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Latin Name Common Name Description Image
New! Acer ginnala 'Embers'       
New! Acer truncatum 'Pacific Sunset'       
New! Malus 'Indian Magic'       
New! Malus 'Morning Princess'       
New! Malus 'Red Splendor'       
New! Malus 'Royal Beauty       
New! Malus 'Royal Raindrops'       
Malus 'Whitney'    Excellent for fruit production.    
Larix laricina  American Larch  Also known as Tamarack, this open, pyramidal tree has horizontal to drooping branches. The needles are pale green, turning yellow in the autumn before falling. Intolerant of shade and pollution. Grows best in moist, well-drained, acidic soils. Excellent planted in groves in moist soil. Grows up to 80' 
Platanus occidentalis  American Sycamore     
Prunus maackii  Amur Chokecherry  A small tree with wonderful coppery barkthat exfoliates over time. Fragrant white blooms in earlyspring. Grows 25'. 
Maackia amurensis 'Summertime'  Amur Maackia     
Acer x freemani 'Jeffersred'  Autumn Blaze Maple  A very popular cross between a silver and a red maple, so you get fast growth and bright red fall color!  
Pyrus calleryana 'Autumn Blaze'  Autumn Blaze Pear  A very hardy selection with a rounded crown, full spring flowering, and brilliant red fall color. The best callery pear cultivar for the upper Midwest. Grows 20-30'. 
Acer rubrum 'Autumn Spire'  Autumn Spire Maple  A columnar form of the red maple. Plumpred buds all winter, showy red flowers in spring before leaves open, and consistently red fall color. 
Taxodium distichum  Baldcypress  An elegant and interesting deciduous conifer. The fine textured foliage is a wonderful fresh green in spring, turning bronze in fall. Grows 70'. 
Catalpa speciosa  Bean Tree  A fast growing tree with ascending branchesthat are gnarled and twisted. One of the few large flowering trees to bloomin late June. 'Cigar' fruits form in late summer. Thr orchid-like bloomsand large lime-green foliage look almost tropical. 
Alnus glutinosa 'Imperialis'  Black Alder     
New! Juglans nigra  Black Walnut     
Carpinus caroliniana  Blue Beech  Smooth gray muscle-like bark. Although fall color is variable between plants, it can be a dazzling combination of reds, pinks, and oranges. Grows 25-30'. 
Aesculus parviflora  Bottlebrush Buckeye  An exceptional landscape plant with a pleasing form that is accentuated by its attractive foliage. Is striking in bloom with flower stalks up to 12' long appearing in July, a time when few other shrubs are in bloom. Will slowly spread through suckers. 
Quercus macrocarpa  Bur Oak  Develops tremendous size and character with age, although one of the slowest oaks. No significant fall color. Grows 60-70'. 
Acer rubrum 'Burgundy Belle'  Burgundy Belle Maple     
Euonymus alatus 'Tree Form'  Burning Bush Tree  This burning bush is trained into a treeform. Winged, corky bark and yellow flowers. Grows 10'. 
New! Juglans cinerea  Butternut     
Malus 'Camelot'  Camelot Crab  One of the few dwarf pinks. Grows 8-10'. 
Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red'  Canada Red Cherry  A selection with green new foliage whichmatures to reddish-purple. May occasionally get black knoton branches that must be pruned out. Grows 25'. 
New! Jugland regia 'Carpathian'  Carpathian Walnut     
Malus 'Centennial'  Centennial Crab  One of the few dwarf pinks. Grows 8-10'.   
New! Castanea mollissima  Chinese Chestnut     
Ginkgo biloba 'Princeton Sentry'  Columnar Ginkgo     
New! Populus nigra 'Theves'  Columnar Poplar     
Populus x canadensis 'Tower'  Columnar Poplar  A small tree with wonderful coppery bark that exfoliates over time. Fragrant white blooms in early spring. Grows 25'. 
Acer saccharum 'Apollo'  Columnar Sugar Maple     
Celtis occidentalis  Common Hackberry  A durable, native tree with interesting textured bark. Grows 50-60'. 
Larix decidua 'Varied Directions'  Contorted Larch   
Malus 'Coralburst'  Coralburst Crab  Top-grafted dark pink bloomer. Very different rounded shape. Grows 8-10'. 
Cornus mas  Cornelian Cherry  Small tree with peely bark and yellow flowers very early in the spring. Grows 15' 
Malus 'Adirondack'  Crab     
Crataegus laevigata 'Superba'  Crimson Cloud Hawthorn   
Crataegus crusgalli inermis 'Cruzam'  Crusader Hawthorn  White flowers in May and red fruit persisting into fall. The glossy foliage turns a maroon in fall and is resistant to cedar-hawthorn rust. The branches are arranged in a pleasing layered habit. 
Magnolia acuminata  Cucumber Magnolia  Yellow-green flowers in May are followedby red fruit in fall. A handsome tree of neat pyramidal outline becoming quite large with age. Grows about 70' tall! 
New! Metasequoia glypt. 'Miss Grace'  Dawn Redwood     
Malus 'Dolgo'  Dolgo Crab  Blooms early. Very ornamental. Brilliantcrimson fruits make wonderful jelly of fine flavor and color.Grows 35-40'. 
Malus 'Donald Wyman'  Donald Wyman Crab  A large-growing rounded cultivar with sizable white flowers and very persistent red fruit. Grows 20'. 
Betula nigra 'Fox Valley'  Dwarf Birch     
Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterfly'  Dwarf Ginkgo     
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'  Dwarf Korean Lilac - Standard  A great small ornamental for perennial beds. Numerous liilac colored flowers. Grows 8'. 
Fagus sylvatica 'Rohanii'  European Beech     
Malus 'Firebird'  Firebird crab  A very compact, slow growing variety. Itblooms in the spring with white flowers, but its greatestattribute is that it is smothered in fall with small, darkred, very ornamental fruit that is persistent from Octoberthrough March.   
Malus 'Candymint'  Flowering Crab     
Chionanthus virginicus  Fringetree  Delicate white flowers in May followed by blue fruit in late summer. Likes some shade. Grows 10-15'. 
New! Acer japonica 'Aconitifolium'  Full Moon Maple  A tender Japanese Maple that is just beautiful!   
Magnolia x 'Gold Star'  Gold Star Magnolia     
Salix 'Golden Curls'  Golden Curls Willow  Resembles Corkscrew Willow but with golden bark in winter. Appears to be hardier than Corkscrew too.Bright green foliage in the summer turns yellow in the fall.Golden stems, semi-pendulous nature, and leaves are somewhatcurled. Grows 35'. 
Cornus mas 'Golden Glory'  Golden Glory Dogwood  Small yellow flowers in early spring and red cherry sized fruit in summer. Grows 15' 
New! Syringa pek. 'Beijing Gold'  Golden Lilac     
Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar'  Green Pillar Pin Oak     
Tilia cordata 'Greenspire'  Greenspire Linden  A selection with a very formal pyramidalhabit and good branching structure. Grows 50'. 
Magnolia virginiana 'Moonglow'  Hardy SweetBay Magnolia     
Betula nigra 'Cully'  Heritage Birch  Very tolerant tree - exfoliating bark that shows off cinnamony-beige patches. Usually grown in clumps. Borer resistant. 
Quercus x macdanielli 'Heritage'  Heritage Oak  Maintains a central leader and develops a dense, uniform pyramidal crown. Develops broad rounded crown with age. Dark green to blue-green leaves in summer. Grows 70'.   
Betula jacquemontii  Himalayan Birch  The white bark on this birch looks like purecream - a softer, whiter color than 'Whitespire'. Also, a rich orange/yellowin the spring. 
New! Gleditsia triacanthos 'Northern Acclaim'  Honeylocust     
New! Ulmus 'Accolade'  Hybrid Elm     
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Impcole'  Imperial Honeylocust  A more compact and symmetrical honeylocust.   
Larix kaempferi  Japanese Larch  A deciduous conifer with fresh green needles and lavender female cones in spring and a lovely yellow fall color. Likes moist. Grows 75'. 
Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'  Japanese Maple  This is the Japanese Maple that we can enthusiastically endorse as hardy for us - but only if you live in town! There are several specimens thriving in Viroqua - in the country, be prepared to wrap it up like a burrito.   
Syringa reticulata  Japanese Tree Lilac  An elegant, spreading tree with creamy blooms in late June. Cherry-like bark. Grows 25'. 
Cercidiphyllum japonicum  Katsura Tree  A lovely tree with tiny red flowers before the leavesin spring. The new foliage is an elegant purple-red turning greenin summer and a delightful apricot-orange in fall. Decaying leavesin fall emit a pleasant brown sugar-like odor.  
Gymnocladus dioicus  Kentucky Coffee Tree  A lovely tree with doubly-compound leaves which give a lacy appearance in summer. Bold branching and flaky bark make for a picturesque winter silhouette. Late to leaf out. Grows 60'. 
Acer pseudosieboldianum  Korean Maple  This is a rare, small tree with brilliant red, yellow and orange autumn colours. Has done well at the MN Landscape Arboretum. Plant in a protected spot in zone4. Grows 15-20'. 
Hydrangea pan. 'Tardiva'  Late Panicle Hydrangea Tree  Flowers are more upright and perky. 
Magnolia x l. 'Leonard Messel'  Leonard Messel Magnolia  The lightly fragrant flowers are marked on each petal with a purplish stripe on top and a pink cast beneath. Only gets about 18' tall. 
New! Tilia americana 'Frontyard'  Linden     
New! Tilia americana 'Redmond'  Linden     
Tilia cordata  Littleleaf Linden  Its habit is neatly pyramidal, and the June flowers are pleasantly fragrant. Grows 50'. 
Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'  Maidenhair Tree  This is a male selection - the females' fruits are strong smelling. Wouldn't it be funny if the memory medicine so popular today ended up being only in the female trees? Very pretty in the fall. 
Magnolia x l. 'Merrill'  Merrill Magnolia  A magnolia tree with white flowers. Grows about 30' tall. 
Cercis canadensis, MN Strain  Minnesota Strain Redbud  Has bright purple-pink flowers before the leaves in early May. Does well in the shade where most flowering trees don't thrive. 
New! Morus rubra  Mulberry     
Viburnum lentago  Nannyberry Tree  A common native shrub with white flowersin May and fruit which change from blue to black in fall.The fall color is often a vivid combination of oranges and reds. Great for naturalizing. Grows 20'. 
Physocarpus 'Diabolo'  Ninebark Tree Form     
Salix alba tristis  Niobe Weeping Willow  A weeping willow which grows to great scale. Grows 50-60'. 
Quercus ellipsoidalis  Northern Pin Oak  A native tree well adapted to sandy, acid soils, but will tolerate heavier soils and more alkaline conditions than Pin Oak. Red fall color can be spectacular! Grows 60'. 
Quercus rubra  Northern Red Oak  An attractive, transplantable and relatively fast growing oak. Has good red fall color. Grows 50-70'. 
Acer rubrum 'Northwood'  Northwood Maple   
Aesculus glabra  Ohio Buckeye  Yellow-green flowers in May and orange fall color. Likes moist ground. 
Magnolia sieboldii  Oyama Magnolia     
Cornus alternifolia  Pagoda Dogwood  Multi-season plant with clustered, tiny white flowers appearing in May. In summer, the blue-black fruit on red pedicles held above the layered foliage is an impressive sight. Early purple fall color. 
New! Betula papyrifera 'Prairie Dream'  Paper Birch     
Betula papyrifera 'Renaissance Reflection'  Paper Birch  A selection of paper birch that is resistant to the bronze birch borer. The best borer-resistant white-barked birch.  
Acer griseum  Paperbark Maple  Absolutely striking copper, exfoliating bark. A small tree for protected places in zone 4. Grows 25'. 
Hydrangea pan. 'Pink Diamond'  Pink Diamond Hydrangea Tree  These hydrangeas have a pinkish tint early on, turning richer as the days shorten   
Aesculus carnea 'Fort McNair'  Pink Horsechestnut     
Magnolia stellata 'Chrysanthemumiflora'  Pink Star Magnolia     
New! Populus 'Highland'  Poplar     
Alnus hirsuta 'Prairie Horizon'  Prairie Horizon Alder     
Malus 'Prairiefire'  Prairiefire Crab  Bright pink flowers and leaves that are red-purple when expanding. Dark red fruit are persistent. Grows 15-20'. 
Syringa 'Prince Charming' - Treeform  Prince Charming Lilac - Standard  Top grafted - this cultivar has darker purple blooms.   
 

 

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