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JFS Flowering Trees Poster 2015.Pdf Eastern Redbud Spring Flurry® Serviceberry Snowcone® Snowbell Heartland® Catalpa Cercis canadensis Amelanchier laevis ‘JFS-Arb’ PP 15304 Styrax japonicus ‘JFS-D’ Catalpa speciosa ‘Hiawatha 2’ Height: 25' | Spread: 30' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 28' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -30°F Height: 25' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 50' | Spread: 25' | Hardiness: -20°F Shape: Multi-stem or Shape: Upright oval Shape: Broadly Shape: Upright low branching tree. Foliage: Medium pyramidal, dense narrow oval Somewhat green Foliage: Dark green, Foliage: Dark green, flat-topped Fall Color: Orange fine textured large leaves Foliage: Medium Flower: White, in Fall Color: Yellowish Fall Color: Yellow- green clusters Flower: Pure white, green Fall Color: Yellow Fruit: Edible, bell shaped Flower: White, in 3 Flower: Reddish purplish blue, ⁄8" large clusters purple in bud, rosy- pink when open A street tree Amelanchier! This Schmidt Snowcone® rings in summer with a profusion Narrow form, upright growth habit, uniform introduction has exceptional tree form. of pendulous, bell-shaped, fragrant flowers. branching, and darker green foliage The profuse flowers that bloom in April or May A dominant central leader supports strongly Fine textured foliage is dense and dark green. recommend this improved selection of our before the leaves develop make this a spring upward-oriented scaffold branches. Pure white A strong central leader and symmetrical, native Northern Catalpa. Easier to grow in the favorite. It is attractive as a tree for naturalized blooms smother a delicate latticework of twigs upright branches create a slender tree of nursery, it is more suitable for most landscape garden areas or as a graceful addition to a in spring. These give way to healthy green great uniformity. Resistance to twig dieback and street uses than seedling-grown trees of small yard. foliage that turns orange in the fall. Flowering cherries on the Portland, Oregon waterfront recommends it over seedling grown trees. the species. Ivory Silk® Japanese Tree Lilac Mt. St. Helens® Plum First Blush™ Cherry Pink Cascade® Cherry Pink Flair® Cherry Canada Red Improved Chokecherry Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ Prunus ‘Frankthrees’ Prunus ‘JFS-KW14’ Prunus ‘NCPH1’ Prunus sargentii ‘JFS-KW58’ Prunus virginiana ‘Canada Red’ Height: 20' | Spread: 15' | Hardiness: -30°F Height: 20' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -30°F Height: 25' | Spread: 12' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 12' | Spread: 12' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 25' | Spread: 15' | Hardiness: -30°F Height: 25' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -50°F Shape: Upright Shape: Upright Shape: Upright Shape: Weeping Shape: Upright Shape: Upright spreading becoming spreading, narrow oval Foliage: Dark green, narrow vase spreading, rounded rounded rounded Foliage: Dark green fine textured Foliage: Dark green Foliage: Leaves Foliage: Dark green Foliage: Purple Fall Color: Orange Fall Color: Orange Fall Color: emerge green, turn Flower: Creamy white Flower: Light pink to orange red Flower: Bright pink, Orange-red purple in summer panicles Flower: Pink, prolific Flower: Single pink, Fall Color: Red to double, fragrant in clusters reddish purple Flower: Small white, in long clusters Adaptability to urban growing conditions, Dark purple leaves emerge earlier in the spring Double pink flowers smother the branches of Bright pink flowers smother the branches of Narrow and upright in form, but compact in small stature and an upright spreading shape and hold their rich color longer into summer this very narrow, upright cherry in early spring. this gracefully weeping cherry, setting it height, this flowering cherry is well suited for A very cold hardy tree that is drought tolerant have earned this tough little flowering tree a than other cultivars. A sport of Newport, this The breathtaking floral display gives way to apart from the popular white-blooming urban landscapes. It avoids frost damage by and adaptable to urban growing conditions. place on our UtiliTrees™ list. In early summer, cultivar grows faster and develops a dense dark green, finely textured, disease resistant Snow Fountains® Cherry which it resembles flowering a week or two later than is typical Unique foliage emerges bright green in spring its branches sport large, upright plumes of head supported by a stronger, sturdier trunk. leaves that turn bright orange to orange red in in summer appearance. Developed at North of the species. Disease resistant foliage is very and matures to dark purple as the weather creamy white flowers. This very hardy ornamental plum performs well autumn. Carolina State University, this small and clean, and fall color is consistently bold and warms, then intensifies to reddish purple in where climates are extreme. delicate garden tree is easy to grow. bright. autumn. Big Cis® Plum Thundercloud Plum Okame Cherry Kwanzan Cherry Snow Fountains® Cherry Sourwood Prunus × cistena ‘Schmidtcis’ Prunus cerasifera ‘Thundercloud’ Prunus ‘Okame’ Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ Prunus × ‘Snofozam’ Oxydendrum arboreum Height: 14' | Spread: 12' | Hardiness: -30°F Height: 20' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 25' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 30' | Spread: 20' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 12' | Spread: 12' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 20' | Spread: 15' | Hardiness: -20°F Shape: Rounded, Shape: Upright Shape: Upright Shape: Stiffly vase Shape: Weeping Shape: Pyramidal to dense spreading, dense, branching, oval shaped Foliage: Small, dark rounded Foliage: Purple rounded Foliage: Dark green, Foliage: Dark green green leaves Foliage: Flower: Light pink, Foliage: Dark purple fine textured Fall Color: Fall Color: Golden to Dark green, glossy very fragrant Flower: Light pink Fall Color: Yellow- Bronze-orange to orange Fall Color: orange to orange-red orange-red Flower: White Orange, scarlet Flower: Small, clear Flower: Double, rosy Flower: Creamy white, pink, profuse pink in clusters bell shaped Fruit: Seedless ® A sport of Cistena, Big Cis Plum grows quickly Bright and cheerful pink blooms are among The eye catching, bright pink floral display of this A gracefully weeping, finely branched tree, A slow-growing, small tree whose light green, to a heavy-trunked, sturdy tree that is the first to signal winter’s end. One of the best very early-blooming cultivar is long lasting due Large rosy pink flowers are double and borne Snow Fountains® is smaller and more refined bronze tinted foliage turns brilliant orange intermediate in size between Cistena and purple-leaved plums, it retains its deep purple to brightly colored flower bud and calyx. Okame in extravagantly plump, ruffled clusters. The than other weeping cherries. Its beautiful and scarlet tones in the fall. Creamy white, Newport. Cistena-like flowers are followed by color through the growing season. It has is also appreciated for its clean green foliage that bold floral display makes it the showiest cherry cascading form is easily pruned and trained bell shaped clusters up to 10 inches in length dark purple foliage that keeps its fresh, clean maintained steady popularity since its brightens autumn with warm orange, red and in spring and accounts for its great popularity. into contorted or espalier forms to change its smother its branches in mid-summer. appearance later in the season. introduction in 1937. yellow tones. Rich fall color in bronze-orange to orange-red character. Fine fall color adds seasonal appeal. tones captures attention in autumn. Chanticleer® Pear Javelin® Pear Double Weeping Cherry Yoshino Cherry Autumn Flowering Cherry Yellowwood Pyrus calleryana ‘Glen’s Form’ Pyrus ‘NCPX1’ Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula Plena Rosea’ Prunus × yedoensis Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis Rosea’ Cladrastis kentukea Height: 40' | Spread: 15' | Hardiness: -30°F Height: 35' | Spread: 10' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 25' | Spread: 25' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 30' | Spread: 30' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 25' | Spread: 22' | Hardiness: -20°F Height: 30' | Spread: 40' | Hardiness: -30°F Shape: Upright, Shape: Fastigiate, Shape: Weeping Shape: Upright Shape: Upright Shape: Round narrowly pyramidal tightly columnar Foliage: Dark green spreading branches, spreading with Foliage: Bright green Foliage: Green, glossy Foliage: Purple to Fall Color: Yellow to rounded crown slender branches Fall Color: Fall Color: Reddish bronze green bronze Foliage: Bright green, Foliage: Medium Brilliant yellow Flower: White, in Fall Color: Purple to Flower: Double, pink glossy green Flowers: White, in clusters maroon Fall Color: Yellow Fall Color: Yellow to long clusters, Disease Resistance: Flower: Pink buds Flower: Single light bronze fragrant Fireblight open to white flowers pink to white, Flower: Semi-double fragrant to double, light pink A densely growing, narrow selection suitable The tightest and most columnar pear we have Graceful form and an impressive spring floral Showy cascades of fragrant white pea-like for street plantings, it is fireblight resistant. seen, it stays narrow as it matures. Unique foli- display make this one of the best weeping trees. A profusion of blooms reflected in the Tidal Very unusual for its multi-season bloom in blooms are spectacular in May and June. Open branch angles and strong attachment age leafs out purple, and matures to bronze Contorted form is an unusual artistic expression Basin in Washington, D.C., have made Yoshino which flowers are produced in November Compound leaves and arching branches give make it much less susceptible to wind break- green in the heat of summer. Developed at of a classic ornamental tree.
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