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Deciduous Trees

  • Laurel Leaf Willow
    Salix pentandra - Large hardy shade tree, glossy leaves - Height 12M, Spread 12M - They have a broad oval to rounded crown and have a rapid growth rate. The leaves are dark green and extemely glossy. Fall color is green to yellow-green.
  • Laurel Leaf Willow
    Salix pentandra - Large hardy shade tree, glossy leaves - Height 12M, Spread 12M - They have a broad oval to rounded crown and have a rapid growth rate. The leaves are dark green and extemely glossy. Fall color is green to yellow-green.
  • Laurel Leaf Willow
  • Siberian Larch
    Larix siberica - Pyramidal shape, deciduous needles - Height 12M, Spread 3M
  • Poplar, Northwest
    Populus x jackii 'Northwest' - Oval shape canopy and fast growing - Height 12M, Spread 3M
  • Crab, Radiant
    Malus x adstringens 'Radiant'- Ornamental crab, pink blossoms, purple leaves mature to green - Height 6M, Spread 4M
  • Crab, Radiant
    Malus x adstringens 'Radiant' Purple leaves mature to green, pink flowers in early spring and red fruit soon follows. Very hardy, shaped in a compact form.
  • Crab, Radiant
  • Crab, Radiant
  • Crab, Kerr
    Malus 'Kerr' - Crabapple, deep dark red fruit, great for canning - Height 5M, Spread 4M - Highly decorative as well as useful. A very hardy tree, producing an abundant crop. New foliage is generally tinged with red-purple, fading to deep green in summer, it is wide branching. Bright red, Golf ball size fruit that is tart sweet flavor, these apples are good for cooking, canning and juicing. Many like them straight off the tree. A strong and vigorous grower; heavy producer.
  • Crabapple, Kerr
  • Larch needles
  • Maple, Amur
    Acer ginnala - Can be a large shrub or small tree, prefers full sun - Height 5M, Spread 3M - An excellent, low-growing tree for small yards and other small-scale landscapes. It can be grown as a multi stemmed clump or can be trained into a small tree with a single trunk. It has maple shaped leaves that turn scarlet red in fall.
  • Siberian Larch
    Larix siberica - Has a straight, gradually tapering trunk and narrow open crown of many irregularly arranged, slender somewhat horizontal branches. The needles are soft to touch and turn yellow in fall before dropping off.
  • Fallgold Black Ash
    Fraxinus nigra - Narrowest ash, good for small yards, seedless - Height 10M, Spread 3M - Is a broadleaved hardwood. Crown is small and open, with large spreding or ascending branches. Branchlets stout; dark buds; trunk light grey bark, soft with corky edges. The flowers are small and appear in May or June at about the same time as, or just before, the leaves. The fruit ripens from June to September.
  • Blackash
  • Fallgold Black Ash Leaf
  • Swedish Aspen
    Populus tremula "Erecta" - Narrow, columnar, suitable for small yards - Height 12M, Spread 2M
  • Swedish Aspen
    Populus tremula "Erecta" - Narrow, columnar, suitable for small yards - Height 12M, Spread 2M - Trees are just beautiful. They make a dramatic statement. Line your driveway with these beauties. Besides being very hardy, they have excellent ornamental properties such as spring and fall color. They make the perfect shelter belt for areas where a screen is wanted.
  • Swedish Aspen leaves
  • Birch, White Paper
    Betula papynifera - Ornamental shade tree, peeling bark, yellow in fall - Height 12M, Spread 6M - Foliage and showy white bark make the trees attractive for landscaping. Broadleaved hardwood with a small, open crown of spreading and ascending branches. Branchlets are slender and a reddy-brown. On young trees, trunk bark is reddish-brown but turns to its characteristic white colour as the tree matures. The trunk generally divides low into several arching branches.
  • Birch, White Paper
    Betula papynifera - Ornamental shade tree, peeling bark, yellow in fall - Height 12M, Spread 6M - Foliage and showy white bark make the trees attractive for landscaping. Broadleaved hardwood with a small, open crown of spreading and ascending branches. Branchlets are slender and a reddy-brown. On young trees, trunk bark is reddish-brown but turns to its characteristic white colour as the tree matures. The trunk generally divides low into several arching branches.
  • Poplar, Plains Cottonwood
    Populus sargentii deltiodes - Large fast growing native tree - Height 25M, Spread 16M - Large, fast-growing a fine shade tree. Leaves are narrow and commonly long-pointed and finely toothed, with distinct odor when crushed, turning yellow in autumn. Many tiny yellowish or greenish flowers usually appear in early spring before leaves.
  • Cherry, Evans
    prunus spp 'Evans' - Large shrub or small tree, bright white flowers, bright red fruit - Height 4M, Spread 3M Arching branches, bright white flowers. These cherries are not heavy feeders and really do not want a lot of fussing. They prefer heavy or sandy soils. Grow slowly and drought in late summer. It produces huge harvests of red, sweet-tart fruit in late July/early August. The fruit is excellent for fresh eating, pies and winemaking.
  • Cherry
  • Chokecherry
    Prunus virginiana melanocarpa - Small native tree or large shrub - Height 5M, Spread 3M Flowers in May, and the seeds ripen in August. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. It cannot grow in the shade.
  • Chokecherry Flower
  • Chokecherry
  • Col Aspen
  • Cottonweed
  • Crabapple, Kerr
  • Crab, Dolgo
    Malus x adstringens 'Dolgo' - Produces pink buds that open to fragrant, white flowers. The glossy, dark green foliage turns yellow in the fall. They are large and have bright red. They are excellent for jellies. This hardy tree is upright with an open habit and is very ornamental.
  • Crab, Dolgo
  • Foothills Green Ash
    Fraxinus pennsylvaniaca 'Huever' - Slow growing, good feature or boulevard tree - Height 15M, Spread 8M - This very adaptable medium sized tree has beautiful yellow foliage in the fall. Green Ash trees withstands drought, excessive moisture, and wind.
  • Foothills Green Ash
    Fraxinus pennsylvaniaca 'Huever' - Slow growing, good feature or boulevard tree - Height 15M, Spread 8M - This very adaptable medium sized tree has beautiful yellow foliage in the fall. Green Ash trees withstands drought, excessive moisture, and wind.
  • Larch
  • Laurel Leaf
  • Leaf
  • Maple, Manitoba
    Acer negundo - Large shade tree, fast growing - Height 15M, Spread 10M - Leaves resembling ash leaves, yet produces key-like fruits like the maples. Can be planted as an ornamental or windbreak. Its form is open spreading crown; main trunk tends to divide near ground giving appearance of multiple stemmed tree. Fast growth rate and can be tapped for syrup production.
  •  Maple, Manitoba
  • Mayday
    Prunus padus commutata - Feature tree, white flowers in spring - Height 8M, Spread 8M - Feature tree, white flowers in spring and is a low-branched compact, rounded canopy shape. Foliage is bright green, emerging in April. Fall color ranges from yellow, to copper, to bronze red. Inedible small fruit is nearly black and cherry-like.
  • Mayday Flowers
  • Ash, American Mountain
    Sorbus americana - Low headed tree, white flowers in spring - Height 8M, Spread 5M - Smooth-barked with a short trunk, slender, spreading branches, and a narrow, open round-topped crown, with the lower portions branch-free; roots fibrous. Flowers May - June, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The berries are edible by humans ut too acidic to be eaten raw; can be cooked with meats or made into jellies.
  • Mountain Ash Leaf
  • Birch, White Paper
  • Pincherry
    Prunus pensylvanica - Small ornamental native tree, reddish bark - Height 5M, Spread 3M - Leaves turn a bright purplish-red in autumn. It produces attractive white flowers that become bright red, delicious cherries when pollinated. It is an oval shaped, multistem native tree with reddish bark and is intolerant of shade.
  • Poplar, Plains Cottonwood
    Populus sargentii deltoids - Large fast growing native tree - Heaight 25M, Spread 16M
  • Poplar, Griffin
    Populus x 'Griffin' - Oval shape - Height 12M, Spread 3M - Fast growing somewhat pyramidal growth habit. It has dark green leaves.
  • Poplar, Towering
    Populus x canescens 'Tower' - Hardy, columnar variety - Height 12M, Spread 2M - Very hardy narrow columnar growth habit, it prefers a rich, well drained, moist soil but will tolerate heavy soils if not too poorly drained.
  • Pin Cherry Tree
  • Pin Cherry Leaf
  • Maple, Manitoba
  • Maple, Manitoba
  • Trembling Aspen
    Populus tremuloides - Native tree with smooth black & white bark - Height 10M, Spread 5M - Their long, flat stems, the leaves of the trembling aspen quiver in the slightest breeze. The wood of the trembling aspen is light, soft and low in strength. Its colour ranges from white to gray.
  • Trembling Aspen
  • Trembling Aspen
  • Crab, Siberian
    Malus x adstringens 'Rosthern' - Columnar form, medium-fast growth and in early spring has white showy flowers that change to small berry-like red to yellow fruit. It is well adapted to variety of soils; fair alkali tolerance.
  • Crab, Siberian tree
  • Crab, Siberian, leaf
  • Crab, Dolgo
    Malus 'Dolgo' - Attractive pyramidal form, bright red fruit - Heaight 5M, Spread 4M
  • Mayday, Sharon
    Prunus padus 'Sharon' - This is a brand new variation of the Mayday tree. It is a fast growing tree, with red leaves, white flowers in spring.
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