Its flesh is light yellow, dense and firm- almost hard but give a truly unforgettable crunch. It is from these two traits, the color and crunch, where the Crimson Crisp gets its name.
Bred to be resistant to apple scab, the apple trees is upright and rounded and apples grow along new wood. This tree is great for residential and commercial orchards as the apples ripen in September and hold to the tree for 4 weeks.
Hummingbird' is a summersweet that will reach 3-4' tall and wide and is great for small garden spaces and low hedging. It produces large clusters of white, fragrant blooms during the summer that attract lots of beneficial pollinators.
Einstein Summersweet. Einstein' summersweet produces an abundance of long, curly white panicle blooms that attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators. It has a compact growth habit and will reach 3-4' tall and wide.
Vanilla Spice Summersweet. 'Vanilla Spice' is a popular variety of summersweet that produces large clusters of fragrant, white panicle blooms that persist through summer. It is a compact variety that will reach 4-6' tall and wide at maturity.
Arctic Sun Dogwood. The 'Arctic Sun' dogwood has glorious, orange-yellow stems that are exposed in the winter. Light-green foliage turns shades of orange and yellow in the fall. Keeps a compact habit, growing 3-4' tall and wide.
Plants are vigorous, producing long shoots from soil level one growing season and bearing fruit the next. These are removed after bearing and replaced by the current year's growth. This makes the plant easy to prune and manage as a bush. Large fruit clusters with good flavor ripen in August each year. Berries have very high anthocyanin content--very good for you! This is the more productive variety, but both varieties are required for cross pollination in a ratio of 1 Samyl : 5 Samdal.
This variety will provide good cross-pollination when paired with the Samdal variety. Samyl has particularly high-quality flowers.has a vigorous, bushy habit that is similar to Samdal, but not as dense. Plants are partially self fruitful, but planting two S. nigra cultivars will assure better fruit production for both.
Peter's Honey' produces sweet, tender fruit that is delicious when eaten fresh. It ripens well in warm, city climates, and will do well if planted on the south-facing side of a house. It will average 15-25' tall and wide and will bear a crop in early-June and late-October.
Mt. Airy' fothergilla produces white, bottlebrush blooms in the spring before foliage emerges. It will reach 4-6' tall and wide at maturity. Blue-green foliage turns vibrant shades of orange and red in the fall.
Rose-pink, violet, or blue flowers on red-purple stems with glossy dark green leaves in summer. Grows 3-4' tall and 4-5' wide. Heat tolerant and resistant to powdery mildew.
Dark, glossy green foliage makes the perfect canvas for white, mop-head blooms that persist spring through fall. Blooms are blush pink or blue depending upon the soil acidity. Reaches 3-6' tall and wide.
The 'Blooming Crush' produces vibrant, fuschia blooms that appear in late spring and will persist all summer long. This compact variety will grow 2-3' tall and wide and is great for container and small space gardening. Blooms appear on new and old wood, so this variety is best pruned in late summer after blooms have dropped.
Bright pink or blue, mop-head blooms persist from early summer until frost. Blooms are recurrent on new wood. Matures 3-5' tall and wide. Excellent for mass plantings or as an accent plant.
