Featured Plants : shade tree

The Popular and Flavorful Black Tartarian Cherry

barb-nhn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:34:00 GMT

The Black Tartarian Cherry has a heavy fruit production, is easy to grow, and you get fresh sweet cherries in half the time! The cherries are firm, sweet, dark purplish-black fruits, and inside the thin skin the flesh is sweet, juicy and extremely flavorful. The Black Tartarian Cherry is smaller than Bing Cherries, but just as flavorful, and matures to a black color with a firm semi-acid pulp.

Being a vigorous grower and requiring little pruning or maintenance, Black Tartarian is an early bearer, with an early-to-mid-season June harvest. This makes it an excellent choice for the home orchard.

This cherry tree can be used as a specimen or shade tree on larger properties since it grows to a height of 30-35 feet. The Black Tartarian Cherry tree is very hardy and disease resistant; highly recommended for the South. This cherry tree needs to be pollinated with any other sweet cherry, such as the Bing; cross-pollination is a must for a reliable harvest. Plant Black Tartarian in full sun and in well-drained soil; thrives in zones 5-7.

The Corkscrew Willow Tree

barb-nhn — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:18:00 GMT

The main ornamental feature of the Corkscrew WIllow Tree is the contorted and twisted branches and twigs. Branches arise from the trunk at an acute angle and grow up almost parallel to the trunk before they curve back to the horizontal. The winter branch pattern also is most interesting and accounts for the popularity of this tree. It is a very striking tree, so give it a prominent place in your landscape!

Corkscrew Willow is a fast growing, upright, deciduous tree, with curiously twisted shoots. The leaves are bright green, lance-shaped, and also twisted. It bears yellow-green catkins. This ornamental tree has branches that are often used in floral arrangements.

Corkscrew Willow trees tolerate any soil, especially wet soils with poor drainage. Plant them singly, or use for a shade tree. You can plant them in lines for a privacy tree screen or windbreaks, or to line a driveway. A fast growing tree, it grows 20-30 feet in height, loves sun to partial sun, and thrives in zones 4-8.

The Profuse Blooming Cleveland Select Flowering Pear Tree

barb-nhn — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:03:00 GMT

There’s nothing more beautiful in spring than a flowering pear tree covered in snowy white blooms. The Cleveland Select Flowering Pear Tree will provide you with this multitudinous display of white blooms. It is a beautiful tree with dark, glossy green leaves and displays its defining feature of white flowers in spring. It is a brilliant orange color in fall. This tree will draw attention to the landscape in all of these seasons. Cleveland Select Flowering Pear Tree is an excellent street tree with beautiful purplish-red fall color. It has an attractive upright oval form, and Cleveland Select Pear reaches a height of 30 feet and width of 15 feet and requires full sun. This ornamental tree has a superior branch structure that withstands ice and wind damage better than the Bradford Pear. It is fruitless, has few pest problems, tolerates urban conditions, and heavy clay soils.

A Sterling Specimen Is The Sterling Silver Linden Tree

patti-nhn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

The Sterling Silver Linden tree Tilia tomentosa 'Sterling' is one of the most highly attractive Linden trees. It gets its sterling silver namesake from the fact that the leaves are completely silver when they first emerge and will eventually become a lustrous green on the top of the leaf but stay silver on the bottom of the leaf.

One of the best attributes of this Linden tree is that it is very drought and heat tolerant as well as having better resistance to Japanese Beetles. It also will produce less fruit than other Linden trees. The Sterling Silver Linden also makes a great shade tree as it can grow to about 45 feet or more and spread to about 25 to 35 feet. It is hardy to zone 4 to zone 8. This is a very nice tree for your landscaping needs.

Firefall Freeman Maple Tree Is Seedless!

patti-nhn — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:30:00 GMT

If you are looking for a seedless Maple tree, the Firefall Freeman Maple Acer x freemanii 'AF#1' is a perfect specimen for you. The Firefall is a cross between a Silver Maple and an Autumn Spire Red Maple. Like the others it is a very hardy tree. It will grow well from zone 3 to zone 6.

This is a stately tree that can grow up to 50 feet tall and about 30 to 40 feet wide. The Firefall is a vigorous tree with cut foliage that will turn a beautiful red color in the fall. It's shape is symmetrically oval and the branches grow at 40 degree angles from the leader. This male Maple tree would make a great shade tree and give you year-round beauty.

Marmo Freeman Maple Honoring Margaret Morton

patti-nhn — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:39:00 GMT

Maple trees are known for their hardiness and fall color and this is one of the best. The Marmo Freeman Maple Acer x freemanii 'Marmo' is named after Margaret Morton and was selected from the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. It can handle cold down to zone 3 and also up to zone 8 heat. This Maple tree is also adaptable to heavy clay soils. The shape of this tree is upright, it has strong branching and a strong central leader. It is a vigorous grower as well. And, like other Maples, its fall color is brilliant and can be seen in an array of colors depending on location. You might see red, green, yellow or deep purple leaves as well as a mixture of these on various trees.

This will be a tree that is going to last a very long time. Its parent tree is over 75 years old and is now 70 feet in height and 35 feet wide, so that will take up a substantial portion of your landscaping. You would not want to plant it too close to the house. It is also a wonderful shade tree. If you are looking for a tree that will be around for many years, this Maple tree would be a great choice.

Greenspire Littleleaf Linden Uniform And Beautiful

patti-nhn — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:01:00 GMT

The Greenspire Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata is a wonderful addition to your landscaping. The tree is very uniform with its upright growth. It's shape is considered pyramidal which makes a lovely display. You will often see these trees used as shade trees in home applications as well in parks and along city sidewalks.

The Littleleaf Linden has nice dark green leaves that will turn a warm yellow hue in the fall. It is a very hardy tree tolerating urban areas and adaptable to soils although it does prefer a clay soil. They will grow to approximately 30-40 feet tall and are hardy down to zone 4. This a very reliable and beautiful tree that you can enjoy for years to come.

Allee Elm Makes A Great Replacement For The Old Elms

patti-nhn — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Growing up, I remember the big elm trees that lined the sidewalks in most of our neighborhoods. Unfortunately, they were affected by dutch elm disease and all of the trees had to be cut down and destroyed. The Allee Elm Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer 11' is a tree that you can use to replace the old elms. They have the same wonderful canopy and vase shape of the original elms. They are disease resistant and Japanese or elm leaf beetles will not bother them. This Elm tree is hardy from zones 5/6 to 9 and can grow to 75 feet in height. It has a vase shape that will spread out to 50 feet.

One of the most interesting features of the Allee Elm is its dark green foliage that lasts throughout the whole summer season. It has colorful yellow to yellow/red fall color on the leaves. The trunk of the tree makes it interesting year round. The bark exfoliates in shapes that look similar to a jigsaw puzzle and in colors of orange, brown, green and gray. If you are looking for an awesome tree that will provide lots of shade and beauty, this would be the one to try, especially if you were a fan of the original elm trees from years ago.

Bloodgood London Planetree Most Popular

patti-nhn — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:20:00 GMT

The Bloodgood is one of the most popular of the London Planetrees. Bloodgood London Planetree Platanus x acerifolia 'Bloodgood' is the best known planetree as well. It is sometimes called a London Sycamore. One of the best assets of this tree is their exfoliating bark that is creamy white to olive green and is considered very ornamental in appearance. This is a BIG GUY! It can mature to anywhere from 70 to 100 feet tall! It will spread anywhere from 65 to 80 feet wide! Often you will find these lining streets in cities all over the world.

Bloodgood Londons are rapid growers and make an awesome shade tree. It's wood isn't prone to limb breaks like some fast growing trees can be. It's a strong tree, tolerant of anthracnose and very adaptable and forgiving to less than perfect soil or climate. It prefers full sun and a rich soil. In the fall, it will have a wonderful yellow leaf coloring. The Bloodgood London Planetree is hardy to zones 5-8 and is a great specimen for your landscaping.