A Grower Perspective

Do you want a late spring flowering tree to grace your garden? The ‘Shirofugen’ cherry has a good tree form, flat-topped and a wide-spreading crown (25’x25’). The leaves are a coppery red when new, dark green in summer and an orange red color in the fall. And the flowers, did I mention the flowers? The flowers are multi-petaled (20-30 petals per bloom) pink in bud, white when open and fade in time to a lovely pink. The fragrant blooms are borne in loose, hanging clusters, often enjoyed by looking up from under the tree. This graceful tree is used as a specimen tree or in a group. It is particularly suited to small gardens and is recommended as a street tree. This tree with year round beauty commands admiration.

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Paperbark maple is a tree suited for a small (or large) garden and has attributes that make it remarkable year round. The most obvious feature is the beautiful cinnamon brown peeling bark; this can be admired all year but is most obvious in the winter. The leaves open purple in the spring, turn a deep dark green in summer and then brick red blended with buttery gold and orange in the fall. Grow in full sun to part shade. In ten years it will reach 10’-18’ high by 8’-15’wide and the ultimate size is 40’high by 30’wide. Consider this disease and pest resistant tree an excellent specimen in any landscape.

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Spring flowers are great, don't get me wrong, but look at this beautiful new growth on Pieris 'Mountain Fire'! The new foliage is blood red and contrasts nicely with the older green leaves.

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Our vegetable starts are ready to go home with you and be planted in your garden! We have tomatoes, onions, lettuces, peppers, cucumber, squash and spinach.  Stop by the nursery this Friday or Saturday and get your garden started.

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