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Tree Sale 2023

Spring 2023 Tree Seedlings 

Conifer (Evergreen) Tree Seedlings

 

White Pine- Pinus Strobus 

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  • Prefers sandy-loam soils; a void clay-wet soils.

  • Grows 60 to 100 feet tall, 50 to 80 feet wide; growth rate is 3 to 5 feet per year. 

  • Use: widely used in re-forestations and as planting for shade and as a planting for shade and ornamental. Small seedlings are easily transported; adapts to a great variety of soil conditions and grows rapidly.

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Colorado Blue Spruce - Picea pungens engelm.                                     (Rocky Mountain Native)

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  • Winter cover for wildlife

  • Prefers upland, dry soil

  • Grows 75 to 100 feet tall

  • Hardiness zone 2

  • Description: Striking tree with its foliage; the branches grow in horizontal layers and the needles are pale blue or silver in color.

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Concolor Fir - Abies concolor

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  • Grows 75 to 100 feet

  • Provides winter cover for wildlife

  • Beautiful ash, gray-brown flattened ridge bark

  • Prefers dry to moist soils

  • Hardiness zone 3​

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Norway Spruce – Picea abies                                                                

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  • Foliage, twigs eaten by White-tailed deer; needles eaten by grouse; winter cover for many specisi

  • Prefers moist soil

  • Grows 75 to 100 feet tall with a 1 to 3 foot diameter trunk and spire-topped crown of branches drooping gracefully to the ground.

  • Sustainable for ornamental planting hedges and windbreaks.

  • Hardiness zone 2

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White Cedar – Thuja occidentalis

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Description: Tree grows around 50 feet high with a 2-3 feet diameter trunk. Needles are bright green above and pale green below.

Habitat: Prefers moist soil and organic rich soils.

Use: sustainable for ornamental planting hedges and windbreaks.

 

White Spruce – Picea glauca

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  • Tree grows 50 to 70 feet high with a 1 to 3 feet diameter trunk and spire-topped crown of branches drooping gracefully to the ground.

  • Prefers rich moist soils; does not thrive in dry sterile or extremely rich vegetable soil.

  • Sustainable for ornamental planting hedges and windbreaks

Deciduous Tree Seedlings

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White Oak – Quercus alba 

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  • Grows 80-100 feet tall with a majestic silhouette.

  • Prefers moist, well drained upland soils

  • A favorite nesting tree; provides acorns for feed to turkey, blue jay and ruffed grouse.

  • Hardiness zone 3

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Black Walnut – Juglans nigra l.

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  • A large tree 70 to 90 feet high with 2 to 4 feet diameter trunk forming a open crown of heavy branches and course branchlets.

  • Prefers moist, well drained soil

  • Valuable timber tree  of the  eastern United States

  • Hardiness zone 3

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Sources of information:

Conservation Trees and Shrubs / Pocket ID Guide:

US Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation Services

Peterson Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George A. Petrides

The Morton Arboretum, Chicago, IL Website

Prairie Nursery, Wisconsin  Website

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Broadleaf Shrub Seedlings


Butterfly Bush - Buddleja davidii

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  • Long-blooming shrub or woody perennial with dense clusters of fragrant flowers.

  • Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds for pollination. 

  • Grows well in sunny borders and dry, open gardens.

  • Considered a sub-shrub as it dies back to the ground in winter.

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Highbush Cranberry - Viburnum trilobum

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  • Not a true cranberry; part of Viburnum species.

  • Highbush Cranberry blooms in spring with white clusters of tiny florets, surrounded by larger florets.

  • Dark green leaves turn purplish-red in autumn, alongside drooping clusters of bright red berries.

  • The berries soften and sweeten over winter, and are eaten by Cedar Waxwing and other birds.

 

Pussy Willow - Salix discolor 

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  • Short-lived, fast growing native tree or bush; thrives in wet areas.

  • Silky, furry catkins open in early spring before the leaves branch out to signal spring is along the way.

  • Used for decorative flower arrangements and dried bouquets.

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Small Tree Seedlings


Domestic Apple  - Pyrus malus

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  • Round-topped small tree grows 20 to 30 feet;  6 to 24 inch diameter

  • Can take several years to produce fruit. 

  • Prefers direct sunlight, plant in well drained soil. 

  • Spread from cultivation through the Great Lskes  and Canada;  attracts     deer, pheasans, mourning dove, gray fox and other animals 


Dolgo Crabapple 

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  • Showy tree usually grows up to 8 to 10 feet tall with a rounded canopy that spreads 10 feet or more.

  • Thrives in an open location in full sun; prefers acid soil rich in organic matter and well drained.

  • A highly ornamental tree that fits easily into small yards or as spectacular border along fencerows.  Showy, deep pink buds open into fragrant white flowers making it a spring beauty. 


White Flowering Dogwood – Cornus florid L.

 

  • Small to medium size tree grows 10 to 40  feet with a trunk 6-12 inches

  • Slender, spreading branches.;  white petal bracts bloom in spring before leaves branch out.

  • Prefers rich, well drained soil, usually under the shade of another tree. Grows slowly but long-living once established.

  • Game birds, skunk, deer, rabbit, squirrel feed on branch twigs. 

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Shagbark Hickory - Carya ovata

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  • Tall growing tree reaches 60 to 90 feet; with a 2 to 3 foot diameter

  • Grows in mature woods, fencerow plantings.

  • Distinctive light-colored bark; shaggy, long loose strips.

  • Produces egg-shaped nuts to attract wildlife.


Eastern Redbud – Cercis canadensis L.

 

  • Small tree  that grows 40 - 50 feet with a 10-15 inch diameter trunk; divided near the ground into stout branches forming a broad crown. 

  •   Rose colored linear blooms peak in spring before foliage greens. 

  • Prefers borders of streams and rich bottomlands often in the shade of other trees.  Redbud will grow in open sunny yards, as well. 

  • Lovely ornamental tree suitable for town or country growth.
     

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