Red Tipped Norway Spruce For about two weeks in spring, deep red new growth gives this uncommon cultivar a surprising look for a spruce. Gradually, the foliage changes to reddish-brown and then to green. Although it grows less quickly than the species, Picea abies ‘Rubra Spicata’ eventually becomes a large tree with an open habit. Found in…
The Serbian Spruce is a medium to fast growing (2ft + per year) evergreen that has a needle that is 1 inch long and is dark green on the top and a silver on the bottom. It never drops its needles and holds them for up to 10 years. Its small purple seed cones are…
Handsome dwarf evergreen shrub forms a dense, globe-shaped mound. Short, glossy green needles are tinged bluish white on the underside. Small cones stand out along dense horizontal branches. A superb accent specimen. Planted in groups, makes a fine hedge or tall border. Provide deep, well-drained soil. Water regularly during the first growing season to establish…
A wonderfully artistic spruce tree with gracefully pendulous branches hanging off a single central leader that arches skyward, making for a very narrow, almost spire-like form; best used as a bold solitary accent in a landscape composition. Weeping Serbian Spruce has attractive dark green foliage with silver undersides which emerges light green in spring. The…
Simply stunning: bright yellow new growth softens to golden-yellow that lasts all year! Add purple cones and an interesting form for a truly outstanding combination of color and form. Plants have irregular forms when young, then become broadly conical at 5-7 years old, and then narrowly conical in maturity. When young, the plants benefit from…
Fine art and garden design have a lot in common. Beyond the fundamentals of line, color and shape—great visual art can and should evoke certain feelings as you view it. This tree is a magnificent canvas that is waiting to whisper secrets to you. If you love plants, you ll lose yourself studying the intricate charm…
Spring Gold Colorado Spruce Picea pungens ‘Niemetz’ is a show-stopper in spring when a creamy white flush bursts open and has a striking contrast against the older blue foliage. The new growth gradually darkens to blue as the season progresses. With irregular form that is wider than tall when young, ‘Niemetz’ develops into an attractive upright tree….
Height:Â 40 feet Spread:Â 5 feet Sunlight:Â Â Â A weeping and trailing spire-like tree, somewhat like the species but with dusty blue pointy needles held on sharply trailing branches, almost skirted in appearance; durable and very hardy, a most emphatic accent tree to say the least. Weeping Blue Spruce has attractive silvery blue foliage. The needles…
Height:Â 25 feet Spread:Â 10 feet Sunlight:Â Â Â An artistic specimen or accent tree for the discerning landscape, featuring an erratic central leader and gracefully trailing branches that hang pendulously; narrow habit, but give adequate room for it to stand apart. Weeping Norway Spruce has green foliage which emerges lime green in spring. The needles remain…
With no two plants alike, the strongly weeping branches and irregularly spreading and drooping top create a unique, bright silver-blue specimen. A striking focal point when combined with complementing deep yellows, pinks and greens. Evergreen.
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple has dark green foliage throughout the season. The lobed leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow, orange and red in the fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple is a dense deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form.
Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina Dissecta , is an attractive native cutleafed shrub that can be used as an accent or in mass plantings. The finely divided green foliage turns a beautiful orange and fire red in fall. The twisted branches are revealed after the foliage drops. Many liken the bare branches to deers antlers,…
Tiger Eyes is a beautiful golden-leafed form of cutleaf staghorn sumac. New growth is a lively chartreuse green, quickly changing to yellow with both colors contrasting nicely with the rosy-pink leaf stems. The branches angle upward while the deeply cut leaflets drape downward. As magnificent as the summer colors are, the dramatic effect of yellow,…