2011 Tree Descriptions with Pictures 

Key

Windbreak suitability = WB      Drought Resistance = DR

Drought Tolerant = DT             Landscape Beauty = LB

Riparian Tolerant = RT            

Hardy Apricot: A small fast-growing tree with rounded spreading form, winter resistance, white attractive spring flowers and golden orange fall color. Zone 3. DR. WB.

                                                                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 Green Ash: A hardy, fast growing, native, drought and alkali soil resistance medium to large tree. An excellent street tree with an excellent oval shape with yellow fall color. Zone 2.  DR. LB. WB

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain Ash: A small to medium tree with beautiful creamy white clumping spring flowers and bright orange fruit in the fall. Zone 3. LB.

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

Buffaloberry: A tall thorny, thicket forming shrub. Well adapted to dry and moderately alkaline and saline soil. Tolerates infertile soils. Has an ability to assimilate atmospheric nitrogen. It has a yellowish flower and edible berries. Zone 2. DT. WB.

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 Nanking Cherry: A winter hardy, fast growing, beautiful shrub. Wonderful white fragrant spring flowers with edible fruit that makes great jellies. Zone 2. LB. WB. DT.           

               

 

 

 

 

 

 Sand Cherry: A small, winter hardy shrub with great spring and fall color. Zone 3. LB. WB. DT.

                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 Amur Chokecherry: A small to medium upright tree with white flowers and bright amber to deep coppery-orange bark which curls as it peels off. Zone 3. LB. WB.

 

 

 

 

 Schubert Chokecherry: A large shrub with fragrant flowers in the spring and edible purple fruit in the fall. Slightly suckers. Zone 2. DT. LB. WB. RT.

 

 

 

 

 

 ranberry: A native shrub with white spring flowers and reddish orange fall color and likes some shade. Zone 2. RT. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Golden Currant: Fragrant yellow spring flowers, native, fall color, adapted to harsh growing conditions. Zone 2. DT. WB. LB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Red Osier Dogwood: An open, spreading, multi-stemmed, medium to large shrub with horizontal branches at the base. Spreads. Dark, blood-red bark provides winter color. Zone 2. RT. LB. WB. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Meadow Lark Forsythia: A hardy showy colorful shrub with yellow spring flows and red fall leaves. Zone 2. LB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Freedom Honeysuckle: A medium-tall, open, irregular deciduous shrub with slender, spreading and arching branches. Zone 4. WB. DT. LB

 

 

 

 

 

 Common Lilac: Showy, fragrant purple to white spring flowers. Hardy, spreads by suckering. Zone 2. LB. DT. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Villosa Lilac: Lavender pinkish flowers bloom later than the common lilac. Hardy, does not sucker. Zone 2. LB. WB. DT (less than common lilac).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amur Maple: A tall shrub or small tree with bright red fall call. Zone 2. LB. WB. RT. DT.

 

 

                               

 

 

 

                           

 

McDermand Pear: a variety of the Ussarian Pear. An small, round headed tree, often branching low to the ground, hardiest of all pears. . White flowers appear in May followed by a small greenish-yellow edible fruit in fall. Zone 3. LB. WB

 

 

 

 

 

American Plum: a native tall shrub to small tree which is thorny, winter-hardy, and thicket- forming. Edible fruit used to make preserves and jellies. Zone 3. DT. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

Hybrid Poplar: Very fast growing tree. Zone 3. WB. RT.

 

 

 

 

 

 Quaking Aspen: A native tree that grows fairly straight and become clear of lower limbs over time. The leaves tremble in a light breeze. Zone 1. RT. LB.

 

 

 

 

Aromatic Sumac: Spreading shrub with branches turning up at the tip. Tends to form a dense mass of stems and leaves. Fragrant aromatic leaves with red fall color. Zone 4. DT. LB. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Smooth Sumac: A large, loose, open-spreading shrub with a flattish crown. Usually grows in masses and suckers. Outstanding red fall color. Zone 3. WB. DT. LB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Staghorn Sumac: A large, loose, open-spreading shrub that has rather picturesque branches resembling the velvety antlers of a deer.  Borderline hardiness, may regularly freeze back in winter. Zone 3. WB. LB.

 

 

 

 

 

                                      

Golden Willow: A large low-branching tree forming a broad round-topped crown with slender, drooping branches. Zone 2 RT. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

Honey Crisp Apple(semi-dwarf): Fruit is red mottled over a yellow background. Has excellent eating and keeping qualities, subacid. Harvest in late September to late October. Zone 3.

Mcintosh Apple: Fruit is a beautiful deep red color, size variable. Flesh white, firm, tender, very juicy, flavor characteristically aromatic, perfumed, subacid. Harvest in September. Zone 3

Yellow Transparent Apple: Good cooking/baking apple and excellent keeper. Harvest October. Zone 4. More disease resistance.

Moorpark Apricot: Fruit is large and has a deep orange flesh, with a rich yet sweet flavor. Harvest late June to early July. Zone. 5

Marshall Seedless Ash: Fast growing tree with similar characteristics to the Green Ash. Zone. 3. LB. DT.

Paper Birch: A native medium to tall tree which is loosely pyramidal when young, developing an irregular oval crown when mature. Zone 2. LB. RT. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

 Burning Bush: A medium to large shrub with a rounded vase shape. Bright fall color. Zone 4.

Montmorency Cherry: A popular sour cherry for pies and preserves. The medium large fruit is bright red with firm, yellow flesh and clear juice. Zone 4.

Canada Red Chokecherry: Can be grown as a pyramidal tree or a shrub. It suckers. In the spring the leaves emerge in a bright green color but turn purplish by the 4^th of July. Beautiful, fragrant, white spring flowers. Fruit is edible. Zone 3. LB. DT.

 

 

 

Variegated Dogwood: Similar characteristics to the red osier dogwood.

 

 

 

 

 

  Rocky Mountain Juniper: A small to medium evergreen native tree, typically with a dense pyramidal crown. Most stress resistance. Zone 3. LB. DT. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mock Orange: Has a bushy upright, yet spreading form, growing up to 6 to 8 feet or more, Large 1 ½ to 2 inch semi-double or fully double flowers. Pure white flowers are very fragrant. Bright green leaves. Zone 4. LB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reliance Peach: Known for its hardiness. Medium-size, golden freestone fruits with a red blush that hold up well during processing. Zone 4.

Austrian Pine: Moderately fast growing native evergreen with dense dark green, long needles. Zone 4. DT.

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Rosa Plum: An old-time favorite with sweet, juicy red flesh perfect for eating off the tree or for canning and baking. The trees put forth beautiful fragrant blooms, In late fall, the large fruits are ready for harvesting, making all the work of growing and protecting Santa Rosa plums well worth the effort. Zone 5.

 

 

 

 

  Swedish Quaking Aspen: A very formal appearance with

narrow columnar growth habits and orange-yellow fall color.

Suited for small yards. Zone 2.

 

 

 

Snowball Bush: Known for its large showy blooms, lime in the spring and turning white at maturity. Zone 3. LB. DT.

 

 

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 Neon Flush Spirea: A beautiful showy shrub with red flowers and purple new foliage. Zone 4. LB. DT.

 

 

 

 

 

 Snowmound Spirea: A moderately growing, beautiful summer flowering shrub. Zone 4. LB.

 

 

 

 

 

Vanhouttei Shrub: A widely planted shrub for its showy summer flowers and fall foliage. Zone 3. DT. LB. WB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Blue and Green Spruce: A broad, dense, pyramidal tree with stiff branches horizontal to

the ground. A native, choice specimen tree. Zone 2. LB. DT. WB.