Apple, Honeycrisp (semi-dwarf) Malus ‘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 • Fruit – crisp with outstanding flavor, 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, Honeygold (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 cooking • Harvest Time – mid to late season • Care – Remove leader and train more horizontal branches to increase sunlight and air circulation. Prune when dormant 1 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-red foliage, resistant to bronze birch borer • Light – full sun • Growth rate – moderate • Soil – moist, well drained • Water needs – water regularly, frequently in extreme heat • Flower – insignificant • Fruit – small, winged seeds • 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 nut capsules with prickly husk. • Fall Color – orange • Attracts birds, butterflies • Resistant to Juglan’s (black walnut) toxin 2 Crabapple, Adams 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 pollinators • Care – low maintenance, prune in late winter or just after flowering 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 seed 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 7 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 8 Maple, Autumn Blaze Acer x freemanii ‘Jeffersred’ • Size at Maturity – Height 50 ft. • Habit – upright, pyramidal to oval • Features of interest – Hybrid 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 Sugar 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 9 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 oak. 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 10 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