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Aristocrat Flowering Pear
Home owners and landscapers place this tree in prominent locations because of the year around beauty it provides. The Aristocrat Flowering Pear tree, Pyrus 'Aristocrat', is a beautiful tree that is attractive in all four seasons. Aristocrat Flowering Pear trees have a more dominant trunk and open form that helps this deciduous, flowering species, to be less susceptible to wind damage. Leaves turn a deep to reddish-purple in mid to late fall to provide spectacular fall color. It produces masses of white flowers in early spring, followed by bright, glossy green, disease resistant foliage. The clean winter outline is upright to pyramidal when young and becomes broadly oval at maturity. ... more info
Pignut Hickory It occurs with other hickories and with oaks, characteristically on hillsides and ridges. This shade tree turns a bright yellow for great fall color. Pignut Hickory trees, as with other hickories, has wood that is tough and strong. The nuts they are an important food for squirrels and chipmunks and other wildlife. The bark may be marked in a sort of diamond pattern by shallow furrows and narrow ridges. The nuts of this particular hickory, unlike some of the others, are bitter and scarcely edible. This tree grows well in fairly rich, well drained to dry soils. The Pignut Hickory tree, Carya glabra, has medium green broad, flat leaves and firm, gray bark. |
