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Arborvitae - Green Giant
The Arborvitae Green Giant, 'Thuja plicata 'Green Giant', is a giant arborvitae that has bright green, fern-like foliage. When used as a hedge, the Green Gianat can be trimmed and kept to a dense 6 foot hedge. This plant is very adaptable to wet or dry soils. The Green Giant is fast growing for an arborvitae and it is also very dense and they are used extensively for borders, screens, windbreaks or as an accent tree. ... find out more
Serviceberry The flowers are white and borne in erect clusters in early spring as the leaves are unfolding. It is an excellent small yard tree. Ths fall color is brilliant yellow, red or orange. This large shrub has erect stems that form multi-stemmed clumps The serviceberries, genus Amelanchier, are deciduous shrubs or small trees that grow in the understory of temperate forests. The Serviceberry tree, Amelanchier canadensis, may also be known as a Juneberry, Shadblow, or Shadbush. Serviceberry trees have leaves that are 2 inches long and have a very pretty white fuzzy coat when young, but becoming shiny green as they mature. This deciduous tree/shrub is multistemmed and gets up to 20 ft tall with a dense, bushy spread up to 10 ft across. The little serviceberry shrubs are useful in naturalized plantings, especially in open woodlands, under tall oaks or pines. The bush sends up numerous suckers and can become quite a thicket. The berrylike fruits are showy and edible. Their beautiful, but brief, early spring flowering beats all but the earliest shrubs, and their fall foliage is first rate. |
