Ornamental Trees - Amelanchier laevis -
Cumulus Serviceberry
Height: 20-30'
Spread: 15-20'
Shape: Upright Oval
Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: Orange-Red
Exposure: Full to Part Shade
Zone: 4-8
A small tree with an upright to rounded, open form and low canopy. Showy white flowers in spring, blue fruits. Dark green foliage turns bright orange to tomato red in fall. Minimal suckering a medium growth rate, and tolerance to some urban pollution. The best time to prune is late winter or early spring, before bud break. During the first 3 years only prune weak or damaged branches, after that, prune more vigorously to control height and shape and to encourage new growth.
Ornamental Trees - Caragana
Weeping Walker
Height: 4-5'
Spread: 3-5'
Shape: Strongly weeping
Foliage: Light Green
Fall Foliage: VariableYellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-7
Budded on a standard, this small
tree has finely cut foliage for a
fern-like appearance. Strongly
weeping, An outstanding accent
plant for limited areas, it bears
bright yellow flowers in spring.
This cultivar is grafted on a
4' standard.
Ornamental Tree - Crat laevigata
Crimson Cloud Hawthorn
Height: 15'
Spread: 10-15'
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: insignificant
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-7
This Hawthorn bears exceptionally large, single bright red flowers with a star-shaped white area in the center of each bloom. Resistant to leaf spot diseases, it provides a second colorful display in fall when covered with glossy red fruit which persists into winter.
Ornamental Trees - Hydrangea (Paniculata)
Limelight-Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry Tree Form
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 7-9'
Shape: Upright rounded
Foilage: Medium Green
Exposure: Full Sun to
part-shade
Zone: 3-8
Bright, lime-green flowers add a much needed brightness to the late summer landscape. In autumn the blooms display
shades of pink, burgundy and
green. Excellent vigor and
floriferous blooming. Flowers on new wood so it can be pruned in winter or early spring. on a
4' standard.
Vanilla Strawberry Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry Tree Form
Height: 6-7'
Spread: 4-5'
Shape: Upright
Foliage: Medium green
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
The enormous flower panicles are a blend of vanilla and strawberry, held upright on red stems. They emerge creamy white in mid-summer, change to pink and finally, to strawberry red. New blooms give the plant multicolored
effect in late summer and early fall. The red coloration persists for at least 3-4 weeks. The habit is upright becoming
cascading later in the season.
Quick Fire-Tree From
Vanilla Strawberry Tree Form
Quick Fire-Tree From
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 6-8'
Shape: rounded
Foilage: Medium Green
Exposure: Full Sun to part-shade
Zone: 4-8
Quick to bloom, a month earlier than other varieties. Will flower in late May or early June depending on your location. The flowers will turn a deep pink. A terrific way to extend the hydrangea season.
Ornamental Trees - Malus
Prairifire Crabapple
Prairifire Crabapple
Prairifire Crabapple
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright, spreading becoming rounded
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-7
This disease resistant cross by Dr. Dan Dayton, University of Illinois, has especially good foliage retention during summer. It blooms later than most crabs. The bark is a glossy dark red with numerous prominent lenticels, and the fruit does not drop.
Snow Drift Crabapple
Prairifire Crabapple
Prairifire Crabapple
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 20-25'
Shape: uniform symmetrical
Foliage: Glossy green
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-7
This outstanding white flowering crab has heavy-textured, glossy green foliage, and persistent glossy orange-red fruit. A hardy and low
maintenance crabapple.
Gladiator Crabapple
Prairifire Crabapple
Gladiator Crabapple
Height: 20'
Spread: 9'
Shape: Upright
Foliage: Dark Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-8
Gladiator™ Crabapple is an excellent ornamental tree with a profusion of bright pink flowers followed by small reddish-purple fruit. Dark and glossy bronze-purple leaves remain lush all season long and are highly disease resistant. Gladiator™ is an ideal ornamental tree for space-challenged sites including under power lines, as a small boulevard tree, or planted in a row for a screen. .
Royalty Crabapple
Starlight Crabapple
Gladiator Crabapple
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 15-20'
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
Royalty Crabapple is a hardy tree that has outstanding foliage. New growth is reddish turning purplish with a green undercast. The leaves have a bright, varnished appearance and nice purple fall color. Fruit hangs into winter, providing colorful seasonal interest. Cold-hardy. Best grown in medium moisture, well-drained, acidic loams in full sun. Adapts to a wide range of soils. Established trees have some drought tolerance.
Starlight Crabapple
Starlight Crabapple
Starlight Crabapple
Height: 25’
Width: 15’
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4
A very winter hardy flowering crabapple with glossy, dark green foliage and showy, snow-white spring blooms. Produces small but vibrant, candy apple red crabapples in the fall that will persist after the leaves have dropped. Foliage has excellent resistance to apple scab.
Ornamental Trees - Pyrus
Chanticleer Pear
Height :25-30’
Width :15’
Shape: Slender Pyramidal
Foliage: Reddish purple in fall
Exposure: Needs at least 6 hours of sun
Zone: 5 - 8
Exquisite flowering tree displays a dazzling profusion of white flowers in early spring. Narrow, pyramidal form is coated with dark green summer foliage turning brilliant reddish-purple in fall. It is shallow-rooted and will tolerate a wide range of soils including periodically dry, moist but not continually wet, clay, and alkaline. The “fruit” of Callery Chanticleer pears is brown or russet and the size of a pea. Birds love it though, and since it clings to the branches into winter, it helps feed wildlife when little else is available.
Ornamental Trees - Physocarpus
Ninebark Summer Wine
Height: 5-7
Width: 5-7’
Shape: Upright
Foliage: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3 -7
Easy, durable summer color! An exciting improvement to Ninebark, Summer Wine combines the fine texture and compact branching of Physocarpus 'Nana' with the dark foliage of Physocarpus Diabolo. Summer Wine is an easy way to introduce wine-colored foliage into the home garden. It is fast-growing and has few, if any, pest problems. Its graceful, arching habit makes it very appealing in the landscape. It adds beautiful color and vibrancy to your garden, especially in spring. In early June it blooms with pink button-like flowers that accent the leaves nicely. Pruning and other maintenance is rarely needed. Use it as a bold accent or part of a mixed border. Summer Wine may even be cut for use in arrangements. This is a trouble-free addition to either the home or commercial landscape.s to red and orange. In the winter the bark is a mottled, tan, and gray color.
Ornamental Trees - Prunus
Newport Plum
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 15-20'
Shape: Round
Foliage: Purple
Fall Foliage: Reddish
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-7
This cherry plum cultivar is a small, rounded, deciduous tree. Cultivar is best known for its purple foliage: leaves emerge light bronze-purple in spring, gradually mature to dark purple by summer and turn reddish in fall. White to pale pink, sweetly fragrant flowers (to 1" diameter) appear in early spring before the leaves and are followed by dull purple.
OrnamentalTrees - Salix
Hakura Nishiki Willow
Height/Spread: Reaches 15 to 20 ft. tall and wide; maintain at 6 to 10 ft. with pruning.
Shape: Compact
Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Blooming: Showy catkins in spring linger through fall.
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
Deciduous small tree, compact, it ports a luminous varigated foliage Emerging pink in spring, the narrow lance-shaped leaves gradually mature to variegated shades of pink, creamy-white and green, fading to green in summer. Leaves turn yellow in the fall, revealing coral red stems for the winter. Keep soil moist to wet.
Ornamental Trees - Syringa Lilac
Dwarf Korean
Dwarf Korean
Dwarf Korean
Height: 8
Spread: 5-6'
Shape: Globe
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-7
This deciduous tree-form of shrub has so many blooms, that it appears more violet than green in the spring. Dwarf Korean is a flower-making machine! Fragrant blooms cover each of the branch tips, with the buds a darker purple that opens to lavender and age to a beautiful pale-lavender color. It has ruffled foliage that is dark green on the top and a lighter green underside. Ity can have fantastic reddish-purple fall color on Dwarf Korean Lilac. Especially when paired with the light flush of rebloom in the fall.
Snowdance
Dwarf Korean
Dwarf Korean
Height: 18’
Spread: 20'
Shape: vase-shaped, spreading
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-7
N0ted for its heavy blooms, Snowdance is a large shrub or small tree with an oval rounded crown. In early summer huge clusters packed with fragrant, tiny creamy-white flowers adorn the tree. Flowering beginsa at a young age on this compact tree. Blossoms turn into loose clusters of tan capsules that last until winter. Leaves are a dark green. The shiny, reddish brown exfoliating bark with horizontal lenticels, reminisent of cherry bark adds to the beauty.
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac
Height: 25’
Spread: 15'
Shape: compact, oval
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
Sturdy, compact, oval habit. An attractive small flowering tree with cherry-like bark, it bears large creamy white flower clusters in early July. It will perform best in full sun.
Tinkerbelle Lilac
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac
Height: 4-6'
Spread: 4-6'
Shape: compact, rounded
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-7
Sweet and petite, the Tinkerbelle® Lilac is a gorgeous spring-blooming deciduous tree with gorgeous, fragrant flowers. Your Tinkerbelle Lilac is in the Fairytale series and certainly lives up to that image with its magical beauty, and abundance of flowers, scent and form. Deep red to dark pink buds appear in spring, opening to 5-inch long panicles of gloriously pink flowers in mid to late spring.
The traditional Lilac fragrance is enchanting but has added spicy notes! The blooms are sure to draw you in for a closer look as well as provide a strong lure for your pollinators. The 3-inch long oval leaves are a vibrant dark green and fill out your Tinkerbelle for a lush full look! Adding lovely greenery to your landscape throughout the summer months and into fall.
Ornamental Trees Viburnum
Roseum - Tree Form
Height: 10-12'
Spread: 8-10'`
Shape: rounded
Foliage: bright green
Fall Foliage: Vibrant red
Exposure: Full Sun - part-shade
Zone: 3-8
Trained to a single stem tree with
bright green leaves in summer that
turn a vibrant red in fall. Blooms
profusely in late spring with pure
white sterile flower clusters round
like snowballs. Great for a
multi-season screen or hedge.
