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Begonias JOIN ME IN A NEW PASSION  I am an outdoor gardener through and through. I love to get down on my knees and scoop up big armfuls of soil or mulch. Every morning, spring, summer and fall, I walk my .9 acre property, or as I lovingly call it the ‘North 40’, with a cup of coffee. So, winter is a real conundrum for me. Read the Full Story
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Shade trees grow much larger than ornamental trees, many reaching 40’ or greater and shed their foliage annually. In some cases they may have an ornamental flower but are generally grown to provide shade. This group includes Oaks and the Red and Sugar Maples.

  • BALDCYPRESS (Taxodium distichum)
  • BEECH (Fagus sylvatica)
‘Purpurea Pendula’
‘River’s Purple (s. ‘Riversii’)
Tricolor (‘Roseo-marginata’)
  • BIRCH (Betula)
‘Crimson Frost’(x szechuanica)
‘Heritage’ River Birch (nigra)
‘Renaissance Reflection’
  • BLACK GUM (Nyssa sylvatica)
  • DAWN REDWOOD (METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides)
  • GINKGO (biloba) Maidenhair Tree
  • HONEYLOCUST, THORNLESS (Gleditsia triacanthos)
‘Sunburst’
  • KATSURA (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
  • MAPLE (Acer)
‘Crimson King’ (platanoides)
‘Fall Fiesta’ (saccharum) Sugar Maple
Paperbark (griseum)
‘Red Sunset’ (rubrum)
Triflower (triflorum)
Variegated Norway Maple (platanoides Variegatum)
OAK (Quercus)
Pin (palustris)
Red (rubra)
Swamp White Oak (bicolor)
  • TULIP TREE (Liriodendron tulipifera)
  • WILLOW (Salix)
Niobe (alba ‘Tristis’)
 


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