Feeling the heat this summer?  Cool down with our selection of shade trees!

Many available in 15 gallon containers that would provide an instant impact, or if you have a new "young" existing landscape that you are adding to, a 5 gallon size would be ideal and will grown along with your new landscape.

Redpointe Maple available in a 15 gallon container as well as a 5 gallon container.  (pictured on left)

Autumn Blaze available in 15 gallon as well as 5 gallon. Height 35'  Spread 35'  Shape - Rounded (pictured on right)

Green Mountain Sugar Maple available in 10 gallon container.

Height 45'  Spread 30'  Shape - Rounded (pictured on left)

Lacebark Elm available in 15 gallon containers.  Height 45' Spread 40' Shape - Round (pictured on right)

 

Shademaster Honey Locust available in 7 gallon container.  Height 65' Spread 35' (pictured on left)

 

 

London Plane Tree available in 7 gallon container.

Height 80' Spread 80' Shape-Pyramidal

           (pictured on Right)

Evergreens are the anchors for landscape.  We have a great selection including ...

 

Hosfords Dwarf Pine

Slow growing coniferous evergreen shrub. Likes sun/part shade. Does well in containers. Great for deck or patio. Very dwarf form of this soft needled attractive variety. Low grafts.

Tanyosho Pine

This dwarf evergreen tree features an umbrella-like, flat-topped form, to 9 feet or more tall. The branches are densely borne and upright spreading. This is a very beautiful tree, especially when the orange-brown, peeling bark color is developed as the tree reaches maturity. This small ornamental conifer makes a good specimen tree for the residential landscape. It is slow-growing and can endure wet soils. It produces abundant 2-inch cones in autumn.

 

Great for Fall Colors ... and winter interests ...

 

Early Amethyst Beautyberry

The striking purple berries of this species make it an attractive plant for the landscape. It has a pleasant rounded form with long leaves, small pink flowers erupt in late summer. The bright purple berries begin in September. For a showy display plant in masses. 'Early Amethyst' thrives in full sun or partial shade and is very drought tolerant.

 

Abelia

This glossy abelia hybrid is a compact, bushy,somewhat spreading, multi-stemmed shrug in the honeysuckle family.  Typically grows on gracefully arching branches to 2-3' tall.  Features clusters of lavender-pink, funnel-shaped flowers (to 3/4" long) with orangeish yellow throats.  Flowers bloom from mid-summer into fall.  Ovate, glossy, dark green leaves (to 1.25" long) turn purplish-bronze in the autumn.

 

Sparkleberry Holly

Unlike typical hollies that have thick evergreen foliage, Sparkleberry's leaves turn yellow in the fall and then fall off. But it is the spectacular berries that create such a show. Masses of 3/8 inch bright red berries persist into late winter creating quite a display in the winter landscape. Sparkleberry looks great planted in large groups or in front of evergreens. Shrubs are distinctly upright growing to 10 feet or so and like wet to average soil in sun or light shade. Male and female plants are required in order to produce berries and the perfect male to pollinate Sparkleberry is 'Apollo'.

Fothergilla

This fothergilla species (sometimes commonly called dwarf fothergilla) is native to the southeastern U.S. It is a compact, slow-growing, deciduous shrub with a dense, mounded, upright-spreading habit which typically grows 2-3' (less frequently to 4') tall and as wide. Best ornamental features are its fragrant spring flowers, summer foliage and superior fall color. Features terminal, bottlebrush-like spikes (1-2" long) of tiny, fragrant, apetulous, ivory white flowers. Flower color comes from the showy stamens (white filaments and yellowish anthers). Flowers appear in spring, usually before the foliage emerges. Rounded to oblong, leathery, dark green leaves (to 2.5" long) turn varying shades of red, orange and yellow in fall.

 

 

Japanese Maple - Sango Kaku

Sango Kaku Japanese Maple aka Coral Bark Maple is known for its striking red bark in the fall and winter.The leaves are mostly green with reddish and pinkish tinges when unfolding, becoming medium green in summer. Sango Kaku is a very attracrtive small to medium size tree.

 

 

 

 

Green Mountain Sugar Maple

'Green Mountain' has an upright, oval form, reaching 60 to 75 feet tall and spreading 45 feet. This is a heat tolerant cultivar and is good for hot, dry regions. Mature bark is deeply furrowed, gray brown. Foliage is leathery and dark green in summer; orange and red colors are displayed in fall. Greenish-yellow flowers are borne on 1- to 3-inch clusters, in mid spring. Prefers moist, well drained fertile soil and tolerates shade It is an excellent tree for large park areas, with unparalleled fall color and overall attractive appearance.

 

                       NEW FOR 2010!

                                        Redpointe Maple Acer rubrum 'Frank Jr.'

            This beautiful tree grows to be 45 feet tall and spreads to be around 30 inches.

              It has a gorgeous bright red fall color with foliage that is a pretty dark green. 

                           The broadly pyramidal shape makes it wonderful to look at.

                          For more information and photos, visit www.jfs-redpointe.com

                                      Royal Raindrops Crabapple Malus 'JFS-KW5'

          The Crabapple grows to be at least 20 feet high, and spreads around 15 inches.

     It produces red fruit with surrounding bright pinkish red flowers with a beautiful bloom.

           The orange-red fall colored leaves go great with the outburst of purple foliage.

                 The shape is upright spreading and makes a wonderful view of your tree.

                       For more information and photos, visit www.royalraindrops.com

                      Crimson Spire Oak Quercus robur x Quercus alba 'Crimschmidt'

            This columnar selection originated as a hybrid of Q. robur and Q. alba.

                White oak parentage provides dark green, mildew resistant foliage

                    and reddish fall color. Fastigiate growth habit is inherited from

                                                      the English oak side.

                          For more information and photos, visit www.crimspire.com

Musashino Columnar Zelkova

Tailored for tight spaces, tightly columnar in form, it is ideal

for planting along narrow city streets and other confined

areas.  Small refined leaves with serrated margins give the

tree a fine-textured appearance.  They are medium

green throughout the growing season and turn an

attractive yellowish-red to rusty-red color in autumn. 

This fast growing tree reaches a height of about 45 feet

with a spread of only 15 feet.

 Ukigumo Japanese Maple

'Ukigumo' is a top choice among small trees for all-season

beauty, making this a collector's favorite. Foliage, deeply

cut, is green and mottled with white and pink. Fall color

can range from apricot to firey red. Elegant, horizontal

branching habit, reaching 6 feet in both height and width,

makes this plant interesting even during winter months

and an excellent choice for night lighting. Thrives in

partial shade and moist soil.

White Diamonds Hydrangea

This plant will grace your landscape with glistening

white panicles in the summer and fall. ‘White Diamonds’

boasts dark-green, leathery foliage that displays

increased heat and drought tolerance. Use as an

anchor in the mixed perennial border, plant as a

hedge, or in large groupings for a magnificent effect.

Opal Hydrangea

Opal’ blooms in the spring as a pink ball of ruffled florets.

As the flowers fade, they take on a soft color play of green,

pink, and yellow in keeping with the mild days of spring.

As the season progresses, the flower heads age to

emerald-green with pink petal tips. Great for dried flowers too!

Castle Spire™ Holly

A beautiful new compact, pyramidal blue holly with large lustrous

dark green leaves, bright red berries and superior branching. A

great foundation plant, specimen or hedge plant that can be used

as a replacement for Capitata Yew. Use CASTLE WALL as the pollinator

Bloomerang® Purple Lilac

A revolutionary new kind of lilac, Bloomerang blooms in spring

and then again throughout the summer. It does go through

a rest period in the heat of the summer, then flowers. While

traditional lilac varieties bloom for a few short weeks in

spring, Bloomerang's fragrant flowers continue until frost. This

compact, mounded variety fits easily into any landscape, and is

ideal as a foundation planting or as part of the mixed border.

You can even include it into perennial beds. Enjoy classic lilac

fragrance for months instead of weeks! Sold Out at this time!

New Arrival in July!

Crookstem Bamboo

This is the all-green form of Yellow Groove Bamboo. It has many

culms with sharp bends near the base. This attribute gives this

plant its common name. This form is larger than the species.

Crookstem bamboo although having the crooks near the base

is very erect and makes a good hedge or screen. New shoots

are edible.  One of the best behaved of the species,

parent plant spreads 6-8' then continues to spread so

it does need containment.

                    For helpful hints on planting and pruning

                           just click on the links provided.

                                                  Planting Guide

                                     Pointers For Perfect Pruning

                      Caring for Newly Planted Landscape Material

                       Tree & Shrub Planting and Delivery Service

        We will be happy to plant trees and shrubs purchased from Andy's Garden for 70%

                                     of the cost of materials (before any discounts).

               Trees and shrubs have a full one year guarantee from date of purchase.

                                      Please keep receipt and plant for credit.