Trees & Shrubs
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Tree/Shrub | MAGNOLIA loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ | Magnolia | Vigorous upright and rounded to 30′ with pink star-like flowers in early spring. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | MAGNOLIA soulangeana ‘Alexandrina’ | Saucer Magnolia | A popular magnolia with large tulip-shaped blossoms rosy purple on the outside and white inside. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | MAGNOLIA ‘Yellow Bird’ | Magnolia | Blooming a little later in the spring it is less vulnerable to late frosts. The bright yellow flowers are sweetly fragrant. |
30-40 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS Apple Espalier | Apple | We will offer Fuji, Gala apples trained as espaliers as well as plants that have 6 varieties grafted on to one plant! |
as trained | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Chestnut’ | Crabapple | Large crabapple fruits and good texture for fresh eating with a nut-like flavor. |
12-15' | Full sun | 2 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Crispin’ | Apple | Large, juicy and pleasantly tart. Good for eating fresh or in baked goods and sauce. A heavy bearer of golden yellow fruit with an orange blush later in the season. Developed in Japan; also called ‘Mutsu’. |
8-10 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Royal Gala’ | Apple | Medium-sized fruit with deep red skin tinged with yellow streaks. Flesh has a spicy-sweet flavor. Ripens early September. |
15-30 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Granny Smith’ | Apple | Dark-green skin. Ripens late October. Tart, sweet, crisp and juicy. Keeps well. Good for eating, cooking, and sauce. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Fuji’ | Apple | Super crisp, sweet, and juicy fruit with skin that ranges from yellow-green with red highlights to mostly red. Exceptional for fresh eating. Stores well and great for baking. Ripens in October. Plant a pollenator such as Granny Smith, Honeycrisp™ or Red Delicious. |
10-20 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Honeygold’ | Apple | ‘Honeygold’ apple is noted for its honey-sweet flavor. Pretty white blossoms are followed by golden apples with a red blush that ripen in early October For ‘Honeygold’, Jonathans, Goldens or Courtland are recommended as cross-pollinators. |
12-15 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | MALUS ‘Prairiefire’ | Flowering Crabapple | Upright spreading habit with bright red flowers and reddish foliage. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | MICROBIOTA decussata ‘Celtic Pride’ | Russian Cypress | An improved version with better disease resistance, more sun tolerance and no pruning needed. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 2 | ||
| Edibles | MORUS alba ‘Contorta’ | Contorted Mulberry | This Japanese tree features a gnarled trunk and branches. It offers a scattering of small, tasty, purple fruit under the shiny, medium-green leaves, which turn an attractive yellow during fall. Once the leaves drop, the curled and wavy growth pattern of the trunk and branches is revealed. |
9-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | NYSSA sylvatica ‘Tupelo Tower’ | Black Tupelo | A narrow, dense-growing form with the typical shiny green foliage and great fall color of the species. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | OSTRYA virginiana | American Hop Hornbeam is a slow growing native tree with a pyramidal habit. In spring the female catkins form green hop-like fruits. The fall foliage is a glowing yellow. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | OXYDENDRON arboreum | Sourwood | Summer blooming large shrub or small tree with white lily-of-the-valley flowers in pendant clusters. Fall and spring color of foliage is brilliant red. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PARROTIA persica ‘Vanessa’ | A true four season tree starting with small red flowers in early spring, over gorgeous foliage taking on many colors throughout the fall while the bark is exfiating showing many colors throughout the year. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | PARTHENOCISSUS quinquefolia ‘Star Showers’ | Virginia Creeper | A variegated form of this vigorous native vine with foliage mottled with cream. Takes on pink tones as the weather cools. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PAXISTIMA canbyi | Mountain Jade | Evergreen groundcover with narrow glossy green leaves. Great plant! Â Habit is low and dense. Â Native to the mid-Atlantic states where it grows on rocky, difficult sites. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHILADELPHUS ‘Snowbelle’ | Mock Orange | A compact mock orange cultivar noted for its abundant bloom of citrus-fragrant, double white flowers in late spring to early summer. Upright habit. Clay/drought tolerant. Needs good drainage. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius ‘Amber Jubilee’ | Common Ninebark | A hybrid between P. ‘Dart’s Gold’ and ‘Diablo’ with colorful orange and gold new growth maturing to lime green. Fall color is red and purple! |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius ‘Center Glow’ | Common Ninebark | Glowing copper-green new growth deepens to bright red. From the University of Minnesota. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius ‘Chroma Chameleon’ | Nine Bark | Spring red foliage changes first to bronze then nearly black as the season progresses. Clusters of pink tinged white flowers cover the plant in early summer and are coveted by pollinators. Attracts bees, buterflies, hummingbirds and songbirds |
6-8' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius ‘Lemon Candy’ | Common Ninebark | A compact cultivar with gold foliage and white flowers. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius ‘Tiny Wine Gold’ | Common Ninebark | A new dwarf ninebark introduced by Proven Winners. Small, bright yellow new growth contrasts with the white-pink spring blooms. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PHYSOCARPUS opulifolius ‘Summer Wine Black’ | Common Ninebark | White flower clusters covering the branches in spring contrast with nearly-black foliage. Upright stems and small, textured foliage; peeling bark as winter interest. Best left unpruned. Attracts butterflies. Drought/clay tolerant. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PLATANUS occidentalis | Sycamore | Beautiful native tree with alternating patches of white and light brownbark. Habitat is along stream banks or near water. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS americana | A very showy native plum that covers itself in fragrant white blossoms in spring and growing into a small tree with edible red fruits that are attractive to birds. The foliage turns brilliant shades of red in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Edibles | PRUNUS cerasifera ‘Pendula’ | Weeping Cherry Plum | Purple foliage and pink flowers in spring on weeping branches followed by red and yellow fruit. |
8-15' | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS ‘Hally Jolivette’ | Semi-double pale pink blossoms in spring on a compact low growing tree with beautiful bark, flowering from late April to early May. A fast grower, it will become a wonderful addition to the landscape very quickly. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Edibles | PRUNUS maritima | Beach Plum | Quick growing attractive native shrub. Pretty white spring flowers that appear before the foliage and small purple edible plums are good for fresh eating, and jams/jellies. Tolerant of salt and poor soils. |
3-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Reliance’ | Peach | One of the hardiest peaches available. Medium sized fruit, flesh is bright yellow, soft & juicy, ripening late July to early August. Self-fertile. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS ‘Pink Snow Showers’ | Weeping Flowering Cherry | Masses of double pink flowers cover the graceful, weeping branches in early spring followed by lush green foliage that becomes deep golden in fall. A beautiful choice as a specimen. |
15-20 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS pumila ‘Jade Parade’ | Sand Cherry | Glossy blueish-green foliage turns shades of yellow, orange, and red in the fall. White blooms flower profusely along the stems and are followed by small black cherries in late summer. Drought tolerant Attracts bees and songbirds |
24-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ | Flowering Cherry | Double pink flowers make this a sought after landscape specimen. Vase-shaped when young, spreading as it ages, this selection blooms dependably and abundantly in mid-May and is very tolerant of many soil conditions. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS subhirtella ‘Pink Snow Showers’ | Weeping Cherry | A beautiful weeping cherry with double pink flowers. The leaves stay a glossy green throughout the growing season. |
15-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS subhirtella ‘Snow Fountains’ | Weeping Cherry | A weeping form covered with clouds of white flowers in early spring. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | PYRUS communis ‘Anjou’ (Espalier) | Pear | Beautiful, three-tiered French espaliered pear trees. Medium to large fruit. Smooth, thin, yellow-green skin. White, sweet flesh that stores well. Used for fresh eating. |
8-10 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | PYRUS communis ‘Moonglow’ | Dwarf European Pear | A heavy-bearing variety featuring fragrant white flowers in early-mid spring. Clay soil tolerant. Resistant to fireblight. Requires a pollinator such as Bartlett. |
10-15 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | PYRUS communis ‘Bartlett’ | Pear | Greenish-yellow skin. Ripens late August to early September. Flesh is sweet, juicy, firm, aromatic and fine textured. |
as trained | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | PYRUS communis ‘Summercrisp’ | Pear | Medium size fruit with green skin blushed red and crisp, sweet juicy flesh. Developed at the University of Minnesota. Ripens August. Requires a pollinator. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | PYRUS ‘Red Bartlett’ (Espalier) | Pear | This big, deep red skinned Pear matures starting in late August and continuing into late September producing a fruit that is very sweet and juicy with a white flesh. ‘Red Bartlett’ is very productive and very easy to store for later use in baking projects and is one of the ideal Pears for canning. ‘Red […] |
15-18 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | QUERCUS alba | White Oak | Large-growing northeast native with attractive lobed foliage. Drought-tolerant. Magnificent specimen. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | QUERCUS macrocarpa | Burr Oak | Distinguished by its corky branches and large acorns. Slow-growing, but in time becomes enormous. Native to eastern North America. Very hardy. |
40 feet or more | Full sun | 2 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | QUERCUS rubra ‘Aurea’ | Northern Red Oak | A cultivar with golden foliage in spring to chartreuse in early summer through to bronze and scarlet in fall. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | QUERCUS rubra ‘Golden Dragon’ | Northern Red Oak | Clear yellow foliage that emerges with pink tones and remains colorful and vivid through most of the gardening season ending with brilliant fall colors of red and orange. |
40' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | QUERCUS warei ‘Chimney Fire’ | Warei Oak | A dense, columnar hybrid with gorgeous red fall color. Â New growth is also tinted red. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | QUERCUS warei ‘Nadler’ (syn. ‘Kindred Spirit’) | Kindred Spirit Oak | A hybrid of Q. bicolor and Q. robur ‘Fastigiata’, this sister seedling of Q. ‘Regal Prince’ has a denser growth habit. It will only be 6’ wide when it’s 35’ tall. |
30-40 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON -all/general | Evergreen Rhododendron | Generally speaking, all evergreen rhododendrons prefer acidic-leaning soils, need consistent moisture (do not let dry out), and benefit from some shelter from harsh winds, especially in winter. Rarely needs pruning; can be deadheaded immediately after blooming. Deer tend to go for most varieties, but rabbits tend to avoid. Flowers attract butterflies/hummingbirds. |
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| Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON atlanticum ‘Choptank River Sweet’ | Coast Azalea | Bright peach fragrant buds opening to orange-red, maturing to buff yellow with peach from May into June, just before or during leafing. Attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade | 5 |