2010 Tree Description
FRUIT TREES
Plant the two varieties of apples or the two varieties of pears together for proper cross-pollination
| Honeycrisp Apple: | Sweet, juicy and crisp large fruit with red over yellow color. Ripens in September. |
| Ida Red Apple: | Very productive tree. Fruit is large. A dependable producer. Similar to Jonathan in eating and cooking. |
| Bartlett Pear: | Leading commercial pear. Medium size. Excellent for eating and canning. |
| Harrow Sweet: | Sweet, juicy, excellent taste. Yellow with red blush. Keeps well in storage. |
CONIFERS SEEDLINGS
| Balsam Fir: | Dark green long lasting needles that do shed easily. Aromatic and very hardy. |
| Blue Spruce: | Known for its silvery blue-green needles, attractive shape, and hardiness. |
| Red Cedar: | Wood is very aromatic. Useful as hedges and for topiary work. |
| Red Pine: | Ornamental. Long lived. The most extensively planted of any Michigan species. Exceedingly uniform genetically. |
| White Pine: | Fast growing landscape pine. Very hardy. The Michigan state tree. |
| White Spruce: | Lovely dense branches, pyramidal shape. Short, blunt, soft needles. |
HARDWOODS
| Eastern Redbud: | Rosy-pink with purplish tinge blossoms in early spring. Dark green heart shaped leaves. |
| Flame Maple: | Can be grown as a tree or multi-stemmed shrub. Very hardy tree known for its orange-red fall foliage. |
| Ginko: | Distinctive leaves. Very long lived. Tolerant of air pollutants. |
| Hackberry: | Lovely tree in form. Sometimes used as park trees. Dark green leathery leaves. |
| Northern Pecan: | Long-lived, beautiful shade tree. Wood is very good for building fine furniture. |
| Musclewood (American Hornbeam): | Crisp green summer foliage. Dark bluish gray bark. Muscle-like ridges on bark, and branches have a sinewy or muscled appearance. Fall leaves red to orange. Grows best in moist, poorly drained soils. Wood is very strong. |
| Quaking Aspen: | Leaves are dark green above, pale beneath which tremble with slightest breeze. Fall shades of yellow and orange. |
| Red Maple: | Often used as an ornamental due to its’ red twigs, buds, bright red fruit, and its brilliant fall colors. |
| Staghorn Sumac: | Many crooked, many branched stems, often appear as antlers. Will grow on almost any site but wetlands. Wood is suitable for carving due to the contrast between heartwood and white sapwood. |
| Tulip Poplar: | Fragrant, distinctive yellow-green flowers in spring. A summer shade tree. Tulip shaped leaves are bright green in summer, turning to golden yellow in fall. |
| White Oak: | Lovely dense branched tree with purple-red leaves in fall. |
| Whitespire Birch: | Smaller, more disease resistant and heat tolerant than paper birch. |
SHRUBS
American Elderberry: Fragrant white flower cluster in. Excellent for wine and jam. Used in landscapes for wildlife. Berries eaten by birds. Buttonbush: Glossy green summer foliage. Creamy white flowers clusters appear in late summer. Bears a nutlet fruit that lasts throughout winter. Common Lilac: Upright shrub with fragrant showy flowers. Does well in most soils. Highbush Cranberry: White flowers. Bright red fruit. Yellow to red-purple fall foliage. Fruit used for homemade jelly. Ninebark: Dense spreading with white or pinkish flowers in spring. Small nutlet containing red seeds in fall. Rugosa Rose: Beautiful as a shrub or hedge. Flower color varies from plant to plant. Serviceberry: White flowers in spring that seem to float in the air. Fall color is often yellow and gold. Silky Dogwood: Twigs are red-purple, often with a greenish tinge. White flower clusters in late spring.
Fruit Bushes: One to two year old bareroot plants. Most prefer well drained, sandy soil and full sun.
Order Early: Supplies are limited. Orders are processed in the order they are received.
In the event of a shortage: customers may select from available substitute species or request a refund.
Look for a more extensive offering of evergreens in our Fall Tree Sale, when we offer only conifers.
Tree planting and care information is on our website, and will be available at the tree pick up site. .
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