Buxus Bliss!

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Buxus x ‘Green Mountain is the most upright of the species and typically matures around 5’. This is great as a hedge plant. Buxus x Northern Charm has a round to oval growth habit as well as an excellent cold hardiness. It makes a great formal hedge and is good for bordering plantings. 
Acer rubrum ‘Franksred’ makes a great shade tree or street tree. This versatile tree is tolerant to an urban environment and has outstanding fall color. Aesculus x arn ‘Autumn Splendor’ blooms in the spring with small panicles of yellow flowers. This variety is has shown to be resistant to summer scorch and has a deep maroon fall color.

Containers are where it’s at as the B&B season is quickly coming to an end.

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Hydrangea m. Endless Summer Bloomstruck® are looking great and coming on quick.  They bloom on new and old wood with vivid deep rose to violet blue flowers depending on the ph.  It also has above average heat tolerance for a macrophylla.  Limelight pan. Hydrangea needs no introduction.  The bright lime green flowers turning to white are recognized by any plant enthusiast.  Both prolific bloomers will be on the availability soon.

Chamaecyparis ob. ‘Kosteri’ is a very slow growing, dense, compact specimen plant. Mature plants reach 3’. Chamaecyparis ob. ‘Tempelhof’ is a dwarf oval-shaped, vigorous growing selection that reaches 8’.

Both are deer resistant!

Great hedges make great neighbors!

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Pinus bungeana has beautiful gray-green exfoliating bark revealing patches of white, green, and purple interior bark. It has a tall, pyramidal habit with soft textured dark green needles getting to 50′ at its mature height. Taxus cuspidata ‘Capitata’ is a broad, slow-grower with delicate dark green needles. It can also be used as a very hardy evergreen hedge. 
For a shorter hedge we have Thuja o.’Degroot’s Spire’. It has a tight upright habit and has a mature height of 10′. Buxus x ‘Green Mountain’ makes a great 5′ finished hedge at maturity and is an upright plant with small green foliage. 

Deciduous

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Acer rubrum ‘Franksred’ is a hardy upright tree with silvery bark. It has excellent orange-red fall color giving it the common name Red Sunset Red Maple. Acer triflorum is perfect for smaller spaces . It has very attractive exfoliating sandy-colored bark with nice fall color. 
Cercidiphylum japonicum is commonly known as Katsura Tree. The leaves emerge reddish purple in spring, mature to blue-green in summer and turn slowly to shades of gold, orange and red in fall. When the tree defoliates it has a faint aroma similar to that of cotton candy.  Cladrastis kentukea (lutea) gets to a mature height of about 35′ leaving it suitable for smaller properties. It also has fragrant white terminal flower panicles in May and June. 

Cornus kousa

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Cornus kousa ‘Losely’ commonly known as Champion’s Gold Chinese Dogwood,  is a Losely introduction. In mid-July to early August, the new growth begins to turn yellow giving the appearance that the plant is flowering. In late fall the foliage develops reddish colors as the season progresses. Cornus kousa chinensis has long lasting white blooms followed by red fruit. 

Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ has small flowers grouped together that make an attractive blooming tree. Flowers appear to hover like butterflies. Cornus k ‘Square Dance’ has a more upright growth habit. The flower bracts present in a square configuration.

Unique!!!

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Tsuga diversifolia has a pyramidal habit with twisted irregular branches of dark needles. They are excellent for a shady area. Cercidiphylum japonicum pendula is a great centerpiece for the landscape. It has bold heart shaped leaves coupled with beautiful cascading branches. 


Pinus densiflora ‘Umbraculifera’ on a standard really stand out and make a bold statement in the landscape. Ginkgo biloba ‘Troll’ is a dwarf compact tree reaching a mature height of about 3′. It is a good choice for a container planting or a small garden space. 

Digging, Planting, and Potting Containers!

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  • Tractor with a trailer behind planting trees
  • Material on wagons coming into the dock
Digging conditions are great given the warm weather and not much rain.  Great-looking plants are coming quickly into the yard and shipping has begun.  At the same time, we are planting, refilling the fields so we have plenty of material for years to come without any skips in production.  Check out the planting video lower on the page.
  • Newly planted Forever Pink Hydrangea plants
  • Newly planted Oakleaf Hydrangea plants
It’s also the best time of year to lift and containerize hydrangeas.  These field-grown oakleaf and Forever Pink will finish at a heavy landscape grade.  They will be big and beautiful sometime in July when they will be blooming profusely!

Exfoliating bark and great shade!

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Platanus bloodgood is widely planted in urban areas. It is a large shade tree with a broad open crown and its unique bark exfoliates to reveal patches that may be creamy white, yellow, or olive-colored. Platanus exclamation also has exfoliating bark. This variety has a strong upright pyramidal shape. This tree makes a great street tree.
Ulmus am princeton is a fast-growing elm with a symmetrical upright form and dark green foliage. Ulmus am valley forge is an extremely hardy shade tree with an upright vase-shaped habit of growth and a very dense branching structure. Both varieties have shown to be some of the best for resisting Dutch Elm Disease.

Mighty Oaks!

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Oaks make great residential and commercial shade trees. They are also good for natural open areas. 

Quercus macrocarpa is very tolerant of an urban environment. Commonly known as bur oak, it has nice dark green foliage with an oval habit and yellow fall color. Quercus rubra is a rounded pyramidal with a fast-growing habit. It has beautiful red fall color.
Quercus imbricaria has a rich glossy green foliage that turns a beautiful russet red in fall. Quercus bicolor is a moisture and drought tolerant tree. It provides yellow and orange fall color. The leaf is a similar shape to the Quercus alba.

Native Shrubs

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Calycanthus floridus is a thick growing, zone 4 shrub with many stems. The fragrant reddish-brown flowers is where the common name Sweetshrub came from. It is tolerant of a wide range of soils. Lindera benzoin is another zone 4 shrub with fragrant yellow spring flowers. In Fall the bright red fruit contrasts well against the excellent yellow foliage. It will tolerate full shade but become more open in habit.
Viburnum lentago is an upright shrub with arching branches reaching 18′ is hardy in Zone 2. It has spring white flowers turning to blue fruit in the fall. Myrica pensylvanica is half the height reaching 9′ with its glossy green, aromatic foliage turns to bronze in the fall. It is tolerant of salt and poor soils. Winter shows of the silver-gray berries on the female plants.