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Blue Nest Spruce
This dwarf plant displays an attractive broad dense globe of blue-gray needles and requires practically no maintenance. It is an excellent specimen for the landscape or rock garden, so Blue Nest would be a standout your rock garden. The Blue Nest Spruce, Picea mariana 'Nana', is a slow growing, dwarf, globe-shaped evergreen with blue-green foliage and a dense compact habit. This is an excellent plant for adding structure, color and texture to your yard or garden. It attracts wildlife and is deer resistant. It is also great in shrub borders. The Blue Nest Spruce prefers a sunny location and a well-drained soil, but can tolerate poor soil. ... get more information
Overcup Oak Overcup Oak trees can create wildlife habitat on land where most oak species can not survive. An important tree in difficult urban landscaping situations with uniform branching forming a rounded shape with an open crown. The Overcup Oak tree, Quercus lyrata, is a long-lived, very sturdy shade tree that will thrive in a wide variety of soil conditions. The tree can produce very prolific acorn crops but generally does not begin to produce for 15 + years. Fall color is a rich yellow-brown. The Overcup Oak has brilliant reddish or gray brown bark and displays leathery dark green leaves in summer. Acorns are produced annually and are relatively small, usually between 1/2 an 1 inch. This oak tree is long overlooked by growers; the tree is just starting to be more popular and thus more readily available for home landscapes. The Overcup oak is easy to transplant and tolerates most soil conditions and partial shade to full sun. |
