Author: Kirby Kalbaugh
Posts by Kirby Kalbaugh
Cornus kousa ‘Square Dance’
‘Square Dance’ is a cultivar with an upright habit and many bracts that tent to overlap. It also has a present fall color. […]
Platanus × acerifolia ‘Morton Circle’ [sold as EXCLAMATION!™]
‘Morton Circle’ is a cultivar with exfoliating tan bark exposing white underneath. It has large palmately lobed leaves, and is monoecious with different fruit size and color. […]
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Nyssa sylvatica ‘NSUHH’ [sold as Green Gable™]
‘NSUHH’ is a cultivar with a an upswept pyramidal shape and dark green glossy leaves. It also has a brilliant orange-red fall color and is fruitless. Very similar to a typical Nyssa sylvatica apart from a significant difference in growth habit. Green Gable™ has a upright, pyramid shape with very uniform branching. No serious insect […]
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Nyssa sylvatica ‘Jolly’
This cultivar is known for its glossy green and white varigated leaves that don’t scorch in full sun like other varieties. […]
Acer miyabei ‘JFS-KW3AMI’ [sold as Rugged Ridge®]
‘JFS-KW3AMI’ is a cultivar is often chosen for its ornamental furrowed and rough appearing bark. This tree is tough, adaptable, and versatile. It also has a charming yellow fall color. […]
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Carpinus betulus ‘JFS-KW1CB’ [sold as Emerald Avenue®]
This European Hornbeam cultivar has dark green pleated leaves with double serrated margins in the summer. In the fall the leaves mature to a golden yellow on stout branches. This tree also has a tight broad pyramidal to ovate shape and great heat tolerance, making it a desirable street tree. […]
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Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Draves’ [sold as Street Keeper®]
‘Draves’ is a cultivar with Popular for street use. It has a tight narrow form with a small canopy and dark green foliage. It also has a fine texture with yellow fall color. This tree will create some mess in the fall, but minor compared to other cultivars and other species of trees. […]
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Quercus bicolor ‘Bonnie and Mike’ [sold as Beacon®]
‘Bonnie and Mike’ is a cultivar with dense and glossy green foliage. Good for urban use with its tight upright columnar branching. It also has yellow fall color. […]
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Zelkova serrata ‘Schmidtlow’ [sold as Wireless®]
‘Schmidtlow’ is a cultivar with a charactoristic vase shape and low statue makes it a desirable street tree. It also has a lovely red fall color. […]
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