2007 Ornamental Trees
ACER  palmatum Butterfly        
12'h x 8'w  3-4'bb        PART SHADE                
(Butterfly Japanese Maple) Compact upright tree
with tri-colored leaves. Leaf center is deep
green, edged in white with pink blush.  Dominate
cream colored leaves which do not burn. Rose
to purple fall color.  Slow growing, vase shaped
habit.

ACER palmatum Ever Red        
12' h 10' w   4'p        PART SHADE                
(Ever Red Japanese Maple) Burgundy lace, old
time cutleaf upright;  horizontal form; holds color
well into the summer; red fall color.

ACER palmatum Fireglow        
12' h 12' w   5-6'bb        PART SHADE                
(Fireglow Japanese Maple) The palmate leaves
are a beautiful red with a luminescent quality that
gives them the appearance of stained glass.  
Well-branched, moderate growth habit, broad
shape with age.

ACER palmatum Orange Dream        
12'h x 12'w  4'p        PART SHADE                
(Orange Dream Japanese Maple) A Japanese
maple cultuvar rare to the nursery trade and of
unique form and color.  Upright growth habit with
striking orange yellow foliage over bright green
bark results in a truly different look.

ACER palmatum Trompenburg        
12' h 12' w   4-5'bb        PART SHADE                
(Trompenburg Japanese Maple)  Burgundy red
cut-leaf foliage which holds summer color well,
upright vigorous grower, crimson fall color.

ACER palmatum Tsuma gaki        
12'h x 12'w  4'p        PART SHADE                
(Tsuma gaki or Red Nail Japanese Maple) In
spring, delicately drooping chartreuse leavesare
boldly tipped with red.  By summer they
transform into an eye catching sight with wide,
deep red margins, andlight cream centers.  
Small rounded habit.

ACER palmatum dissectum Crimson Queen        
5' h 6' w   3'p        PART SHADE                
(Crimson Queen Japanese Maple) Mounded,
cascading form with deep red dissected leaves.

ACER palmatum dissectum  Viridis        
5' h 6' w   3'p        PART SHADE                
(Green Japanese Maple) Growing in a
cascading mound form, 'Viridis' has bright green
dissected leaves that turn golden-yellow and red
in the fall.

ACER  platanoides  Princeton Gold        
40'h x 30'w        SUN TO PART SHADE                
(Princeton Gold Maple) This tree is true to it's
name.  It's bright golden yellow foliage,
especially when young, holds the color well
throughout the summer. A stunning accent plant.

ACER trifolium                
15' h 10' w 6-7'bb        SUN                
This rare species, native to Manchuria and
Korea, this beautiful exfoliating bark in colors of
tan to cinnamon-brown and fall color ranging
from yellow to red.

AESCULUS carnea Briotii        
18-35’ h 18-35’ w   4'p        SUN TO PART
SHADE        SPRING        
(Ruby Red Horse Chestnut) Round growth habit.
Spectacular red flowers.  Dark green leaves turn
yellow in the fall.

BETULA  Royal Frost        
30-40’ h 15-20’ w   7'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE                
(Royal Frost Birch) Rich burgundy foliage from
spring through summer.  Yellow-orange to red
fall color.  Attractive cinnamon to white bark.

CARAGANA arborescens  Walker        
3-6’ h 3-5’ w   4'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Walker Weeping Pea shrub Standard)
Pendulous growth habit.  Very finely cut, soft
green leaves gives a fern-like effect.  Bright
yellow pea-like flowers in the spring.  Grafted on
a 4’ stem.  Very hardy.

CERCIDIPHYLLLUM j.  Morika Weeping        
12' h 10' w   5'p        SUN                
(Morika Weeping Katsura tree) A rare, weeping
form differing from 'Pendula' in having slightly
larger leaves which have a distinctive puckered
habit.  Grown as a tree form with the branches
descending.

CERCIS  canadensis  Forest Pansy        
20'h 20'w  7'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Forest Pansy Redbud) Small pea-like pink
flowers smother the branches in spring and are
followed by lovely maroon heart-shaped foliage.  
Good fall color.

CERCIS canadensis Lavender Twist        
6-8' h 5-8' w   6'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud) Unique new
Redbud  with a profusion of lavender-pink
flowers in spring preceding dark green, heart-
shaped foliage.  Distinctive zigzagging trunk.

CORNUS kousa Milky Way        
20-30'h 20-30w  4'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SUMMER        
(Milky Way Dogwood) This plant is extremely
floriferous and sets a very heavy crop of pinkish-
red fruit.  Sometimes flowers so profusely, that
the foliage is obscured by the creamy white
bracts.

CORNUS kousa Miss Satomi        
20'h 20'w  4'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SUMMER        
(Miss Satomi Dogwood) A highly sought after
newer introduction with large showy pink
coloured bracts followed by pinkish-red fruit.  
Reddish-purple fall foliage is very impressive.

COTINUS coggyria Ancot        
6-8'w 6-8'h 30"p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Golden Spirit Smoke Bush) Unique spring
foliage ranges from lime green to brilliant gold.  
Excellent fall color in shades of coral, orange
and red.

COTINUS coggyria  Ancot Std.        
6-8'w 6-8'h 4'p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Golden Spirit Smoke Bush Std.) Unique spring
foliage ranges from lime green to brilliant gold.  
Excellent fall color in shades of coral, orange
and red.

COTINUS coggyria Pop's Pink Champagne        
15’ h 12’ w   5-6'bb        SUN        SUMMER        
(Pop’s Pink Champagne Smoke Tree) This
selection of Smoke tree was named in 1988 for
Eldon Evans who field selected it for consistent
floriferous habit and light mauve foliage.  Pink
summer flowers.  Orange/Red fall foliage.

COTINUS coggyria Royal Purple        
15’ h 12’ w  5-6'bb        SUN        SUMMER        
(Royal Purple Smoke Tree) Dusty pink summer
flowers.  Purple leaves all summer.  Orange/red
fall foliage.

COTINUS coggyria Young Lady        
6-8'h x 6-8'w  30"p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SUMMER        
(Young Lady Smoke Bush) This green-leafed
variety seems to be perpetually in bloom.  Starts
to flower at a very early age.  Excellent orange-
red fall color.

EUONYMUS  alatus Compactus        
4-6'h 2-3'w  4'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE                
(Dwarf Burning Bush Std.)  Excellent top grafted,
hardy accent plant.  Brilliant scarlet red fall color.  
Corky winged bark.

EUONYMUS turkestanica nana                
6'h 5'w  4'p        SUN TO SHADE                
(Turkestan Euonymus Std.) Excellent top-grafted
plant with slightly weeping branches of dark
green leaves.  Brilliant scarlet red fall color and
showy fruit.

FAGUS sylvatica  Purple Fountain        
30’ h 10’ w   7-8'bb        SUN                
(Purple Weeping beech) Graceful narrow habit
with strong central leader.

FAGUS sylvatica  Purpurea Pendula        
8’ h 10’ w   5-6'p        SUN                
(Purple Weeping beech) This strictly weeping
cultivar is a real beauty.  Its flexible branches can
be trained to grow anyway you like, or just let its
weeping habit arch and sprawl to create a large
dark purple-black mound.

FAGUS sylvatica Rohan Obelisk        
30' h 10' w   7-8'bb        SUN                
(Rohan Obelisk Beech) Dark purple, narrow,
columnar habit, Vigorous growth but with a more
refined, compact habit compared with 'Dawyck
Purple'

FAGUS sylvatica Roseo-marginata        
30’ h  20' w   4-5'bb        SUN                
(Tricolor Beech) Striking green leaves marked
with white and edged pink.  Leaf color most
intense in spring.

GYMNOCLADUS d. (Kentucky Coffee Tree)        
50'h x 35'w  5'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE                
(Kentucky Coffe Tree) Huge fans of doubly
compound green leaves emerge in spring to
cast filtered shade.  Drought and air pollution
tolerant.

HALIMODENDRON halodendron Std.        
6-9'h x 3-6'w  5'p        SUN        SPRING        
(Mauve Halimodendron Standard) Vase-shaped
head grafted on a 4' stem.  Mauve flowers
appear in spring.  Features small ornamental
thorns.  Very hardy and salt resistant.

HIBISCUS syriacus Blue Bird        
3-7’ h 3-6’ w   4'p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Blue Bird Rose of Sharon) Upright growth habit.  
Large, single  violet-blue flowers with dark red  
centers.  Grafted on a 2-4’ stem

HIBISCUS syriacus Lucy Std.        
3-7'h x 3-6'w  4'p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Lucy Rose of Sharon) Prominently displayed
atop a 2' to 4' stem, a continuous show of large
double red flowers bloom form late summer into
fall.

HIBISCUS syriacus Woodbridge       
3-7’ h 3-6’ w   4'p        SUN        SUMMER
(Woodbridge Rose of Sharon Std.)  Large, single
pink flowers with vivid red centers and ruffled
petals bloom in late summer on this exotic
looking shrub, grafted atop a 2-4' stem.

LIRIODENDRON t. Fastigiata        
50'h x 15'w  10'bb        SUN        SPRING        
(Columnar Tulip Tree) Narrow upright habit; with
nice yellow fall color

MALUS Coral burst        
5-7' h 2-3' w   4'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Coral burst Crabapple std.) Coral pink buds
open to double, rose colored flowers on a well
formed compact head.  This dwarf crab apple
std. Is a real beauty.

MALUS Red Jade        
12’ h 10' w   5.5'p        SUN TO PART SHADE        
SPRING        
(Red Jade Crabapple)  White blossoms cover
this weeping tree in the spring.  Foliage is
glossy green.  Yields an outstanding display of
red apples in the fall.

METASEQUOIA glypstostroboides        
Gold Rush        30’ h 12’ w  6'p        SUN                
(Dawn Redwood) The deciduous ‘dawn
redwood’ is slower and hardier than its Sequoia
cousin.  Bright yellow in the spring and unusual
peach-bronze in fall.  Once thought extinct, this
plant was discovered in a hidden valley in China
in 1945.

PARROTIA persica                
20'h 15'w  6'bb        SUN        SPRING        
(Persian Parrotia) Small white flowers with
crimson stamens; exfoliating bark that exposes
grey green white brown mosaic pattern; yellow-
orange-red fall color

RHUS typhina Bailtiger        
6'h 6'w  2'p        SUN TO PART SHADE                
(Tiger Eye's Cutleaf Stag horn Sumac) Beautiful
new golden-leaved cutleaf stag horn sumac.  
New leaves are at first chartreuse, then change
to yellow, carried atop fuzzy stems of rose-pink.  
Vivid yellow, orange and scarlet fall color.

ROBINIA p. Lace Lady (Twisty Baby)        
6-10'h  9'w  5'p SUN TO PART SHADE                
(Twisty Baby Dwarf Black Locust Std)  Novelty
Black Locust standard with lacy foliage and
twisted, contorted shoots.  Artistic form adds
summer and winter interest to the garden.

ROSA Abbotsford        
5'h 2'w 4'p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Abbotsford Rose Std) Weeping habit, petite
double blooms morph from soft pink, to fuchisia,
to dark lavender.  Repeat bloomer with excellent
pest and disease resistance.

ROSA Morden Sunrise Std.        
5.5'h x 2'w  4'p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Morden Sunrise Rose Standard) Yellow-orange
buds open to semi-double wavy blooms with
orange stamens.  Dark foliage with improved
resistance to blackspot.  Topgrafted on a 4'
hardy rugosa stem.

ROSA Yvon Cleroux        
5.5'h 2'w  4'p        SUN        SUMMER        
(Yvon Cleroux Rose Std.) Clusters of fiery-
orange, double blossoms will create a show-
stopping display in any garden.  Clean disease
resistant foliage.  Repeat bloomer.

SALIX caprea Pendula        
5-6’ h 3-6’ w   5'p        SUN TO PART SHADE        
SPRING        (Weeping Pussy Willow Standard) A
small attractive weeping tree with silvery, woolly
catkins.  Top-grafted at a 4-5’ level.

SALIX integra Hakuro Nishiki        
7-10' h 3-6' w  5'p        SUN                
(Hakuro Nishiki Willow std.) Translucent, white
leaves adorn bright pink branchlets.  Leaf blades
are strongly mottled with bright green and white
variegation.  Pinkish new growth.  Grafted on a 4'
stem.

SYRINGA  juliana Hers        
4-6’ h 3-6’ w   5'p        SUN        SPRING        
(Weeping Lilac Standard) Weeping growth
habit.  Small, delicately leaved, weeping
ornamental variety.  Deliciously fragrant,
pendulous light mauve flowers. Sporadic
summer bloom.

SYRINGA  reticulata Golden Eclipse        
13-23’ h 8-13’ w   6'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Golden Eclipse Tree Lilac) Excellent resistance
to sunburn.  Creamy white flowers in  late
spring.  The edge of the leaf gradually turns to
bright gold, and with the dark green “shadow” in
the center of the leaf, gives the illusion of an
eclipse.

SYRINGA reticulata Ivory Silk        
13-23’ h 8-13’ w   7'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Ivory Silk Tree Lilac) Compact, dense growth
habit.  Medium sized tree.  Creamy-white flowers
in late spring.  Excellent specimen

SYRINGA  x. laciniata                
3-8'h  3-7'w  4'p        SUN        SPRING        
(Cutleaf Lilac Std.) Lacy, fine textured, deeply cut
foliage.  Small, pale lilac flowers are often borne
all along the stems in May.  Grafted on a 2-4'
stem.

VIBURNUM x. caricephalum        
6-8’ h 3-6’ w  5'p        
SUN TO PART SHADE        SPRING        
(Fragrant Snowball Viburnum Standard) Upright,
rounded growth habit.  Deciduous standard,
branches tipped with waxy, white “snowball”
clusters in spring.  Intense, spicy fragrance.
2007 PLANT LIST    
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