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Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw viburnum)
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4-5' b&b: $48.95
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Large, upright, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub can be pruned to grow as a small tree. Creamy white flowers in flat clusters almost 5" across open in spring, providing nectar for butterflies, native bees and other pollinators. Flowers give way to blue-black, berry-like fruits, which are a good source of food for birds and wildlife in fall and early winter. Glossy dark green leaves change to shades of red and purple in fall. Use berries in jams and jellies, too.
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Asimina triloba (pawpaw)
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#1 gal. container: $12.95
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Wonderful large, 6-12" drooping leaves stand out among the cottonwoods, oaks, maples and redbuds along roadsides and woodland edges. This native tree produces purple flowers before the leaf buds open in April and May. They're followed by edible, waxy, irregular-shaped fruit that tastes like bananas. Fruits are greenish-yellow and mature to black, and you have to be quick to beat the wildlife to these unique fruits! Trees grow 15-20 feet, sometimes larger in really perfect sites. This understory tree requires afternoon shade.
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Carya illinoinensis (pecan)
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#3 gal. container: $32.95
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This massive shade tree is the pecan producer of the industry in the U.S. Lustrous, dark green foliage does not provide much fall color, but the nuts more than make up for this shortcoming. Best growth occurs in moist, well drained soil. It is native from Indiana and Iowa to Texas and Mexico. Grows 70-100' high with a spread of 40-75'. Larval host to the gray hairstreak.
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Diospyros virginiana (persimmon)
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#1 gal. container: $12.95
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Though not the most beautiful tree, it does provide dependable toughness and tasty fall fruit! Pyramidal to oval habit with green foliage turning yellow to reddish purple in fall. Fragrant white lily-of-the-valley-like flowers in late spring are followed with 1 1/2" yellowish-red to pale orange berries, which ripen in fall. Adaptable to very dry conditions, trees grow 35-60' tall with a 20-35' spread. Native from Connecticut to Florida, and west to Texas and Kansas.
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Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry)
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#3 gal. container: $12.95
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You see the large white flower clusters along roadways in summer. Medium-sixed purple-black berries follow in August and September, and make wonderful jams, jellies and wine! Prefering moist soils, this shrub can grow in dry sites also but not as vigorously. Plants mature to a height of 6-10' with a spread of 6-8'. Full sun to light shade. Zone 3-9
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