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Mature Size:? 35-40' x 25-30'

USDA Hardiness Zone:? ? 5-8? (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics:? New for 2020 at Hunter Trees.? We have grown this selection in the past and have been pleased with the results.? We are bringing this tree back as a great alternative to Red Maples.? This is a clonal selection by Moon's Tree Farm.? Selected for consistent uniformity and upright oval growth habit.? Coral fall color.? Like the seedling, this is a tough Maple for urban conditions.? Considered medium size compared to Red Maples.

Mature Size: 15-20' x 15-20' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Small, ornamental used as a specimen tree in protected or shady areas. Green summer foliage, red/orange/yellow mix of fall colors. Notes: Most are wide as they are tall and heavy calipered for their height. Planted in full sun, they will suffer die-back at the tips of the branches in the heat of the late summer.

Mature Size:? ? 15-20' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone:? ? 5-9? ? (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics:? ? Small, ornamental used as a specimen tree in protected or shady areas. Green summer foliage, red/orange/yellow mix of fall colors.

Notes:? ? Most are wide as they are tall and heavy calipered for thier height. Planted in full sun, they will suffer die back at the tips of the branches in the heat of the late summer.?

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Mature Size:? ? 15-20' x 15'

USDA Hardiness Zone:? 5-8 ? (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics:? Burgundy/red foliage. One of the hardiest Japanese Maples with good sun tolerance. One of the most popular selections of red leafed japanese maples. ? Excellent residential scale.

Mature Size:? ? 6-8'x8-10'

USDA Hardiness Zone:? 5-8? ? (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics:? Dissectum variety.? Mounding form of red cut-leaf cultivar with spreading, weeping branching.

Mature Size:? Medium to large Shade Tree

USDA Hardiness Zone:? 3-9? (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics:? 'Brandywine' is a US National Arboretum introduction with an upright growth habit and excellent fall color. It has signficant resistance to potato leafhopper. Good resistance to Bot Canker on our nursery

Notes:? First among red maples for fall color at Hunter Trees, one of our favorites.? Tough tree, compared to other red maples.? Use in the landscape surrounded by plant material, grass, or natural areas to protect from excess heat.

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Mature Size: 45' x 30' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Red Maple selection by J. Frank Schmidt Nursery (http://www.jfschmidt.com/redpointe/). Vigorous grower, Red fall color. Notes: Avoid sunscald by protecting trunk from direct sunlight when transplanting in summer months.

Mature Size:? ? 45' x 30'

USDA Hardiness Zone:? ? 5-9? ? (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics:? ? Red Maple selection by J. Frank Schmidt Nursery (http://www.jfschmidt.com/redpointe/). Vigorous grower, Red fall color.

Notes:? ? Avoid sunscald by protecting trunk from direct sunlight when transplanting in summer months.

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Mature Size: Medium to large Shade Tree USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Notes: "Selected from an evaluation of hundreds of seedlings of 'Armstrong', this cultivar improves greatly on the parent, with brighter foliage color, greater foliage density and compact, less leggy growth habit. Improved columnar form recommends it for narrow street planting sites." Courtesy of J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co.

Mature Size: 40' x 35' USDA Hardiness Zone: 4b-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Selection by which all other Red Maple cultivars are judged. Consistent grower with orange/red fall color, gray bark. Notes: Thin bark susceptible to sun scald, protect with shade cloth when staging for summer installation.

Mature Size: 50' x 35' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Tough dark green leaves that are resistant to leaf tatter and drought. Slow growing with terrific red/orange fall color. Notes: Thin bark susceptible to sun scald, protect with shade cloth when staging for summer installation.

Mature Size: 20' x 15' USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Great all-around ornamental with white spring flowers, followed by orange/red small fruit, and orange/red fall color. Notes: Works well in natural or woodsy plantings.

Mature Size: 35-40' x 20-25'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Superior River Birch selection that retains its deep green foliage through the heat of the summer. Consistent fall color. Cinnamon to creamy white exfoliating bark adds to winter interest.

Mature Size: 35-40' x 20-25' USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Superior River Birch selection that retains its deep green foliage through the heat of the summer. Consistent fall color. Cinnamon to creamy white exfoliating bark adds to winter interest.

Mature Size: 4-5' x 4-5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Korean Boxwood variety that generally holds its color better in the winter. Faster growing than American Boxwood, it tolerates the heat of the south better. Popular as a hedge in a formal garden, these specimens are best used as corner anchors or accent plants.

Notes: Plant in moist, but well-drained soil. Full sun is best, but avoid the southern exposure and windy spots to minimize winter bronzing.

Mature Size: 35-40' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Medium size tree with formal appearance that withstands drought and heat. Columnar when young, this tree becomes more oval with age. Gray, rippled bark.

Notes: Desirable low-branched for formal hedges. Limbed up they make a good street tree.

Mature Size: 20-30' x 20-30'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Understory or small native tree, also known as Ironwood or Musclewood for its gray, ridged, sinewy bark. Fine texture.

Mature Size: 40-50' x 20-30'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Unusual conifer, horizontal branching habit, drought tolerant, light blue-green needles with silver highlights. Selected by Ralph Rushing and named for his wife.

Notes: Avoid poorly drained sites.

Mature Size: 20-30' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4b-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Bright rosy-pink blooms, reddish purple buds form before the leaves, and bloom on bare branches and twigs

Mature Size: 12-15' x 12-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: This semi-upright redbud has glossy, burgundy foliage that persists later into the summer than Forest Pansy Redbud. Bright pink-lavender blooms early in the spring. More drought and heat tolerant than seedling redbud.

Mature Size: 12-20' x 12-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Native, deciduous ornamental, usually multi-trunked. Outstanding creamy white spring blooms as foliage emerges. Prefers well drained, but moist soils.

Notes: Interesting small scale specimen, great for residential landscapes. Acceptable under utility lines.

Mature Size: 15-30' x 15-30'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Small, multi-tree with prolific flowers after foliage in spring, flowers later than Cornus florida. Large spiny red fruit in fall/winter, maroon to dark red fall color, exfoliating bark with age.

Notes: Susceptible to borers, treat with systemic pesticide the first year after transplanting. Avoid poorly drained sites. Good residential scale and site tree.

Mature Size: 20-25' x 20-25' USDA Hardiness Zone: 6a-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: A hybrid of C. kousa and C. florida developed as part of the Rutgers Stellar Series Dogwoods. Vigorous, upright growth habit. Resistant to powdery mildew and anthracnose. Heavy bloomer after foliage, later in the spring. Notes: Susceptible to borers, apply a systemic pesticide after transplanting.

Mature Size: 20-25' x 20-25'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-7 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Single trunk Hawthorne useful in formal spaces, angular branching pattern, yellow fall color, bright red fruit in fall (1/4-3/8" diameter), showy white spring flowers, silvery bark peeling to show orange bark underneath

Notes: Avoid poorly drained sites

Mature Size: 40-45' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Large growing, vigorous conifer, pyramidal growth habit, tolerant of urban sites and drought. Reddish-brown bark. Transplants easily.

Notes: Foliage will bronze on southern exposure in winter, returns to green in spring.

Mature Size: Large Shade Tree USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: American Beech is a grand native tree, slow growing but reaching treemendous size. Smooth light gray bark and, in dormancy, light brown persistent foliage will make this tree stand out in the landscape. Notes: Prefers well drained soil. Typically found in the south on ridges adjacent to bottomland. Great roosting tree for turkeys! Watch Video

Mature Size: 40-60' x 30-40'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Selection by David Cleveland in Ft. Valley, GA. Vigorous (for a Ginkgo) male clone, rounded form at maturity.

Mature Size: 40-60' x 20-30' USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Selection by J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co. https://www.jfschmidt.com/pdfs/autumngoldginkgo.pdf Notes: "Striking golden yellow fall color is characteristic of this male clone. Narrow form in youth broadens with age." Courtesy of J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co.

Mature Size: 40-60' x 20-30' USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Selection by J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co. https://www.jfschmidt.com/introductions/goldencolonnade/index.html Notes: "Thanks to its strongly upright central leader and narrowly oval growth habit, this Ginkgo discovered by Dr. Michael Dirr is ideal for narrow street use. The original tree has male flowers and is observed to be seedless." Courtesy of J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co.

Mature Size: 40-60' x 20-30' USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Selection by J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co. https://www.jfschmidt.com/pdfs/magyarginkgo.pdf Notes: "Faster growing than €˜Princeton Sentry€™ with a slightly broader form, this narrow, upright cultivar has an excellent form for use as an urban street tree." Courtesy of J. Frank Schmidt @ Son, Co.

Mature Size: 20-25' x 12-15' USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Broad, coarse textured Holly with medium green foliage. Red berries (1/4-3/8") in fall when pollinated. Notes: Fertilize properly to avoid chlorotic foliage. Excellent for dense screens.

Mature Size: 15-20' x 10-15' USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: New crop of this popular medium sized, dark foliaged holly. Dense, well proportioned plants. Watch Video

Mature Size: 25-30' x 10-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Popular pyramidal Holly, foliage is dark green, medium texture. Small spring white flowers followed by red berries in the fall. Drought tolerant once established. Transplants well and grows rapidly.

Notes: A male Holly is required nearby as a pollinator for the fall berries, Chinese Holly is an example of a suitable pollinator.

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Mature Size: 25-30' x 10-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Popular pyramidal Holly, foliage is dark green, medium texture. Small spring white flowers followed by red berries in the fall. Drought tolerant once established. Transplants well and grows rapidly.

Notes: A male Holly is required nearby as a pollinator for the fall berries, Chinese Holly is an example of a suitable pollinator.

Mature Size: 25-30' x 10-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Popular pyramidal Holly, foliage is dark green, medium texture. Small spring white flowers followed by red berries in the fall. Drought tolerant once established. Transplants well and grows rapidly.

Notes: A male Holly is required nearby as a pollinator for the fall berries, Chinese Holly is an example of a suitable pollinator.

Mature Size: 10-12' x 5-7'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Good evergreen screen in spaces that require a smaller overall size.

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Mature Size: 10-12' x 5-7'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Good evergreen screen in spaces that require a smaller overall size.

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Mature Size: 10-12' x 5-7'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Good evergreen screen in spaces that require a smaller overall size.

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Mature Size: 15-20' x 12-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Fast growing, pyramidal holly. Foliage shape resembles an oak leaf. Red berries.

Mature Size: 40' x 20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: This native plant American Holly cultivar is outstanding for its dark green color and heavy berry set.

Notes: Tolerant of a wide range of habitat and soils. Will maintain best density and produce more fruit in full sun

Mature Size: 40' x 20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: This native plant American Holly cultivar is outstanding for its dark green color and heavy berry set.

Notes: Tolerant of a wide range of habitat and soils. Will maintain best density and produce more fruit in full sun

Mature Size: 15-20' x 8-10'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-10 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: This variety of holly has large glossy, dark green, leaves and vibrant red berries. Gender is female. Quick Growing species of holly, great for large hedges. Prune in the springtime. Dense, Multi-trunked, Rounded Shrub.

Mature Size: 20-25' x 12-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Standard holly, moderate growing and compact with pyramidal form. Small, glossy green foliage with rich, deep red fruit

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Mature Size: 30-45' x 10-12' USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Columnar selection of Eastern Red Cedar. Vigorous. Bright green foliage with minimal bronzing in the winter. Notes: Coarse root system, handle by the root ball only. May require staking until well rooted in.

Mature Size: 35-40' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Large, fast growing, blue/gray foliage that will have a purple cast on the southern side in the winter, tolerant of poor soils and drought, not for wet sites. Excellent large scale screen.

Notes: Coarse root system, handle by the root ball only, may require guying on windy sites.

Mature Size: 15-20' x 5-7'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Columnar selection of Eastern Red Cedar. One of our favorites. Bright green, upright foliage. Minimal bronzing in the winter. More columnar than Brodie Eastern Red Cedar.

Notes: Coarse root system, handle by the root ball only. May require staking after transplanting until well rooted in.

Mature Size: 25-30' x 4-6'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-10 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Narrow, columnar conifer with blue-green foliage. Makes a great privacy screen, an entryway accent, or a dramatic vertical element to the landscape.

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Mature Size: 20-25' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Vigorous, large sized Crape Myrtle with lavender blooms. Vase shape lends it to use as a street tree.

Notes: Urban and drought tolerant when established.

Mature Size: 25-30' x 12-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Vigorous, large sized Crape Myrtle with lavender blooms. Vase shape lends it to use as a street tree.

Notes: Prune annually in late winter, maintaining a vase shape form with a rounded canopy. A good rule is to cu branches no larger than your pinkie finger.

Mature Size: 15-20' x 10-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Medium size Crape Myrtle with a light-pink bloom.

Notes: Tolerates urban conditions and drought when established. Good residential scale tree.

Mature Size: 15-18' x 10-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Slow growing, red blooming variety, achieves a medium height compared to other Crape Myrtles

Mature Size: 25' x 15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Popular white blooming Crape Myrtle with cinnamon colored exfoliating bark and yellow fall color.

Notes: Prune annually in late winter maintaining a vase shape form with a rounded canopy. A good rule is to cut branches no larger than your pinkie finger.

Mature Size: 55-60' x 5-7'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Fastigiate form of Sweetgum. Introduced by Don Shadow who discovered the original tree. Good fall color, like the species.

Notes: Variety photo credit: J. Frank Schmidt & Son, Co.

Mature Size: 55-60' x 5-7' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Fastigiate form of Sweetgum. Introduced by Don Shadow who discovered the original tree. Good fall color, like the species. Notes: Variety photo credit: J. Frank Schmidt & Son, Co. Watch Video

Mature Size: Large Shade Tree USDA Hardiness Zone: 4b-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: New for 2019! An introduction by J. Frank Schmidt & Son, Co.: A refined cultivar of our familiar native tulip tree, this uniform growing selection is straighter and more upright, with a dominant central leader and deeper green, slightly glossy foliage. Thanks to J. Frank Schmidt & Son, Co. for the description and variety photo.

Mature Size: 40-50' x 20-30'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5b-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Excellent 'brown-back' Magnolia, large creamy white summer flower followed by a large cone with small red fruit in the fall. Large green wavy leaves with reddish-brown backs. Unusual cold hardiness for Southern Magnolias.

Notes: Excellent as a screen or stand alone specimen. Fertilize heavily the first spring and summer after transplanting and maintain good moisture throughout the growing season to minimize leaf drop form transplanting shock.

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Mature Size: 50-60' x 20-30'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Vigorous Southern Magnolia with a tight form, medium green leaves with a light brown back. Transplants well with little leaf drop. Excellent screen or specimen.

Notes: Fertilize heavily the first spring and summer after transplanting and maintain good moisture throughout the growing season to minimize leaf drop from transplanting shock.

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Mature Size: 40-45' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Beautiful dark green foliage with brown back, smaller leaves than other So. Magnolia. Prolific creamy white blooms throughout the summer. Smaller form and slower growing than most So. Magnolia.

Notes: Fertilize heavily the first spring and summer after transplanting and maintain good moisture throughout the growing season to minimize leaf drop from transplanting shock.

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Mature Size: 20-25' x 10-15'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: New Southern Magnolia selection by head Ornamentals, Inc® in South Carolina. The parent tree has reached a mature height of 20'x12', a true dwarf Southern Magnolia.

Notes: Prefers moist, well-drained soil. Great looking plant!

Mature Size: 25-30' x 20-25'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Deciduous Magnolia with early spring blooms: purple and white. Nice light-gray, smooth bark.

Notes: Best used as a specimen tree.

Mature Size: 40-45' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-10 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Hardy evergreen Bay Magnolia with an upright growth habit, long lime green foliage (4-6") that is silver on the back (nice contrast in a breeze), creamy summer flower, red fall fruit.

Notes: Evergreen throughout the year, drops foliage in the spring as new buds break.

Mature Size: 40-45' x 15-20' USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-10 (View Hardiness Zone Map) Outstanding Characteristics: Hardy evergreen Bay Magnolia with an upright growth habit, long lime green foliage (4-6") that is silver on the back (nice contrast in a breeze), creamy summer flower, red fall fruit. Notes: Evergreen throughout the year, drops foliage in the spring as new buds break.

Mature Size: 20-25' x 15-20'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8 (View Hardiness Zone Map)

Outstanding Characteristics: Vigorous, upright growing Crabapple with showy white flowers in the spring followed by golden fruit (1/2-5/8") in the fall, persisting into winter as the birds allow.

Notes: We observed minor fireblight in the rainy/humid spring of 2009, the first in 4 years of growing this cultivar. It affected less than 25% of the foliage and was insignificant by July.