Trees

Trees

Arizona Cypress Tree Cupressus arizonica var arizonica The Cypress, Arizona, Cupressus arizonica var arizonica, is a steeple shaped tree with a pale-green to gray-green color and the only cypress native to the Southwest. It is a medium sized tree 50 to 60 feet tall, and an evergreen, with a dense, upright, conical crown and smooth [...]

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Newport Plum Tree Prunus cerasifera ‘Newport’ The Newport Plum, Prunus cerasifera ‘Newport, is a superior small ornamental tree that has beautiful reddish-purple foliage with bright red tips all summer long. One of the first trees to bloom in spring, it has fragrant pink flowers that are followed by purple fruit. Newport was introduced in 1923 [...]

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Linden Glenleven Tree Tilia flavescens ‘Glenleven’ The Glenleven Linden, Tilia flavescens ‘Glenleven’, is a hybrid between American and Little Leaf Linden. It is a fast growing tree with an extremely straight trunk and a pyramidal form (cone shaped). Glenleven’s green foliage turns yellow in the fall. Plant features: Tree Linden – Glenleven Linden Glenleven Tree [...]

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Green Smoketree Tree Cotinus coggygria The Green Smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, is a deciduous shrub/tree. The branches are spreading, loose, and as wide as high. Green Smoketrees have bluish green, sometimes yellow like leaves. Their fall color is red-purple. This deciduous tree has showy pubescent pedicels and peduncles of flowers that provide the “smoke” appearance. Smoketrees [...]

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Shamrock Linden Tree Tilia cordata ‘Baileyi’ The Shamrock Linden, Tilia cordata ‘Baileyi’, is a vigorous grower that has a broad conical form. The open branching creates a less dense shade. It displays fragrant yellow flowers in summer. The shiny dark green foliage develops a yellowish-green fall color. It requires full sun to light shade and [...]

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Black Locust Tree Robinia pseudoacacia The Black Locust tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, is sometimes called the yellow locust. Black Locust trees grow naturally on a wide range of sites but does best on rich moist limestone soils. It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized throughout eastern North America and parts of the West. Black locust is [...]

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Corn Cockle Milas Rose Queen Seeds Agrostemma githago The Corn Cockle Milas Rose Queen, ‘Agrostemma githago’, is a fragile looking but very sturdy plant with delicate pink and white flowers that will delight you all summer. The Corn Cockle looks dramatic when planted in mass and is very tolerant of a wide range of conditions. [...]

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Boulevard Linden Tree Tilia americana ‘Boulevard’ The Boulevard Linden, Tilia americana ‘Boulevard’, has a narrow pyramidal form with ascending branches. Large, dark green foliage combines beautifully with fragrant yellow flowers in early summer. This linden is an attractive specimen where height is needed but width is limited, such as boulevards. It is best used for [...]

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American Holly Tree Ilex opaca Holly, American, Ilex opaca, is also called white holly or Christmas holly. The tree has been one of the most valuable and popular trees in the Eastern United States for its foliage and berries, Christmas decorations, and for ornamental plantings. It stays green year round. Like the southern pines, American [...]

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Pink Spires Crabapple Tree Malus ‘Pink Spires’ The Pink Spires Crabapple, Malus ‘Pink Spires’, is ideal for a confined screen or border planting. This excellent rosy bloom crab, one of the earliest to bloom, was selected by W. L. Kerr, Canada Department of Agriculture, Sutherland, Saskatchewan. In spring it is covered with single pink flowers [...]

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