" The Grower that Keeps on Growing"
" The Grower that Keeps on Growing"
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Flowering Trees
Aesculus x carnea ‘Ft McNair’ FT MCNAIR RED HORSECHESTNUT Zone: 3 Height: 40-50 ft. Width: 30 ft. Round dense crown with dark pink 6-8” panicles that consistently bloom in late spring. Foliage remains dark green until it drops in the fall. Resistant to leaf blotch fungus.
Amelanchier canadensis DOWNEY SERVICEBERRY, JUNEBERRY Zone: 4 Height: 20-30 ft. Width: variable Delicate white blooms in the spring, edible fruit and showy fall colors. It is one of our native plants able to grow in partial shade, making it an excellent choice for naturalizing in wooded borders. Proven to be tolerant of urban conditions.
Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ (P.P.No. 5717) AUTUMN BRILLIANCE SERVICEBERRY, JUNEBERRY Zone: 4 Height: 20-25 ft. Width: 15-18 ft. Small tree with an upright, oval shape. Dark green leaves turn brilliant red- orange in fall and remain on the tree for an extended period of time. Edible purplish fruit. Clump and single stem forms.
Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Princess Diana’ PRINCESS DIANA SERVICEBERRY, JUNEBERRY Zone: 4 Height: 20-25 ft. Width: 15-18 ft. Small tree with an upright, oval shape. Dark green leaves turn brilliant red- orange in fall and remain on the tree for an extended period of time. Edible purplish fruit. Clump and single stem forms.
Caragana arborescens ‘Pendula’ WEEPING SIBERIAN PEA TREE Zone: 2 Height: 8 ft. Width: 5-10 ft. Unusual small weeping tree with bright green foliage and very attractive yellow “pea”-like flowers in May. Excellent choice for rock garden and patio plantings.
Caragana arborescens pendula ‘Walker’ FERNLEAF WEEPING SIBERIAN PEA TREE Zone: 2 Height: 8 ft. Width: 3-5 ft. Similar in habit to C. arborescens but with fine textured fern-like foliage. Interesting novelty tree. Extremely cold hardy with yellow-green fall color.
Cercis canadensis EASTERN REDBUD Zone: 5 Height: 25 ft. Width: 25-30 ft. Showy flowering tree native to the Eastern United States. Delicate, lavender-pink flowers appear in May. Redbud has an irregular, Vase-shaped growth habit and heart-shaped green foliage. Avoid sweeping winds, when planting South of I-90 make sure placed in protected area.
Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’ (Pat #10328) LAVENDER TWIST™ WEEPING REDBUD (Zone 4) Very hardy new weeping variety of Redbud taken from a tree in Westfield NY. Extremely unique specimen. Same lavender-pink flowers as the species. Avoid sweeping winds, when planting South of I-90 make sure placed in protected area.
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' FOREST PANSY REDBUD Zone: 5 Height: 25 ft. Width: 25-35 ft. Hardy new variety of Cercis with lavender-pink flowers which appear a little later than the species. This unique variety has nice purple colored leaves. Avoid sweeping winds, when planting South of I-90 make sure placed in protected area.
Chionanthus virginicus WHITE FRINGE TREE Zone: 4 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Normally growing as a multi-stemmed or low branching small tree. Abundant 6 to 8 inch long fleecy white fragrant blooms in spring before the foliage. Unusual flowers are followed by dark blue, grape-like fruit in late summer on female plants. Thick dark green foliage turns yellow in autumn. Great for city plantings.
Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Brave’ CHEROKEE BRAVE FLOWERING DOGWOODZone: 5 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Vigorous grower displaying redish-pink flowers (bracts) with white centers. Beautiful red fall color to the leaves. Resistant to powdery mildew.
Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ CHEROKEE CHIEF RED FLOWERING DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Best known ‘Red’ Flowering Dogwood. Bracts start out red and fade to pink . Same desirable growth habits and red fall coloration as C. florida.
Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Princess’ CHEROKEE PRINCESS WHITE FLOWERING DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Heavy white flowering, grafted variety of C. florida. Round growth habit. Brilliant red fall color from foliage and berries.
Cornus florida rubra PINK FLOWERING DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 20-30 ft. Width: 20 ft. Large, clear pink flowers. Similar branching and growth habit to C. florida. Great small specimen tree best in partial shade
Cornus florida 'Sunset' SUNSET FLOWERING DOGWOODZone: 5 Height: 20-30 ft. Width: 20 ft. Large, clear pink flowers. Similar branching and growth habit to C. florida. Nice gold and green variegated foliage. Great small specimen tree best in partial shade. Great fall color of yellow, orange and reds. Cornus kousa KOUSA DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 15-20 ft. Attractive small flowering tree that blooms about two weeks to a month after C. florida. Flowers are similar to C. florida except the creamy petals of the C. kousa are pointed. Foliage is just as showy and similar. Hardier than C. florida. Clump and single stem forms.
Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Heart Throb’ (P.No.9283) HEART THROB KOUSA DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. New variety of kousa with rose pink flowers, red fruit and brilliant red to orange leaves in fall.
Cornus kousa chinensis ‘ Milkyway’ MILKYWAY DOGWOODZone: 5 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. New variety of kousa with same white flowers and a little more tradition dogwood wider branching , red fruit and brilliant red to orange leaves in fall.
Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Pendula’ WEAVER’S WEEPING KOUSA DOGWOOD 30 ft. (Zone 5) Beautiful new variety of Kousa. The weeping form adds a new look to Dogwoods. This variety blooms a little later that regular Dogwoods and it still gets the bold red fruit. Cornus kousa chinensis ‘S amzam’ SAMARITAN KOUSA DOGWOODZone: 4 Height 15-20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Hardy offspring of wilky way kousa dogwood with variegated foliage that is disease resistant. Blooms white in may and June. Pink an burgundy fall colors with red fruit.
Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Satomi’ SATOMI KOUSA DOGWOOD Zone: 4 Height: 15-20 ft. Hardy cultivar of Kousa Dogwood that blooms with deep pink flowers (bracts) and bears a striking pink-red fruit.
Cornus mas MAS DOGWOOD or CORNELIAN CHERRY Zone: 5 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 22 ft. Natural growth habit is that of a large shrub or multi-stemmed tree. Small yellow flowers appear in early spring becoming showy red edible fruit in late summer and fall. Attractive to many forms of wildlife.
Rutger’s Stellar Series Dogwoods A long awaited group of Dogwood hybrids resulting from crosses between Cornus florida and Cornus kousa. Produced by Dr. Elwin Orton of Rutgers University, these trees exhibit qualities of both parents. Mostly upright in youth and spreading with age. White and pink flowering varieties are available with differences in bract shape evident among each cultivar. These vigorous trees are resistant to Dogwood Anthracnose and Dogwood Borer.
Cornus x ‘Rutdan’ (P.P.No. 7204) RUTGERS CELESTRIAL® WHITE FLOWERING DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 18-20 ft. Celestrial® is a tall, full tree with very abundant white flowers and over-lapping bracts.
Cornus x ‘Rutgan’ (P.P.No. 7207) RUTGERS STELLAR PINK® FLOWERING DOGWOOD Zone: 5 Height: 18-20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Steller Pink ® is a hybrid with C.f. rubra bearing pale pink flowers with broad bracts.
Crataegus crusgali inermis ‘Cruzam’ CRUSADER COCKSPUR HAWTHORN Zone: 4 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 20-25 ft. Fruit: 3/8” A round headed, wide spreading tree with horizontal branches, dense growing Hawthorn. White flowers, 1/2” in diameter, appear in late May and are followed by bright red fruit in autumn which persists most of winter.
Crataegus phaenopyrum WASHINGTON HAWTHORN Zone: 4 Height: 25 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 1/4” White flowers in late spring and good disease resistance. The tree has a round, upright form. Glossy green leaves turn red-orange for autumn with showy red-orange berries.
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’ WINTER KING HAWTHORN Zone: 4 Height: 25- 30 ft. Width: 20-25 ft. Fruit: 1/4” White flowers in late spring, glossy green foliage in summer turning red in the fall, along with bright red-orange berries. Habit is more open and rounded than some other hawthorns. Fruit persists with good color well into late winter or early spring.
Magnolia x leobneri ‘Leonard Messell’ LEONARD MESSELL MAGNOLIA Zone: 5 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Deep pink buds open in early spring forming scented lilac-pink blossoms.
Magnolia x liliiflora ‘Ann’ ANN MAGNOLIA Zone: 6 Height: 8-10 ft. Width: 10 ft. Very similar but smaller growing than M.x ‘Betty’, flowers are reddish-purple on the outside white on the inside. Saucer-type.
Magnolia x liliiflora ‘Betty’ BETTY MAGNOLIA Zone: 5 Height: 10 ft. Large showy flowers are reddish-purple on the outside white on the inside. Saucer type.
Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ ROYAL STAR MAGNOLIA Zone: 5 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 10 ft. Similar in appearance to M. stellata but is larger and faster growing. Fragrant white star-type flowers up to 4” across bloom 1-2 weeks later than M. stellata. Sun or partial shade.
Magnolia Sou SAUCER MAGNOLIA Zone: 5 Height: 25 ft. Width: Variable but often equal to height Saucer-type flowers are colored pink outside and white inside. A multi-stemmed or low branched tree with wide spreading branches forming a pyramidal to rounded shape.
Magnolia virginiana SWEET BAY MAGNOLIA Zone: 5 Height: 10-20 ft. Width: 10-20 ft. Large, highly fragrant, creamy-white flowers in late June. Long, dark, shiny green foliage is often semi-evergreen farther south. Does best in moist, rich but well drained soil in a slightly protected location.
Malus ‘Adams’ ADAMS CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 5/8” Dense, rounded head with an abundance of clear pink flowers in May. Foliage is green with a reddish tint and very good disease resistance. Small red fruit holds well into the winter.
Malus ‘Beverly’ BEVERLY CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 1/2” to 3/4” Rounded, upright spreading growth habit. Showy white flowers followed by bright red berries in late summer through autumn. Delicate green foliage. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus ‘Candymint’ CANDYMINT CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 10 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 3/8” Rose pink flowers and purple tinted foliage in spring. Foliage changes to bronze green for summer followed by red fruit in fall.
Malus ‘Centzam’ CENTURION® CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 25 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 5/8” Semi-upright form of Flowering Crabapple with dark green foliage, rose-red flowers and bright red berries for added fall color. Excellent tree for street plantings. Good disease resistance.
Malus ‘Hargozam’ ® HARVEST GOLD® CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 3/8” This tree provides excellent seasonal color with showy single white blooms in spring and small gold fruits that last into winter. Can be used in the landscape or as a street tree due to its upright growth habit and urban tolerance.
Malus ‘Jewelcole’ RED JEWEL™ CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 15 ft. Width: 12-15 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Excellent tree for fall and winter color due to the abundance of its brilliant red persistent fruits. Flowers are white, foliage is green and growth habit is horizontal and spreading. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus ‘Louisa’ LOUISA WEEPING CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 15 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 3/8” Pink flowering Malus variety with yellow, persistent fruit. Broad weeping form with glossy, dark green foliage. Good disease resistance. Malus ‘Parrsi’ PINK PRINCESS CRABAPPLE Zone: 5 Height: 8 ft. Width: 10 ft. Fruit: 1/4” Pink flowers and purple tinted foliage in spring. Foliage changes to bronze green for summer followed by bright red fruit in fall.
Malus ‘Prairifire’ PRAIRIFIRE CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 3/8” to 1/2” Colorful all season. Purple foliage becomes reddish-green with bright pinkish- red flowers. Fruit is red-purple on this upright, spreading grower. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ PROFESSOR SPRENGER CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Upright and spreading form of crabapple with red buds that open to fragrant white flowers with persistent orange-red fruit in the fall. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus ‘Profusion’ PROFUSION CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 15 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Heavy flowering with red berries and upright and spreading growth habit. Flowers bloom red and then fade to purplish-pink with the centers being lighter than the edges. New leaves are reddish turning to bronze when mature. Good disease resistance.
Malus ‘Purple Prince’ (P.P.No. 8478) PURPLE PRINCE CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 3/8” - 1/2” Rounded growing Malus with purple foliage becoming bronze-green. Rose red flowers appear in spring and maroon fruit appear for attractive fall coloration. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus ‘Red Barron’ RED BARRON CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 18 ft. Width: 8 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Narrow, columnar growing Malus with purple foliage fading to bronze-green. Dark red flowers appear in spring and dark red fruit appear for attractive fall coloration. The narrow form makes this tree ideal for urban plantings.
Malus ‘Robinson’ ROBINSON CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 25 ft. Fruit: 3/8” Very fast growing variety with flowers that are single and deep pink. New leaves are purple in spring changing to deep green for summer then to orange for autumn. Good disease resistance.
Malus ‘JFS-KW5’ ROYAL RAINDROPS™ CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 20 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 1/4” Upright spreading crabapple with purple cutleaf foliage and orange-red fall color. Bright pinkish red flowers and small persistant red fruit. Excellent disease resistance. great substitution for purple leaf flowering plum tree.
Malus sargentii SARGENT CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 8-10 ft. Width: 12 ft. Fruit: 1/4” to 1/3” Dwarf, horizontal spreading form of Malus. Blooms heavily with white flowers and has green foliage. The fruits are small and scarlet red and last well into the winter. Very attractive to birds and small animals. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus sargentii ‘Tina’ SARGENT TINA CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 4-5 ft. Width: 6 ft. Fruit: 1/4” Dwarf form of M. sargentii. Bright red buds open to pure white flowers. Spreading growth habit. Bright red fruit in fall. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus Sentinel SENTINEL CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 15-18 ft. Width: 12 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Columnar, vase shaped crabapple good for street tree plantings. Green foliage and white flowers with pink tints. Likes full sun and well drained soil. Good disease resistance.
Malus ‘Snowdrift’ SNOWDRIFT CRABAPPLE Zone: 3 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 3/8” or less One of the heaviest blooming flowering crabs, a literal mass of white flowers in spring. Also has attractive green foliage and small persistent red-orange fruit. Very uniform and symmetrical crown. Good disease resistance.
Malus ‘Spring Snow’ (P.P.No. 2667) SPRING SNOW CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 25 ft. Width: 22 ft. Fruit: none Large white flowers and green foliage. Dense oval form. This is a sterile form of flowering crab so there is little or no fruit. Excellent choice for along sidewalks or patios.
Malus ‘Sutyzam’ (P.P. No. 7062) SUGAR TYME® CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 18 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Disease resistant green foliage and upright oval growth habit. Snowy white flowers completely cover the tree in the spring. An abundance of red, persistent fruit is very effective for added fall and winter color.
Malus ‘Thunderchild’ THUNDERCHILD CRABAPPLE Zone: 3 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 15-20 ft. Fruit: 1/2” An upright, spreading tree with deep purple leaves, single pink flowers in spring, and dark red fruit in fall. Very resistant to fireblight.
Malus transitoria ‘Schmidtcutleaf’ GOLDEN RAINDROPS® CRABAPPLE Zone: 3 Height: 20 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: 1/4” Very delicate leafed crabapple with deeply cut foliage. Tree form is upright with white flowers and tiny yellow fruit. Excellent disease resistance.
Malus ‘Winter Gold’ WINTER GOLD CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 25 ft. Width: 20 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Broadly pyramidal to upright growth habit. White flowering crabapple with green foliage and persistent yellow fruit. Berries similar to harvest gold but a little smaller.
Malus x zumi ‘Calocarpa’ ZUMI CALOCARPA CRABAPPLE Zone: 4 Height: 15 ft. Width: 25 ft. Fruit: 1/2” Beautiful spring color display of red buds swelling to pink then opening to pure white flowers. Growth habit is upright and spreading but often takes on an irregular form. Dark green foliage and bright red persistent fruit. Excellent disease resistance.
Morus alba ‘Chaparrel’ CHAPARREL WEEPING MULBERRY Zone: 4 Height: 15-20 ft. Width: 15 ft. Fruit: none An excellent weeper. Makes a magnificent specimen. No fruit and bright green leaves. Yellow fall color.
Oxydendron arboreum SOURWOOD or SORREL TREE Zone: 5 Height: 20 ft. Width: 20 ft. One of the few trees that bloom in the summer. White flowers in late July through early August. Foliage is glossy green turning scarlet in autumn. Will grow in sun or partial shade. Slow growth rate.
Prunus cerasifera ‘Newport’ NEWPORT PLUM Zone: 4 Height: 15 ft. Width: 15-20 ft. Abundance of small white flowers in spring. Dark purple foliage throughout the summer. Has proven to be very hardy. Very similar to Mt. St. Helens Plum.
Prunus x cistena ‘Schmidtcis’ (P.P.No. 5003) BIG CIS™ PLUM Zone: 4 Height: 8-12 ft. Width: 12 ft. Very popular form of purple leaf plum. Sharp contrast of light pinkish white flowers against dark burgundy-red foliage is very attractive in May. Very Hardy!
Prunus sargentii SARGENT CHERRY Zone: 4 Height: 30 ft. Width: 30 ft. Single pink flowers on an upright to rounded tree. Dark green foliage turns reddish-orange and provides an excellent fall display. Bark is a rich, reddish brown. Very hardy!
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ KWANZAN CHERRY Zone: 5 Height: 25 ft. Width: 25 ft. Most popular pink double flowering cherry. Leaves are green turning reddish in fall. Has a vase-shaped growth habit.
Prunus x ‘Snowfountain’® SNOWFOUNTAIN® WEEPING JAPANESE CHERRY Zone: 5 Height: 12-15 ft. Width: 12 ft. Graceful weeping, irregular form. Literally covered with snow-white blossoms in the spring. Dark green leaves turn a brilliant orange in fall. This small growing form of Weeping Cherry is perfect for your oriental and rock gardens or small yards. Very easy to maintain at a desired size. Bottom and top grafted.
Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’ AUTUMN FLOWERING CHERRY Zone: 5 Height: 25 ft. Vase to rounded shaped tree. Beautiful semi-double pink flowers in spring, with some reoccurring flowers during warm falls. Dark green foliage turns orange to yellow in fall. Plant in well-drained soil in sun. Can be used as a street tree or specimen.
Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula Plena Rosea’ WEEPING JAPANESE CHERRY Zone: 5 Height: 12-15 ft. Width: 12-15 ft. Very beautiful and graceful form of Weeping Cherry. Flowers are double pink. Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze in the fall. Top grafted form. Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’ (P.P.No. 3193) ARISTOCRAT PEAR Zone: 4 Height: 40 ft. Width: 28 ft. Upright-rounded shape with open, spreading branches. Narrow, dark green, glossy green foliage turns burgundy for fall. White blossoms in spring later than Bradford Pear. Pic in fall
Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ CHANTICLEER PEAR Zone: 4 Height: 40 ft. Width: 16 ft. Upright, narrowly pyramidal shape with glossy green foliage that turns reddish- yellow for fall. White clusters of flowers appear in spring. Very similar to, if not the same as, Cleveland Select Pear.
Pyrus calleryana ‘Cleveland Select’ CLEVELAND SELECT PEAR Zone: 4 Height: 30-35 ft. Width: 16 ft A splendid, evenly branched tree with pyramidal form. Young trees bloom white better than P.c.’Bradford’, followed by crisp, glossy green leaves. Very similar to, if not the same as, Chanticleer Pear.
Stewartia pseudocamellia JAPANESE STEWARTIA Zone: 5 Height: 20-30 ft. Width: 20 ft. Camellia-like white flowers that show in mid summer. One of the few summer bloomers. Fall color make an excellent display of scarlet to reddish-purple. Beautiful exfoliating bark leaves the trunk a fantastic combination.
Styrax japonica JAPANESE SNOWBELL Zone: 5 Height: 20-30 ft. Width: 25 ft. A small, low branched tree with white, bell-shaped flowers in May and June.
Styrax japonica ‘JFS-D’ SNOWCONE® JAPANESE SNOWBELL 25 ft. (Zone 5) Densely branched with dark green foliage and white, bell shaped flowers. Yellow fall color.
Syringa reticulata JAPANESE TREE LILAC Zone: 4 Height: 20-30 ft. Width: 15-25 ft. Large clusters of creamy-white flowers appear in mid to late June. Often used as an accent tree in beds, borders and small yards. Does well in sun or partial shade.
Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ IVORY SILK JAPANESE TREE LILAC Zone: 4 Height: 25 ft. Width: 15 ft. Sturdy, more compact, oval growth habit than Japanese Tree Lilac. Large, creamy- white flowers in early July. Cherry-like bark. Single stem form only.
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