Monroe Conservation District

Colorado Spruce - Dense evergreen, bluish green to bright silvery blue in color. Growing rate is moderate to slow. Height, 75 to 100'. Best on silt and clay loams, prefers full sun. Stiff short needles.

Cranberry, Highbush - Viburnum trilobum: 8 to 12' high with equal spread, medium to dark green leaves changing to yellow to red-purple in fall. Flowers mid to late May. Fruits Sept. - Feb. Use berries for preserves & jellies. Excellent plant for screening & informal hedging. Medium growth in well drained, moist soil, sun or partial shade. Native.

Forsythia: 6 to 10' high with equal spread. Does well in most soils. Bright yellow flowers early in April. Full sun to maximize flowering.

Lilac (Lavender) - Syringa vulgaris: Fast growing to 15' in most well drained, silty clay or loamy soils. Drought resistant, intolerant of wet soils, and needs full sun. Effective screen in 3 to 4 years when planted 6 to 8' apart.

Nanking Cherry - Prunus tomentosa: A dense shrub with a spread of about 15’, mature height 6 to 8’. Does well in most soils, but drought tolerant. This shrub will flower about mid April; edible fruits ripen in summer. Grown single, as hedge, or a windbreak.

Ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius: 5 to 9' high with 6 to 10' spread. Upright spreading with stiffly re-curved branches. Well drained to moist sites; sun to partial shade. Flowers are white or pinkish. Provides good cover for wildlife & informal hedging. Medium to fast growth.

Red Barberry - Prefers full sun. Mature height 6 to 7 with a width of 2 to 3'. Medium to fast growing adapting to most soils. Fragrant bright yellow flowers giving way to bright red, tiny berries in the fall. Seeds provide food for wild turkeys.

Red Maple - Acer rebrum: Rounded crown at maturity. 40 to 70' with equal spread. Grows medium to fast in fertile moist, well drained soil. Full sun to light shade. Native.

Silky Dogwood - Partial shade to full sun adapts to most soils but prefers moist soil. Medium growth rate. Mature height 6 to 10' with an equal spread. Yellowish white flowers, blue fruit.

White Birch - Betula papyrifera: Normally a small to medium-sized tree 40 to 60 feet in height and 12 to 18 inches in diameter, it may grow considerably larger on certain sites. It is fast growing but relatively short-lived, requiring only 60 to 80 years to reach maturity. When young, the crowns are pyramidal in shape and composted of many slender, ascending branches. Old trees have open crowns with relatively few large branches and many fine branchlets. The root system is shallow. Grows best in rich, moist soil of swamps and river borders but is commonly found growing on fairly dry sandy sites with aspen, red maple, jack pine, and oak. It is intolerant of shade and frequently seeds heavily or sprouts following fires where it may form small, nearly pure stands. The bark on the young branches is dull red to dark brown, becoming cream-colored to chalky white on the larger branches and trucks, and is marked by thin, horizontal lenticels or breathing pores. The base of the trunk of old trees is often nearly black. The thin, smooth bark is often unbroken on young trees, but on older trees may peel in fine shreds or in curled, papery strips or sheets. Deep cutting or the removal of bark may even kill the tree. ALSO IN LARGER SIZE, see order form.

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Tree Variety Information