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Plant GuideYellowwood
Cladrastis lutea
Yellowwood is a vase-shaped spreading tree with dark green foliage that turns a delicate yellow or orange in the fall and smooth light gray bark.
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Plant GuideSourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sourwood, the lone species of the genus, is found in woodlands and along streams of eastern North America.
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Plant Guide‘Elizabeth’ magnolia
Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’Few species can match the elegant drama of this specimen in full bloom.
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Plant GuideEuropean beech
Fagus sylvatica
An excellent shade tree, this European-native deciduous tree grows to 80 feet tall and 50 feet wide and features an upright, oval form and dark shiny green leaves that turn…
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Plant Guidekatsura tree
Cercidiphyllum japonicumThis spreading, deciduous tree native to Japan and China has a rounded form and rounded, redbud-like leaves.
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Plant Guideweeping silver linden, pendant silver linden
Tilia petiolarisThis tall, deciuous tree has weeping branches rather than a weeping habit.
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Plant Guide‘Aurea’ hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Aurea’Hinoki cypress is a conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with leaves that are actually minute scales on tiny branches in the form of fans.
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Plant GuideBlue Atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica f. glaucaThis stunning evergreen conifer can be a very large specimen tree (to over 100 feet) in the landscape.
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Plant GuideGolden larch
Pseudolarix kaempferiThe golden larch is a lovely deciduous conifer whose lacy foliage turns golden in autumn.
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Plant GuideChinese windmill palm
Trachycarpus fortuneiOne of the hardiest palms, Chinese windmill palm has single stems with large, 4-foot-wide fans of sword-like leaves.
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