Velvet Pillar Flowering Crabapple features showy clusters of fragrant pink flowers along the branches in mid spring, which emerge from distinctive red flower buds before the leaves. It has attractive deep purple deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall. The fruits are showy crimson pomes carried in abundance from early to late fall. The fruit can be messy if allowed to drop on the lawn or walkways, and may require occasional clean-up.

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.

Hefner's Red Select Japanese Maple is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has attractive burgundy foliage with hints of purple which emerges scarlet in spring. The lobed palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding red in the fall. The rough gray bark and red branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Shiloh Splash River Birch features subtle chartreuse catkins in early spring. It has green foliage edged in creamy white. The small serrated pointy leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall. The peeling white bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

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.

Siouxland Cottonwood is a fast-growing native shade tree prized for the rapid relief it brings to new landscapes. A seedless male selection, it produces none of the cottony fluff that makes other cottonwoods messy. Its glossy, triangular leaves flutter in the slightest breeze and turn golden yellow in fall. Plant it in full sun, where it tolerates wind, wet soils, and tough conditions with ease. Reaching a grand size quickly, it’s ideal for screening and shade on larger properties. For fast, carefree shade, Siouxland Cottonwood delivers in a hurry.

Cornelian Cherry Dogwood has clusters of yellow flowers along the branches from late winter to early spring before the leaves. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. It produces red berries from early to mid summer. The peeling brown bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Fox Valley River Birch features subtle chartreuse catkins in early spring. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall. The peeling tan bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

This PlantHaven introduction was discovered by Crispin Silva. It grows upright with strongly weeping branches. Covered in fragrant, white, bell shaped flowers in late spring. The dark green leaves turn to gold in fall. Grows best in full sun to part shade in a rich, well-drained soil. It benefits from regular watering in summer or drought. Delightful small specimen tree for the garden.

Princeton Sentry Ginkgo offers all the prehistoric charm of this ancient tree in a narrow, upright form perfect for tight spaces and street plantings. Its distinctive fan-shaped leaves turn a brilliant, uniform gold in fall before dropping cleanly almost overnight. A male selection, it produces none of the messy fruit of seed-bearing ginkgos. Plant it in sun, where it adapts to nearly any well-drained soil and shrugs off pests, disease, and pollution. Long-lived and trouble-free, it makes a superb parkway or accent tree. For golden fall color in a slim footprint, Princeton Sentry is hard to beat.

Flowering Crabapple – Beautiful cultivar with an upward, stately habit, covered in snowy white blooms in spring; fruit is bright red, small and persistent and adds ornamental value for fall and winter; excellent scab resistance and very cold hardy.

Spring Delight Japanese Maple is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its highly ornamental weeping form. It has attractive light green foliage edged in red. The deeply cut lobed palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding orange in the fall.

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.

Wabi Sabi Maple is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its cascading habit of growth. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage which emerges light green in spring. The deeply cut lobed palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of orange, red and yellow in the fall. The red fruits are held in clusters in early spring. The rough gray bark and brick red branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Emerald Spire Crabapple is a strikingly narrow, columnar tree that brings flowering-crabapple beauty to the tightest spaces. White spring flowers cover its upright branches, followed by small red fruit that persists and feeds birds into winter. Its tidy, fastigiate form is perfect for lining drives, framing entries, or fitting beside walks and patios. Plant it in full sun, where it offers good disease resistance and a clean, refined look. Glossy green foliage turns warm tones in fall. For vertical structure and four-season interest, Emerald Spire is ideal.

Deborah Maple is a vigorous, large shade tree valued for its uniform shape and reliable performance. Its leaves emerge a striking red-bronze in spring, mature to lustrous green through summer, then turn clear yellow-gold in fall. Reaching a stately height, it casts dense, welcome shade over lawns and patios. Plant it in sun to part shade, where it adapts well to urban soils and conditions. Its symmetrical, upright canopy needs little pruning to look its best. For fast, dependable shade with multi-season color, Deborah is a classic.