The Weeping Cut Leaf Birch, Betula pendula ‘Dalecarlica’, is a graceful white-bark tree. This birch has pendulous branches that sway in the breeze. Its delicate finely cut foliage turns a brilliant yellow in the fall. This hardy variety is highly recommended for lawn and park plantings. Once established, it tolerates some heat and dry spells. This birch is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Plant against a darker background or green lawn to highlight pale trunks which will add interest to the yard. Weeping Cut Leaf is a fast-growing birch tree that is attractive year-round.

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The Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli ‘inermis’, is a small, thornless tree with beautiful, single white flowers, abundant red fruit and silver-gray bark. The fruits are a bright red and are produced in masses, which provides excellent color in late summer and early fall. The glossy green foliage turns a showy orange in fall. This tree has a rounded growth habit and is very disease resistant. No major insect problems and resistance to rust diseases. The bark is exfoliates in thin gray strips, and provides winter interest. This tree provides a distinct horizontal accent to the landscape.

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The Spring Bride Crabapple Tree, Malus ‘Spring Bride?, produces double white blossoms each spring. The flower stalks are short and follow the branch structure closely, creating a garland of white flowers. The Spring Bride will produce very little fruit and maybe none. This hardy variety came from Canada . Its shower of white flowers is an eyecatcher. This deciduous tree is fast-growing, with an upright form and reaches about 25 feet at maturity. The branch structure provides interesting forms in winter. Select a site with full sun and well-drained soil. Crabapples require little pruning once established. In late winter, prune dead, diseased, and broken branches and trim off any sprouts that arise at the base of the tree.

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The Shamrock? Linden, Tilia cordata ‘Baileyi’, is a vigorous grower that has a broad conical form. The open branching creates a less dense shade. It displays fragrant yellow flowers in summer. The shiny dark green foliage develops a yellowish-green fall color. It requires full sun to light shade and prefers moist, deep, fertile, well drained soils. This Linden is tolerant of difficult growing sites and soils, is urban and pollution tolerant. It attracts bees when in bloom. It is best used for farmstead windbreaks, and park trees in open landscape areas because of its large size and spreading root system.

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The Satomi Dogwood, Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’, produces deep pink flowers that covers the horizontal spreading branches in April to May. This Japanese selection will make an elegant specimen tree. It is very hardy and flowers later than other dogwoods. You will most assuredly note its spectacular not-at-all-white color, which is more like popsicle pink. This kousa blooms not only in a different color, but at a different time; about a month after every other dogwood is through. Being very hardy and disease resistant, Satomi Dogwood prefers full sun to light shade with a well-drained, somewhat acidic soil. Satomi will produce pink-red fruits that appear in autumn.

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The Royalty Crabapple Tree, Malus ‘Royalty’, is an outstanding variety with single, dark red blossoms in spring that produce large, dark red fruit in the fall. The new foliage is a glossy rich purple with a green undercast, turning purple-green in mid-summer and brilliant purple in the fall. This very hardy, blight resistant crabapple has outstanding foliage with the leaves having a bright, varnished appearance and nice purple fall color . It prefers full sun and moist, well drained soil. This upright, vigorous growing tree provides three-season interest for visual enjoyment. Crabapples require little pruning once established. In late winter, prune dead, diseased, and broken branches and trim off any sprouts that arise at the base of the tree.

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The Royal Frost? Birch, Betula x ‘Royal Frost’, is a newer selection of Birch with burgundy-red summer foliage that contrasts beautifully with the crisp white bark. The beautiful glossy deep burgundy red leaf color, and cinnamon to white exfoliating bark, puts this birch tree in a class of it’s own. The beautiful leaf color holds very well throughout the summer. Fall is a festival of colors ranging from bright red, orange, yellow and purple. Truly a spectacular tree for all seasons. This birch has a gracefully upright, yet somewhat pendulous habit. It is bronze Birch Borer resistant. Royal Frost Birch is easy to grow, and adapts to most conditions, and it grows in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Plant against a darker background or green lawn to highlight pale trunks which will add interest to the yard.

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The Renaissance Reflection? Birch, Betula papyrifera ‘Renci’ (PP12,768), displays brilliant white, exfoliating bark and radiant yellow fall color. These attributes would be enough to recommend this tree! It’s heat resistant and has a rapid growth rate of 3-5 feet per year, developing a slender pyramidal shape. It can be grown as a single stem or a multi-stem and like’s full sun and moist soil. Renaissance Reflection has superior bronze birch borer resistance. This deciduous, hardy birch is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. It will add color and interest to any yard. Plant against a darker background or green lawn to highlight white trunk.

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The Radiant Crabapple tree, Malus ‘Radiant’, produces crimson buds that open to single, striking pink flowers that will light up your landscape. This tree puts on a spectacular spring show. It produces 1/2 inch bright red fruits in the fall. The new foliage has a reddish tint which ages to green. Performing best in full sun, it is a fast-growing, compact, deciduous tree. This crabapple forms a compact, symmetrical crown and is very hardy. It performs best in moderately moist, acidic, well-drained soil. The Radiant Flowering Crabapple tree is very disease resistant to scab, cedar-apple rust, mildew and fire blight. It is grown for cider, cooking, eating, or a combination of uses. Prune in spring to maintain shape and structure.

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The Prairie Horizon? Alder, Alnus hirsuta ‘Harbin’, is an attractive, rapid growing tree for dry difficult sites. Decorative purple catkins in spring are followed by tiny pine cones in the fall, and are favored by birds. The bark is gray and beech-like. Its purple catkins and clusters of brown, cone-like strobiles add interest to the tree during winter. Prairie Horizon is easily grown in well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Once established, this plant is drought tolerant, so it will do well in difficult and dry areas. It is an ideal specimen tree for drier locations and mulching is recommended. Selected by the NDSU breeding program.

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