2021 Annual Tree Sale Draft Catalog

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HOUGHTON KEWEENAW CONSERVATION DISTRICT 2021 ANNUAL TREE SALE DRAFT CATALOG

Houghton 2021 TREE SALE Keweenaw Conservation District NO OPEN SALE (906) 482-0214 Pre-Order Pre-Pay Only hkconserve.com Scheduled Pick up Conserving our Natural Resources NEW Board of Directors Gina Nicholas, Chairperson Pre-Order ANY SIZE Tom Collins Use Order Form and mail in Lydia Lytle Rachel McDonald with a check or pay online Steve Siira Starting March 9, 2021

TREE SALE CATALOG INDEX Page 2 Wildflowers Page 3 Berries Page 4 Grapes Page 5-6 Fruit Trees Pages 7 Conifers and Native Trees/Shrubs

NOTE: A few more items may be added next week. Please check back. 2021 HKCD Tree Sale Featured Plants

Wild Flower Plugs – 2 per bag of the same type $15 Or Mix and Match – 6 (3 bags) for $40

Common Milkweed is a large flower that can vary in color from nearly white to deep pink- Common purple. The fragrance is very delicate and pleasing and numerous native pollinators will benefit Milkweed during its long bloom time. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs exclusively on Milkweed plants, making them the sole food source for their larvae.

Joe Pye Weed is a very tall plant, up to 6' in the best sun/soil conditions, but strong stems support the flowering plant so it rarely needs to be staked. These attractive stems are almost Joe Pye Weed the same color as the dusty rose-colored flowers, which will bloom in August, becoming absolute magnets for dozens of species of butterflies.

Lance-leaf Coreopsis waves brightly in the summer on sunny sites. It does well in dry, sandy or Lance-leaf poor soil. The bright yellow, daisy-like flowers are about 1 1/2" in diameter and bloom singly on Coreopsis long stems. The ray petals have four deep lobes on their margins. This species also is commonly called Sand Coreopsis, or Tickseed because many think the seed looks like Ticks.

New England Aster is a late bloomer like most Asters. Maturing to 5' tall, it is rich with purple flowers with orange-yellow centers from late summer to October. Popular with pollinators, it New England thrives in full sun or light shade in all but the driest soils. Before New England Aster blooms, it is Aster easy to identify the plant because of the hairy stem and leaves that clasp the stem in a distinctive manner, nearly encircling it, unique from other Asters

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) has a fibrous root system with short woody rhizomes. Purple It is a drought-tolerant perennial that is also deer resistant. Plains Indians used the root to treat Coneflower rattlesnake bites, bee stings, headaches, toothaches, sore throats, and distemper in horses. Coneflowers are still widely used today in pharmaceutical preparations.

Rose Milkweed, is also commonly called Red Milkweed, Marsh Milkweed, or Swamp Milkweed. That lovely vanilla fragrance you detect coming from large rosy pink flowers possibly hosting Rose Milkweed several Monarch or Swallowtail butterflies is Rose Milkweed. This deer-resistant plant grows best in moist but will tolerate average soils, and blooms for about a month mid-summer.

Sweet Black-eyed Susan will persist for many years. Numerous flowers, which average 3" Sweet Black-eyed across, will bloom for many weeks starting late summer and into fall. When blooming, it has a Susan pleasant sweet smell, similar to that of Sweet Grass, thus the common name. A very tough prairie plant it is able to withstand high winds and tough soils.

Wild Bergamot can be planted in spring, on bare soil, and will germinate without overwintering. Monarda fistulosa, also commonly called Bee Balm or Horse-Mint, has a lovely Wild Bergamot violet blossom and distinctively aromatic foliage. It is a familiar component of prairie and savanna communities on all but the wettest of soils. Wild Bergamot is a favorite of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. Its species name, fistulosa, refers to the tube-like structure of its blossoms, which appear from July through September.

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Berries

BLUEBERRY DESCRIPTION HARVEST PRICING

Large and upright with medium-sized, good flavor

August - Jersey berries. Bush/berries are excellent and satisfactory for September both hand/mechanical picking. 6-inch pot.

Raspberries $8 per plant or 6 for $45

Anne Gold Large, Golden berries. Self-fertile Ever-bearing Caroline Large, Red berries and vigorous plants. Ever-bearing Latham Cold-hardy and reliable Red fruit good for eating, jam, July – August jelly and pie.

Chester Blackberry $10 per plantWinter-hardy, thornless plant with large, sweet blackberries. Great for the table, jam, jelly and pie.

Elderberries $15 per plant

Nova Black and sweet. Good for jam, wine, cooking. Plant August grows to 6 feet. Self-pollinating but does better with other varieties. Adams White flowers give way to dark berries. Good for wine August or wildlife. Partially self-pollinating but needs another variety for best production.

NEW Hinnomaki Gooseberry $15 per plant

Deep red, tart-sweet berries on attractive green foliage. Self-feretile.

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Grapes $8 per plant or 3 for $21

Concord (Purple) Vigorous, hardy and productive vines that produce Mid-September to Mid- medium-sized clusters bearing large blue-black October berries. Tough skinned, flavorful and highly aromatic, an all-purpose grape. Self-pollinating. Frontenac (Purple) Produces grapes with high sugar and high acidity Late September to Mid- used to produce dry red wine, rose, and port. Self- October pollinating. Edelweiss (White) Vigorous, cold hardy white table grape. Medium to Mid to Late September large fruit good for eating, juice, jelly and wine.

Semi-Dwarf Fruit Tree Spacing

• Apples, Tart Cherry, Peach, Nectarine: 12-15 feet • Sweet Cherry: 15-18 feet • Pear, Plum: 18-20 feet

Did You Know? White flowering crabapple trees are good pollinators for most edible apple varieties.

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Mix and Match Semi-Dwarf Fruit Trees $25 Each or 5 for $115

Apples VARIETY DESCRIPTION POLLINATOR HARVEST

Crabapple

Cox Orange First grown circa 1830 in England by Richard Cox. Gold Late Cortland to orange apple for cider and cooking. September Pippin Golden Delicious

Crabapple, Fuji, Eating or Cooking. Ruby red apples with a snowy Gala, September

Cortland center that won’t brown when cut. Perfect for pies Honeycrisp, and cider. Cold hardy. EMLA 7 rootstock. McIntosh, Wolf River

Sweet, aromatic eating or cooking apple. Crisp Crabapple, Fuji, September Gala cream-colored flesh with striped or spotted skin of Liberty, Red or pink, orange or red hues. Golden delicious Golden Crabapple, Eating or cooking smooth thin skin. Excellent

Delicious Cortland, Fuji, Late eating, juicing, drying and cooking apple. Great Honeycrisp, September pollinator for other apples. EMLA 7 rootstock. (Gibson) Wolf River Honeycrisp Great eating apple. Up to 3-inch fruit. Crisp, cream Crabapple, colored ﬂesh is mild, sweet and aromatic. Cold Cortland, Fuji, Mid

hardy. M111 rootstock. Gala, McIntosh, September Wolf River Kingston Crabapple Cider apple. Originated in the United Kingdom in Black

Cortland Late the 1800’s. Dark Red fruit with bittersharp flavor Fuji September best for hard cider. Gala Ribston Cider apple. Aromatic apple that originated in Crabapple Pippin

Late England in the 1700’s and favored in Victorian Cortland September times. Yellow flushed with red and orange. Yarlington Cider apple. Discovered in England in the late Mill

Late 1800’s. Small to medium red fruit. Sweet to Crabapple September bittersweet flavor. Higher yield.

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Fruit Trees Mix and Match $25 Each or 5 for $115

VARIETY DESCRIPTION POLLINATOR HARVEST

Very sweet, white ﬂeshed nectarine Arctic Glo streaked with crimson, semi-cling pit. Self-fertile Mid-July Nectarine Flavorful with a balance of sweet and

ECTARINE acid. Cold hardy.

Its dessert qualities make this a popular D’Anjou, Clapps, Bartlett market variety. Tender, juicy and creamy, any mid-season Late August Pear yellow skin. flowering pear

Clapp’s Cold hardy. Large, sweet, red blush pears Bartlett Late Favorite with a fine texture. Bosch August Pear Medium to large fruit, round in shape Kalle with a slender neck. The fruit is flavorful Self-fertile Mid-August Pear and has a bright red skin. Developed in Wisconsin in the 1940’s. Jung Hearty Medium golden fruit with russeted skin. Clapp’s favorite August PEAR Pear

PE Stores well if refrigerated.

Originated in South Haven, Michigan in Redhaven 1930! Heavy bearing, creamy yellow ﬂesh Late July - Self-fertile Peach good for eating, freezing or canning. Free Mid August PEACH stone.

Heavy bearer of large, dark purple fruit Partially self- Early Italian Plum good for eating, cooking, canning and fertile September PLUM drying.

Montmorency Originated in France in the 1600s. Bears heavy (Tart) crops of tangy, red cherries. The most popular Self-fertile July Cherry pie and cobbler cherry in the U.S. Cold hardy.

Lapin Gold Firm, golden sweet cherry. Productive and a Other sweet July good pollinator for other cherries. Cherry cherries CHERRY Sweet, eating Cherry. Large, split-resistant, dark, heart shaped cherry. Meaty and juicy, Lapin Cherry no tartness. Great pollinator for other Self-fertile July cherries

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CONIFER PLUGS 25 plugs for $15 or 100 for $55

VARIETY DESCRIPTION

Northern (Thuja occidentalis) 40-60 ft, pyramidal shaped, grows on a variety of sites. Shade White Cedar tolerant. Windbreaks, hedges and wildlife habitat.

(Pinus resinosa) 50-80 ft.; coarse, well-drained sites. Can tolerate dry, windy or rocky Red Pine sites. Shade intolerant, extremely cold tolerant. Windbreak, wildlife habitat.

Native Tree and Shrub Plugs 5 for $8

VARIETY DESCRIPTION

Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Native woodland tree to grows to 60-90 ft. Acorns favored by native (Northern) wildlife. Valuable hardwood tree. Attractive fall color.

(Quercus marocarpa) Midwestern woodland tree to 50-80 ft., broad and rounded Bur Oak when open grown.

(Cornus Sericea) Great Lakes and northern shrub species with distinctive red stems, Red Osier that prefers wetter soils. Small white flowers and white berries. Grows to about 15 Dogwood feet.

White Birch (Betula papyrifera) Native woodland tree also known as Paper Birch. Grows to 50-70 ft., Attractive white bark. Good for wildlife and landscaping. (Betula alleghaniensis) Native woodland tree. Grows 70-100 ft., shinny yellowish bark Yellow Birch when younger. Valuable hardwood tree and good for wildlife.

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