Crimson King

Acer platanoides `Crimson King`

Common Name: 'Crimson King'
This bold landscape tree creates dense shade with its large deeply lobed leaves. Reddish-purple foliage makes a distinctive statement in the landscape. Reddish-bronze fall color. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate growth, slower than the species, to 35 feet tall, 25 feet wide; larger with age. Grafted.
Freeman Autumn Blaze

Acer x freemanii 'Jeffsred'

Common Name: Freeman 'Autumn Blaze'
An improved hybrid with brilliant, long lasting orange-red fall color, a uniform branching habit and rapid growth rate. Thrives in much warmer climates extending well into the deep south and west. An excellent lawn, park or street tree. Deciduous.
Rubrum 'Red Sunset'

Acer rubrum `Franksred`

Common Name: Rubrum 'Red Sunset'
Considered one of the best trees for early fall color! Large deciduous tree has pyramidal form when young becoming rounded with age. Glossy green leaves turn brilliant orange-scarlet, extremely showy. Full sun. Moderate-growing to 40 to 50 feet high, 30 to 35 feet wide.
Autumn Brilliance

Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'

Common Name: 'Autumn Brilliance'
A shrub or small tree prized for its brilliant orange-red fall color and disease resistance. Clusters of fragrant white flowers give way to small purplish black fruit often used in jams and jellies. Use in shrub borders or as a small tree. Plant in full to partial sun. Fast growth rate to 20 to 25 feet high and wide. Deciduous.
Heritage River Birch

Betula nigra 'Cully'

Common Name: Heritage River Birch
A proven substitute for pest plagued white barked birch. Derived from the American native species. Praised for its uniquely textured, peeling bark displaying an attractive combination of colors such as cream, lavender and gray. Densely pyramidal form features glossy green diamond-shaped leaves fading to a clear butter yellow in fall. Bark is revealed in winter and exceptional under night lighting. Beautiful large tree for long range focal point or shading. Thrives in problematic low wet soils and high water table. Deciduous. Full sun. Fast growing to 40 feet tall, 25 to 30 feet wide.
Whitespire

Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'

Common Name: 'Whitespire'
Distinctive narrow, spire-like form with interesting pure white bark. Great yellow fall foliage color. Nice decorative tree, very adaptable and borer resistant. Small brown cones in winter. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 35 to 45 feet tall, 12 to 15 feet wide.
Cimmaron Ash

Fraxinus x

Common Name: 'Cimmaron Ash'
The Cimmaron Ash tree, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, 'Cimmzam', is a fast growing ash tree that has beautiful glossy purple-colored leaves for showy foliage color. This deciduous trees is seedless with strong, upright branches that are resistant to storm and snow damage. The Cimmaron can grow 3 ft. or more per year in rich loose soil.
Shademaster Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis

Common Name: Shademaster Honey Locust
The Shademaster Honey Locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, 'Shademaster'Honeylocust, may also be called sweet-locust or thorny-locust. This deciduous tree is a moderately fast growing tree commonly found on moist bottom lands or limestone soils. Because it has proven very hardy and tolerant of drought and salinity, it is widely planted for windbreaks and soil erosion control.
Sunburst Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis

Common Name: Sunburst Honey Locust
The Sunburst Honeylocust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, 'Sunburst', is smaller in stature than the common Honeylocust tree. Sunburst Honeylocust trees display yellow new growth, and the yellow leaves persists throughout the season. The wood is dense, hard, and durable. The Sunburst Honeylocust is fast growing up to 2 ‘ a year. It is a very fine textured tree with a broad, pyramidal crown, and an excellent lawn tree for filtered shade.
Profusion Crabapple

Malus 'Profusion'

Common Name: 'Profusion' Crabapple
This can be grown as a shrub or a small tree. If grown as a tree, it makes a superb, bell-shaped specimen. The young spring foliage is reddish green and matures to bronze green tints. It flowers profusely, producing small clusters of rich, rose red flowers. The flowers lose some of their purity of tone before they fade, taking on purplish tints. In autumn there are masses of small, deep red fruits which last for a long time.
Red Jewel Crabapple

Malus 'Red Jewel'

Common Name: 'Red Jewel' Crabapple
This upright, open tree is decked with very attractive snow-white flowers in spring. Sparkling, phenomenally firm, cherry-red fruits adorn it in early September and remain impressive into mid-April.
Tina Sargent Crabapple

Malus sargentii 'Tina'

Common Name: Tina Sargent Crabapple
A dense, dwarf form whose profuse bright red buds open to single white flowers in spring. Matures to small 1/4 inch red fruit with high wildlife value in late summer. Form is somewhat pendulous with graceful almost weeping foliage. Ideal choice for wild and habitat gardens. Striking as a small specimen or in groups. Deciduous shrub. Moderate growth 4 feet tall, 5 feet wide.
Prarifire Crabapple

Malus x

Common Name: 'Prarifire Crabapple'
Outstanding flowering tree; upright form becomes rounded with age. New growth is reddish maturing to dark green. Persistent, small, dark red-purple fruit. Colorful accent for smaller landscapes. Full sun. Moderate-growing to 15 to 20 feet high, equal width. Budded on Malus MM III rootstock for reduced suckering. Good disease resistance.
Autumn Blaze Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Autumn Blaze'

Common Name: Autumn Blaze Pear
More cold-hardy than any other ornamental pear. The trees are blanketed with white blossoms in spring and covered with dark, glossy green foliage throughout the summer. Leaves turn crimson red in the fall to light up the landscape. This cultivar has a distinct pyramidal, rounded form and grows 35 feet tall with a 20 foot spread. 3 to 4 ft. bareroot trees.
Newport Cherry Plum

Prunus cerasifera

Common Name: Newport Cherry Plum
'Newport' is probably the most hardy of the purple-leaf cherry plum trees. This is a rounded, deciduous tree with light bronze new growth, maturing into a dark purple. The flowers are pale pink to white. Some trees produce small 1 inch wide, dull purple, plum-like fruit. Height and spread between 15 to 20 feet.
Canada Red Select Cherry

Prunus virginiana 'Shubert Select'

Common Name: Canada Red Select Cherry
Canada Red Select Cherry, Prunus virginiana 'Shubert Select'. The new growth is green, maturing to maroon-red. The small, white flowers in spring produce small, red fruits in summer that are savored by birds. This fruit is an edible chokecherry. Its foliage is a darker red, with a thicker leaf texture than regular Canada Red. Proper soil conditions are necessary for normal growth with this variety. Best used in borders, screens and masses. Prefers full sun and tolerates clay and high pH. It grows 20-25 feet tall and 18-20 feet wide and is nice as an accent tree for color in the garden that attracts birds and butterflies.
Emerald Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald'

Common Name: Emerald Arborvitae
Narrow, densely branched pyramidal form displaying rich emerald green foliage. Holds its foliage color throughout winter. Excellent evergreen hedge or screening plant. Full sun. Moderate grower to 15 feet tall, 3 to 4 feet wide.
Greenspire Littleleaf Linden

Tilia cordata 'Greenspire'

Common Name: Greenspire Littleleaf Linden
Dense, oval habit; small flowers in June/July; straight cinnamon colored trunk; fast growing; frequently used as a street tree.
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