American Hornbeam

The American Hornbeam tree, Carpinus caroliniana, is a shade tolerant below story tree. American Hornbeam trees are also recognized by the common names of Musclewood, Ironwood, Blue Beech, and Water Beech trees. The word "hornbeam" comes from the words "horn" for "toughness" and "beam" an old English word for "tree" and refers to this tree's extremely hard, rough, wood. This deciduous species provides nuts that are eaten by a lot of birds such as grouse, bobwhite, pheasant and wild turkey. Cottontail rabbits and deer nibble on the shoots of this tree.

Carpinus caroliniana exhibits leaves that are thin and beautifully transparent. This shade tree will give cool, dense shade in the summer because of its many leaves giving a dense look. In late autumn the leaves twist deep scarlet and orange as long as good fall color tree.

Emerald Arborvitae

The Emerald Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd', also known as white cedar, exhibits a thin, dense pyramidal form with emerald green foliage which holds its color well through winter. This arborvitae makes an excellent screen, and can produce at a rate of about four feet for each year. When young, the Emerald Arborvitae has a intense green color to its foliage which darkens as the plant ages. This arborvitae makes an outstanding hedge plant, but also used for base plants, tranquil hedges, entranceways, solitude screens, non-thorny barriers, or specimen shrub. It will grow particularly well in swampy areas and in alkaline soil. This hardy arborvitae prefers full sun to thrive and will do best in an area with high atmospheric damp. Because this plant often grows obviously into a perfect pyramidal shape, little pruning is essential. If the winter is particularly cold, the foliage of an emerald green arborvitae will twist yellow-brown. This pyramidal beauty will turn out to be one of your favorites with its exceptional cold and heat tolerance.

Black Walnut

The Black Walnut tree, Juglans nigra, is valued for its wood and shade. Black Walnut trees are a big, moderately growing, majestic tree. This deciduous tree makes a magnificent shade tree, and when planted for a wood plantation, makes a huge long-term asset. This tree has reasonable water requirements and is broadminded to drought. It has enormous, upright spreading, open branches.

The nuts are big and plump and break out of the shell easily. The roots of the black walnut create a substance known as juglone (5-hydroxy-alpha-napthaquinone). This biochemical is toxic to a lot of plants such as the tomato, potato, black and blue berries, and other plants that may grow inside a 50 to 60 foot radius of the stem. Not all plants are responsive to juglone and many trees, vines, shrubs, and flowers will thrive in close nearness to a Black Walnut tree.

Green Giant Arborvitae

The Arborvitae Green Giant, 'Thuja plicata 'Green Giant’ is a giant arborvitae that has glowing green, fern-like plants. This plant is very flexible to wet or dry soils. The Green Giant is fast rising for an arborvitae and it is also very thick and they are used extensively for borders, screens, windbreaks or as an accent tree. When used as a evade, the Green Giant can be trimmed and reserved to a dense 6 foot hedge.

American Arborvitae

The American Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, is a conifer evergreen tree that is extensively used because an accent tree or as a privacy hedge tree. American Arborvitae trees contain a broad pyramidal shape with upright branches that are thick and crowded jointly. The scale-like leaves are abruply pointed. The leaf color is bright green on top of and light green below and they may turn a yellow brown is some winters.

This evergreen tree prefers a bottomless well drained site. When established it can stand substantial heat and drought. It is one of the most well-liked of all trees for windbreaks and year around privacy screening. It may be sheared and shaped to fit into the majority every landscaping need.

Boston Ivy

Boston Ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, is also known as Cottage Ivy and Japanese Ivy. This deciduous vine has tendrils which contain 5 to 8 branches, each ending in adhesive-like tips; it has the aptitude to literally cement itself to the wall and so needs no support; good on trees, will also move slowly along the ground; secretes calcium carbonate which serves as adhesive. This vine can arrive at a height or spread exceeding 30 feet.

The plant tolerates dry soil .The glossy, dark green, three-lobed leaves twist bright red in the fall. The showy leaves are detained late into fall or early winter. The plant produces bluish fruits that are not extremely ornamental. The blooms of the Boston ivy are quite inconspicuous but they attract multitudes of bees. Use in full sun to full shade, salt broadminded, handles most all conditions.

Sherwood Moss Arborvitae

The Sherwood Moss Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis 'Sherwood Moss', is a dwarf, cone-shaped Arborvitae with strange soft, feathery foliage. It requires sun and deep, well-drained soil. The sole texture makes this a very unusual multicolored plant that shines in winter with its figurine winter color. It is not a sphere, not a pyramid, but a well shaped heap that has no equal. Arborvitae is one of the most adaptable, easy-to-grow evergreens right to cold, northern landscapes. They are frequently used as specimen plants, hedges, foundation plantings and windbreaks. Arborvitaes are extremely adaptable plants.