photos and descriptions of some of the species of trees that we have
available. We grow hundreds of varieties of trees. Evergreen trees are measured
in two-foot increments (ours range from 10' and up), while deciduous trees are
measured in trunk diameter (or "caliper") at about 6" from the ground. Our deciduous
trees are normally in 2" - 12" range.
Included in most of the tree descriptions are height and width dimensions. These
are descriptive of a healthy tree at about thirty years old. Obviously many trees
will exceed that age, and may become larger.
Our photo gallery is divided into three categories, to make your browsing most
effective. The first is the largest: Shade Trees. Trees
that have colorful fall foliage are often pictured at the peak of their color. The
second category features Evergreens. Third is
Flowering Trees (these are ornamental, not fruiting varieties), and includes
other Ornamentals (i.e. Japanese Maples). You'll note some leaf or blossom
close-ups, but remember, nothing compares with seeing these trees in real life!
We hope you'll come out to see our trees "in person."
Shade Trees
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Autumn Blaze Maple
Botanical Name: Acer x Freemanii "Jeffersred"
Mature Height: 50'
Mature Spread: 40'
Shape: Upright branching, broadly oval
Foliage: Medium green
Fall Color: Brilliant scarlet-red, long-lasting
A hybrid between the Red and Silver Maple. Combines the best features of both parents; the drought tolerance of Silver Maple and the Fall color of Red Maple.
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Birch
Botanical Name: Betula
Known for their white bark and golden fall color, the birch are generally fast growing and taller than wide. Some varieties are available in "clump" form (multi-stemmed). The striking white bark and upright habit of "Jacquemontii" makes it an attractive tree even in the winter, before its oval green leaves appear.
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Fairview Columnar Sugar Maple
Botanical Name: Acer Saccharum "Fairview Columnar"
Mature Height: 40'
Mature Spread: 25'
Shape: Vase-shaped
Foliage: Emerald green
Fall Color: Yellow and orange to red
Well-branched tree with a strong central leader. Works well for narrow placement areas.
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Ginkgo
Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba
Slow to medium growth, narrow at first then becoming broader; bright yellow fall color with distinctively shaped leaves; male clones have no fruit.
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Jacquemontii Birch
Botanical Name: Betula Jacquemontii
Mature Height: 40'
Mature Spread: 30'
Shape: Upright, oval
Foliage: Dark green, thick, glossy
Fall Color: Brilliant yellow
The whitest bark of all the birches. Its trunk seems to almost glow when the tree is planted among darker foliage material.
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Linden
Botanical Name: Tilia
Pyramidal and symmetrical, green-leafed with yellowish fall color. Mature sizes range from 25-35’ wide, 35-45’ high.
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London Planetree
Botanical Name: Platanus x acerfolia
A large, fast-growing and hardy shade tree; naturally shedding bark creates a dappled pattern.
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Madrone
Botanical Name: Arbutus Menziesii
Mature Height: 40'
Foliage: Green
An evergreen tree featuring peeling, copper-colored bark, native to the west coast, from British Columbia to Southern California. Slow to moderate growth rate to 40 feet.
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Magnolia
Botanical Name: Magnolia
Foliage: Green
Many varieties exist, ranging from moderately sized shrubs to huge, flowering broad-leafed evergreen trees. The Magnolia grandiflora is now available in smaller varieties. Magnolia soulangiana, or "saucer" magnolia flowers before the leaves appear.
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Norway Maples
Botanical Name: Acer Plantanoides
Foliage: Green or purple leaved
Best in a large yard, where the larger leaves of the Norway maple will provide heavy shade. "Emerald Queen" is a green -leaved variety that provides glorious golden yellow fall color; "Crimson King" is the dark purple leaved variety, which turns maroon to bronze in the fall.
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Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus
Strong, sturdy, green-leaved shade trees, generally medium to fast growing. Varieties include “Pin Oak,” “Northern Red Oak” and “Scarlet Oak.”
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Paper Clump Birch
Botanical Name: Betula Papyrifera
Mature Height: 50'
Mature Spread: 35'
Shape: Oval
Foliage: Dark green
Fall Color: Yellow
One of the most permanent and desirable of all white-barked birches. Slow to turn white, but a perfect chalk-white when older. Available as a single-stem or multi-stem, as pictured.
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Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus Rubra
Mature Height: 50'
Mature Spread: 45'
Shape: Upright spreading, open, broadly oval
Foliage: Dark green
Fall Color: Red
An excellent substitute for Scarlet Oak in areas that the Red Oak species does poorly. It thrives in moist, acid bottomland soils where poor drainage creates problems for other trees.
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Red Sunset Maple
Botanical Name: Acer Rubrum "Franksred"
Mature Height: 45'
Mature Spread: 35'
Shape: Upright branching, oval
Foliage: Dark green glossy
Fall Color: Brilliant orange-red to red
Red Sunset© is the most highly rated and reliable of the Red Maple cultivars. This tree has become the standard to which others are compared. Vigorous growing tree with a strong and symmetrical branching pattern.
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Sugar Maple
Botanical Name: Acer Saccharum
Foliage: Green
Fall Color: Red / Orange
The red / orange fall coloring that reminds many people of eastern U.S. autumns. Sugar maples are slightly larger and faster growing than the red maples, with a larger leaf (green-leaved insummer).
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Tulip Tree
Botanical Name: Liriodendron tulipifera
A large, fast-growing tree, native to the eastern United States. Bright, clear-yellow fall color, tulip-shaped leaves and large yellow-green flowers.
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Evergreen Trees
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Atrovirens
Botanical Name: Thuja Plicata ""Atrovirens""
This cultivar of the Western Red Cedar works well for screening. It features a strong central leader, providing a more stable tree than the arborvitae species.
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Austrian Pine
Botanical Name: Pinus Nigra
Mature Height: 55'
Mature Spread: 35'
Shape: Broadly pyramidal to rounded
Foliage: Dark green needles, in pairs
A very adaptable evergreen: hardy and wind resistant, and perhaps the most popular pine for landscaping. Shape is broadly pyramidal to rounded, sizes to 35’ wide, but lower branching is frequently pruned up to allow room for shrubs, etc.
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Blue Spruce
Botanical Name: Picea Pungens "Glauca"
Mature Height: 45'
Mature Spread: 20'
Shape: Stiff, narrow pyramidal
Foliage: Green to blue-green
A slower growing, dense pyramidal tree, with stiff foliage, varying in color from green to gray/blue. Expect about 20’ wide by 45’ high by maturity (30 years old).
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Giant Sequoia
Botanical Name: Sequoiadendron Giganteum
Mature Height: 65'
Mature Spread: 40'
Shape: Broad, dense pyramidal
Foliage: Gray-green
The classic “giant redwood” is broad, densely pyramidal, with a proportionately very large trunk. A beautiful, symmetrical tree which quickly requires large spaces.
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Incense Cedar
Botanical Name: Calocedrus Decurrens
Mature Height: 60'
Mature Spread: 13'
Shape: Narrow, stiff, columnar and symmetrical
Foliage: Dark green in fan-like sprays
A beautifully symmetrical, columnar evergreen featuring an attractive fragrance and dark green, fan-like foliage, and reddish-brown bark. Mature size up to 12’ wide, 45’ tall. Tolerates poor soils and will withstand extreme summer heat once established.
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Leyland Cypress
Botanical Name: Cupressocyparis Leylandii
Mature Height: 65'
Mature Spread: 9'
Shape: Dense, upright, excellent for screening
Foliage: Dark hunter green
A fast-growing columnar tree, with a graceful branching pattern in horizontal fans. Matures to about 12’ x 45’ tall. Tolerant of a wide range of soils and climates.
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Western Red Cedar
Botanical Name: Thuja Plicata
Mature Height: 70'
Mature Spread: 40'
Shape: Broad, dense, pyramidal
Foliage: Dark green, turning rust in Fall
A native tree, broad and pyramidal. The scale-like needles form flat, graceful lacy sprays, and turn rust or mahogany color in the winter. Best in a large area, where 40’ x 60’ can be appreciated.
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Flowering Trees
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Clerodendrum
Foliage: Green
Flower: White with purple berry
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Dogwood
Botanical Name: Cornus
Mature Height: 20'
Mature Spread: 20'
Shape: vase-chaped more narrow than tall
Flower: pink or white
The classic Florida dogwoods, pink or white flowering, are slow-growing and generally get to be as wide as they are tall (about 20' by 20'). They feature graceful, horizontal branching, dramatic fall foliage, and showy flowers before the leaves appear in late spring.
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Flowering Pear
Botanical Name: Pyrus Calleryana
Foliage: Light green
Fall Color: red to purple
Flower: white
White blossoms accompany the light green foliage on the flowering pear. "Chanticleer" or "Cleveland Slect" are upright and symmetrical (narrow) and offer red to purple fall color. Appropriate as a street tree in most areas.
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Flowering Plum
Botanical Name: Prunus Cerasifera "Thundercloud"
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: Small purple leaves
Flower: pink
A popular ornamental tree whose rounded shape makes it useful for shade in a small yard. The "Thundercloud" variety is one of the first trees to flower in the spring (mid-to-late Februrary), with small porple leaves following the pink blossoms.
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Forest Pansy Redbud
Foliage: Red / Purple
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Katsura
Foliage: Green
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Kwanzan Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus
Mature Height: 20'
Shape: Y shaped
The flowering charries cltivars vary dramatically in shape and in color of bloom. Native to Korea, Japan, and China, they generally grow at a moderate rate to 20'-25' tall. "Kwanzan" has double, deep pink blooms, and a "Y" shape. It can be used as a street tree in many areas.
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Laceleaf Maple
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Sango Kaku Japanese Maple
Botanical Name: Acer Palmatum "Sango Kaku"
Mature Height: 18'
Mature Spread: 14'
Shape: Upright to upright spreading
Foliage: Bright medium green
Fall Color: Gold
Sometimes called "Coral Bark Maple," this tree is famous for its bright red bark, which is particularly intense in the winter. It's a little narrower and more upright than most Japanese Maples.
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Saucer Magnolia
Botanical Name: Magnolia x Soulangiana
Mature Height: 20'
Mature Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright when young, spreading when older
Foliage: Light green tending towards yellow
Fall Color: Yellow-brown
Flower: Large, deep rose-red
A vigorous, spreading deciduous magnolia with deep red-purple flowers. Originally raised in Holland in 1893.
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Seiryu Japanese Maple
Botanical Name: Acer Palmatum Dissectum "Seiryu"
Mature Height: 10'
Mature Spread: 8'
Shape: Upright to upright spreading
Foliage: Laceleaf, bright green
Fall Color: Golden orange to orange-red
This is a very unusual upright growing form of a laceleaf Japanese Maple with green foliage. Faster growing than most weeping forms, it produces a delicately beautiful small tree.
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Silk Tree or Mimosa
Foliage: Green
Flower: white / pink
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Soulangeana Magnolia
Foliage: Green
Flower: White / purple
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Thundercloud Plum
Botanical Name: Prunus Cerasifera 'Thundercloud'
Mature Height: 20'
Mature Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright spreading, broadly oval to rounded
Foliage: Purple-red
Fall Color: Reddish
Flower: Light pink
Retains its deep purple foliage throughout the growing season. One of the best purple-leafed plums. It has maintained steady popularity since it was introduced in 1937.
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Upright Palmatum Maple
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Yoshino Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus
Flower: pink or white
"Yoshino" is famous as the "Tidal Basin" cherry in Washington, D.C. It features pale pink to white blossoms.
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