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10th annual

TREE SALE
2016

TREE DESCRIPTIONS
TO ORDER: jauer@kingston.net
613-273-8760

APPLE

Zone: 4
Height: 12
Spread: 12
Shape: Upright rounded semi-dwarf
Summer Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: Pinkish white
Apple, Empire
Malus Empire
5 tree

Lightly scented long-lasting white flowers with pink overtones.

Cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious. Medium-size
apple ripens in September, stores well, excellent for eating,
salads and cooking. Very hardy, easy to grow. Partially selffertile. Full sun, average to moist conditions.

$50

Zone: 4
Height: 15
Spread: 15
Shape: Rounded
Summer Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: White

Apple, Honeycrisp
Malus Honeycrisp
6 tree
$50

An exceptional apple and one of the most cold-hardy

varieties. Sweet, juicy, super crisp cream-coloured flesh.
Good resistance to scab, long shelf life when stored cool.
Plant with another variety for effective pollination and best
production.

Zone: 3
Height: 25
Spread: 25
Shape: Rounded
Summer Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: White
Apple, McIntosh Eating
Malus McIntosh
5 tree
$45

Very popular, hardy variety, excellent flavour, medium to large

crisp sweet apple with attractive cherry red skin, greenish white
flesh. One of the best apples for eating, cooking and baking.
Tree grows 1-2 feet per year, blooms mid-season, ripens late
September. Cold-hardy, native to eastern Canada. Prefers
well-drained clay loam or clay. Partially self-fertile.

Zone: 4
Height: 10-17
Spread: 10-17
Shape: Rounded
Summer Foliage: Medium green
Fall Foliage: Orange
Flower: White
Apple, Royal Gala Eating
Malus Royal Gala
6 tree
$45

Medium-size apple with orange-red stripes, crisp, juicy yellow

flesh, sweet and aromatic, keeps 6 months. Used for eating
rather than cooking. Considered one of the worlds best apples.
Does not bruise easily. Blooms mid-season, ripens late August.
Requires pollination by another tree. Prefers well-drained clay
loam or clay.

BIRCH

Zone: 2
Height: 40
Spread: 30
Shape: Pyramidal to oval, open
Foliage: Deep green
Fall colour: Yellow
Flower: Catkins

Birch, Paper
Betula papyrifera
6 tree
(usually single-stemmed)

Fast-growing small or medium-sized tree, one of North

Americas most attractive native varieties. Can live for 100
years in cool, moist conditions. A cold-climate tree, tolerates
wide variations in soil and precipitation, prefers full sun and
moist but well-drained soil. Smooth dark bark becoming
reddish-brown and then bright creamy white as it matures,
often shedding in large sheets.

$40

Zone: 4
Height: 50
Spread: 35
Shape: Oval
Summer Foliage: Glossy green
Fall Foliage: Yellow

Birch, River (Heritage)

Betula nigra Heritage
6 tree (often multi-stemmed)
$70

Known for its beautiful cinnamon to white bark, peeling as it

matures to expose mottled patches of cream, orange and
pinkish tan. Fast growth rate. One of the most disease- and
insect-free birches, resistant to wind and ice damage. Grows
in coarse sand to heavy clay, with poor to moderate drainage;
full sun to part shade; prefers wet to average conditions but
survives dry summers. Grows 24/year. Matures in 50 years.
Good nesting tree. Catkins attract birds.

CORK

Zone: 4
Height: 40
Spread: 30
Shape: Broad vase shape
Summer Foliage: Glossy green
Fall Foliage: Yellowish
Cork, Amur
Phellodendron amurense
6 tree
$65

A beautiful open-branched tree, good choice for rapid shade.

Unique and different species, with interesting corky bark and
glossy foliage. Leaves and fruit used in Chinese medicine.
Prefers good, well-drained soil, full sun. Shallow wide fibrous
roots. Drought tolerant. Moderate wildlife value. Relatively
fast-growing (8 to 12/year). Lives well over 100 years.

CRABAPPLE
Zone: 2
Height: 33
Spread: 25
Shape: Upright open
Summer Foliage: Glossy dark green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: White
Crabapple, Dolgo
Malus Dolgo
6 tree
$60

Glossy green foliage, fragrant white flowers, golden yellow

bark. Bright red edible fruit, ripens in August-September,
excellent for jelly. Disease resistant, very hardy. Adaptable to
a range of soils, but prefers heavy loam, good drainage,
shade to full sun. Requires little pruning, but any pruning
should be done before early June.
Zone: 4
Height: 23
Spread: 16
Shape: Upright, spreading
Summer Foliage: Purple changing to bronze
Fall Foliage: Bronze
Flower: Deep red bud, becoming dark pink blossom

Crabapple, Profusion
Malus Profusion
6 tree
$60

Crabapple, Royalty
Malus Royalty
5 tree
$55

Purple foliage, changing to bronze, with intense red flower

buds, bright showy purple-pink flowers and small red-purple
fruit. Fruit remains into winter. Good disease resistance.
Quite adaptable, but prefers heavy loam, well-drained soil, full
sun. Requires little pruning, but any pruning should be done
before early June.
Zone: 2b
Height: 16
Spread: 16
Shape: Upright, rounded
Summer Foliage: Glossy red to purple glossy
Fall Foliage: Bronze
Flower: Purplish red
Hardy low-maintenance crabapple with red to purple foliage
and purplish-red single flowers. Cherry-size deep red fruit
provides wildlife food well into winter. Good disease
resistance. Soils: quite adaptable, but prefers heavy, welldrained loam, full sun. Requires little pruning, but any pruning
should be done before early June.

DOGWOOD

Dogwood, Pagoda
Cornus alternifolia
4 tree

Zone: 4
Height: 16
Spread: 23
Shape: Rounded, horizontal branching
Summer Foliage: Medium to dark green
Fall Foliage: Red
Flower: Creamy white
Lovely small native tree, with horizontally layered branches.
Interesting clusters of creamy white flowers attract butterflies
and birds, followed by dark blue berries. Tolerates full sun but
best in full to partial shade on moist, well-drained soils.

$70

HACKBERRY

Zone: 2b
Height: 65
Spread: 60
Shape: Round
Summer Foliage: Light green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Native species, drought resistant, excellent tree for poor soil
conditions and as a substitute for elm. Does well in drier soil.
Water well the first year. Rough corky bark. Cherry-like fruit
provides winter food for birds.
Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
1.4 diameter trunk
(larger tree, more extensive
root system)
$70

LILAC

Zone: 2
Height: 20
Spread: 16
Shape: Compact round
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: White
Large shrub to small tree with compact round crown. Huge
clusters of creamy white flowers in early summer for about two
weeks, with interesting winter seed clusters. Very good
showy lilac, blooms best in full sun.
Lilac, Ivory Silk, Tree
Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk
6' tree
$70

Zone: 4
Height: 20
Spread: 16
Shape: Oval, upright
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: Creamy white clusters

Lilac, Peking
Syringa pekinensis
1.6 diameter trunk
(larger tree, more extensive
root system)
$115

Small multi-stemmed tree with showy clusters of fragrant

creamy white flowers, blooms in late spring. Upright arching
form and rich brown peeling bark, attractive in winter. Flowers
best in full sun and well-drained soils.

MAPLE

Zone: 3b
Height: 50
Spread: 50
Shape: Oval
Summer Foliage: Green
Fall Foliage: Orange to bright red
Native tree, well adapted to a variety of soils, including wet
spring soils. Red twigs and clusters of red flowers in early
spring, excellent fall colour.
Maple, Red
Acer rubrum
6 tree
$55

Zone: 4
Height: 40
Spread: 16
Shape: Columnar
Summer Foliage: Medium green
Fall Foliage: Reddish orange
Columnar cultivar of our native red maple, good for confined
spaces. Tolerant of wet spring soils, excellent fall colour.

Maple, Red (Bowhall)

Acer rubrum Bowhall
1.4 diameter trunk
(larger tree, more extensive
root system)
$110

Zone: 4
Height: 45
Spread: 30
Shape: Broadly pyramidal
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Bright red

Maple, Red

A cultivar of our native red maple. Relatively fast-growing and

easily maintained. Tolerant of wet spring soils, attracts song
birds, early fall colour is reliably brilliant bright red. Best in full
sun, rich soils.

(Redpointe)
Acer rubrum Frank Jr.
1.4 diameter trunk
(larger tree, more extensive
root system)
$120

Zone: 4
Height: 50
Spread: 40
Shape: Symmetrical oval, narrower than most sugar maples
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Brilliant orange-red to red

Maple, Sugar
(Autumn Fest)
Acer saccharum Autumn Fest
8 tree
$90

More upright and faster growing cultivar of our native sugar

maple. Excellent border, accent or street tree, makes a huge
impact in a short time.

Zone: 4
Height: 50
Spread: 40'
Shape: Symmetrical oval
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Orange red
New cultivar of our native sugar maple. Perfectly symmetrical
oval head. Resistant to frost cracking and sun scald.

Maple, Sugar
(Flax Mill Majesty)
Acer rubrum Flax Mill Majesty
1.4 diameter trunk
(larger tree, more extensive
root system)
$105

Zone: 4
Height: 70
Spread: 55
Shape: Broad oval
Summer Foliage: Dark green leathery
Fall Foliage: Reddish orange to red

Maple, Sugar
(Green Mountain)
Acer saccharum Green
Mountain
7' tree
$50

Very good sugar maple, hardy, good fall colour. Medium rate
of growth. Grows in sand to clay loam, normal to moist
conditions. Part shade to sun.

Zone: 4
Height: 70
Spread: 55
Shape: Broad oval
Summer Foliage: Dark green leathery
Fall Foliage: Reddish orange to red
Very good sugar maple, hardy, good fall colour. Medium rate
of growth. Grows in sand to clay loam, normal to moist
conditions. Part shade to sun.
Maple, Sugar
(Green Mountain)
Acer saccharum Green
Mountain
1.6 diameter trunk
(taller and 3-4 years older
than tree above, more
extensive root system)
$115

OAK

Zone: 2b
Height: 60
Spread: 43
Shape: Broadly oval, open
Foliage: Dark green
Fall colour: Yellow to yellow brown
Flower: Yellowish-green catkins
Oak, Bur
Quercus macrocarpa
6 tree

Slow-growing native shade tree adapts well to a wide variety

of soils and growing conditions. Does well in full sun, tolerant
of drought and urban environments. Corky bark on the twigs.
Large acorns provide important food source for many wildlife
species.

$75

Zone: 3
Height: 60
Spread: 53
Shape: Rounded
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Bright red
Flower: Yellowish-green catkins

Oak, Red
Quercus rubra
7 branched whip
$70

Wonderful broad-headed native oak, with dark green lobed

leaves, turning a beautiful bright red in the fall. Adaptable to
a range of soils and moisture conditions. Can withstand
some shade but not flooding. Grows about 12 per year.
Acorns attract birds, small animals and browsers. Very high
wildlife value.

Zone: 4
Height: 30
Spread: 6-7
Shape: Narrow upright
Foliage: Glossy bright green
Fall colour: Yellow
Flower: Yellowish-green catkins

Oak, Regal Prince

Narrow upright oak with lovely dark green leaves with silver
undersides. Long acorns are a decorative lime green in late
summer. Mildew resistant. Excellent for small spaces.
Extremely tough and hardy tree.

Quercus robur
Fastigiata x bicolor Long
5 tree
$70

Zone: 4
Height: 50
Spread: 50
Shape: Rounded, oval
Summer Foliage: Heavy textured green leaves
Fall Foliage: Yellow-brown to reddish
Flower: Yellowish-green catkins
Native species, one of the fastest-growing oaks. Long-lived,
with attractive peeling bark and orange-gold fall colour.
Acorns provide food for many wildlife species. Tolerates wet,
poorly drained soils. Excellent shade tree.

Oak, Swamp White

Quercus bicolor
7 tree
$85

PEAR

Zone: 3
Height: 15
Spread: 12
Shape: Compact round
Summer Foliage: Glossy dark green
Fall Foliage: Burgundy
Flowers: White
Fruit: Yellow
Pear, Early Gold
Pyrus ussuriensis
Early Gold
5 tree

Excellent vigour and cold tolerance. Stunning masses of

white flowers. Produces small golden juicy fruit (2 diameter)
in early August, good for eating and jam, but can be messy on
walkways. Does well in full sun, average moisture and a wide
range of soil conditions. Use Golden Spice as a pollinator.
Very resistant to fireblight. Good ornamental with excellent fall
colour.

$45

Zone: 3b
Height: 15
Spread: 10
Shape: Compact round
Summer Foliage: Dark green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: White
Fruit: Medium yellow with red blush

Pear, Golden Spice

Pyrus ussuriensis
Golden Spice
7' tree
$50

Extremely hardy tree, bearing small pears (2 diameter) that

are medium yellow blushed with red, and ripen in September/
October, great for canning. Prefers full sun, deep, welldrained soil. Not drought-tolerant. Use Early Gold as a
pollinator.

SERVICEBERRY

Zone: 3
Height: 20
Spread: 10
Shape: Upright oval
Summer Foliage: Grey green
Fall Foliage: Bright orange to red
Flower: White
Fruit: Blue-purple berries
Serviceberry, Downy
Amelanchier canadensis
6 shrub
$65

Serviceberry,
Princess Diana
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Princess Diana
8 tree
$95

Beautiful small upright native shrub with spreading branches

and something of interest in every season: masses of white
flowers in the spring, followed by edible berries that attract
birds, and bright red-yellow fall foliage. Small juicy berries
resemble tiny apples; delicious in jelly or pie. Tolerates a
variety of soils and moisture conditions but prefers full sun,
well-drained sites. Deer resistant.

Zone: 4
Height: 20
Spread: 17
Shape: Upright spreading
Summer Foliage: Blue green
Fall Foliage: Brilliant red
Flower: White clusters
Fruit: Edible purplish berries in June
Hardy native ornamental tree. Large star-shaped white
flowers in spring; sweet edible fruit, attractive to birds. Fall
colour is brilliant red, starting early and lasting late into the
season. Slower growing than Downy Serviceberry but a good
choice for a light, gracious screen. Tolerant of a wide range of
soils. Easy to grow in full sun to part shade. Deer resistant.

WILLOW

Zone: 4
Height: 35
Spread: 25
Shape: Weeping
Summer Foliage: Light green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: Catkins
Willow, Curly Red Weeping
Salix alba
Tortuosa Pendula
8 tree

Interesting red to gold twisted branches, unique curly leaves

that can be used in flower arrangements, and weeping habit.
Bark and branches provide winter interest. Needs plenty of
space away from foundations and hydro wires. Very unusual
and interesting.

$65

Zone: 4
Height: 65
Spread: 65
Shape: Wide, spreading.
Summer Foliage: Light green
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Flower: Catkins
Willow, Golden Weeping
Salix alba Tristis
8 tree
$65

One of the hardiest and most beautiful weeping willows.

Branches are golden yellow. Broad weeping tree needs large
area and full to partial sun. Very tough and adaptable, fast
growing, likes moist conditions. Bright yellow twigs stand out
in the winter. Very high wildlife value.