| Asimina triloba
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Asimina triloba - Paw Paw is a small tree or largish shrub which can spread by root suckering to form large colonies. It is naturally found in bottomlands and floodplains and is easily recognized by its large leaves, which can be up to 12 inches long and are odorous when bruised. Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Paw Paw prefers moist, acidic, fertile soils. The fruits are sweet-flavored and have the flavor and fleshy consistency resembling bananas.
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PRICE: $19.00
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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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| Carex pensylvanica
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Carex pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Sedge or Yellow Sedge is a native, low-growing grasslike perennial. It reproduces vegetatively, meaning with underground rhizomes and is turf-forming with green, arching leaves. Yellow sedge makes a good groundcover in Oak, Pine, Sugar Maple, or Basswood forests. Its noninvasive, creeping foliage forms dense mats of medium green, fine-textured foliage growing 6 to 8 inches unmowed.
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PRICE: $6.00
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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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| 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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| Lindera benzoin
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Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
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PRICE: $13.00
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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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| Morella pensylvanica
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Morella pensylvanica or Northern Bayberry is a semi-evergreen to deciduous shrub. The leaves are highly aromatic when crushed. The female of the species produces waxy berries eaten by birds and used to make bayberry candles. Tolerant of salt and grows well along seashore and roadsides. Does well in dry, infertile conditions.
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PRICE: $13.00
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| Panicum virgatum
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Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass is a native, clump-forming, warm-season perennial grass with open, lacy sprays of seeds. One of the dominant species of the tallgrass prairie, Switchgrass reaches 3-6 feet tall and has reddish-purple seedheads when ripe and pale yellow fall color. The yellow colored clumps last throughout the winter. Switchgrass is an attractive accent in the garden, with pink-tinged flower panicles in mid-summer. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Makes a good cut flower or dried flower.
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PRICE: $6.00
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| Physocarpus opulifolius
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Physocarpus opulifolius - Common Ninebark is a deciduous shrub with exfoliating bark. Easy to grow and tolerates drought and harsh conditions. Makes a nice shrub border, screen, or erosion control and bark provides winter interest. White flowers in late spring are showy.
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PRICE: $14.00
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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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| 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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