| 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'
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