Specialty trees are the rare and hard-to-find trees that you will almost not find anywhere else. The owner handpicks these special varieties to grow because they are so beautiful and unique. They are available for sale here online now.
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Acer buergerianum, 'Trident Maple' is a fascinating smaller maple known for its multi-colored leaves. It holds on to its leaves until November/ December and puts on a brilliant fall display of color.
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David's Maple is a beautiful and fast growing small to mid sized maple tree that grows up to 20'-25' tall in zone 6. It likes part sun and shade, and a more acidic planting location. It is one of our favorites, and I grow it in honor of my brother, David. The red leaf stems, gorgeous green leaves, and the orange and yellow fall color.
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A rare and exquisite maple variety from Asia that is very cold hardy and also displays gorgeous colors with its new spring growth and fall color. This is a perfect rare tree variety for a tree collector for their gardens. It would fit in well in a Japanese garden, or shade garden. We have a limited collection of these rare trees, and you will not find these anywhere else.
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Green Japanese Maples are beautiful and under-rated. They may even be more hardy than the red's.
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A beautiful alternative to the Japanese Maple tree, and a great addition to any landscape. The Korean Maple has beautiful green leaves that turn red and yellow in the spring and fall. This colorful tree specimen is part of the Maple family and has gorgeous spring, summer, and fall leaf color. The Acer pseudosieboldianum is a very worthy tree to add to any fine, or rare tree collection.
Native Trees
A great native specimen producing white spring flowers and awesome fall colors for its multi-season display. These grow to 15' - 20' and are taller than wide. We grow single trunk specimens, but do have some multi-trunk as well. The Amelanchier looks great as a solo tree, or as part of a multi-specimen design. These are a truly very nice tree/ shrub and are fascination to see up close throughout the seasons. Autumn Brilliance puts on one of the best fall color displays of all of the serviceberry trees. It is a beautiful native flowering tree, and the birds love the berries that display in May/ June. It is a hard-to-find tree, and is also valuable as a wildlife tree because it attracts songbirds. It is also called June Berry, and has become one of our favorites.
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The Katsura Tree is a beautiful shade tree that offers great four season attributes,and is grown for its intriguing trunk, fragrance, gorgeous leaves. It is fast growing shade tree, and should be planted in areas where there is consistent moisture, but not standing water. We highly recommend this top five favorite tree for your landscape projects! It is well suited for the center of an open space, larger plantings, or in a tree line, or property border.
Flowering Trees
The American Yellowwood is a sought after fragrant and showy American native tree with beautiful white racemes flowers. It is a beautiful native tree with long graceful trunks and flowers around May/ June in USDA Zone 6. The white flowering racemes are quite showy.
Harry Lauder's Walking Stick is a stunning tree that is very unique and hard-to-find. Amazing views all year long. Shop our site to learn more!
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With an intense red & purple color, the Red Dragon variation is extremely unique and sure to turn heads in any landscape.
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Golden Spirit Smoke tree is a unique and hard-to-find specimen with beautiful lime green summer foliage and amazing fall color. This specimen catches everyone's attention for brilliant lime green color all summer long and delivers gorgeous fall colors!
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This sought-after great specimen quality tree won the prestigious 'Award of Merit' from the Royal Horticulture Society and features large pink blooms. These mature specimens are 8' - 10' tall now, and can be pruned to size if desired.
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This uniquely beautiful dwarf tree is very hard-to-find and adds a truly gorgeous element to walking paths and cultured gardens. This is a well loved specimen perfect for that small landscape!
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Our Ginkgo biloba trees are great as a lawn tree, street tree or shade tree. Beautiful, bright yellow leaves in the fall. A hardy and excellent columnar tree specimen for narrow spaces.
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Magnolia denudata, "Yulan Magnolia" is a highly revered tree in Asia, and is treasured for its beautiful goblet shaped white flowers and striking red summer fruits. Because of its rarity and the limited supply, we limit ONE Yulan Magnolia specimen per order, please.
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A precocious bloomer displaying very large 12" fragrant flowers in June. This is a dwarf variety of the straight Macrophylla, aka Big Leaf Magnolia. It is a magnificent dwarf tree to be seen by all. We can ship these trees to some Out-of-State customers with custom packaging and shipping rates. Please contact us for these rates, as we will not ship everywhere, and special packaging and shipping rates do apply!
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Galaxy Magnolia flowers in late spring with gorgeous deep pink & purple flowers. Sure to catch everyone's attention! Because of their rarity and limited supply, we limit one Magnolia Galaxy specimen per order, please.
Shade Trees
Dawn Redwood is a magnificent deciduous tree. It has gorgeous soft green needles, and is a fantastic and inspiring tree to see and grow. Dawn Redwood is a magnificent deciduous tree, and is a relative of the California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), diverging around 150 million years ago. Dawn redwood prefers a wetter environment to grow, and it needs full sun to grow its best when it is a larger tree. We start these as 'understory' trees and they love the high open canopy above them giving the good indirect light. It does best in moist to wet soils, so it can be a good choice for large rain garden locations. As with all trees a good organic planting location would be ideal for these trees.
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The Persian Ironwood is a hard-to-find and sought-after specimen tree with beautiful characteristics for all four seasons. Provides wonderful year around interest!
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The Helen Taft Cherry tree is a fantastic flowering cherry tree variety named after a female trailblazer in the early 1900's who also happened to be the wife of President Howard Taft. She was one of the key people who helped create the Cherry Blossom arboretum along the Potomac river bordering Washington DC and Virginia. This specimen is a outstanding flowering tree specimen, and would look great in a grouping, or in a tree line! It is a deciduous upright tree with a spreading crown, reaching both a height and width of 18' x 20'+ after 25 years of growth. We find that this tree is very hardy with minimal problems with insects and disease. It is most comparable to its female parent, Prunus x yedoensis Yoshino, except for its slightly larger size and noticeably large pink flowers. This tree is a winner, and we are quite impressed with its many positive characteristics. Highly recommended.
Columnar Trees
The Kindred Spirit Oak is an exceptional columnar Oak that displays the gorgeous leaves of an Oak tree up close, and in a smaller vertical narrow form to fit into narrow places. It is a great tree that is hard-to-find, and must be appreciated up close. The Kindred Spirit is cold hardy and generally drought tolerant, and is just a fascinating tree for next to a walkway, driveway, or just close by to be appreciated up close by tree aficionados. You will be fascinated by Kindred Spirit Oak, and it may just make you smile! They hold onto their leaves late into the fall offering privacy and beauty. The leaves in the spring and the summer are dark green with a beautiful silver underside which is displayed on a windy day. One gets to see what is usually at the top of large Oak trees right up close and personal. Highly recommended!
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The Stewartia pseudocamellia, Japanese Stewartia is an absolutely beautiful specimen that flowers from June through early August, and has striking leaves, flowers, and bark. It is one of our favorite trees, and is highly sought after, and quite hard-to-find. This specimen will reward every one who sees it throughout the year. They grow best in mixed sun and shade, especially being shaded from the hot afternoon sun. It is truly an exquisite and colorful tree.This particular specimen is highly recommended! We do limit ONE Stewartia per customer, please.
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A Top 5 Favorite Tree with its exquisite branch, leafing, and of course its beautiful white snow bell flowers
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Japanese Zelkovia is a hardy and easy to prune and train tree that deserves more interest. It is very tough and has beautiful furrowed leaves. It tends to be vase shaped especially with some early pruning. An excellent tree specimen!