| Tree Descriptions–Click on the name for further information |
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Black Chokeberry: Attractive white flowers, glossy
foliage and black berries. Edible fruit attracts birds. Excellent fall color. |
| Buffaloberry: Native. Suckers to form colony. Drought tolerant. Attractive silver leaves. Red fruit can be used for jelly. |
| Caragana: Drought hardy, fine leafed, yellow flowers, non-edible pods |
| Cherry, Nanking: Showy flowers and sweet red fruit. Good for jelly. Good for wildlife. |
| Cherry, Mongolian: Glossy leaves. Showy white flowers and tart red fruit. Excellent for jelly |
| Chokecherry: White flowers, blooms late April, fruits used in jams |
| Cotoneaster: Glossy green leaves, non-edible fruit, ideal for hedges |
| Cranberry, Highbush: Attractive white flowers and red fruit. Excellent fall color. Fruit could be used for jelly. Prefers moist soil |
| Currant, Amercian Black: Grows in flood plains and occasionally in open area. Edible fruits used by birds & animals. |
| Dogwood, Red stemmed: Provides good winter color, tolerate wetter soils, white flowers. |
| False Indigo: Native shrub, purple flowers, grows in wetter soils, bears fruit. |
| Honeysuckle: Fragrant white, pink or red flowers. Inedible red or orange fruit attracts birds. |
| Juneberry: Native shrub, white flowers, edible blueberry like fruit |
| Lilac, Common: Dense suckering growth, white to mostly purple flowers |
| Lilac, Villosa: Non-suckering, rosy-lilac to white flowers are larger than common lilac |
| Nannyberry, Viburnum: Native, shiny leaves, white flowers followed by black fruit. Excellent fall color. Can be trained to a single-stemmed small tree. |
| Plum , American: Native shrub, fast growing, white flowers in spring. Edible fruit makes good jam. |
| Rose, Hansen Hedge: Fragrant pink flowers in June, bright red-orange fruit in fall attracts wildlife. Thorns, suckering plant |
| Sumac, Smooth: Native, suckers to form colony, excellent red fall color, red seed-heads add winter interest. Moderate drought tolerant |
| Willow Sandbar: Ideal for moist soils, bark reddish-brown turning gray |
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| MEDIUM TREES |
| Apricot: Early flowering, some trees produce edible fruit |
| Chokecherry, Amur: Mid-May white flowers, dense branching tree, orange bark |
| Crabapple, Siberian or cultivar Midwest:White fragrant flowers, bright red or yellow fruit |
| Hawthorn: White flowers followed by reddish fruit in late summer |
| Maple, Amur: Brilliant red fall color, commonly called ginnala maple. Prefers moist well-drained soil. |
| Pear, Harbin: Hardy slow growing tree, does well in droughty soils |
| Willow, Laurel Leaf: Beautiful glossy green leaves, does well in wetter soils |
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| LARGE TREES |
| Ash, Green: Native, fast-growing. Yellow fall color |
| Aspen, Quaking: Tall, fast-growing. Beautiful yellow fall color |
| Cherry, Black: Native in Eastern US forests. Fast growing tree produces attractive white flowers and dark fruit. Fruit makes syrup and drinks |
| Cottonwood Seedless: Fast growing. Cottonless. Needs moist, well-drained soil for best growth |
| Hackberry: Hardy, good shade tree, drought tolerant |
| Honeylocust: Fine lacey looking leaves, may produce long brown seed pods. May produce thorns. Tough and adaptable |
| Linden, American or Basswood: Native tree with large leaves. Attractive white flowers in June. Fairly fast growing. |
| Linden, Little Leaf: Pyramidal growth habit. Attractive white flowers in June. Prefers moist well-drained soils |
| Maple, Silver: Fast growing, yellow fall color, brittle wood. Prefers moist soil |
| Maple, Sugar: Native to NESD. Brilliant red, yellow and orange fall color. Excellent shade tree. |
| Oak, Bur: Native. Extremely tough, drought tolerant tree. Long-lived. Acorns provide wildlife food. |
Walnut, Black: Native in SESD. Valuable lumber tree Edible nuts. Attracts wildlife. Grows best
in deep, moist soils. |
| Willow, Golden: Fast growing. Tolerates wet sites. Not drought tolerant. Attractive golden-orange bark adds winter interest |
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| CONIFERS |
| Pine, Mugo: Smaller pine than other pines, dark green year around. Resists winterburn. |
| Pine, Ponderosa: Native. Fast-growing once established. Good wildlife plant. Drought tolerant (intolerant of wet soils) |
| Pine, Scotch: Attractive peeling orange bark on older trees. Drought tolerant. Popular Christmas tree. Fast growing. |
| Red Cedar, Eastern: Medium Conifer. Native. Very drought tolerant. Has reddish brown to purple winter color. Excellent for wildlife |
| Spruce, Black Hills: SD State tree. Very ornamental. Dense growth habit. Drought and alkaline tolerant. Cones attract songbirds. |
| Spruce, Colorado Blue: Native in Rocky Mountain states. Needles blue or green. Very ornamental. |
| Fir, White or Concolor: Large pyramidal tree. Similiar to blue spruce. Cones. |
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| SPECIALTY TREE PACKS: 25 trees/pack, 5 of each species |
| Grandma’s Jam Pack: Plum, Chokecherry, Mongolian cherry, Nanking cherry, sea buckthorn |
| Tough as Nails Pack : Lilac, Green Ash, Caragana, Sea Buckthorn, Bur Oak |
| Wildlife Pack: Black cherry, Chokecherry, Ninebark, Leadplant, Bur Oak |
To learn more about the trees/shrubs please go to the North Dakota Tree Handbook , Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest, Bailey Nursery tree descriptions websites.
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