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The American sweetgum — with its star-shaped leaves, neatly compact crown, interesting fruit, and twigs with unique corky growths called wings — is an attractive shade tree. It has become a prized specimen in parks, campuses, and large yards across the country.

• Features glossy green star-shaped leaves throughout the summer
• Produces beautiful shades of yellow, orange, red, and purple in the autumn
• Keeps its fall leaves late into the season
• Is native to North America

The Baldcypress is the classic tree of southern swamps. To the surprise of many, it also does quite well when planted in the right soil in yards or along streets and is a beautiful specimen tree. It has been grown successfully in cities as far north as Milwaukee and on dry Texas hills.

• Provides majestic orange-red fall color
• Adapts to both wet and dry conditions
• Makes a great urban tree
• Is classified as a deciduous conifer, meaning it will lose its needles in the fall

The Black Hills spruce is a variety of the more widespread white spruce found naturally only in southwest South Dakota and a small portion of northeast Wyoming. While not as widely known as other spruces, this ornamental spruce can be planted just about anywhere that the more common Colorado spruce will grow.

• Features bright green needles
• Works well as an ornamental or in windbreaks and screens
• Offers a denser, more compact habit than the white spruce
• Is adapted to cold and is very resistant to winter injury
• Requires little pruning

Called “one of the best and most consistent native trees for fall color” by tree expert Michael Dirr, the black tupelo is a terrific landscaping choice. Displaying various hues of yellow, orange, bright red and purple—often on the same branch—its foliage is a stand-out of the autumn season. Even the distinctive bark, which resembles alligator hide, adds visual and textural interest.

• Is known as one of the most attractive trees
• Provides stunning fall color in many shades of yellow, orange, red, and purple
• Develops bark that furrows with age, resembling alligator hide
• Serve as an important food source for bees, birds, and other wildlife

The blue hydrangea is the image most of us conjure up in our heads when we think of hydrangeas in general. It is a timeless landscape plant beloved by many, including Martha Stewart. Giant, long-lasting, mophead blooms appear in the summer, adding lovely color to the landscape. These shrubs work well as stand-alone specimens or as a hedge.

• Produces giant, long-lasting blue flowers
• Used for flowering hedges

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.

• Offers dense shade
• Produces acorns that are popular with wildlife
• Is a long-lived tree
• Tolerates pollution and heat stress

One of our most popular ornamental conifers, the Colorado Blue Spruce is a truly magnificent sight. Its silvery blue-green coloring and perfect Christmas tree shape make this tree a great landscaping focal point on commercial and residential properties. It is also widely used for privacy or a windbreak.

• Features unique silvery blue-green color year-round
• Known as a very adaptable evergreen
• Is deer-resistant, seldom experiencing severe damage
• Provides privacy and a windbreak when planted in a row

Often referred to as the "lilac of the South,” the crapemyrtle is a favorite for landscapes. It can be grown as either a shrub or small tree and is often used in groupings, containers, hedges, and screens. You can even find the common crapemyrtle used as small street trees in urban settings.

• Is a fast-growing shrub
• Displays striking pink flowers, handsome bark, and attractive fall foliage
• Drought-tolerant once established

The Downy Serviceberry is an elegant deciduous shrub that belongs to the Rosaceae family and is native to North America. In the springtime, its branches become adorned with small, oval-shaped leaves that display a bronze hue. As the seasons progress, the leaves turn to a vibrant green, and eventually take on shades of yellow, orange, and red in the fall.

• Produces delicate white, star-shaped blossoms
• Attracts bees and butterflies
• Its flowers give way to small, edible berries that turn to a dark blue-black when ripe

The eastern white pine has played a very important role throughout the history of America. In colonial days, the best of the trees were set apart by the king for masts on British ships. Today it is still a valuable commercial tree but also favored in parks and spacious yards—both for its beauty and its fast growth. It has also been named the state tree of both Maine and Michigan.

• Fast-growing and hardy tree
• Provides excellent screen and windbreak
• Transplants easily

The ginkgo is one of the oldest, most distinct trees in the world. It can tolerate a variety of urban conditions, including heat, pollution, salt, and confined spaces — which is why it is found along many city streets in the United States. Some complain of the mess and odor associated with the fruit of the female ginkgo, so be aware when planting along walkways or heavily traveled areas.

• Features simple, fan-shaped leaves that are 2-3" long and wide
• Provides attractive yellow fall color
• Yields large seeds that are tan in color and plum-like in shape
• May grow slowly for several years after planting

This tough, low-maintenance shrub offers subtle year-round beauty. White panicles of flowers brighten the landscape in June. White berries attract many birds in the late summer and early fall. And the reddish-pink fruit stems persist into the winter, adding a nice color contrast to the gray bark. Gray dogwoods are great for borders, groups, and masses. They can also be grown as small trees to be used for foundations, entranceways, borders or specimen planting.

• Produces creamy white flowers and white berries
• Easily transplants and adapts to many conditions
• Provides good screen, windbreak, or borders and hedges

The Green Giant Arborvitae is a large, vigorous, fast-growing evergreen. Its natural pyramidal to conical form boasts dense, rich green foliage that darkens or bronzes slightly in the winter. This is an exceptional landscape tree for use as a screen, hedge or single specimen. It is also resistant to wind once established and can withstand heavy ice or snow, making it a good choice for a natural windbreak.

• Grows quickly, up to 3' per year
• Works well as a screen, hedge, or windbreak
• Is resistant to deer

The northern red oak has been called “one of the handsomest, cleanest, and stateliest trees in North America” by naturalist Joseph S. Illick, and it is widely considered a national treasure. It is valued for its versatility and hardiness in urban settings. This medium to large tree is also known for its brilliant fall color, great value to wildlife, and status as the state tree of New Jersey.

• Displays vibrant red fall color
• Is a fast-growing tree that offers great shade and works well as a street tree
• Tolerates pollution and compacted soil

Norway Spruce is a familiar sight in much of the United States, but it’s native to Europe. Throughout the globe, this tree is loved as a landscape specimen tree. Its dense branching pattern and tolerance of soil variations has also made it a popular tree for windbreaks. 

• Is the fastest growing of the spruces
• Features strong, graceful branches with dark green needles
• Works well for windbreaks
• Transplants easily