 Sassafras Tree
$99.90
A Fragrant Tree with Many Uses The Sassafras tree is a medium-sized tree valued for its many unique features. It starts out with a shrub-like appearance, so would do well in a naturalized area of your landscape or a backyard setting. The overwhelming positive feature of this tree in one word is “fragrant". You'll love the green-yellow flowers that appear in the spring. Their gentle sweetness will draw the attention of bees and butterflies from miles around. It's one of the few trees that's attracts the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly. You'll marvel at the adorable mitten-shaped leaves that emit a delightful scent when crushed in your hand. Even the twigs and bark, resplendent in their rich mahogany hues, are aromatic. Your entire Sassafras tree is a study in beauty and scent! When fall arrives, you'll enjoy watching birds and other wildlife flock to the tiny dark blue berries that stand upright on red stalks from your tree's branches. The mitten leaves will transform your autumn more...
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 Saucer Magnolia
$119.90
Spectacular Fast Growing Tree with Unique Spring Flowers The Saucer Magnolia is a beautiful ornamental tree that would serve as a lovely specimen plant for your front or side yard. The Magnolia prefers a bit of protection, so placement beside your house or outbuilding would be good choice.The most endearing feature of this tree is its early spring cup-like blossoms that are white with a purple blush. The unique 6-10 inch blooms lend the tree an enchanting appearance as the flowers appear like delicate goblets placed among the leafless branches. The sweet fragrance will soon draw nectar and pollen-gathering insects to your yard. Hummingbirds will particularly love to sip from the blossomed cups as the Magnolia's serves up its spring bounty. As summer advances, vibrant 6 inch long, medium green leaves will fill out your Magnolia. It can reach a height of 25 feet with an equal spread. Without pruning, this tree takes on a multi-stemmed branching habit that lends it a lovely rounded form, more...
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 Shingle Oak
$79.90
Upright Tree With Unique Leaves and Wildlife Interest The Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria), also known as Northern Laurel Oak, makes an outstanding ornamental tree because it has a straight trunk and an open, broadly rounded crown. In May or early June the flowers appear as drooping yellowish-green catkins. They are followed by the production of one-half to one-inch-long, dark brown acorns. The elegant, almost whimsical flowers are where the acorns originate. The smooth, four to six-inch-long leaves begin their development with a red to yellow cast, then deepen to a rich green through the summer. The Shingle Oak leaves turn yellow or reddish-brown in autumn. Identification of these trees is pretty easy because very few oaks have leaves like this one. Some of the dead leaves often persist on the tree through winter. This wonderful oak tree offers outstanding ornamental features and provides winter interest with its unusual form, nice persistent fruits, showy winter trunk, and even winte more...
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 Sourwood
$79.90
Deciduous Tree with Ornamental Features Sourwood is a deciduous tree with ornamental features. One would look great planted by your patio or at the edge of a perennial bed. Your Sourwood tree is an exquisite tree prized for its spring and fall color. Imagine the delicate Lily-of-the-Valley flower. Now visualize those hanging in 8-inch panicles from your tree as spring emerges in your yard. The dainty white flowers, fragrant and lovely, will bring an understated elegance to your yard. They are the reason this tree is sometimes called the “Lily-of-the-Valley Tree". As spring recedes and summer begins, 8-inch glossy green leaves will cover your Sourwood tree. They actually taste sour, inspiring the name “sourwood". Those same vibrant leaves will put on a dramatic show when autumn arrives and they burst into a brilliant crimson red that is sure to turn every head in the neighborhood. The grey seed capsules that follow your beautiful spring flowers will now also become evident a more...
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 Sugar Tyme Crabapple
$99.90
Stunning Display and a Treat for Your Wildlife Sugar Tyme Crabapple is a flowering Crabapple tree with superior ornamental features. A pair of them would make a breathtaking addition to your front yard as a decorative asset amid less showy plantings. It also does well as a street tree or planted en masse in a side yard or naturalized area. Your Sugar Tyme Crabapple has several enviable features. Delightfully petite, pink-hued buds will appear to be sprinkled amid your Sugar Tyme's branches in spring, ushering in a wave of stunning blossoms. The delicate buds open into 1-inch, single white flowers, each with just a touch of yellow in their centers. The fragrant blooms are a heady invitation to your yard's pollinators, bringing your Crabapple alive with the movement of bees and butterflies amid its branches. Half-inch, round fruit follows, its shiny red globes dangling amid the branches as yet another decorative accent that will persist into the winter months. This is especially attracti more...
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