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Apple, (semi-dwarf) ‘Honeycrisp’

• Size at Maturity – Height 15-18 ft. Spread 15-18 ft. • Habit -- spreading • Light – Full sun • Growth rate – medium • Soil – widely adaptable • Water needs – low once established • Flower – white • Bloom time – mid to late spring • – crisp with outstanding , stores well for months, yield 1-2 bushels per year

• Fruiting time – 3-5 yrs. • Harvest Time – Early season • Care – Remove leader and train more horizontal branches to increase sunlight and air circulation. Prune when dormant

Apple, (semi-dwarf) Malus ‘Honeygold’

• Size at Maturity – Height 20-25 ft. • Habit -- spreading • Light – full sun • Soil – widely adaptable • Water needs – low once established • Flower – white with a touch of pink • Fruit -- medium to large, yellow, good for eating or • Harvest Time – mid to late season • Care – Remove leader and train more horizontal branches to increase sunlight and air circulation. Prune when dormant

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Birch, Royal Frost Betula x ‘Penci-2’

• Size at Maturity – Height 30-40 ft. Spread 15-20 ft. • Habit – upright, pyramidal • Features of interest – white bark and burgundy- foliage, resistant to bronze borer • Light – full sun • Growth rate – moderate • Soil – moist, well drained • Water needs – water regularly, frequently in extreme heat • Flower – insignificant • Fruit – small, winged • Harvest Time – • Fall Color – yellow-orange • Care – if necessary, prune when dormant

Buckeye, Ohio Aesculus glabra

• Size at Maturity – Height 40-50 ft. Spread 30-40 ft. • Habit -- rounded • Features of interest – low sweeping branches and dense foliage. Good shade tree. Bark it tan to grey, becoming more textured at maturity • Light – sun to part shade • Growth rate – medium • Soil – widely adaptable • Flower – greenish-yellow panicle • Fruit – not edible, light brown capsules with prickly husk. • Fall Color – orange • Attracts birds, • Resistant to Juglan’s (black walnut) toxin

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Crabapple, Malus ‘Adams’

• Size at Maturity – Height 15-20 ft. Spread 15-20. • Habit --rounded • Features of interest – Excellent disease resistance • Light – full sun • Soil – moist, well-drained • Flower – pink • Bloom time -- April • Fruit – Showy, edible • Fall Color – good • Attracts – Birds, Butterflies • Care – low maintenance, prune in late winter or just after flowering

Crabapple, Donald Wyman Malus ‘Donald Wyman’

• Size at Maturity – Height 20 ft. Spread 20 ft. • Habit – Upright in youth, rounded at maturity • Features of interest – glossy green leaves • Light – full sun • Soil – moist, well-drained • Flower – white • Bloom time -- May • Fruit – red, persistent • Fall Color – Amber-gold • Attracts birds, butterflies, and • Care – low maintenance, prune in late winter or just after flowering

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Crabapple, Profusion Malus ‘Profusion’

• Size at Maturity – Height 18-24 ft. Spread 25 ft. • Habit – Upright, spreading • Features of interest – Purple foliage fades to bronze- green, disease resistant • Light – Full sun • Soil – moist, well-drained • Flower – Purple-red flowers with pink centers • Bloom time -- May • Fruit –1/2 inch, maroon, persistent • Fall Color – sometimes amber • Attracts birds, butterflies and pollinators • Care – low maintenance, prune in late winter or just

after flowering

Crab Apple, Red Barron Malus ‘Red Barron’

• Size at Maturity – Height 15 ft. Spread 5 ft. • Habit – narrow, almost columnar when young. • Features of interest – Leaves emerge purplish and mature to bronze green • Light – full sun • Soil – widely adaptable, moist, well-drained • Flower – single, dark red • Bloom time -- May

• Fruit ½ inch, dark red, showy • Fall Color – Orange • Attracts birds, butterflies, and pollinators • Care – low maintenance, prune in late winter or just after flowering

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Crabapple, Tina Malus ‘Tina’

• Size at Maturity – Height 8-12 ft. Spread 8 ft. • Habit – dense, dwarf tree with spreading and somewhat pendulous branches • Light – Full sun • Growth rate – moderate • Soil – widely adaptable • Water needs – Water regularly, weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers • Flower – Bright red buds open to single, white

flowers with yellow centers • Bloom time – early spring • Fruit – ¼ inch, red • Fall Color – yellow • Attracts birds, butterflies, and pollinators • Care – low maintenance, prune in late winter or just after flowering

Elm, Triumph Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’

• Size at Maturity – Height 55-60 ft. Spread 35-40 ft • Habit –upright, symmetrical, somewhat open • Features of interest – Deep green, glossy foliage, resistant to Dutch Elm disease • Light – full sun • Growth rate – Fast • Soil – widely adaptable • Fall Color -- yellow

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Gingko, Princeton Sentry Gingko Biloba

• Size at Maturity – Height 60 ft. Spread 25 ft. • Habit -- upright • Features of interest – Elegant, fan-shaped leaves, produces NO fruit • Light – full sun • Growth rate – slow to medium • Soil – Requires good drainage, moderately moist soil • Fall Color – golden yellow

Honeylocust, Imperial G. tracanthos ‘Impcole’

• Size at Maturity – Height 35 ft. Spread 30 ft. • Habit – upright, spreading • Features of interest – thornless, wide branch angles with grey-brown bark resist storm damage, fine- textured green leaves • Light – full sun

• Growth rate – moderate • Soil – widely adaptable • Water needs – Drought/dry soil tolerant • Fall Color – yellow

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Lilac, Ivory Silk Syringa reticulata

• Size at Maturity – Height 15-18 ft. • Habit – Compact upright oval • Features of interest – Profusely flowering • Light – Sun to part shade • Growth rate – moderate • Soil – requires well-drained soil, otherwise widely adaptable • Flower – 10 to 12-inch plumes of white flowers • Bloom time – July

• Fruit – interesting capsules • Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and pollinators • Care – Prune after flowering if needed

Linden, American Sentry Tilia americana ‘McKSentry’

• Size at Maturity – Height 50-60 ft. Spread 25 ft. • Habit -- pyramidal • Features of interest -- distinctive silver-gray bark with green, toothed, heart-shaped leaves. • Light – full sun • Growth rate – moderate • Soil – moist, well-drained • Flower – Creamy white, fragrant flower clusters • Bloom time – early summer • Fruit – small, round nuts accompanied by a long strap-like bract • Fall Color – yellow • Attracts birds, butterflies, and pollinators

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Linden, Boulevard Tilia americana ’Boulevard’

• Size at Maturity – Height 60 ft. Spread 30 ft • Habit – upright, pyramidal to columnar • Features of interest – Dense, dark green foliage on narrow, pyramidal habit with ascending branches • Light – full sun • Growth rate – medium • Soil – widely adaptable • Flower – fragrant, yellow • Bloom time – mid to late June • Fall Color – golden yellow • Attracts -- pollinators • Care – Prune late winter

Magnolia, Merrill Magnolia Kobus var. loebneri ‘Merrill’

• Size at Maturity – Height 12-25 ft. Spread 15-30 ft. • Habit – Upright, becoming rounded with age • Features of interest – Foliage emerges bronzy-green and matures to deep green. Bark is silvery gray, smooth when young and becoming rough with age. • Light – full sun • Growth rate – fast • Soil – widely adaptable • Water needs – Needs regular watering, weekly, or

more often in extreme heat • Flower – pink buds open to 3” white flowers • Bloom time – early spring • Fruit – cone shaped seed pods with red seeds • Fall Color – yellow • Care – prune only after flowering

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Maple, Blaze Acer x freemanii ‘Jeffersred’

• Size at Maturity – Height 50 ft. • Habit – upright, pyramidal to oval • Features of interest – between Red and Silver maples, drought tolerant, vigorous, great fall color. • Light – full sun • Growth rate – fast • Soil – widely adaptable • Flower – inconspicuous • Fruit –winged seeds • Fall Color – orange-red • Care – Avoid pruning in spring when sap runs

Maple, Commemoration Acer saccharum ‘Commemoration’

• Size at Maturity – Height 50 ft. Spread 30 ft. • Habit – upright, moderately spreading, oval • Features of interest – heavily textured, rich green leaves. Excellent shade tre.e • Light – full sun • Growth rate – fast • Soil – widely adaptable • Flower – insignificant • Fruit – winged seeds • Fall Color – yellow, orange, red

• Native

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Oak, Heritage Quercus x macdanielii ‘Clemons’

• Size at Maturity – Height 60-80 ft. Spread 40-50 ft. • Habit – broadly pyramidal to oval • Features of interest – Cross between English and Bur . Beautiful, large specimen tree with glossy, green leaves. • Light – full sun • Growth rate – • Soil – Normal, sandy, clay, acidic, dry • Fruit -- acorns • Fall Color – yellow-brown

Oak, Northern Red Quercus rubra

• Size at Maturity – Height 60-80 ft. • Habit – pyramidal, irregular, broader at maturity • Features of interest – transplants easily • Light – full sun • Growth rate – fast • Soil – well-drained, acidic • Fall Color – bronze-red

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Oak, Pin Quercus palustris

• Size at Maturity – Height 40-60 ft. Spread 40 ft. • Habit – pyramidal to oval • Features of interest – Dark green, many-lobed, sharply pointed leaves. Unique branching with lower branches arching downward and upper branches ascending. Leaves on young trees and on lower branches of older trees hang on into winter. • Light – full sun • Growth rate – fast • Soil – moist, rich, well drained, acidic • Water needs – moderate • Flower – • Fruit – produces acorns after 20 years • Harvest Time – • Fall Color -- red • Care –

Oak, Swamp White Quercus bicolor

• Size at Maturity – Height 50-60 ft. Spread 40-50 ft. • Habit – rounded, open • Features of interest – rugged tree with dark green leaves with felty-white undersides. Transplants easily • Light – full sun • Soil – upland or swampy areas • Harvest Time – • Fall Color – yellow-brown • Care – Do not prune April-October

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Pear, Autumn Blaze Pyrus calleryana ‘Autumn Blaze’

• Size at Maturity – Height 30 ft. Spread 10-15 ft. • Habit -- rounded • Features of interest – lovely dark green foliage • Light – full sun • Growth rate – fast • Soil – widely adaptable • Flower – snow-white • Fruit – may have pea-sized fruit • Fall Color –red • Care – so that stain on trunk is at soil surface

Serviceberry, Autumn Brilliance Amelanchier ‘Autumn Brilliance’

• Size at Maturity – Height 20-25 ft. Spread 10-15 ft. • Features of interest – Excellent multi-season interest, glossy blue-green leaves complimented by smooth, gray stems. • Light – full sun • Growth rate – medium • Soil – widely adaptable • Flower – white • Fruit -- purple • Fall Color – orange-red

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