Natives!

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In case you have missed any of our great articles on the many native plants we grow, we have pulled them all together for you in one place!

Native Plants

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Have Many Uses In a Designed Landscape Provenance of plants for urban sites is a growing concern. Choosing plants that originate from the r...

Kentucky Coffeetree - Native

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Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky Coffeetree Urban tolerant and native to the midwest, Kentucky Coffeetree is a beautiful addition to any lan...

Butternut - Native

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Juglans cinera - Butternut A native edible-fruit bearing tree well suited for sunny, well-drained sites. Learn More Here Articles: Native Pl...

American Hornbeam - Native

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Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam An interesting winter silhouette, wildlife friendly and tolerant, this native tree is a must-have f...

Common Hackberry - Native

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Celtis occidentalis - Common Hackberry Native to the midwest and tolerant of various landscape situations, the Hackberry is a hardy urban tr...

River Birch - A Noteworthy Native

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Birch and their Alder relatives, are lightweight trees from the forest fringes, adapted to poor soils and extremes of drought or wet. Birch ...

The Next Generation of Oaks

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Although very few of the natural savannas are left, the oak remains a formidable, if underutilized tree in our natural areas and urban lands...

Return Of The Oaks

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With Fall season comes beautiful fall colors, and scary Halloween stories like... View Blog ...the Return of the...Oaks ? Actu...

Hawthorns - The Wild Ones

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Hawthorns are a group of small trees that grow in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In the Midwest, they are grown commercia...

Serviceberry A Sweet Sign of Spring

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This spring, take a walk through the still sleeping early spring woods. In the midst of the grays and browns, you may come upon a delicate w...

An Arborvitae-A-Day...

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The common name Arborvitae comes from the latin word meaning 'tree of life' and dates from the 16th century when Native Americans an...