The Kindred Spirit Oak, a hybrid of native oaks from Illinois and Europe, offers ideal qualities for the Illinois climate. Its columnar shape and striking green and silver foliage make it a valuable addition to any landscape. Come fall, the large, decorative leaves transform to a vivid red, though the fruit may need some maintenance to avoid messiness.

Frans Fontaine Hornbeam is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The glossy pointy leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. The smooth gray bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Purple Fountain Beech is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It has attractive deep purple deciduous foliage which emerges burgundy in spring. The serrated pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding coppery-bronze in the fall. The smooth silver bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

A spectacular, fast-growing hybrid with exceptionally large, white, flower-like bracts. Attractive red ornamental fruit appears in fall. The glossy green foliage has wonderful red fall color. This vigorous selection from Rutgers University has notable winter hardiness, good drought tolerance, and excellent disease resistance. Deciduous.

Mature Height: 15’ to 20’

Mature Width: 15’ to 20’

Sunlight: Full sun to light partial shade

Soil: Well-drained

Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9

Whitespire Birch has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with a pyramidal habit of growth. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall. The smooth white bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

Sterling Silver Linden is primarily valued in the landscape for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It features subtle clusters of fragrant yellow flowers with tan bracts hanging below the branches in early summer. It has attractive dark green foliage with silver undersides. The fuzzy heart-shaped leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding gold in the fall.

Green Mountain Sugar Maple has green foliage throughout the season. The lobed leaves turn outstanding shades of gold, orange and scarlet in the fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.

A cultivar of a charming small deciduous tree, native to the eastern US, that works well under power lines and along the street. This tree produces an attractive dark green, wide-spreading canopy that turns red and orange in the fall. The smooth gray trunk has distinctive muscle like fluting evoking its other common name, musclewood.

Lotus Moon™ Pearlbush features showy racemes of white flowers along the branches in mid spring. It has green deciduous foliage. The oval leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Honeycrisp Apple is a small tree that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces large red round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with creamy white flesh which are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall. The apples have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Yellow Delicious Apple is a small tree that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces large chartreuse round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with yellow overtones and white flesh which are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall. The apples have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Selected for its stunning foliage, Fireside^® Ninebark displays reddish new growth that matures to deep red-purple. Its foliage holds its color reliably all summer, including in warmer climates. Add to that, Fireside^™ doesn’t show signs of powdery mildew in the landscape and you’ve got a real winner. Pinkish-white flowers bloom in spring, and foliage turns deep purple in fall. The plant habit is tidier than many other ninebark with a rounded, upright shape.

Pink Lady Apple is a small tree that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces gold round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with a pink blush and white flesh which are usually ready for picking from mid to late fall. The apples have a tangy taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Red Delicious Apple is a small tree that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces large dark red round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with creamy white flesh which are usually ready for picking from late summer to early fall. The apples have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has rich green evergreen foliage which emerges light green in spring. The needles remain green throughout the winter.

You'll gasp at the stunning color this mophead selection produces with big domes of red flowers with a distinct cream-colored eye giving a bi-color effect that has to be seen to be believed! These compact plants are loaded with bloom from July through August and bloom on new wood giving it a reblooming nature that just keeps the color coming.

Dandy Man Color Wheel® Rhododendron is blanketed in stunning clusters of lightly-scented shell pink trumpet-shaped flowers with white throats and a hot pink reverse at the ends of the branches from mid to late spring, which emerge from distinctive scarlet flower buds. It has dark green foliage with light green undersides. The large glossy narrow leaves turn an outstanding coppery-bronze in the fall, which persists throughout the winter.

Dark Lavender Chiffon® Rose Of Sharon features bold lavender round flowers with violet overtones and scarlet veins along the branches from early to late summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

When in bloom, this cultivar is clothed in curious balls of snowy white flowers that resemble popcorn, held atop the branches in spring; has attractive upward branching and good fall color; fruit is produced sporadically; makes a fantastic specimen shrub

Redwing Highbush Cranberry is covered in stunning white lacecap flowers held atop the branches in late spring. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage which emerges brick red in spring. The large serrated lobed leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding crimson in the fall. It features an abundance of magnificent scarlet berries from late summer to late winter. The smooth gray bark and gold branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Ruby Slippers Hydrangea features bold conical hot pink flowers with white overtones at the ends of the branches from early to mid summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall. The peeling brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.