| Acer rubrum
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Acer rubrum or Red Maple is a fast growing, medium to large, deciduous tree which has lovely fall foliage and red spring flowers. It prefers moist, acidic soils and full sun to part shade.
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PRICE: $16.00
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| Amelanchier canadensis
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Amelanchier canadensis or Shadblow Serviceberry, Canadian Serviceberry, or Shadbush is an understory tree with long petaled white flowers which appear before the leaves emerge. Fruit is highly attractive to birds and is edible.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Betula nigra
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River Birch is a tree with shaggy, exfoliating bark usually found along streams and wetlands. It is adaptable to drier sites and the bark makes a lovely winterscape.
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PRICE: $17.00
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| Chionanthus virginicus
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White Fringetree or "Old-man's-beard" (Chionanthus virginicus) is a small, understory tree with showy masses of fragrant, lacy, white flowers that appear in drooping clusters in late spring.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Cornus amomum
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Cornus amomum or Silky Dogwood is a deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub with 2" diameter, white, flat-topped flowers appearing in May-June. A good shrub for moist to wet sites.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Cornus florida
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Cornus florida or Flowering Dogwood is an understory tree of eastern forests and one of the United States most popular ornamental but native plants.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Cornus sericea
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Red Osier Dogwood or Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea) is a shrub with red branches that spreads by underground stems and will produce large clumps. It has flat-topped clusters of white flowers in spring and gorgeous red fall color, in addition to the red stems which provide winter interest to the garden.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Corylus americana
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American Hazelnut or Filbert (Corylus americana) is a large shrub with edible nuts that will tolerate part to deep shade. It is easy to grow and will form thickets, so it is best for naturalized plantings and where there is plenty of room to spread. Removing suckers will prevent formation of thickets. Nuts attracts songbirds as well as larger birds like bobwhite and ruffed grouse and small mammals. The leaves, twigs, and catkins are browsed by deer.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Diospyros virginiana
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Diospyros virginiana - Persimmon is a medium-sized tree which grows in deciduous woods and has tasty edible fruit. This tree has high wildlife value, providing food for fruit-eating birds, foxes, opossums, raccoons, skunks, and coyote. Twigs are food source for deer in winter.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Hamamelis virginiana
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Hamamelis virginiana or Witch Hazel is a deciduous, understory large shrub or small tree of woodlands of eastern North America. The latest blooming of woody plants, the yellow spidery flowers appear in October-December. The twigs were used in colonial times as divining rods (water-witching), thus giving the common name to the plant.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Hydrangea arborescens
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Wild Hydrangea or Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is a nice 3-6 foot shrub for part shade. Currently we have a cultivar of this native shrub called "Annabelle". It produces large round clusters of white, sterile flowers. The photo is of this cultivar in summer 2006.
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PRICE: $18.00
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| Ilex opaca
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Ilex opaca - American Holly is a familiar evergreen tree with dark-green, spiky leaf tips. New growth pushes off the old leaves in spring. Songbirds, gamebirds and mammals eat the berries. Used as cover and nesting sites for wildlife.
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PRICE: $20.00
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| Liquidambar styraciflua
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Liquidambar styraciflua or Sweetgum is a large, long-lived deciduous canopy tree that will reach heights of 50-150 ft. Its wood is used for lumber, veneer, and plywood. Sweetgum is known for its fall color of bright red to crimson and its gumballs which contain seeds eaten by birds, squirrels, and chipmunks.
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PRICE: $14.00
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| Liriodendron tulipifera
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Tulip or Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is a large, deciduous, stately, canopy tree. It has broad, tulip-shaped leaves and is long-lived. This is a fast-growing, colonizing tree that can often reach 4 feet diameter. Not recommended as a street tree. Tulip poplar is so named for its large, showy, tulip shaped flowers in late spring.
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PRICE: $16.00
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| Magnolia virginiana
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Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay Magnolia is a slow-growing, small to medium sized evergreen to semi-evergreen tree or shrub. In northern climates it grows mainly as a shrub and may be deciduous, in southern climates the tree may reach 70 feet. Very fragrant, large (2-3"), creamy-white, waxy flowers appear at the end of twigs in late May, and periodically throughout the summer. Prefers moist, rich, acid, organic soils and tolerates flooding but not drought.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Pinus strobus
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Pinus strobus or Eastern White Pine is a tall, magnificent evergreen tree with a straight trunk. The needles are blue-green and have 5 needles in a bundle. The trunks were used as ship masts in colonial times. Great winter tree and provides cover and food for birds.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Polystichum acrostichoides
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Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern is a native fern which occurs in dry to moist, shady slopes and streambanks. Christmas Fern makes a good evergreen groundcover.
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PRICE: $8.00
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| Quercus alba
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Quercus alba or White Oak is a large, spreading, deciduous tree. Slow-growing, and long-lived, it can eventually reach 5 feet in diameter and live 600 years. Its acorns are choice food for many wildlife species. White oak makes a good shade tree but needs plenty of room to grow.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Quercus palustris
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Quercus palustris or Pin Oak is a fast-growing, native, deciduous tree. The lower limbs are pendulous and give the tree a pyramidal shape. The acorns are good food for wildlife and the tree provides cover and habitat for many species. Pin Oak prefers wet but well-drained soils and typically grows in bottomlands.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Quercus rubra
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Quercus rubra or Northern Red Oak is a medium to tall, deciduous tree. It is the fastest growing and tallest growing of the oaks. Northern Red Oak commonly reaches 65-100 feet, but can grow as tall as 160 feet given time and favorable conditions. Many mammals feed on Northern Red Oak acorns, as well as songbirds, gamebirds, and waterfowl.
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PRICE: $15.00
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| Rosa carolina
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Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose or Carolina Rose is a suckering, low growing rose, 1-3 feet high. Pink flowers top thorny stems in May.
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PRICE: $11.00
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| Rubus occidentalis
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Rubus occidentalis - Black Raspberry commonly forms broad colonies. It has long, slender, arching canes and purplish-red bark covered with prickles. Blue-green summer foliage is palmately or pinnately compound, becoming yellowish in fall. Flat-topped clusters of five-petaled flowers are followed by round, raspberry-like, red berries which mature to black. Canes will root at the tips when they touch the ground.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Tsuga canadensis
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Tsuga canadensis - Eastern Hemlock is an evergreen, pyramidal conifer of eastern forests. It has heavily foliaged branches with short needles. The roots are shallow but wide-spreading. Intolerant of drought, tree should be planted in a moist, but well drained, shady, area, free from drying winds. Can be pruned as a hedge.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Zizia aurea
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Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders are short-lived, perennial wildflowers for full sun to part-shade. They are a larval host (caterpillar food) for the black swallowtail butterfly.
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PRICE: $6.00
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