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Evergreens

From 12” Boxwood to 10’ Dark American Arborvitae, our evergreen selection is complete. In 2011, we are debuting  two new grafted evergreens: Fat Albert Spruce and Compact Japanese Red Pine. Our nursery has 8 different arborvitae cultivars available from 3’ to 10’.

Click on the photo to the right to see our portfolio of evergreens from our nursery.


ARBORVITAE

Thuja occidentalis ‘Brabant’

Brabant Arborvitae

Size: 12'h x 5'w    Shape: Pyramidal

New strong grower from Europe with loose bright green foliage, reported to be the most shade tolerant arborvitae

Height: 4', 5', 6'

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’

Brandon Arborvitae

Size: 15'h x 6'w    Shape: Pyramidal

Good resistance to winter burn, nice compact growth habit that requires minimal pruning

Height: 4', 5', 6'

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Golden Globe’

Golden Globe Arborvitae

Size: 3'h x 3'w    Shape: Global

A mutation of ‘Woodwardii’ with soft golden-yellow foliage

Width: 18", 24", 30"

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’

Holmstrup Arborvitae

Size: 7'h x 4'w    Shape: Upright

Our shortest and slowest growing upright Arborvitae, it tolerates poor drainage, light shade, and is cold hardy

Height: 3', 3.5', 4', 5'

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’

Dark Green Arborvitae

Size: 20'h x 5'w    Shape: Pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Excellent privacy screening plant, performs well in full sun or partial shade

Height: 3', 3.5', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8', 9', 10'

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’

Emerald Green Arborvitae

Size: 11'h x 4'w    Shape: Compact, Pyramidal

Foliage: Emerald Green

Retains color well through winter months, very cold hardy

Height: 3', 3.5', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8'

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Techny’

Mission Arborvitae

Size: 15'h x 11'w    Shape: Broad Pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Great for screening and hedges, foliage doesn’t winter burn, requires well drained soil

Height: 3', 3.5', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8'

 

Thuja occidentalis ‘Woodwardii’

Woodward Globe Arborvitae

Size: 6'h x 6'w    Shape: Rounded

Foliage: Green

A hardy foundation or hedge plant that maintains its round shape without pruning

Width: 3', 4'


 

BOXWOOD

Buxus ‘Glencoe’

Chicagoland Green Boxwood

Size: 3'h x 3'w    Shape: Round-Mounding

Foliage: Deep Green

A Chicagoland Grows introduction selected for its hardiness and good winter color

Width: 12", 15", 18", 21"

 

Buxus ‘Green Velvet’

Green Velvet Boxwood

Size: 3'h x 3'w    Shape: Round-Mounding

Foliage: Deep Green

Excellent compact rounded form with year round glossy dark green foliage

Width: 12", 15", 18", 21", 24"

 

Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’

Wintergreen Boxwood

Size: 4'h x 4'w    Shape: Mounded

Foliage: Lime Green

One of the hardiest and largest of the boxwoods, foliage turns bronze in mid-winter

Width: 15", 18", 21", 24"


 

FIR

Abies balsamea x phanerolepis  ‘Canaan’

Canaan Fir

Size: 50'h x 25'w    Shape: Pyramidal

Foliage: Blue-Green

A Balsam/Fraser Fir cross with soft bluish-green needles

Height: 8', 9', 10'

 


 

PINE

Pinus densiflora ‘Umbracifera Compacta’

Compact Tanyosho Pine

Size: 5'h x 5'w    Shape: Compact, Mounded

Distinctive for a flat 'table top' growth habit.  Grafted, Deer resistant

Available either on a 2' standard or low branched specimen

Width: 4', 5'

 

Pinus mugo var ‘Enci’

Enci Mugo Pine

Size: 7'h x 4'w    Shape: Mounded

Foliage: Dark Green

An excellent compact, uniform strain from Evergreen Nursery in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Width: 18", 24", 30", 3', 3.5', 4', 5'

 

Pinus nigra

Austrian Pine

Size: 50'h x 40'w    Shape: Wide Pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Rapid growing, tolerates poor soils, lustrous long dark green needles

Height: 3', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8', 9', 10'

 

Pinus strobus

Eastern White Pine

Size: 50'h x 20'w    Shape: Symmetrical, Pyramidal

Foliage: Blue-Green

Attractive soft foliage, fast growing, does well in sun to partial shade

Height: 3', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8', 9', 10'


 

SPRUCE

Picea abies

Norway Spruce

Size: 50'h x 25'w    Shape: Pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Fastest growing of the spruces, ideal for windbreaks

Height: 3', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8', 9', 10'

 

Picea glauca ‘Densata’

Black Hills Spruce

Size: 25'h x 20'w    Shape: Conical

Foliage: Deep Blue-Green

A smaller compact White Spruce, adaptable to most soils

Height: 3', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8', 9'

 

Picea omorika

Serbian Spruce

Size: 55'h x 25'w    Shape: Pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Graceful arching branches, tolerates dry conditions

Height: 4', 5', 6', 7'

 

Picea pungens

Colorado Spruce

Size: 50'h x 20'w    Shape: Broad Pyramidal

Most popular of all spruce, requires well drained soil, needle color varies from green to silver blue

Height: 3', 4', 5', 6', 7', 8'

 

Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’

Fat Albert Blue Spruce

Size: 40'h x 20'w    Shape: Pyramidal

Foliage: Blue

Straight leader, natural pyramidal shape, and a marvelous blue color

Height: 4', 5', 6', 7'