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Trees
Frontyard® Linden The Frontyard® Linden, Tilia americana 'Bailyard', is a great 'Frontyard' tree, selected because of its symmetrical branching and broadly pyramidal shape. It has an excellent symmetrical branching habit even as a young tree, and then gets nicely rounded with age. This Linden offers excellent shade with its dense foliage. It displays fragrant yellow flowers in summer with large, dark green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. It prefers moist, fertile, deep soils and tolerant of difficult, dry or heavy soils. It needs full sun, but will tolerate some shade. It is best used for farmstead windbreaks, and park trees in open landscape areas because of its large size and spreading root system.
Arborvitae American American Arborvitae trees have a broad pyramidal shape with erect branches that are dense and crowded together. The scale-like leaves are abruply pointed. This evergreen tree prefers a deep well drained site. When established it can stand considerable heat and drought. It is one of the most popular of all trees for windbreaks and year around privacy screening. It may be sheared and shaped to fit into most every landscaping need.
Canadian Hemlock The Canadian Hemlock tree, Tsuga canadensis, is also called Eastern Hemlock or Hemlock spruce. It may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more. It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer which grows well in a variety of soils. They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings.
Concolor Fir The Concolor Fir tree, Abies concolor, is also known as white fir, concolor fir, silver fir, Rocky Mountain white fir, Colorado Fir, Lows Fir, Pacific white fir. Concolor Fir trees are large, densely-growing, narrow trees with a dome-shaped crown growing to 50 feet or more. This evergreen conifer tree is native to the mountainous regions of the western United States. It is a rapid grower after it becomes established. It makes a handsome ornamental and decorative Christmas tree.
Russian Olive It is extremely tolerant of environmental factors. Russian Olive trees can be made into a hedge by planting 10’ apart in the row. The Russian Olive has low water requirements and displays a high tolerance for salt and alkali. Highly aromatic, creamy yellow flowers appear in June and July and are later replaced by clusters of abundant silvery fruits. Prized for its silvery gray foliage. Prefers a sunny location and is tolerant of most soil types.
Southern Red Oak The Southern Red Oak tree, Quercus falcata, is characterized by its rough bark. The Southern red oak is also referred to as Spanish oak. The bark is dark gray in color, furrowed, and is marked by rough ridges and plates. The acorns are usually produced singly, and biennially. Songbirds, turkey, a variety of small mammals and deer eat the nuts. The Southern Oak tree is deciduous and is a good shade tree adapted to drier sites.
Eastern White Pine This evergreen conifer tree is a truly magnificent tree attaining a height of 80 feet at maturity with a diameter of two to three feet. The White Pine takes six to eight years to produce a six-foot tree on good sites.
Norway Spruce It is highly valued as an ornamental and timber tree. It is one of the best conifers for shelters and windbreaks, as its branches grow densely into one another. The branches of Norway Spruce trees droop gracefully as tree matures, making this a very attractive ornamental.
Black Hills Spruce The Black Hills Spruce, Picea Glauca Var. It prefers rich moist soil in full sun, and also thrives in dry, well-drained sites. This tree is commonly used for windbreaks, privacy screens and accent plantings.
Eastern Red Cedar Its deep roots and small leaf surface make it very drought resistant. The foliage is bright green to dark green.
Loblolly Pine It thrives in a variety of soils, including well-drained upland areas with poor nutrient concentrations to poorly drained lowland areas and abandoned fields.
Mugho Pine Thanks to its low growth, mugho pine can be used at the front of a border or anywhere you want year-round greenery in conifer form.
Austrian Pine Also good for thick screens or windbreaks.
Scotch Pine It can reach a height of six feet in six years with good care.
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