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This large shrub or small tree is multi-stemmed. Blooms fragrant, star shaped white flowers in early spring before it leafs out. Since it reaches only 10-15 feet in height and does so slowly you'll be able to enjoy the fragrance fully!
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- Bloom Time: March, April
- Location: Sun, Partial Sun
- Flower Color: White, Pink
- Soil Conditions: Medium, fertile soil
- Size: 10-15' Tall and 10-15' Wide
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Here is a tree that stands out in its field - well, in its yard may be the better way to say it. In spite of being a small tree, it has huge dramatic presence in its coloration! As a multi-stemmed tree it reaches 15 ft tall. Medium growth rate. Can handle part shade. It does not bloom but still stands out with its colors. Can be used as a privacy tree.
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- Location: Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Conditions: Medium
- Size: 15' Tall and 15' Wide
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A hybrid tree created by Red and Silver Maples and growing to 50 ft tall. The shape is upright, broadly oval. Orange-red fall color. Grows fast.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Medium
- Size: 50' Tall and 50' Wide
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This red maple is noted as having excellent, scarlet fall color that develops about two weeks earlier than other similar maples. Makes an excellent specimen tree for a sunny area in the lawn, that is easily grown in a wide range of soil conditions.
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- Soil Conditions: Medium to Wet
- Size: 40' - 60' tall x 30' - 50' wide
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Let this tree be the king of the world in which it lives for it grows 35 ft tall and provides royally rich purple foliage all summer. Grows slow. In the Norway maple family.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: medium
- Size: 35' Tall and 35' Wide
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Small ornamental tree with deep red-purple cutleaf foliage and grey trunks. Grows 15 ft tall with a 15 ft spread. It is a slower growing tree and delicate enough to need protection from the wind and afternoon sun. It fits nicely into residential landscapes, both formal and informal.
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- Location: Partial Sun, Shade
- Soil Conditions: Medium, High Organic Matter
- Size: 15' Tall and 15' Wide
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A smaller, weeping shrub or tree with lacy leaves attaining deep-red to purple foliage. Protected it in an area where there is limited afternoon sun and wind). It's a cutie which only grows to 3-7ft tall and does that rather slowly. You'll be charmed by its delicacy!
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- Location: Partial Sun, Shade
- Soil Conditions: Medium, High Organic Matter Well Drained soil
- Size: 3-7' Tall and 7-12' Wide
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A hardy, medium growing variety of maple, with strong wood. This tree has dark green leaves that change to a red, yellow, or orange in the fall. It has a oval to rounded shape. It provides dense shade, has a shallow root system, and can be transplanted easily while at a manageable size. Consider it a "landscape" tree for it is attractive 3 seasons of the year. Or let others truly enjoy it and use it close to the street for curb appeal.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Medium
- Size: 45 ft tall x30-40 ft wide
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If you want a deep red maple that grows fast this is a true contender. It is a variety of Red Maple that grows 40-60 ft tall, holding its round shape. Just when you think fall is about to turn to winter this last of the Red Maples variety presents its fall color.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: medium
- Size: 40' -60' Tall and 30' -50' Wide
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Maples as a rule are beautiful and this is one of the most beautiful with its trifoliate leaves. Add to that the wonderfully orange to bronze, peeling, papery bark which provides year round interest. It is oval to upright shaped. This trees has vibrant, scarlet autumn foliage.
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- Location: sun, part shade
- Soil Conditions: Medium - Moist
- Size: 20-30 ft tall x 20-30 ft spread
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The most highly rated of the Red Maple varieties. Grows 45 ft tall. Upright oval, fairly fast growing maple that turns orange to bright red in the fall.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Medium
- Size: 45' Tall and 35' Wide
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A beautiful pyramidal maple with a narrow shape that makes it an excellent shade tree for compact areas. Dark green leaves turn to a brilliant red for a show of fall color!
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- Location: Full Sun
- Size: 40 ft tall x 25 ft wide
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New leaves emerge as a deep reddish-purple and turn a dark glossy green. Fall colors range between red, yellow, and orange.
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- Location: Full Sun
- Size: 20 ft tall and wide
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Rich and zesty red, orange and yellow combine to create one of fall's most spectacular visual displays. Leathery glossy green leaves are beautiful in summer too. A rapid grower compared to other Sugar Maples, it matures at 50-75 feet in height with a 50 foot spread.
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- Soil Conditions: Medium
- Size: 50-75' Tall and 50' Spread
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A tremendous, majestic oak tree with produces large acorns, from three fourths inch to one and one half inches, in time. It takes awhile before the acorns appear! Tree bark is a rough texture and provides plenty of interest. Will tolerate drought conditions.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Average to dry
- Size: 70-80 ft tall x 70-80 ft spread
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A upright and columnar form of Oak that has glossy, bright green leaves with silver undersides. It turns golden yellow in the fall.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Prefers a slightly acidic soil. Can take dry conditions once established.
- Size: 45 ft tall by 18 ft wide
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Swamp white oak is a medium sized, deciduous tree with a broad, rounded crown and a short trunk which typically grows at a moderate rate to a height of 50-60' (sometimes larger). Leaves are dark, shiny green above and silvery white beneath, with 5-10 rounded lobes or blunt teeth along the margins. Fall color is yellow, but sometimes reddish purple. Fruits are acorns.. Can take swampy locations in bottomlands and lowlands, such as along streams and lakes, valleys, floodplains and at the edge of swamps. Also has surprisingly good drought resistance.
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- Location: Sun
- Size: 5-60 ft tall x 40-50 ft wide
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A decidedly distinct pyramidal shaped oak growing 55 ft tall shares scarlet fall coloring. It has a medium growth rate. Like the bur oak, the acorns may not show up the first several years. Be patient, relax and enjoy the shade in your yard! This tree will tolerate dry conditions.
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Dry, Medium, Moist, Slightly Acidic Soil
- Size: 55' Tall and 25-40' Wide
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Consider the red oak to be a major sized oak tree, one good for timber if that's a consideration. It has few far-reaching branches, tending to go up high and spreading its "head" . You're going to find this a remarkable addition to your landscape. So will your great-great-great...grandchildren. It can live to be 300 yrs old!
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Acid Base Soil, Medium, Dry
- Size: 50-60' Tall and 50-60' Wide
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This is the Illinois state tree. Where did you plant yours??? If you don't have one yet, get it now! A strong, disease-resistant, slow growing oak reaching 60-80 ft tall. Its rounded shape displays yellow fall color. The bark is whitish-gray. Sit down. This tree will live between 500 and 600 years if you and all its other owners care for it!
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- Location: Sun
- Soil Conditions: Slightly Acidic Soil, Medium, Dry
- Size: 60-80' Tall and 60-80' Wide
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A beautiful open tree with bluish-green needles. Fast growing tree reaching 40-50 ft in height. Makes a great windbreak. Be sure to avoid the extremes of heavy, continually wet soils and gravelly, drought-prone soils when selecting planting areas.
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- Location: Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Conditions: Acid Soil
- Size: 40-50' Tall an 20-30' Wide
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Small vase-shaped tree that blooms purplish-pink in early spring before the heart shaped leaves appear. Medium speed grower that gets 15-20 ft tall. Yellow fall color. Can handle shady situations. When your redbud blooms you can be certain spring is in progress!
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- Bloom Time: April, May
- Location: Sun, Partial Sun, Shade
- Flower Color: Rosy Pink with Purplish tinge
- Soil Conditions: Medium, Well Drained, Dry
- Size: 15-20' Tall and 20-30' Wide
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Probably everyone in the area is familiar with redbuds but what about a variety of redbud having purple leaves? We have it covered! Plant yours when it is very young and leave it undisturbed. Full sun to partial shade is fine. Leaves become more muted as they mature and by fall they may be varied in shadings of purple, reddish-purple, and even orange.
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- Bloom Time: April, May
- Location: Sun, Partial Sun, Shade
- Flower Color: Pink, Purple
- Soil Conditions: Medium, well drained, Dry
- Size: 15-20 ft tall by 20-30 ft
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The Royal White Redbud is a small ornamental tree or shrub that puts on a stunning spring display. You’ll be amazed by the staggering number of blooms that blanket your Redbud in the spring. Prolific clusters of pristine white, pea-sized flowers seem to encase the bare branches in spectacular color.
In the summer the beauty of your Redbud becomes apparent. Heart shaped leaves emerge with a unique bronze hue, later changing to green.
Your Redbud’s leaves will progress to a lovely blue-green until spicing up your autumn landscape with a lively yellow.
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- Location: Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Flower Color: White
- Soil Conditions: Moist
- Size: 20 - 30 feet height; 15 -25 feet spread.
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Single or multi-stemmed, the Serviceberry is a small tree reaching 15 ft tall. Snowy-white clustered blooms in early spring, often before leaves appear. It The Serviceberry roduces edible berry-like fruit that is red to purplish-black and 1/4 - 1/3 inches in diameter. Orange-red fall color. Grows fairly fast. Can handle shady situations and is a very trim-able tree.
Trivia: It is called serviceberry because it blooms in mid-April, when long-delayed religious services were held throughout 19th century New England, as snow-covered roads became accessible again. People were beginning to move about and enjoyed seeing these small trees.
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- Bloom Time: April, May
- Location: Sun, Partial Sun, shade
- Flower Color: White
- Soil Conditions: Slightly Acidic Soil, Medium, Dry
- Size: 15 ft tall x 15 ft spread
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