‘JFS-KW3’ is a cultivar with smaller acorns that other bur oaks. It has glossy foliage that turns yellow in the fall and has disease resistance to both powdery mildew and anthracnose. […]
Read More… from Quercus macrocarpa ‘JFS-KW3’ [sold as Urban Pinnacle® Oak]
‘George Barrett’ is a cultivar with an upright-spreading vase shape with wisps of arching branches. Its dark green leaves in summer mature into a strong red red-orange fall color. It also has large exfoliating gray bark revealing tan underneath. […]
Read More… from Ulmus parvifolia ‘JFS-Barrett’ [sold as Emerald Flair®]
‘Magnifica’ is a cultivar with a yellow fall color, fast growth rate, and more disease resistance than its parents. As this tree matures it gets sandpaper-yellow speckled leaves and rough bubbled gray bark. […]
‘Nadler’ is a cultivar with a tight columnar form branching from the ground, adapted to many soil types, and a yellow-brown fall color. […]
Read More… from Quercus robur × bicolor ‘Nadler’ [sold as Kindred Spirit®]
Popular tree to be used on streets because it fits under utility lines, is tolerant to salt spray, and has no serious insect or disease problems. However, It does require proper drainage. It also has very attactive exfoliating bark with a amber tone. […]
Read More… from Syringa pekinensis ‘Morton’ [sold as Sold as China Snow™]
‘New Harmony’ is a cultivar of American elm, it has a vigerous growth rate and a more narrow vase shape than other varieties. It has great disease tolerance of Dutch Elm Disease (DED). […]
‘JN2’ [Sold as The Rising Sun] is cultivated for its multi-colored green, yellow, and orange heart shaped leaves, and for its pink showy flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge. It also has a United States Plant Patent PP#21,451. […]
Read More… from Cercis canadensis ‘JN2’ [sold as The Rising Sun™ Redbud]
‘Little Volunteer’ is a dwarf cultivar with smaller 4-lobed and flat-topped green leaves. It makes a wonderful street tree with its smaller size in habit, leaf, and flower. While keeping the classic yellow fall color and yellow-orange-green flower as other varieties. […]
‘Galaxy’ is a later bloomer than other varieties which gives in better frost protection, but its best to protect this tree from strong winds. It has pink-purple fragrant flowers and medium leaves formed on whorl-like clusters. […]
‘JFS-Oz’ is a cultivar with a bright yellow fall color and more glossy dark green foliage in summer. It has a more compact oval-upright form with a strong central leader than other varieties, while keeping its classic green-yellow-orange tulip-like flowers. […]
Read More… from Liriodendron tulipifera ‘JFS-Oz’ [sold as Emerald City®]
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