DOGWOOD

The dogwood is famous for its beautiful soft white or pink flowers in spring. It grows best in partial shade to heights of 15 to 25 feet. Dogwoods, in their natural state, are found in the woods under larger trees, thus it is an understory tree. It will survive in full sun if watered with its root system adequately mulched. The dogwood's roots are very shallow and widespread, making the tree very difficult to transplant. The dogwood's glossy red fall berries are a favorite food of birds. Fall foliage varies in color from red, to reddish purple,and to orange red. Native dogwoods have fallen prey to anthracnose, a disease that causes the tree to lose its leaves. Some fungicides minimize loss. Powdery mildew can also devastate summer foliage. Its sweeping canopy make it an excellent tree for night lighting.

EASTERN REDBUD

The dark pink flowers growing on the trees leafless branches in April make this a favorite springtime tree. New leaves in the spring are a beautiful reddish purple, turning green in late spring. Like the dogwood, this tree is difficult to transplant. It can reach a height of 20 to 30 feet tall.

CREPE MYRTLE

This summer flowering tree is available in many heights and flower colors. Most varieties are multi-trunked, growing to heights of 15 to 25 feet. The flowers of crepe myrtles are white, varying shades of pink, watermelon red, or lavender.

YOSHINO CHERRY

A beautiful spring flowering tree with spectacular 1/2" to 5/8" white flowers in spring. The Yoshino Cherry tree grows 40 feet high and wide.

KWANZAN CHERRY

This vase shaped only lasts 10 to 15 years.  Though its life is short lived, it produces beautiful deep rosy pink double flowers in the spring. and grows to 20 feet tall. It has a bronze and soft red fall color.

MAGNOLIA

A large specimen tree seen only in the south, it is famous for its large white flowers which appear in May & June. The creamy white flower is 8 to 12" in diameter and exquisitely fragrant. It is used as a specimen tree, as a screen, and in groupings.

Little Gem Magnolia

BRADFORD PEAR 

Reaching heights to 50' high and 40' wide, this fast growing tree has showy spring flowers and spectacular red fall foliage. It has a very crisp, columnar shape with dense foliage of small dark green leaves, thus providing dense shade. However, this beautiful tree has two major drawbacks.  Its beautiful spring flowers appear too early and in most years are quickly killed by frost, turning the white flowers brown. Its more serious problem is that the main branches emerge from a common point on the trunk, often causing the tree to split in storms after it reaches 25' in height. A better tree to try would be the Chanticleer or Trinity Pears .

GOLDEN-RAIN TREE

This tree grows extremely fast in moist, well drained soils, reaching heights of  30-40 feet high and wide. The tree is famous for it's yellow flowers in June and July.

SOURWOOD

The Sourwood is a deciduous tree,  usually growing 20-30 feet tall.  The leaves are bright green in summer, turning scarlet, gold, or purple in the fall.  It produces fragrant white flowers in the summer.

OKAME CHERRY

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