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Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
The fruits are a bright red and are produced in masses, which provides excellent color in late summer and early fall. The Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli 'inermis', is a small, thornless tree with beautiful, single white flowers, abundant red fruit and silver-gray bark. The glossy green foliage turns a showy orange in fall. No major insect problems and resistance to rust diseases. This tree provides a distinct horizontal accent to the landscape. This tree has a rounded growth habit and is very disease resistant. The bark is exfoliates in thin gray strips, and provides winter interest. ... get more information
Serviceberry It is an excellent small yard tree. The bush sends up numerous suckers and can become quite a thicket. Ths fall color is brilliant yellow, red or orange. This large shrub has erect stems that form multi-stemmed clumps The serviceberries, genus Amelanchier, are deciduous shrubs or small trees that grow in the understory of temperate forests. The little serviceberry shrubs are useful in naturalized plantings, especially in open woodlands, under tall oaks or pines. This deciduous tree/shrub is multistemmed and gets up to 20 ft tall with a dense, bushy spread up to 10 ft across. The flowers are white and borne in erect clusters in early spring as the leaves are unfolding. The Serviceberry tree, Amelanchier canadensis, may also be known as a Juneberry, Shadblow, or Shadbush. Their beautiful, but brief, early spring flowering beats all but the earliest shrubs, and their fall foliage is first rate. 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. |
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