{"title":"Ornamental Trees \u0026 Shrubs","description":"\u003cp\u003eNative and ornamental trees and shrubs grown for form, bloom and wildlife value.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"american-yellowwood","title":"American Yellowwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican yellowwood has a patchy, scattered wild range through the southern Appalachians and Ozarks, clinging to limestone slopes and river valleys, and is uncommon in the wild across that range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late spring it bears long pendulous clusters of intensely fragrant white flowers, up to a foot long, cascading from the canopy like wisteria, most fragrant after dark and a favorite of honeybees. The rest of the year earns its keep too, with smooth gray beech-like bark, graceful upward-spreading branches, and pinnately compound leaves that turn clear golden-yellow in autumn. The name comes from the bright yellow heartwood, which yielded a dye used by the Cherokee and by early settlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering and wood.\u003c\/strong\u003e It flowers heavily only every two or three years. The wood is brittle and takes ice and storm damage, so give it a sheltered position and prune for good structure while it is young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eCladrastis kentukea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e Deciduous native ornamental and shade tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the southeastern US in scattered patches from the Ozarks through the southern Appalachians, from North Carolina and Tennessee to Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana and Illinois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSynonyms\u003c\/span\u003e Kentucky yellowwood, gopherwood, virgilia, yellow ash. Formerly \u003cem\u003eCladrastis lutea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native, and uncommon in the wild\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e USDA zone 4a to 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Full sun to light shade. Best flowering and autumn color in full sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e 30 to 50 feet tall, spreading 40 to 55 feet, broad rounded crown. Moderate growth, about 25 feet in 20 years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e Late spring to early summer. Pendulous panicles of fragrant white flowers up to a foot long. Heavy bloom only every two to three years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Pea-type flowers visited by bees and other pollinators (NC State Extension). Grown for its flowers and form, not a crop, so no partner is needed. Whether a lone tree sets seed is not documented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFall color\u003c\/span\u003e Clear yellow to golden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBark\u003c\/span\u003e Smooth, gray, beech-like. An attractive winter feature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Nectar and pollen draw bees and other pollinators, and songbirds use it for nesting (NC State Extension)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSoil\u003c\/span\u003e Very adaptable across a wide pH range, from acidic to alkaline limestone. Tolerates dry conditions once established. Juglone tolerant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e No significant insect or disease problems beyond scattered borers or verticillium. The main weakness is brittle wood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seedling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905890267368,"sku":"ORN-YELLO-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905890300136,"sku":"ORN-YELLO-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_c67754216f014bbbb66d2662113f0dd6_mv2.webp?v=1786930025"},{"product_id":"eastern-wahoo","title":"Eastern Wahoo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe native burning bush, and a better plant than the invasive one it replaces. Eastern wahoo is a Midwest native shrub or small tree, found wild throughout Iowa in open woods, thickets and along streams. It delivers the same blazing red autumn color that made non-native burning bush so popular, without the ecological damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts real show comes in autumn: rosy pink four-lobed seed capsules dangle from the branches, then split to reveal scarlet-coated seeds that hang on into winter. The old name for that effect is hearts bursting with love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt grows in almost anything, full sun to full shade, and tolerates the black walnut juglone that kills many plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne caution.\u003c\/strong\u003e Like all euonymus, every part of the plant is poisonous if eaten, including to dogs, cats and horses. Site it accordingly if you have animals or small children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eEuonymus atropurpureus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eAlso known as\u003c\/span\u003e Wahoo, American burning bush, spindle tree, hearts bursting with love, Indian arrowwood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Native to eastern and central North America, including Iowa. Ontario to Florida, west to Montana, Nebraska and Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native. A recommended replacement for invasive non-native burning bush, \u003cem\u003eEuonymus alatus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Adaptable, full sun to full shade. Brightest autumn color in full sun, tolerates dry shade well\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e Typically 10 to 15 feet, occasionally to 20 or 25. Single or multi-stemmed, upright and spreading with an irregular crown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e Late spring to early summer. Small maroon-purple flowers, not showy, but they feed pollinators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Scarlet capsules splitting to reveal red-coated seeds, hanging into winter. The best ornamental feature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Moth caterpillars feed on the leaves, small bees and flies visit the flowers, and birds eat the fruit (NC State Extension). Browsed by deer and rabbits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSoil\u003c\/span\u003e Very adaptable. Prefers rich, moist soil but tolerates a wide range. Juglone tolerant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eToxicity\u003c\/span\u003e All parts poisonous if ingested. Toxic to dogs, cats and horses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seed grown, own roots\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905890365672,"sku":"ORN-WAHOO-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905890398440,"sku":"ORN-WAHOO-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/p3.jpg?v=1789864650"},{"product_id":"monkey-puzzle-tree","title":"Monkey Puzzle Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eA living fossil, and one of the strangest trees on earth. The monkey puzzle's stiff, overlapping, dagger-sharp leaves and thick reptilian branches belong to a lineage that was already ancient when dinosaurs walked beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the national tree of Chile, sacred to the Mapuche and Pehuenche peoples, and the source of the piñón, a large edible seed with a chestnut-like flavor that sustained people in the Andes for millennia. It can live a thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelow zone 7 this is a container plant.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated zone 7 to 10 outdoors, so here it lives in a container and overwinters indoors above freezing. It is extremely slow-growing, which makes container culture workable for decades rather than a holding pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn its conservation status.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAraucaria araucana\u003c\/em\u003e is endangered in the wild and listed on CITES Appendix I. That listing governs international trade; our plants are nursery-propagated from seed, sold for local pickup only, and we do not ship them across borders. If you ever intend to move one out of the country, check the permit requirements first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eAraucaria araucana\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eAlso known as\u003c\/span\u003e Pehuén, piñonero, Chilean pine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFamily\u003c\/span\u003e Araucariaceae, a Jurassic-era lineage essentially unchanged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Andes of southern Chile and western Argentina, 3,000 to 5,000 feet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eMature size\u003c\/span\u003e 100 to 130 feet in native habitat, trunk to 5 feet across. Extremely slow-growing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Dioecious, with separate male and female trees. A female needs a male nearby to set viable seed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFoliage\u003c\/span\u003e Thick, triangular, sharp-edged leaves. Handle with care and site with intent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eConservation status\u003c\/span\u003e Endangered. CITES Appendix I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seed grown at Provenance Nursery, Cumming, Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905890595048,"sku":"ORN-MONKY-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905890627816,"sku":"ORN-MONKY-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_4af73ae693ec4f8086663a9f56e3a32d_mv2.avif?v=1786930030"},{"product_id":"adams-needle","title":"Adams Needle","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam's Needle is an evergreen shrub native to the southeastern United States, grown for its dramatic rosette of stiff, sword-shaped, deep green leaves edged with curling white filaments, the \"threads\" that give the plant its name. Despite its tropical appearance it is tough, hardy to USDA zone 4, thriving in full sun and dry, poor, well-drained soil where little else will, and unbothered by drought, deer, or rabbits. The evergreen rosette holds its structure all winter, and once established a single plant returns to flower year after year for decades. It makes a striking specimen or a strong vertical accent among grasses and sedums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e Yucca filamentosa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e Broadleaf evergreen shrub. Grown for architectural foliage and dramatic summer bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the southeastern United States, from Maryland to Tennessee, south to Florida and Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSynonyms\u003c\/span\u003e Adam's Needle, Curlyleaf Yucca, Spoonleaf Yucca, Bear-grass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the southeastern US. Hardy and widely grown well north of its native range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e USDA zone 4 to 10.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Full sun preferred. Tolerates part shade, though with fewer flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e Foliage rosette 2 to 3 feet tall and wide. Flower stalk rises to 5 to 8 feet in bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e Early to midsummer. Tall panicles of nodding, bell-shaped, creamy-white flowers, lightly fragrant in the evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFoliage\u003c\/span\u003e Evergreen. Stiff, sword-shaped deep green leaves with curling white marginal fibers and a sharp tip. Holds through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Pollinated by yucca moths. Flowers also draw bees and butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Pollinated by the yucca moth, and a larval host of the yucca giant-skipper and Cofaqui giant-skipper. Hummingbirds visit the flowers (NC State Extension). Deer and rabbit resistant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSoil\u003c\/span\u003e Widely adaptable. Prefers dry, sandy, well-drained ground, and tolerates poor rocky soil and clay. Dislikes wet or poorly drained sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eUse\u003c\/span\u003e Specimen, accent, xeriscape, rock garden, erosion control, and low-water borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Excellent. Few pests or diseases. Very low maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNote\u003c\/span\u003e Leaves are sharply tipped, so site away from walkways. Roots contain saponins that are toxic if eaten raw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seedling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905891315944,"sku":"ORN-ADAMS-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905891348712,"sku":"ORN-ADAMS-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_aac1f1196f444ce9bf6cac2e1faf83d4_mv2.jpg?v=1786930041"},{"product_id":"osage-orange","title":"Osage Orange","description":"\u003cp\u003eOsage orange is a tough, medium-sized native tree from the Red River country of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, with a spreading rounded crown, glossy dark green leaves that turn clear yellow in fall, and deeply furrowed orange-brown bark. The Osage and other Plains tribes valued its strong, elastic wood for making bows, which is why the early French called it bois d'arc, \"wood of the bow.\" In the 1850s, planted in close thorny rows, it became the living fence that helped settle the tallgrass prairie, \"horse high, bull strong, and pig tight,\" and it was planted widely across the prairie before barbed wire replaced it. Female trees bear the \"hedge apples,\" big wrinkled grapefruit-sized green globes that are a familiar sight in the rural Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e Maclura pomifera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e Deciduous native tree. Grown for its history, tough character, wildlife value, and use as a hedge, windbreak, and specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the south-central US, in the Red River drainage of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Widely planted and naturalized across much of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSynonyms\u003c\/span\u003e Hedge apple, hedge, bois d'arc, bodark, horse apple, bowwood, naranjo chino.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the south-central US. A member of the mulberry family, not related to citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e USDA zone 4a to 9. Very cold hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Full sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e 30 to 40 feet tall and wide, occasionally larger, with a rounded spreading crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e Small green flowers in late spring. Dioecious, so male and female flowers grow on separate trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Female trees bear large, wrinkled, grapefruit-sized yellow-green \"hedge apples\" in fall. Male trees are fruitless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFall color\u003c\/span\u003e Clear bright yellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBark\u003c\/span\u003e Deeply furrowed, orange-brown, an attractive winter feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWood\u003c\/span\u003e Dense, strong, and exceptionally rot-resistant. Historically valued for archery bows, and long-lasting as fence posts. Yields a yellow dye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Squirrels and other small mammals tear open the fruit for the seeds, and the leaves feed the caterpillars of the Osage orange sphinx moth (NC State Extension).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSoil\u003c\/span\u003e Very adaptable. Prefers moist well-drained ground but tolerates dry sites, poor soil, occasional flooding, and road salt once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Excellent. Essentially untroubled by serious pests and diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNote\u003c\/span\u003e Most branches carry stout thorns, so site away from paths and high-traffic areas, unless intended for hedging. Works well as a fence or hedgerow. Nebraska Extension and the University of Minnesota both note a weedy tendency on unmanaged land, so keep an eye on seedlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seedling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905891381480,"sku":"ORN-OSAGE-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905891414248,"sku":"ORN-OSAGE-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_2f24a708361246abbdb9f65445a8c809_mv2.jpg?v=1786930042"},{"product_id":"malus-ioensis","title":"Prairie Crabapple (Malus ioensis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe wild crabapple of the tallgrass prairie, with intensely fragrant flowers. Prairie crabapple is a small, spreading native tree of the upper Mississippi Valley prairies and savannas, once common across the region and now under-appreciated. In spring, deep pink buds open to clouds of pale pink and white blossoms with a rich, sweet fragrance that carries on the air for weeks in April and May. It makes a broad, irregular, picturesque crown with arching branches and handsome gray bark that peels to reveal a reddish inner layer. In fall it bears small, fragrant, yellow-green apples, too tart to enjoy raw but excellent for jelly and preserves thanks to their high pectin, and food for wildlife. Our stock is grown from seed we harvested from a wild native tree near Pearl City, Illinois, so every plant carries documented local prairie provenance. It is deeply cold-hardy, historically valued as a cold-hardy apple rootstock for the northern Great Plains, and a magnet for pollinators in bloom and for birds and mammals in fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e Malus ioensis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e Deciduous native tree. Grown for fragrant spring bloom, wildlife value, and prairie provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the central US prairies, Minnesota to Texas, through the upper Mississippi Valley. This stock grown from seed wild-harvested near Pearl City, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSynonyms\u003c\/span\u003e Iowa crab, Iowa crabapple, wild crabapple, prairie crab. Formerly Pyrus ioensis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to the Midwest prairie and savanna region. A true regional native.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e Zone 3 to 8. Very cold hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Full sun for best bloom and health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e 20 to 30 feet tall and wide, with a broad, irregular, spreading crown. Slow growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e April to May. Deep pink buds opening to pale pink and white clusters, richly fragrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Insect-pollinated. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eTreat as needing a second seedling.\u003c\/span\u003e Like other \u003cem\u003eMalus\u003c\/em\u003e, diploid prairie crabapples carry S-RNase gametophytic self-incompatibility and will not set seed from their own pollen. The complication is that the \u003cem\u003eioensis\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ecoronaria\u003c\/em\u003e complex also contains triploid, facultatively apomictic forms that can set viable seed with no pollination at all. Which you have depends on the individual plant, and it is not something you can tell by eye, so plant two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Small, round, yellow-green apples about an inch across, ripening in fall. Best used for jelly and preserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFall color\u003c\/span\u003e Can develop deep crimson where foliage stays healthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBark\u003c\/span\u003e Gray, peeling in curling strips to reveal reddish inner bark. An attractive feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Flowers draw bees and butterflies. Bobwhite, pheasant and other birds, squirrels and rabbits eat the fruit, and crabapple thickets give birds nesting sites and shelter (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSoil\u003c\/span\u003e Prefers moist, well-drained, mildly acidic soil. Adaptable to loam and clay. Grows in full sun to light woodland shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eDisease\u003c\/span\u003e Susceptible to apple scab, cedar-apple rust, and fire blight, as wild crabapples are. Plant in full sun with good airflow, and keep well away from eastern red cedar to break the rust cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNote\u003c\/span\u003e Older branches can develop stout spines, and the tree may sucker into a thicket, useful for a wildlife planting, worth managing in a formal setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seedling, grown from wild-collected local seed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905891447016,"sku":"ORN-MALUS-M","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905891479784,"sku":"ORN-MALUS-L","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_c1a461166008447b8aa3a2a866a7d099_mv2.jpg?v=1786930043"},{"product_id":"northern-catalpa","title":"Northern Catalpa","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatalpa speciosa is the tree people notice twice a year. Once in June when it covers itself in white orchid-like trumpets freckled with purple and gold, and once in fall when it hangs with foot-long seed pods like a stand of green beans gone feral. Enormous heart-shaped leaves and a rot-resistant wood that fencepost-cutters valued long before anyone planted it as an ornamental. Give it room and it will give you shade in half the time an oak takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e Catalpa speciosa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e Deciduous flowering ornamental\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynonyms\u003c\/span\u003e Northern Catalpa, Hardy Catalpa, Cigartree, Indian Bean Tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native, with a small natural range in the Mississippi valley, southern Illinois and Indiana, western Kentucky and Tennessee, northeastern Arkansas. Naturalized far beyond it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e USDA zone 4 to 8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMature size\u003c\/span\u003e 40 to 60 feet tall, 20 to 40 feet wide. Fast, often 2 to 3 feet a year when young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSite\u003c\/span\u003e Full sun. Adaptable to poor, wet, dry, and alkaline soils. Tolerant of drought and urban conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBloom\u003c\/span\u003e Late May into June. Large upright panicles of white bell-shaped flowers with purple and yellow throat markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFruit\u003c\/span\u003e Slender seed capsules 8 to 20 inches long, green ripening to brown, persisting into winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWildlife\u003c\/span\u003e Larval host of the catalpa sphinx and the tersa sphinx, two native moths (NC State Extension). The \"catalpa worm\" is used by anglers as bait regionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/span\u003e Large leaves and long pods mean real litter, site it away from patios and pools. Wood is exceptionally rot-resistant, great for fence post or firewood. Poor timber quality. It also seeds itself readily: the USDA NRCS describes it as escaping cultivation, so plant it where you can mow or pull seedlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seedling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48905891643624,"sku":"ORN-NORTH-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48905891676392,"sku":"ORN-NORTH-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/bde975_1ab3c4771d52418aaceaad710719e623_mv2.jpg?v=1786930049"},{"product_id":"buttonbush","title":"Buttonbush","description":"\u003cp\u003eA native wetland shrub grown for its unusual spherical white flower clusters, not for fruit, and heavily visited by pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/strong\u003e Cephalanthus occidentalis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative status\u003c\/strong\u003e Native across most of the eastern and central United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e Zone 4 to 10.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloom\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid to late summer, golf-ball-sized white spheres heavy with nectar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSite\u003c\/strong\u003e Tolerates wet soil and standing water; also grows fine in average garden soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse\u003c\/strong\u003e Pollinator and wildlife plantings, rain gardens, pond edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e Seed-grown, container-grown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":49028314366184,"sku":"ORN-BUTTO-M","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":49028314398952,"sku":"ORN-BUTTO-L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/buttonbush.jpg?v=1789859957"},{"product_id":"black-maple","title":"Black Maple","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack maple is the sugar maple's darker, tougher cousin: a long-lived native shade tree with a dense, rounded crown, dark furrowed bark and yellow to orange fall color. The Morton Arboretum now treats it as a subspecies of sugar maple. Trees and Shrubs Online, drawing on Dirr and Warren's \u003cem\u003eThe Tree Book\u003c\/em\u003e, describes it as the more heat- and drought-tolerant of the two, shade tolerant, slower growing and long-lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery tree is a seedling, genetically distinct from its neighbors, from Midwest parent trees adapted to our winters and summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you plant one.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a tree for a generation. Give it room, well away from the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eAcer saccharum\u003c\/em\u003e subsp. \u003cem\u003enigrum\u003c\/em\u003e, often listed as \u003cem\u003eAcer nigrum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e Native deciduous shade tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSource\u003c\/span\u003e Grown from seed from USDA germplasm collections and our own harvests of wild Midwest black maple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to central and eastern North America, including Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e USDA zone 3 to 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e Full sun to full shade (Morton Arboretum)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e 60 to 75 feet tall, 40 to 50 feet wide (Morton Arboretum). Slower growing than sugar maple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eIdentification\u003c\/span\u003e Leaves usually three-lobed with drooping edges and small leafy stipules at the base of the stalk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Wind-pollinated. Male and female flowers on the same tree, so a single tree sets seed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eWatch for\u003c\/span\u003e More prone to leaf tatter than the best sugar maple selections (Trees and Shrubs Online)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e Seedling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Provenance Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Medium (3\"x8\")","offer_id":48988679995624,"sku":"ORN-GUYEW-M","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large (4\"x14\")","offer_id":48988680028392,"sku":"ORN-GUYEW-L","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/5833\/3928\/files\/Acer_nigrum_-_University_of_Kentucky_Arboretum_-_DSC09326.jpg?v=1788437143"},{"product_id":"nanking-cherry","title":"Nanking Cherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot a tree but a large shrub, 6 to 10 feet, smothered in white flowers in early spring and then laden with small, bright red, tart-sweet cherries in June. Productive, with good wildlife value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003ePrunus tomentosa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eAlso known as\u003c\/span\u003e Manchu cherry, downy cherry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to central and northern China, Mongolia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e USDA zone 2 to 7. Survives −50°F\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003ePollination\u003c\/span\u003e Plant at least two. We sell these as seedlings, and any two seed-grown plants pollinate each other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eRipens\u003c\/span\u003e June. 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Racemes of white flowers in midsummer when little else blooms, brilliant scarlet fall color, and distinctive corrugated bark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eBotanical name\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eOxydendrum arboreum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eProvenance\u003c\/span\u003e Wild seed from Madison County near Berea and from Pine Mountain, Kentucky. Zone 5b hardiness under trial at Provenance, not yet documented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eNative status\u003c\/span\u003e Native to Appalachian and southeastern US\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eHardiness\u003c\/span\u003e Zone 5 to 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eSoil\u003c\/span\u003e Acidic only: the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center lists pH below 6.8 and no tolerance of lime. Test your soil before you buy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eGrown for\u003c\/span\u003e Sourwood honey production, ornamental, brilliant fall color\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700\"\u003eTree\u003c\/span\u003e Medium, 25 to 50 feet. 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