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Red Maple - October Glory
October Glory Red Maple trees have a dense oblong head with dark green foliage. October Glory Red Maple trees are excellent for intense fall color and have a medium to fast growth rate. The October Glory Red Maple tree, Acer rubrum 'October Glory', is one of the best and most popular of the Red Maple cultivars. The 'October Glory' Red Maple has a good oval-rounded form. It tends to hold its lustrous dark green leaves late into fall. This Red Maple is an excellent tree for lawn or street planting. Excellent color for the south. The intensity of the brilliant orange to red fall color is worth the wait. In the spring, red flowers in dense clusters form before the leaves. ... more
Silverbell This deciduous tree has soft wood and it is close-grained and a favorite wood for crafts. The white bell-shaped flowers and small size make it a desirable tree for landscaping. The seeds are eaten by squirrels and the flowers provide honey for bees. Silverbell trees exhibit pendulous bell-shaped white flowers in spring. This attractive shrub, or small tree, grows in moist soils along streams in the understory of hardwood forests. The Carolina Silverbell tree, Halesia carolina, also known as Mountain Silverbell, Snowdrop tree, and Oppossum Wood, is common and reaches its greatest size in the southern Appalachian Mountains where it is called mountain silverbell. |
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