Coral Bark Maple

by | Feb 19, 2017

Commonly called Japanese maple, this small tree grows to 10-25 feet tall.  It is native to Japan, Korea, and China.  It has an upright, slow-growing, vase shaped form.  The coral bark name is in reference to the distinctive and showy pink bark which provides excellent...

Red Maple

by | Feb 19, 2017

The Red Maple grows to 60-90 feet high.  The leaves are deciduous, simple, opposite: blades varying in shape from 3-5 distinct lobes to almost no lobes. The leaves are whitish or silvery beneath with shallow sinuses between the lobes.  Autumn color varies from...

Sugar Maple

by | Feb 19, 2017

A long-lived tree, the Sugar Maple reaches heights of 60-80 feet.  The twigs are reddish-brown and shiny.The bark is gray and lightly fissured on young trees, becoming darker and deeply furrowed into long scaly ridges or plates.  The wood is heavy, hard, and durable...

Bottlebrush Buckeye

by | Feb 19, 2017

Aesculus parviflora, commonly called bottlebrush buckeye, is noted for being one of the best summer flowering shrubs for shade areas.It is dense, mounding, suckering, and deciduous.  It typically grows 6-15 feet tall.  It features palmate green leaves and erect,...

Mimosa

by | Feb 19, 2017

Albizia is a small tree that seldom grows taller than 25 feet in height.  Albizia leaves are alternate, doubly compound, flattened, and blue-green.  Flowers are white and pink puffs of fine-stranded hairs.  Long, flat, beanlike fruit develops in late summer and hangs...