Burk's Redcedar is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It has attractive bluish-green evergreen foliage which emerges blue in spring. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and turn steel blue in the fall, which persists throughout the winter.

Tuliptree has buttery yellow cup-shaped flowers with yellow eyes and orange centers held atop the branches from mid to late spring. It has emerald green deciduous foliage. The square leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. The furrowed gray bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

Fiber Optics ^® is a distinct improvement over the coarser Cephalanthus occidentalis that grows twice the size of this compact selection. Buttonbush is quite happy in moist conditions, tolerating flooding and wet spring soil. As such it is often used in wetland restoration work, along streams and pond banks. It’s also a great plant for low areas in the landscape that don’t dry out until late in the season. The spherical flowers are fragrant, creamy white, and many species of waterfowl eat the seed.

Skyline Honeylocust has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with a pyramidal habit of growth. The pinnately compound leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall.

Common Ninebark is a tough, beautiful native shrub that earns its name from the remarkable peeling, multi-layered bark that adds year-round texture and winter interest to the landscape. In late spring and early summer, it’s smothered in clusters of delicate white flowers that attract butterflies in abundance, followed by reddish ornamental capsules through summer and fall. Growing 5–9 feet tall with a mounding habit, it’s well-suited for hedges, borders, mass plantings, and naturalized areas in sun to partial shade. Rich green foliage turns warm red-burgundy and copper-bronze in autumn. Fully resistant to deer, rabbits, insects, and disease, native to the Great Lakes region, and tolerant of Black Walnut, erosion, and cold — it is genuinely one of the most adaptable and hardworking native shrubs available. A cornerstone planting for any sustainable, wildlife-friendly garden.

Winter King Hawthorn is blanketed in stunning clusters of white flowers held atop the branches in mid spring. The fruits are showy tomato-orange pomes carried in abundance from early fall to late winter. It has green deciduous foliage. The glossy pointy leaves turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall. The peeling silver bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

An extremely hardy late-blooming male holly with dense, rich green foliage on an upright, rounded form. It does not set fruit but serves as an excellent pollenizer for late-flowering female southern hollies, such as Sparkleberry, Winter Red, and Winter Gold. Plant one male for every five female plants. A wonderful background shrub. Deciduous.

A stately tree with a narrow upright habit of growth for smaller yards and spaces, features tightly upright branching, leaves turn rich gold in fall; fast growing and vigorous, resistant to insect attacks

A very popular shade tree, valued for its delicate, ferny appearance which casts a dappled shade below; foliage emerges a brilliant yellow, fading to light green; broad spreading habit of growth, seedless, very tolerant of adverse growing conditions

Chinkapin Oak has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with a round habit of growth. The serrated narrow leaves turn coppery-bronze in fall. However, the fruit can be messy in the landscape and may require occasional clean-up.

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Annabelle Hydrangea features bold balls of white flowers at the ends of the branches from mid to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The heart-shaped leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.