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Green Goods - Shade Trees
This is a list of some of the shade tree that we usually have on hand but please call to confirm.
MAPLE
Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred'
Autumn Blaze Maple
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 40' Zone 4-7
A hybrid of red and silver maple. A very popular tree offering the excellent fall color of a red maple combined with a growth rate closer to that of a silver maple.
Acer x freemanii 'Celzam'
Celebraton Maple
Height 45' Spread: 20-25' Zone 4-7
Rapid growth, drought tolerance, great fall color, and the ability to grow in most soils. Does well in sun or shade, and is seedless.
Acer x fremanii 'Marmo'
Marmo Maple
Height: 70' Spread: 35' Zone 4-7
Vigorous grower with a strong central leader, excellent branching and a uniform, upright habit. The fall color is a mottled blend of red and green to burgundy, yellow and gold, depending on temperature. Adaptable to heavy clay soils
Acer x fremanii 'Sienna'
Sienna Glen Maple
Height: 60' Spread: 40' Zone 3-7
Excellent branching habit. Requires less pruning and forms a well-branched tree. Vigorous grower and has an excellent winter hardiness. Less susceptible to winter frost cracking, sun scald and dieback. Fall color is red to burgundy red. Smaller leaves and finer branching gives it a more delicate appearance.
Acer platanoides
Norway Maple
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 50' Zone 4-7
A popular street tree. Also useful in large yards and parks. Provides thick shade. Tolerant of urban conditions. Yellow fall color. Wrap trunks of young trees in winter.
Acer platanoides 'Columnare'
Columnar Norway Maple
Height: 50' Spread: 15-20' Zone 4-7
A unique accent plant for formal or narrow locations.
Acer platanoides 'Pond'
Emerald Lustre Maple
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 50'-60' Zone 4-7
A COPF introduction discovered as seedling in Canada in 1967. Excellent branching habit. Makes a fine street or shade tree.
Acer platanoides 'Emerald Queen'
Emerald Queen Maple
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 40'-45' Zone 4-7
A fast growing selection of Norway Maple. Dark green foliage and yellow fall color.
Acer platanoides 'Royal Red'
Royal Red Maple
Height: 35'-40' Spread: 25' Zone 4-7
Deep maroon foliage all summer long. Slow growing.
Acer platanoides 'Superform'
Superform Maple
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 40'-45' Zone 4-7
A selection with an excellent branching habit.
Acer platanoides 'Variegatum'
Variegated Norway Maple
Height: 50' Spread: 40' Zone 4-7
An interesting variety of Norway Maple with variegated foliage.
Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Height: 50' Spread: 35'-40' Zone 4-6
A rapid growing tree with small showy flowers in early spring and beautiful fall colors in shades of red. Prefers partial shade.
Acer rubrum 'Northwood'
Northwood Maple
Height: 50' Spread: 35' Zone 3-7
A Northern Minnesota selection that is very hardy.
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple
Height: 50'-75' Spread: 50' Zone 3-5
Proven performers, sugar maples are prized for their wonderful fall colors. Native to Minnesota.
Acer saccharum 'Fall Fiesta'
Fall Fiesta Maple
Height: 50'-75' Spread: 50' Zone 4-7
A Bailey Nurseries introduction. Thick leathery leaves. Fall colors in shades of yellow, orange, and red.
Acer saccharum ' Green Mountain'
Green Mountain Maple
Height: 50'-75' Spread: 50' Zone 4-7
Thick waxy leaves hold up well to dry summer winds. Deep orange fall color.
Acer saccharum 'Legacy'
Legacy Maple
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
Acer saccharum 'Majesty'
Majesty Maple
Height: 50'-75' Spread: 50'-60' Zone 4-5
This selection of sugar maple was discovered at
Flax Mill Nursery in New York.
BIRCH
Betula nigra
River Birch
Height: 40'-50' Spread: 30'-40' Zone 4-8
Interesting bark for winter - light brown exfoliating.
Betula nigra 'Cully'
Heritage River Birch
Height: 45'-50' Spread: 30-35' Zone 4-8
Lighter bark color than species.
Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'
Whitespire Birch
Height: 45'-50' Spread: 30-35' Zone 4-8
A white barked birch generally known to resistant to bronze birch borer.
Betula x 'Crimson Frost'
Crimson Frost Birch
Height: 30'-35' Spread: 20' Zone 4-7
Leaves are reddish-purple all summer long.
HACKBERRY
Celtis occidentalis
Common Hackberry
Height: 50'-75' Spread: 35'-40' Zone 2-7
Hackberry are very tolerant of extreme conditions. They have a rough and corky bark.
Once established, they have a moderate to fast growth rate.
ASH
Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Blaze'
Autumn Blaze Ash
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 25'-30' Zone 3-8
Introduced by Morden Research Station. Hardier than many of the white ash selections.
Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Purple'
Autumn Purple Ash
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 30'-40' Zone 4-8
A seedless selection with good fall color. 1995 Iowa Tree of the Year.
Fraxinus nigra 'Fallgold'
Fallgold Ash
Height: 50' Spread: 20'-25' Zone 3-5
Excellent golden fall color.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ' Marshall's Seedless'
Marshall 's Seedless Ash
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 40' Zone 4-7
A popular cultivar. A good selection for street plantings.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Patmore'
Patmore Ash
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 25'-30' Zone 2-7
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ' Summit'
Summit Ash
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 25'-30' Zone 4-7
Excellent upright branching habit and straight trunk.
LOCUST
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Impcole'
Imperial Honeylocust
Height: 30'-35' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
A slightly smaller and more compact selection that other Honeylocusts. Will develop a few seedpods.
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Shademaster'
Shademaster Honeylocust
Height 50'- 60' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
Rapid grower. Good resistance to drought.
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Skycole'
Skyline Honeylocust
Height: 50' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
An excellent choice for a light dappled shade.
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Suncole'
Sunburst Honeylocust
Height: 35' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
New foliage is a bright golden-yellow that fades to a light green. Seedless.
POPLAR
Populus deltoides 'Siouxland'
Siouxland Poplar
Height: 70'-90' Spread: 40' Zone 3
Populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
Height: 40'-50' Spread: 20'-30' Zone 2
Native to Minnesota, this tree is a great choice for naturalizing. Birch-like white bark. Very tolerant of almost any soil condition.
OAK
Quercus alba
White Oak
Height: 60'-80' Spread: 60'-80' Zone 4
A native oak prefers acidic well-drained soils. The deep green foliage has white undersides.
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
Height: 50'-60' Spread: 40'-50' Zone 4
Flaking gray-brown bark sets this oak apart from others. Tolerates most soil conditions, but prefers an acidic site.
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Northern Pin Oak
Height: 60' Spread: 45' Zone 3
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak
Height: 60'-80' Spread: 60'-80' Zone 3-8
A stately native tree with a broad growth habit. Xeriscape plant.
Quercus palustris
Pin Oak
Height: 40'-60' Spread: 40' Zone 4-8
A rapid growing oak with excellent fall color. Prefers moist well-drained soil.
Quercus rubra
Northern Red Oak
Height: 60'-80' Spread: 50' Zone 4-8
Minnesota 's fastest growing oak.
A good choice for a landscape planting or a street tree.
WILLOW
Salix alba 'Tristis'
Niobe Weeping Willow
Height: 50' Spread: 50' Zone 4
Salix x 'Prairie Cascade'
Prairie Cascade Willow
Height: 30'-40' Spread: 30'-40' Zone 3
LINDEN
Tilia americana ' Redmond'
Redmond Linden
Height: 40'-60' Spread: 25'-30' Zone 4
Tilia americana 'Greenspire'
Greenspire Linden
Height: 40'-50' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
Tilia x flavescens 'Glenleven'
Glenleven Linden
Height: 40'-50' Spread: 30'-35' Zone 4-7
We carry potted and BB trees all from 15gal to 3" BB give us a call 320-229-2155
