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Fruit and Ornamental Trees

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Fruit Trees

Apple Trees
(Malus spp.)
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Four Way Apple
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun






A graft of four popular varieties including Red McIntosh, Gala, Fuji and Granny Smith; blooms mid to late spring and ripens mid season. Has a hardy crisp juicy moderately sweet snappy flavor.

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Golden Delicious
Height: 8-10 Feet
Spread: 8-10 Feet
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun




Fruit is medium sized, round with a bright golden color. Firm, crisp and juicy, this Apple is good for eating and cooking. Grows 8 to 10 feet tall and wide, 'Golden Delicious' is often used to pollinate other Apple varieties.

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Granny Smith
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 6 -
Hardy to 0 to -10(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun






A green, tart-sweet, juicy apple that is great for cooking and fresh eating. The tree is a late season bloomer and reaches 18 feet tall at maturity. It requires a pollinizer.

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Red Delicious
Height: 8-10 Feet
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun





This selection produces great, dark red apples on a tree that grows only 8 to 10 feet tall. Dwarf Red Delicious Apple is perfect for the home grower. It bears full-sized, 4-inch fruit abundantly and earlier than standard size apple trees. This apple is excellent for desserts or snacking.

Cherry  Trees
(Prunus spp.)

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Montmorency Cherry
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun





This hardy, semi-dwarf tree is self-fertile. It produces clusters of white blooms followed by large, firm, juicy, tart red fruit that ripen in July. Fruit is great for pies and preserves. This moderate grower matures at 10 to 15 feet tall and wide.

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Stella Sweet Cherry
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun



Stella is a self-pollinating, plump cherry that produces an enormous crop of deep red, heart-shaped fruit. It's a great choice for canning or a sweet snack. Fruit ripens in mid-June. Requires 500-600 chilling hours.

Peach Trees
(Prunus spp.)
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Elberta Peach
Height: 15-25 Feet
Spread: 15-25 Feet
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun




Most popular of all peaches. This freestone peach ripens during late summer and is ideal for canning and eating because of its rich, yellow, juicy fruit. Grows to a height of 15 to 25 feet with an equal or greater spread.

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Red Haven Peach
Height: 15-25 Feet
Spread: 15-25 Feet
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun




One of the largest, early ripening, high quality, freestones with red-blushed yellow skin. Red Haven has firm, yellow, sweet flesh. This low, broad-crowned fruit tree grows 15 to 25' high with equal to greater spread.

Plum Trees
(Prunus spp.)
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Superior Plum
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 3 -
Hardy to -30 to -40(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun






Undoubtedly, one of the best plums on the market. This self-fertile tree blooms in late April and ripens in late August. It bears sweet and juicy, large fruit with dark red skin. It reaches a height of 10 to 15 feet.

Ornamental Trees

Catalpa
(Catalpa seciosa)
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Catalpa
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun














A large tree growing to 50-60 feet tall with a spread of 35-40 feet. Large, heart-shaped, brilliant green foliage. White, tubal shaped flowers and pod fruits.

Flowering Crabapple
(Malus spp.)

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Prairiefire Crabapple*
Zone: 4
Height: 20’
Spread: 20’
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4 -
Hardy to
-20 to -30(F)


Shape: Upright, spreading, rounded
Foliage: Purple, becoming reddish green
Flower: Bright pinkish red
Fruit: Dark red, 3⁄8”-1⁄2”
Disease Resistance:
Scab: Excel.
Fireblight: Good
Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.
Mildew: Excel.

One of the best red leafed crabs, Prairifire has impressive landscape impact. Attributes include long lasting bright red flowers, excellent red fruit, and attractive reddish bark.

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Profusion Crabapple
Height: 20’
Spread: 20’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to
-20 to -30(F)
Shape: Upright, spreading
Foliage: Purple,
fading to bronze
Flower: Pink
Fruit: Maroon,
1⁄2”, persistent


Disease Resistance:
Scab: Fair
Fireblight: Good
Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.
Mildew: Good

A popular variety with deep pinkish red flowers and maroon fruit.

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Royal Raindrops Crababpple
Height: 20'
Spread: 15'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F)

Shape: Upright spreading
Foliage: Purple, cutleaf
Fall Color: Orange-red
Flower: Bright pinkish red
Fruit:  Red, 1⁄4", persistent
DISEASE RESISTANCE:
Scab: Excel.
Fireblight: Good
Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.
Mildew: Good
 
Bright pinkish red flowers combine with deep purple cutleaf foliage to present a unique new crab. Deeply lobed leaves and upright form with good branching and density are inherited from its Golden Raindrops parent. Nursery growth is outstanding, and it displays good to excellent resistance to the common diseases.

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Sargent Tina Crabapple
Height: 5’
Spread: 6’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to
-20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Small rounded dwarf tree
Foliage: Medium green, small leaves
Flower: Bright red buds opening to single white flowers

Fruit: Bright red, 1 ⁄4”
Disease Resistance:
Scab: Excel.
Fireblight: Good
Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.
Mildew: Excel.

This most petite of all crabapples is grown as a top graft. Flowers, fruit and leaves are all quite small.

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Spring Snow Crabapple 
Height: 25’
Spread: 22’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Dense, oval
Foliage: Medium green
Flower: White
Fruit: None




Disease Resistance:
Scab: Poor
Fireblight: Fair
Cedar-Apple Rust: Good
Mildew: Excel.

Featuring pure white flowers but no fruit, this is the crabapple to use in locations such as patios and courtyards where fruit would be objectionable. It
flowers well on an annual basis.

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Tschonoskii Crabapple
Height: 28’
Spread: 14’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F)
Shape: Upright,
narrowly oval
Foliage: Silvery
green, to green
Fall Color: Orange, red and purple
Flower: White
Fruit: Greenish,
1”, sparse
Disease Resistance:
Scab: Good
Fireblight: Poor
Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.
Mildew: Excel.

Unusual for its narrow form and striking foliage. Silvery green new growth matures to light green with silvery green undersides. Fall color outshines that of all other crabapples.

Goldenrain Tree
(Koelreuteria paniculata)

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Goldenrain Tree
Height: 30'
Spread: 30'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F) 
Shape: Rounded


Foliage: Pinnately compound, medium green
Fall Color: Yellow
Flower: Bright yellow, in large clusters

An impressive tree in midsummer when it is covered with footlong clusters of bright yellow flowers. One of the few trees to bloom at this time of year.

Hawthorn
(Crataegus spp.)
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Thornless Hawthorn
Height: 25'
Spread: 25'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Rounded, spreading
Foliage: Leathery, deep green, glossy
Fall Color: Orange or rusty orange
Flower: Small,
white in 2" clusters
Fruit: Dark red, 3⁄8"-1⁄2", persistent


This small adaptable tree has the excellent foliage of Crataegus crusgalli yet completely lacks the dangerous thorns.

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Crimson Cloud Hawthorn
Height: 25'
Spread: 18'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to
-20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Oval,
with upright spreading wavy branches
Foliage: Small
glossy green

Flower: Bright
red with white
centers
Fruit: Bright red
Disease Resistance: leaf spot

This tree is distinctive for its wavy branch habit and bright red flowers with white centers.

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Washington Hawthorn
Height: 25’
Spread: 20’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Broadly
oval to rounded
Foliage: Deep green, very glossy
Fall Color: Orange to scarlet and reddish purple

Flower: White in clusters
Fruit: Bright, glossy red, 1⁄4”, persistent

The small attractive fruits blend beautifully with the autumn leaves. Many people rate this the best North American Hawthorn. Very useful in both multi-stem and tree form.

Lilac Trees
(Syringa spp.)

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Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac*
Height: 20’
Spread: 15’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F)
Shape: Upright spreading becoming
rounded
Foliage: Dark green
Flower: Creamy
white panicles

Large plumes of small white flowers smother its branches in early summer.

Mulberry
(Morus alba  'Chaparral')
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Chaparral Weeping Mulberry
Height: 12'
Spread: 16'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to
-20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Weeping
Foliage: Bright green, glossy
Fall Color: Yellowish
Fruit: Seedless



A gracefully weeping form covered with very attractive glossy foliage.

Pear
(Pyrus spp.)
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Aristocrat Pear
Height: 40’
Spread: 28’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Pyramidal, with open, spreading
branches
Foliage: Narrow, dark green, glossy
Fall Color: Deep red
Flower: White






An outstanding pear selection with an unusual growth habit, Aristocrat has an open, informal appearance. Branch angles are wider than other pears, thus more resistant to storm damage. Highly rated by the Ohio Shade Tree Evaluation Project.

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Chanticleer Pear
Height: 40'
Spread: 15'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F) 
Shape: Upright,
narrowly pyramidal
Foliage: Green, glossy
Fall Color: Reddish
Flower: White, in clusters





A densely growing, narrow selection suitable for street plantings. It is resistant to fireblight and much less susceptible to wind breakage than Bradford.

Plum Trees
(Prunus spp.)
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Newport Purple Leaf Plum
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F)
Sun Exposure: Sun


A beautiful, hardy, upright growing ornamental plum to 25 feet. It has bluish-pink flowers in early spring, followed by dense foliage that turns bright reddish-purple in the summer.

Redbud
(Cercis spp.)
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Eastern Redbud*
Height: 25’
Spread: 30’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F) 
Shape: Multistem or low branching tree. Somewhat flattopped
Foliage: Medium green
Fall Color: Yellow

Flower: Reddish purple in bud, rosy-pink when open

The profuse flowers that bloom in April or May before the leaves develop make this a spring favorite. It is attractive as a tree for naturalized garden areas or as a graceful addition to a small yard.

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Whitebud
Height: 20’ 
Spread: 25’
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 5 -
Hardy to -10 to -20(F) 
Shape: Open, spreading
Foliage: Medium green
Fall Color: Yellow
Flower: White, profuse



Similar to the species but distinctive for its unusual blooms. Bare branches are smothered in spring with a very profuse crop of clean, white flowers instead of the usual magentapink blooms for which Redbuds are named.

Smoketree
(Cotinus x 'Grace')
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Grace Smoketree*
Height: 
20'
Spread: 15'
Hardiness Zone:
Zone 4 -
Hardy to -20 to -30(F)
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: Purplish-red
Fall Color: Orange-red
Flower: Purplish-pink panicle




Soft purple-red foliage covers this low branched tree in summer and intensifies to orange-red in autumn. Large, airy, purplish-pink flower clusters add drama in summer.

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