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Black Hills Spruce
This tree is commonly used for windbreaks, privacy screens and accent plantings. It will reach a height of six feet in nine years on a good site. Deer dislike Black Hills Spruce. It prefers rich moist soil in full sun, and also thrives in dry, well-drained sites. densata, is noted for its dark green foliage and conical form. It is a truly cold adapted tree and is very resistant to winter injury. Black Hills Spruce trees are very dense and have a deep dark green color. This evergreen conifer tree has a medium growth rate and requires little, if any, pruning. The Black Hills Spruce, Picea Glauca Var. ... more information
Sugarberry Female flowers give way to an often abundant fruit crop of round fleshy berry-like drupes maturing to deep purple. Fruits are attractive to a variety of wildlife, especially birds. It has better resistance to witches’ broom and less winter hardiness. The Sugarberry tree, Celtis laevigata, is also commonly called sugar hackberry or southern hackberry or Mississippi hackberry. Fleshy parts of the fruit are edible and sweet. Leaves are glossy to dull green leaves (2-4” long) and have a yellow fall color. The trunk diameter ranges from 1-3' and the mature gray bark develops a warty texture. Sugarberry is a medium to large sized deciduous tree that typically grows 60-80’ tall with upright-arching branching and a rounded spreading crown. The Sugarberry tree differs from common hackberry because the fruits are juicier and sweeter, bark is less corky, and leaves are narrower with mostly smooth margins. Sugarberry trees are basically a southern version of common or northern hackberry. |
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