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Sweet Bay Magnolia
This tree is often grown as an ornamental landscape tree because of its attractive foliage, flowers, and fruit. The Sweetbay Magnolia tree, Magnolia virginiana , is also called sweetbay, swampbay, or swamp magnolia. It occurs naturally in moist and wet soils in wetland areas such as swamps and along streams and ponds. The fruits provide a good food source for many wildlife species, such as, turkey, quail, and numerous songbirds. Sweetbay magnolia is a medium, evergreen tree that generally has a pen crown of sparsely spreading branches, and it is deciduous in the northern United States. Large, multi-stemmed and evergreen this magnolia is noted for its creamy white flower whose fragrance has been described as cool, sweet, and fruity. The leaves, pale green with silvery underside and crimson fruiting cones, are unmistakable. ... find out more
Serviceberry The flowers are white and borne in erect clusters in early spring as the leaves are unfolding. Serviceberry trees have leaves that are 2 inches long and have a very pretty white fuzzy coat when young, but becoming shiny green as they mature. It is an excellent small yard tree. The berrylike fruits are showy and edible. Their beautiful, but brief, early spring flowering beats all but the earliest shrubs, and their fall foliage is first rate. Ths fall color is brilliant yellow, red or orange. This deciduous tree/shrub is multistemmed and gets up to 20 ft tall with a dense, bushy spread up to 10 ft across. The little serviceberry shrubs are useful in naturalized plantings, especially in open woodlands, under tall oaks or pines. The bush sends up numerous suckers and can become quite a thicket. The Serviceberry tree, Amelanchier canadensis, may also be known as a Juneberry, Shadblow, or Shadbush. |
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