Eastern Redbud
What makes the Redbud so special is its gift of spring color and its hardy adaptability. This tree, which usually grows no taller than 30 feet, bears showy pink flowers […]
Atlantic Whitecedar
Atlantic white cedar is an evergreen with scaly leaves that occur in a flat fern-like appearance. This species usually grows in very dense, solid stands, and has small rounded cones. […]
Chinese Fringetree
Chionanthus retusus, commonly called Chinese Fringetree, is native to China, Korea and Japan. This plant is noted for its profuse spring bloom of fragrant white flowers.Plants are primarily dioecious (separate […]
American Yellowwood
American yellowwood, is a medium-sized, deciduous tree of the legume family that typically grows 30-50’ tall with upright branching and a broad, rounded crown. It is noted for its pinnately […]
Roughleaf Dogwood
Roughleaf dogwood is a small tree, to 16 ft., with flat-topped clusters of creamy-yellow flowers and hard, white fruit on reddish brown or gray branchlets. Leaves are opposite on green […]
Common Dogwood
Dogwoods have simple, untoothed leaves with the veins curving distinctively as they approach the leaf margins. Most dogwood species have opposite leaves, while a few, such as Cornus alternifolia and […]
Kousa Dogwood
Like other Cornus, it has opposite, simple leaves, 4–10 cm long. The tree is extremely showy when in bloom, but what appear to be four, white petals are actually four […]
American Smoketree
Cotinus is from Greek and refers to the wild olive; obovatus is Latin and means “egg- shaped,” in reference to the shape of the leaves of the tree. The name […]
Japanese Cryptomeria
Japanese cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica), or Japanese cedar, is a splendid evergreen that becomes even more handsome as it matures. Although it is not as well-suited to the United States as […]
Italian Cypress
With its narrow columnar habit of growth, this evergreen forms tall, dark green columns 40 to 60 feet in height in the western United States but are often much shorter. […]