Amur Honeysuckle
10 ft large shrub with horizontally spreading branches. The white to cream colored flowers bloom in early June. The red fruits are borne in flat-topped clusters in late fall.

Arrowood
7-10 ft shrub that is tolerant of some shade and a wide range of soil types. It has white clusters of flowers followed by fruits in pendant clusters that turn blue when mature. The fall foliage turns a beautiful purple-red color.

Buffaloberry
10-13 ft coarsely branched shrub with narrow, silvery green leaves. Blooms in May and has berries that turn bright red when they ripen in August. These berries can be used for jelly. Birds like the berries as well. Tolerant to drought and alkaline soil. Should be planted in full sun.

Chokeberry
5 ft. This is a compact shrub with whit fiat clusters appearing in late May.

Hazelnut
Fruit matures September to October. Autumn colors are yellow to green. Mature height 6-8'. Does well in most soils. Nuts could be harvested for consumption. 2-4 nuts per cluster.

Hi Bush Cranberry
Up to 16' in height. Native shrub that is hardy. White flowers while in bloom during June. Clusters of berries turn bright red when ripe in early September. Berries are edible and sometimes used for preserves and jellies.

Juneberry
Multi-stemmed, upright deciduous shrub with white flowers. Fruit are bluish-purple an are juicy and delicious-birds love them. Usually grows to 6-8', but can grow up to 20 feet in height. Tolerant to shade, but prefers full sun. Tolerates a wide range of soils.

Nanking Cherry
10 ft shrub has tree like trunk. The fruit is either white or scarlet red at maturity. Birds like the berries or they can be used for jellies.

Peking Cotoneaster
Attractive winter hardy, drought tolerant small to medium shrub. Leaves are dark green. The fruit is black in color when ripe. The bark is reddish-brown in color.

Redosier Dogwood
Upright deciduous shrub that flowers in the spring with small white blossoms. Fruit are small white berries that mature in summer. The stems of the plant are red . They prefer moister soils.

Sandcherry
7-8 ft has leaves that are deep maroon color throughout the entire growing season. The flowers are pale pink. Needs sunny location, with well drained soils.

Villosa Lilac
A fast growing shrub with giant clusters of fragrant blooms in spring.

Common Lilac
A fast growing shrub with giant clusters of fragrant blooms in spring.

Black Walnut
Tall with deeply fissured brown bark. Important timber tree. Prefers moist, well drained soils. Nuts eaten by squirrels.

Bur Oak
A large, hardy, long lived tree that prefers adequate moisture and clean cultivation. These can grow to over 50 feet tall. Tolerates a wide range of soil types and air pollutants.

Red Oak
Fastest grower of the oaks. Very dense with red colored fall foliage. Leaves hang onto tree into winter.

Hackberry
Wide spread branches give this tree an airy appearance. This tree is rapid growing. The bark is corky and tough.

Green Ash
Very hardy. Fast growing tree which grows well in full sunlight on moist, well drained soils. Seeds good food source for wildlife. Fall color is yellow.

Siouxland Cottonwood
The largest tree that can be grown in the state of Minnesota. Leaves are triangular turning golden yellow in fall. Siouxland is a male selection that is resistant to rust and is cotton less.

Silver Maple
Fast-growing tree that will tolerate partial shade. The fall color is gold.

Red Maple
Scarlet flowers in the spring and red fall color. The characteristics are a blend of sugar maple and silver maple. This tree grows fairly fast

Sugar Maple
The largest of all the native maples, somewhat slow growing but very symmetrical and bright fall foliage. Prefers rich, well drained soil.

DN2
Populus deltoides x Populus nigra A male clone with a dense, narrow crown of mid-length sharply rising branches. Leaves dark green above with reddish midrib, paler beneath, generally heart-shaped but often with a broadly rounded base, the petiole is 3-5 cm long, red. Flattened side-to-side and the blade, hairless. It is moderately free from disease. Has the most growth potential of any DN clone in north half of Minnesota.

DN34
Populus deltoides x Populus nigra (Eugenei) A male clone with a broadly conical crown of long, rising branches; large trunks, bark light tan with orange cast on branches. Leaves bright green above, paler and a little duller beneath, base broadly rounded, the petiole is strongly flattened side-to-side. It is relatively free from pests and diseases and recommended for use in windbreaks and shelterbelts. Has been planted in the U.S. for nearly 200 years. Most versatile variety.

DN70
Populus deltoides x Populus nigra Clone of uncertain sex, with narrow crown of upright branches; large trunks, tan bark with an orange cast on branches. Leaves dark green above, much paler beneath, with a base flat across to broadly rounded, the petiole is greenish yellow and strongly flattened.

DN182
Populus deltoides x Populus nigra (Raverdeau) Similar to DN34 in growth characteristics and appearance. Has shown susceptibility to canker diseases at some locations at year 5 and after.

NE222
Populus deltoides x Populus caudina Narrow crown of upright slender branches, straight trunks. Leaves typically smaller dark green, petiole is dark red and flattened. Moderately disease resistant.

NM6
Populus nigra x Populus maximowiczii A female clone with large, narrowly egg-shaped crown of long, gently to sharply rising branches; large trunks, tan bark on branches. Leave dull dare green above, white beneath, elongately heart-shaped to almost round, the petiole is round and yellowish green. This clone is used extensively in plantation culture in the Great Lakes region. The brittle branches and large leaves make it susceptible to wind damage for use in horticulture and amenity plantings. Susceptible to breakage from wind.

I45-51
Populus deltoides x Populus nigra A male clone with a broad conical crown of long, rising branches from a straight trunk; large trunks are round and strongly tapering; bark tan on branches. Leave slightly bluish green above and beneath, heart-shaped but with a flattened base, tip short-pointed, petiole is pale red, flattened side-to-side. This Italian clone has good growth potential. Has resistance to most diseases with risk increasing with age. More suited for plantation culture than horticultural or amenity plantings.

Black Hills Spruce
Large tree very dense and pyramidal when young. Needles are short with a green color. Grows best on moist loams. Fairly drought resistant. Full sun.

Meyer Spruce
Beautiful, blunt blue-green foliage. Medium growth rate. Self-shaping with minimum shearing. Does well under drought conditions. Average growth is a foot or more a year. More resistant to needle cast diseases than other spruce varieties.

Ponderosa Pine
It is one of our largest pines. It is hardy and drought resistant. The yellow green needles are 5-8 inches long. Needles broken smell like tangerines.

Colorado Blue Spruce
Hardy tree with compact, dense foliage and a slow growth rate. Needles are single, very stiff and sharp pointed, with a bluish color. They can grow 75-100 ft tall and make good winter cover for wildlife.

White Spruce
Needle like leaves. Needles are single not in cluster and are yellow-green to bluish, or white in color. Cone is cone-like with thin scales. Releases an odor. Tolerates a great deal of cold winter weather.

Norway Pine
Native red pine. Norway pine is fast growing, long needled evergreen that needs full sunlight to thrive. It prefers drier, well drained soils. Excellent for windbreaks, and shelterbelts, and winter wildlife cover.

Eastern Red Cedar
The red cedar is a small, hardy tree. It is food and habitat for wildlife and is good in windbreaks. The leaves are dark green and very small and scale like. The berrylike fruit is bluish to bluish white in color. Red cedar is one of our most durable woods. Dense pyramidal evergreen tree.

American Arborvitae
The leaves are scale like and flattened into sprays. The fruit is cone-like small and are oblong. Deer use these trees in winter for shelter and small mammals use the seeds for food.

American Plum
Fast growing. Good for wildlife plantings. Produces white blossoms and tasty fruit. Drought resistant. Yellow fall color.

Amur Maple
20-25 ft. Most often grown as a shrub. It grows fast. Fall color varies from plant to plant but is often shades of red with some trees turning yellow or orange.

Apricot
Fast growing trees. Grow best on well-drained full sun soils. White to pink flowers open in early May. Fruits make excellent preserves or sauce. Autumn foliage is golden yellow.

Common Chokecherry
This can be grown as a tree or shrub. Pendant clusters of white flowers open in late May. Fruits ripen in July/August and turn black when mature. Birds enjoy the fruit or it makes good wine or used for cooking.

Harbin Pear
Medium sized tree 25-35' height. Excellent floral display in early spring. White flowers develop yellow green fruit which matures in early September. They are not edible. Autumn color is yellow to purple.

Red Splendor Crab
Flowers are light rose-red. Fruits are showy from late July until March or April but may be eaten by birds.