FLOWERING DOGWOOD
401 Avon Rd.Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is considered an aristocrat of small flowering trees because of its four-season character – spring flower, summer and fall foliage, and winter appearance. It’s an understory tree, frequently wider than tall. An excellent landscape choice, the dogwood is a favorite in many yards, gardens and public areas. Its flowers bloom in April and May, usually before the leaves. The flowers themselves are actually tiny, greenish-yellow in color, and bunched into
EASTERN RED CEDAR
4741 Princeton Rd.Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)Juniperus virginiana, known as eastern red cedar, is an evergreen, aromatic tree with trunk often angled and buttressed at base and narrow, compact, columnar crown; sometimes becoming broad and irregular. Pyramidal when young, Eastern red cedar mature form is quite variable. This evergreen usually grows 30-40 ft. but can reach 90 ft. Fragrant, scale-like foliage can be coarse or fine-cut, and varies in color from gray-green to blue-green to light- or dark-green. All colors
EASTERN REDBUD
4744 Normandy LaneEastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)Cercis canadensis, the eastern redbud, is a harbinger of spring throughout most of eastern North America due to the clusters of pink or purplish-pink flowers that bloom in April, about two to three weeks before its unique heart-shaped leaves. The flowers appear on leafless branches and are followed by waxy, bronzy to reddish purple new leaves that soon turn a dark, almost bluish green and may assume yellow tints in fall. The leaves of this
COMMON WITCH-HAZEL
4722 Princeton Rd.Common Witch-Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)Hamamelis virginiana, known as the witch-hazel, common witch-hazel and American witch-hazel, is a native small tree or large shrub with fantastic fall attributes. Yellow, fragrant flowers bloom from October through December. Attractive foliage in all growing seasons with leaves bright green in spring followed by yellow to yellowish-orange colors in fall. The fruit is a hard woody capsule about a third to a half inch in length, which splits explosively at the apex at maturity
COMMON CHINA-FIR
232 N. Perkins Rd.Common China-fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata)Cunninghamia lanceolata is a species of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family. It is native to south-central and southeast China. They may reach 160 feet in height. In vernacular use, it is sometimes called China-fir, although it is not a fir. The genus name, Cunninghamia, honors Dr. James Cunningham, a British doctor who introduced this species into cultivation in 1702 and botanist Allan Cunningham. The general shape of the tree is conical with
AMERICAN HOLLY
221 N. Mendenhall Rd.American Holly (Ilex opaca)Ilex opaca, the American holly, is a species of holly, native to the eastern and south-central United States, from coastal Massachusetts south to central Florida, and west to southeastern Missouri and eastern Texas. It is a medium-sized broadleaved evergreen tree growing on average to 33-66 feet tall, and up to 98 feet tall. Typically, its trunk diamter reaches 20 inches, sometimes up to 47 inches. The American holly features leathery leaves that are 2-4
YOSHINO CHERRY
336 E. Erwin Dr.Yoshino Cherry (Prunus × yedoensis)The Yoshino cherry (Prunus × yedoensis), also known as the Japanese flowering cherry, is the darling of the flowering tree world and the star of such renowned events as the National and International Cherry Blossom Festivals. This stand-out tree is, of course, known for its vibrant display of white-pink blossoms and faint almond fragrance in the springtime. In the summer, the Yoshino cherry will be a highlight in the yard with its oriental
WILLOW OAK
4677 Normandy LaneWillow Oak (Quercus phellos)Quercus phellos, the willow oak, is a North American deciduous tree in the red oak group. It is native to the eastern and central United States from Long Island Sound south to northern Florida, and west to southernmost Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. This member of the mighty oak family and comes with a stand-out feature: willow-like leaves. The willow oak is one of the most popular trees for horticultural planting due to its
WATER OAK
4735 Normandy LaneWater Oak (Quercus nigra)Quercus nigra, the water oak, is an oak in the red oak group, native to the eastern and south-central United States, found in all the coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, and inland as far as Oklahoma, Kentucky, and southern Missouri. The water oak is adapted to wet, swampy areas, such as along ponds and stream banks, but can also tolerate other well-drained sites and even heavy, compacted soils. It is considered both a
TULIP POPLAR
295 Avon Rd.Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)Liriodendron tulipifera, known as the tulip poplar, tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, whitewood, fiddletree, and yellow-poplar — is the North American representative of two-species genus Liriodendron (the other member being Liriodendron chinense), and the tallest eastern hardwood. It is native to eastern North America from Southern Ontario and possibly southern Quebec to Illinois eastward to southwestern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and south to central Florida and Louisiana. It is fast-growing, without the common
