“Sunburst  Honey Locust”

The Sunburst Honeylocust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, ‘Sunburst’, is smaller in stature (35– 45 ft) than the common Honeylocust tree. Sunburst Honeylocust trees display yellow new growth, and the yellow leaves persists throughout the season. The wood is dense, hard, and durable. The Sunburst Honeylocust is fast growing up to 2 ‘ a year. It is a very fine textured tree with a broad, pyramidal crown, and an excellent lawn tree for filtered shade. This deciduous tree displays clusters of yellow-green, fragrant flowers open in May-June. The leaves are divided into many small, oval leaflets giving a fern-like appearance to the foliage; leaves are normally green, but the ‘Sunburst’ cultivar has light yellow leaves. This tree is a version of improved thornless, podless varieties.    Prefers full sun. Extremely salt tolerant.

Robusta Cottonwood is a cottonless & seedless variety makes a good fast growing large shade tree.  This variety of Cottonwood is pyramidal in youth but maturing to a broad vase shaped habit with an open branching structure. Height: 40 – 60 ft. Spread:  30 – 40 ft.  The leaves are light green to medium green and smaller than most other cottonwoods. Very easy to grow and will adapt to most conditions.

Important Info : Gleditsia triacanthos inermis is thornless.

Green Ash is commonly used in the landscape due to its adaptability to stressful landscape situations. It is very cold hardy and has excellent tolerance to drought, and is very adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions. It has an oval to round crown becoming more open in form with age. Green Ash is a fast grower.
Summit is a upright tree reaching 45 feet in height by 25 feet in width. It is a deciduous tree, which produces pinnate, glossy, dark green leaves. Foliage turns a striking shade of yellow in fall. Summit is seedless.
Important Info : This tree does best when given plenty of water when young. Once established, can tolerate less frequent waterings and even some drought.

Other species of Populus have petioles flattened partially along their length, while the Quaking Aspen’s are flattened from side to side along the entire length of the petiole.

This quaking of the leaves produces a soft sound that many consider a hallmark of the Quaking Aspen.

A tall, fast growing tree can get up to 70 ft. at maturity.  The bark is relatively smooth greenish-white to gray and is marked by thick black horizontal scars and prominent black knots.

The leaves are simple, alternate, and heart-shaped to nearly round, 1″-3″ long; dark green and shiny above, pale green below, with small, rounded teeth on the margins. Leaf stem flattened.

Noted for its brilliant fall colors, leaves turn bright yellow, yellow-orange, gold, or reddish after the first frosts.

If you want a large, fast-growing tree with spectacular fall color, Autumn Blaze® maple is an excellent choice. This dependable selection of Acer x freemanii ‘is a hybrid  of red (A. rubrum) and silver (A. saccharinum) maple that combines the best features of both: it has the vigor and adaptability of the silver maple along with the beauty and strength of the red maple. It has received excellent ratings from all parts of the U.S. and is also very popular in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Autumn Blaze® is very adaptable to a  wide range of climate and soil conditions. It tolerates clay soil, and will withstand wet soil conditions and drought. This tree will grow in a wide range of climates from Wisconsin to central Florida, and is hardy in USDA zones 3-8. Consider it for a site that isn’t right for red or sugar maple, or as a more colorful alternative in place of silver or Norway apples.