Prunus cerasus Summer, dark red skin. Firm Morello-type with dark red flesh and red juice. Sweet for a pie cherry. Ripens about 10 days before Montmorency. Z4.
Prunus cerasus Summer, bright red skin. French heirloom. Most famous of all pie cherries. Aromatic firm-fleshed bright red fruit makes a clear light pink juice. Self-pollinating. Z3/4.
Prunus avium Summer, black-mahogany red skin. Large sweet fruit. Vigorous, productive, upright; bears consistently in central Maine. Self-pollinating, but benefits from second variety. Z4/5.
Prunus avium Summer, red-blushed gold skin. All-around excellent sweet cherry for the Northeast. Sweet light-colored flesh. Good size, great flavor and heavy cropping. Disease and crack resistant. Self-pollinating. Z4.
Aronia arbutifolia 6-10' × 3-6'. Each one is genetically unique. Beautiful in mass plantings and borders. Plant several in a hedge and make the birds happy! Native. Z3/4.
Aquilegia canadensis 12-24" tall. This eastern North American native features delicate red-spurred sepals with yellow petaled skirts. Blooms late May to early June. Irresistible to hummingbirds! Z3.
Symphytum × uplandicum 24–48" tall. Great companion plant for orchards. Chop as mulch or add to the compost pile. Rich in silica, nitrogen, magnesium, calcium, potassium and iron. Z3.
Symphytum officinale 24-48" tall. Famous for skin-soothing properties. Good orchard companion plant, but spreads vigorously. Choose site with care. Z3.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 100'. A spectacular ornamental tree! Wide trunk with iridescent golden-orange bark and bright green deciduous needles turn orange in the fall. Highly adaptable. Z4.
Thuja occidentalis 20-60'. Narrow and tall with twiggy branches, soft fibrous orange-brown bark, and distinct flat foliage. Good for screens and hedges. Z2.
Abies koreana 15-30' × 6 -12' Upright 3" purple-blue cones perch atop bright green boughs on a conical to pyramidal tree. Nice as a specimen or in hedges. Z5.
Pinus strobus 100'+. Magnificent and massive when mature. Smooth bark becomes rough, deeply furrowed with age. Makes a beautiful hedge. Shade tolerant. Z3.
Pinus banksiana 50-60'. Native. Northernmost growing of all the American pines. useful in windbreaks and shelter belts. Grows in sandy shallow acidic soils. Z2.
Picea pungens var. glauca 30-60'. Very popular specimen tree with frosty blue needles. Excellent for privacy screens, as it is fast growing after 3'. Native to western U.S. Z2.
Picea abies 80-100'. Fast-growing wide-spreading upright picturesque tree with graceful long pendulous branches that often reach the ground. Showy cones. Z2.
Vaccinium macrocarpon White skin. Albino berries with red blush. Selected from a seedling found growing in a bog on an island off the coast of Maine. Lasts up to 6 months in cold storage. Z2.
Vaccinium macrocarpon Red skin. 4-10". The cranberry of holiday sauces, bread and jelly. Dense low lustrous evergreen groundcover loaded with large red berries in fall. Z2.
Cornus racemosa 3-8' × 10-15'. Native multi-stemmed thickly branched suckering shrub with rounded domes of small 4-petaled white flowers that bloom in early summer. White berries on bright red fruit stalks. Z4.
Cornus sericea 8-10'. Multi-stemmed spreading shrub excellent for hedges and borders. Red stems admirable in the winter. Valuable native wildlife plant. Z2.
Cornus amomum 8-12' × same. Creamy blooms followed by blue berries. Large rounded shrub is good for erosion control, wildlife or pollinator habitat. Native. Z4.
Sambucus canadensis 6-12' × same. Each grown from a cold-hardy seed and will be a totally unique plant. Some of our best plants grew from batches of such seedlings. Z3.
