Shade Trees - Acer (Maple)
Maple, Autuman Blaze
Maple, Autuman Blaze
Maple, Autuman Blaze
Ascending branch habit, rapid growth rate, drought tolerance, ability to grow in most soils, beautiful color and form.
Zone 4
Maple, Red Sunset
Maple, Autuman Blaze
Maple, Autuman Blaze
Red buds appear amid the branches before the foliage appears and open into tight clusters of red flowers in late winter/early spring. When fall arrives, get ready one of the most spectacular autumn displays. Your Red Sunset Maple is at its best in the fall, when it’s resplendent in brilliant shades of orange and red. Like a glowing flame.
Zone 4
Maple, Royal Red
Maple, Autuman Blaze
Maple, Brandywine
A dense shade tree, with a well- shaped canopy. The glossy foliage is an excellent maroon red all season.
Zone 4
Maple, Brandywine
Maple, Fall Fiesta Sugar
Maple, Brandywine
The Brandywine Maple is a deciduous tree with fall foliage that begins red and turns a purple-red. The tree also produces flowers in early spring. Its flowers are only male. It has a medium growth-rate and is a smaller variety of maple, reaching only about 35 feet tall with a spread of 20 feet. Brandywine is the perfect choice if you want the beauty of fall foliage but don't have the space needed for a larger tree. Zones 4
Maple, Fall Fiesta Sugar
Maple, Fall Fiesta Sugar
Maple, Fall Fiesta Sugar
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple tree has an upright round habit. The thick, leathery, glossy green foliage turns orange, red and yellow in fall. This is definitely a vigorous, fast grower and needs large landscapes for it to grow. Mature growth is around 50-70' tall x 50' wide. Zone 4.
Maple, October Glory
Maple, Fall Fiesta Sugar
Maple, Fall Fiesta Sugar
Glistening dark green leaves in spring, summer turn radiant red late fall and last several weeks. Tiny, conspicuous red flowers bloom in spring. Showy red fruit attract many birds and other wildlife. Grows 40'-50' high with a 25'-35' spread.
Zone 4.
Maple, Regal Petticoat
Maple, Regal Petticoat
Maple, Regal Petticoat
The Regal Petticoat Maple
features a unique combination of leaf colors throughout the growing season, from a deep glossy green surface with velvety purple underside in summer to a rare fall color: aspen yellow on top and bright magenta pink on the underside, accented with reds, oranges and salmons.
Size: Ht 40′ x 30′ Zone 4
Shade Trees - Betula Nigra
River Birch
Vigorous, fast-growing, it can be trained as either a single trunk or multi-trunked tree.
Salmon-pink to reddish brown bark exfoliates to reveal lighter inner bark. Leathery, diamond-shaped, medium to dark green leaves, with doubly toothed margins turn yellow in fall.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Cercis
MN Strain Redbud
Small pink flowers appear in
spring before leaves appear. It does well in sun and part shade. Selected for hardiness by U. Minn.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Hydrangea (Paniculata)
Limelight-Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry-Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry-Tree Form
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.
Zone 4
Vanilla Strawberry-Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry-Tree Form
Vanilla Strawberry-Tree Form
Now available in tree form, Flower panicles are a blend of vanilla-strawberry, held upright on red stems. Start creamy white in mid-summer, change to pink and finally to strawberry red. New blooms give the plant a multicolored effect in late summer and early fall. The red coloration persists for at least 3-4 weeks.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Malus
Crabapple (Prairifire)
Crabapple (Prairifire)
Crabapple (Prairifire)
Crimson-colored buds that open to 1/2-inch wide, purple-red flowers, and dark red bark. Fall brings bright orange leaves and shiny red fruit. The fruit reaches 3/8 to 1/2 inches and does not drop from the tree.
Zone 4
Snowdrift
Crabapple (Prairifire)
Crabapple (Prairifire)
Pink buds turn into a
profusion of snowy white blossoms in April or May. This is followed by the 3/8" -1/2" round, orange-
red fruits that attract birds and persist on the tree throughout the winter. Can be grown as a multi-stemmed or single trunk tree. The leaves are a glossy dark green turning a dull yellow in the fall.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Morus Alba 'Chaparral'
Mulberry, Dwarf Weeping
Full Sun Weeping Mulberry tree with emerald green, lobed cut foliage. Cascading branches will give this tree its unique umbrella look.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Prunus
Newport Plum
This cherry plum 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.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Quercus
Northern Red Oak
Northern Red Oak
Northern Red Oak
One of the handsomest,
cleanest, and stateliest trees in North America, and it is widely considered a
national treasure. It is especially valued for its adaptability and usefulness,
including its hardiness. This large tree is also known for its brilliant fall color.
Zone 4
Burr Oak
Northern Red Oak
Northern Red Oak
The bur oak is a mighty sight to behold. A coarsely textured crown, wild and wooly acorns and a massive trunk with rough and deeply furrowed bark combine to make one impressive tree. Those characteristics helped this oak survive the elements of its wide-reaching natural range. In fact, the natural bur oak range is the northern- and western- most of all the eastern oak species.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Salix
Niobe Weeping Willow
This fast growing, golden barked willow has a wide spreading canopy and long, golden drooping branches. An extremely graceful tree, it prefers moist planting sites.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Syringa
Lilac, Dwarf Korean
This tree form has the same fine features of the shrub-form Dwarf Korean. It makes an excellent globe for accent or interest in the landscape.
Zone 4
Shade Trees - Tilia Cordate Linden
Littleleaf
Glossy dark green foliage and fragrant pendulous flowers in early summer. Virtually disease free and very adaptable, it does well in poor soil.
Zone 4