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Trees & Shrubs

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
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!  Habit is low and dense.  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.  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.

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