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Acer rubrum
Red Maple50-60'
This tree gets its name because of it's scarlet flowers in spring and gorgeous red fall color. This well shaped tree grows fairly fast and prefers an acid soil.
Autumn Spire - A new selection that is broadly pyramidal in form as s young tree.
Northfire - Noted for it's brilliant red fall color and good branching habit.
Northwood - A very hardy selection with a symmetrical form and orange fall color.
Red Sunset - Fast growth, straight trunk, strong branches and bright red fall color make this an excellent choice as a shade or street tree.
Acer saccharinum
Silver MapleFastest growing maple that is very desirable for quick shade. The upper surface of the leaf is light green and underside is a silver green. The fall color is gold.
Cutleaf - Beautiful finely divided leaves ad slightly weeping branches. (65')
Silver Queen (50') - a fast growing Silver Maple selection.
Acer saccharum
Sugar MapleA hardy tree, somewhat slow growing but desirable for its symmetrical form and bright fall colors. A beautiful, long lived tree.
Green Mountain - This selection has darker, thicker, more scorch resistant leaves than the species. The fall colors are gold and orange.
Fall Fiesta - Glossy green leaves with resistance to leaf tatter. This vigorous grower has fall colors that will range from yellow to orange and red.
Legacy - Fast growing Sugar Maple with glossy, thick, leathery leaves that turn brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow in fall.
Majesty - Vigorous Sugar Maple with a symmetrical oval shaped head and orange-red fall color.
Aesculus glabra
Ohio BuckeyeA uniformly rounded native tree with showy light yellow flower clusters in spring and yellow to orange-yellow fall color. Produces 1 to 2" shiny brown seeds encased in a spiny husk. The seeds are one of the favorite food sources for squirrels.
Betula 'Crimson Frost"
Crimson Frost BirchA hybrid variety exhibiting reddish-purple leaf color all summer and exfoliating white bark.
Betula alba 'Gracilis'
Cutleaf Weeping BirchA beautiful narrow weeping tree with pure white bark that tolerated dry winds better than other birches. Susceptible to borers.
Betula nigra
River BirchA moisture loving, graceful tree noted for its slender branches and peeling cinnamon colored bark. Often crown in clumps. Resistant to borers.
Heritage Birch - A selection of River Birch that featured lighter colored bark.
Betula papyrifera
Paper BirchVery hardy. A perfect, chalk-white bark when older. Most commonly grown as a clump from. Prefers cool soil.
