The Prairie Dream? Paper Birch, Betula papyrifera ‘Varen’ (PP15,768), is a beautiful, stress-tolerant selection from North Dakota. The snow white bark exfoliates with age, adding a great deal of winter interest. It displays an attractive, bright golden-yellow autumn color. It is resistant to bronze birch borer. Prairie Dream has a semi-pyramidal to upright-oval growth habit, becoming broadly-oval with age. This deciduous birch is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. This easy to grow tree will add color and interest to any yard. This is a clump version of the tree.

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The Northwood Maple, Acer rubrum ‘Northwood’, is an excellent shade tree with ascending branches and a round, oval form. The dark green summer foliage turns orange to red in the fall. This maples is easily grown in well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It is tolerant of a wide range of soils, but requires moist, slightly acid conditions for optimum growth and color. It is very cold hardy. Reaching an height of 50 feet and a width of 35 feet, it is an excellent specimen tree for the lawn, street or park. It is important to know that this tree has a shallow, flattened root system that may buckle nearby sidewalks or driveways if planted too close.

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The Navajo Peking Willow, Salix matsudana ‘Navajo’, is also known as Globe Willow because of its distinctly round form. The tree looks as if it’s been sheared into a perfect ball. ?It is well known for its fast growth and adaptability to a wide range of soil conditions. This is one Willow that can take drought, so it is popular in hot and drier areas. Fast growth and weak wood mean that the plant should be pruned regularly to avoid breakups in wind storms. The flowers are catkins produced early in the spring. It is a species of willow native to northwestern China.

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The Frontyard? Linden, Tilia americana ‘Bailyard’, is a great ‘Frontyard’ tree, selected because of its symmetrical branching and broadly pyramidal shape. It has an excellent symmetrical branching habit even as a young tree, and then gets nicely rounded with age. This Linden offers excellent shade with its dense foliage. It displays fragrant yellow flowers in summer with large, dark green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. It prefers moist, fertile, deep soils and tolerant of difficult, dry or heavy soils. It needs full sun, but will tolerate some shade. 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 Northern Sun Forsythia-Tree form, Forsythia ‘Northern Sun’, is a hardy Forsythia with huge bright yellow flowers in early spring before the foliage appears. The medium green foliage, on arching branches, is attractive all season. The tree form Forsythia makes a great vertical accent in a border or as a foundation plant. The clear yellow flowers, 3/4″ wide and 1″ in length, appear before foliage in late April. A vigorous grower, it is adapted to a wide range of soils and has no serious pests. It is best planted in full sun to encourage free flowering. It is specifically recommended for landscape use in Minnesota and other northern areas where common Forsythias are not reliably hardy. Renewal pruning is useful to keep the plant shorter and more compact.

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The Fallgold Ash, Fraxinus nigra ‘Fallgold’, is a hardy, seedless Ash with deep green leaves that turn to a bright golden yellow in fall. It is upright in habit, and it is adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions including poorly drained sites. The Fallgold is a male tree so it is seedless, no messy seeds to pick up. Use this ash as residential street trees, along golf course fairways, or anywhere a strong vertical accent will compliment the landscape. It prefers ample soil moisture and will tolerate periodic flooding since it is usually found growing in standing water in its natural habitat. This ash is not tolerant of severe drought.

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The European Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, is an extremely versatile tree, useful as a wind screen, hedge or as a specimen tree. Takes well to pruning and is adaptable to most planting sites. The narrow, dark green foliage has a yellow fall color. The plant grows slowly, is shallow rooted, and it can branch low to the ground. European hornbeam has enough pruning tolerance to be a hedge, tall screen, shade tree or topiary. It is also recommended for buffer strips around parking lots or for median strip plantings in the highway. This hornbeam grows in full sun to partial shade; best in well-drained soils, but tolerates wide range of soil conditions.

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The Dwarf Norway Spruce, Picea abies ‘Pumila’, is a compact, broad, globe-shaped, mounding evergreen with medium to dark green foliage on branches that are pointed upward, creating an attractive broad-shaped globe. Dwarf Norway Spruce make a great accent to existing plants, and in winter, when the other foliage has succumbed to fall, they become strong focal points in the garden. This plant is very winter hardy and looks great year-round. It requires full sun with well drained soil and average water needs; water regularly; do not overwater. Evergreens are excellent plants for adding structure, color and texture to your yard or garden. And if you have a small area, try this one in containers for that special place in your garden or patio. This plant works well in low-maintenance gardens, make good foundation plants against buildings.

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The Dwarf Korean Lilac – Tree Form, Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’, is dwarf variety of lilac in tree form with single, very fragrant, pale lilac flowers and small clean foliage. This plant blooms profusely at an early age. This ornamental plant makes an excellent accent or specimen in the landscape.

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The Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Picea glauca ‘Conica’, is a miniature Spruce with bright green foliage that is densely branched, slow growing and retains a perfect conical shape without trimming. The Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a small, cone- shaped tree that grows

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