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Large Shade Trees

Select SustainablePlus Highbeam ® Overcup Oak

Native shade tree - own root. The first cultivar Overcup Oak available on its own root. Dr. Michael Dirr declares, “Highbeam® Overcup Oak is a refinement of one of the best native species. Its uniqueness resides in the lustrous leathery leaves, changing yellow and bronze-red in fall. Further, leaf drop is clean and uniform, without the lingering dried brown foliage common to many oak species. The gray-brown winter branches and trunk assume a scaly texture, presenting a sculptural silhouette in the winter landscape. Branches are upswept, making Highbeam® a perfect street tree.”

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Yellow-Burnt Orange

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oak

2006 - 5” trunk diameter

18 years

2024 - 26” trunk diameter

“To walk rows of Highbeam® Overcup Oaks, all uniformly brimming with superior characteristics, is to appreciate this milestone in propagation - trueness-to-type from top to bottom . . .an oak for the ages - Dr. Michael Dirr

Select SustainablePlus Highbeam ® Overcup Oak

“Select Trees’ patience, persistence, and propagation savvy open the landscape portal to the world of cultivar oaks. Oaks on their own roots with genetically programmed uniform characteristics including growth habit, summer and fall leaf colors, clean leaf drop in autumn, ease of transplanting, and pest resistance guarantee success in commercial and residential landscapes.” - Dr. Michael Dirr

Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

Select SustainablePlus Streamline ® Overcup Oak

Quercus lyrata ‘QLR552’ P.P.A.F.

Native shade tree - own root. Streamline® Overcup Oak has moderately upswept branching. The orange-burgundy fall color is unique to overcup oaks. Clean and uniform leaf drop in winter.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Uniform, upright branching; dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Orange-Burgundy

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Endurance ™ Compton Oak

Quercus x comptoniae ‘Endurance’

Endurance is the first cultivar Compton Oak available on its own root. Compton is a nifty hybrid between Live Oak (Q. virginiana) and Overcup Oak (Q. lyrata), both noted to be among the toughest trees for urban environments. Compton Oak was first named by Mrs. Compton of Natchez, MS in the early 1900’s.

Endurance is a vigorous selection and embodies traits of both its parents with great tolerance to many soil types and once established, very drought-tolerant.

Specifications

Height: 35-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Semi-evergreen

Hardiness: Zone 7 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Highpoint ® Nuttall Oak

Quercus nuttallii ‘QNFTA’ P.P.#13524

Native shade tree - own root. The first cultivar Nuttall Oak available on its own root. Leaves emerge in spring, tinged bronzy red, turning to lustrous dark green. By fall they assume a brilliant yellow/orange and drop cleanly in winter. “Highpoint® Nuttall Oak is an alternative to Pin Oak and Shumard Oak in the southern United States. The uniform growth habit, spectacular foliage, and proclivity for harsh cultural conditions are the ingredients that produce the perfect shade and street tree.”-Dr. Michael Dirr

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Bright green

Fall Color: Orange-yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

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Sangria ® Red Leaf Nuttall Oak

Quercus nuttallii ‘QNSTD’ P.P.#16,254

Sangria® Nuttall Oak has leaves that emerge a deep burgundy in the spring, holding the color for several weeks before returning to green. An excellent choice to serve as a single specimen or to line streets, Sangria® will stand out in spring with striking impact.

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Deep burgundy new foliage in spring, turning dark green in the summer

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Esplanade ® Nuttall Oak

Quercus nuttallii ‘QNSTC’ P.P.#16,401

Esplanade® is a handsome Nuttall Oak from Tree Introductions has an upswept branching structure lending to a natural adaptability for urban situations. Clean, dark green foliage turns a brilliant red and then burgundy in autumn. An own-root clonal selection for tough, urban landscapes.

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Specifications

Shape: Uniform, somewhat upswept branching, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Red to Burgundy

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Esplanade® Nuttall Oak

Select SustainablePlus Esplanade® Nuttall Oak

Select SustainablePlus Icon ™ Nuttall Oak

Quercus nuttallii ‘QNI374’ P.P.A.F.

Native shade tree - own root. Icon™ was selected for good vigor, uniform and dense branching structure, form, and density. Icon’s™ dark green foliage turns yellow in fall.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green in the summer

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Panache ® Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii ‘QSFTC’ P.P.#14,424

Fast growing oak suitable for streets, lawns and commercial open spaces. Dark lustrous green leaf with deep sinuses. Panache® is an excellent new own root oak clone, which gives architects and designers dependable, consistent performance among all the trees in a planting.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Lustrous dark green

Fall Color: Red to dark orange

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Panache ® Shumard Oak

Compared to most shumard oaks, Prominence® is is a more vigorous, dense tree, with good fall color, upright form, and is more likely to have a central leader and more orderly side branching.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Somewhat ascending branching; uniform, dense canopy

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Red

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Hightower ® Willow Oak Quercus phellos ‘QPSTA’ P.P.#13,677

Native shade tree - own root. The first cultivar of Willow Oak available on its own root. According to Dr. Michael Dirr, “ Hightower® Willow Oak is the grower’s dream tree and the landscape architect’s easiest specification. Guaranteed to please because of the naturally developed central leader, uniform distribution of branches, upswept branching disposition, and lustrous dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn.”

Specifications

Height: 40-70’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green, fine texture

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oak

“Select has the best guarantee you could possibly get, because these trees are selected for their vigor in tough urban conditions. They are top-pruned and root-pruned to create dense heads and to create dense root systems, so that when these trees are transplanted, you are guaranteed that they will survive and create a dense, thick urban forest. This is what I get from Select Trees: The finest clonal oaks, and the finest clonal trees that there are on the market.”

- Landscape Architect, Atlanta, GA

Select SustainablePlus Ascendor ® Willow Oak

Quercus

phellos ‘QPSTJ’ P.P.#19,922

Ascendor® is upright, but with a moderate branch angle that is much less likely to develop included bark as compared to other upright trees we have evaluated. Growth rate is vigorous with a much more fibrous root system than most Willow Oaks.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Very dense, somewhat upswept branching, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green, fine texture

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Fortitude TM Willow Oak

Quercus phellos ‘QPFT06’ P.P.A.F.

Native shade tree - own root. Discovered at Select Trees by Dr. Dirr, FortitudeTM differs from other Willow Oak selections due to mid-spring leaf-out, protecting it from spring cold damage. FortitudeTM is much like Hightower® Willow Oak in form and texture, has a naturally developed central leader, uniform distribution of branches, and tolerance to a wide range of urban conditions throughout the Eastern United States.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green, fine texture

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Epic ® Red Oak

Quercus x ‘QREP20’ P.P.A.F.

Although we purchased this tree as a pin oak approximately 20 years ago, the following traits lead us to believe that Epic™ is a natural hybrid: Upright branching, clean leaf drop in fall, and moderate to good fall color.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Dense, very upright oval, uniform branching

Foliage: Dark green

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Street Wise ® Red Oak

Quercus x ‘ QRSW18’ P.P.A.F.

Native shade tree - own root. Streetwise® is an own-root clonal oak selected by Dr. Michael Dirr from a large group of Crownright oak seedlings at Select Trees. “Like Crownright and unlike typical pin oak,” Streetwise® has ascending branches, dense canopy, and clean leaf drop in the fall. Streetwise® is another natural hybrid and a vigorous choice to consider for tough urban settings.

Specifications

Height: 30-60’

Spread: 20-40’

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Shape: Uniform, dense, dominant leader

Foliage: Bright green

Fall Color: Red-burgundy

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Allee ® Lacebark Elm

Ulmus parvifolia ‘Emer ll’ P.P.#7,552

“Allee® Elm withstands the harshest growing conditions and will bring green civility to our cities and towns and cool to our streets and our homes .” - Dr. Michael Dirr

“No other tree embodies such functional, yet noble, attributes.” - Dr. Michael Dirr

Height: 40-70’

Spread: 30-50’

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Shape: Upright arching

Foliage: Rich green

Fall Color: Yellow to rosy pink

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Allee® Lacebark Elms

Trees properly placed to cool urban heat-islands can lower the temperatures as much as 5 degrees F. - American Forests

Burgundy Lacebark Elm

Ulmus parvifolia ‘Burgundy’

Shade tree - own root. Selected for its outstanding autumn foliage and habit on the campus of The University of Georgia by Dr. Michael Dirr. This Lacebark Elm has a distinct broad-rounded habit and uniform branch development. An extremely fast grower.

Height: 40-60’

Spread: 30-40’

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Shape: Broad-rounded

Foliage: Rich green turning burgundy in fall

Fall Color: Burgundy

Hardiness: Zone 7 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Burgundy Lacebark Elm

Jefferson American Elm

Ulmus americana ‘Jefferson’

Expansive, vase-shaped canopy with arching limbs; dark green summer foliage. Adapted to a wide variety of soil conditions and pH. Selected from the Washington Mall by the National Park Service. Outstanding level of Dutch elm disease tolerance.

Specifications

Height: 45-65’

Spread: 30-50’

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Shape: Upright-vase

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 4 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Creole Queen ® American Elm

Ulmus americana ‘UASNZ’

The newest introduction of American Elm is also the new standard in the heat of southern landscapes. Creole Queen® American Elm displays great heat tolerance and durability in the urban environment along with a tight branching, upright form similar to Princeton American Elm. The parent tree was discovered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Finally, we have an attractive American Elm for Texas, Florida, and all of the south available on its own root.

Shape: Upright-vase

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Yellow

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Hardiness: Zone 7 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Creole Queen® American Elm

Palatial ® Dawn Redwood Metasequoia

glyptostrobodies ‘1042’

An exciting new own-root clone from Tree Introductions, Palatial® Dawn Redwood has an upright and dense branching structure with excellent dark-green foliage. As a specimen or as a deciduous screen this tree’s unique habit and orange-brown fall color will make a first-rate addition to your plant palette.

Specifications

Height: 30-50’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Upright, dense branching structure, uniform

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Orange-brown

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Form Available: Single trunk

Select SustainablePlus Palatial® Dawn Redwood

Planted in 2018 at 6” trunk diameter

taken in 2021 at 10” trunk diameter

Autumn Gold ™ Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum ‘Sofine’ P.P.#13,431

An introduction of PDSI that is propagated on its own root, thus having consistent shape and growth rate. Autumn Gold™ was selected for its dense branching, golden fall color and bright green summer foliage.

Specifications

Height: 50-70’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Central leader, dense round head

Foliage: Bright green

Fall Color: Gold

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select SustainablePlus Autumn Gold ™ Bald Cypress

Medium Trees

Built to Last ® Red Maple

Acer rubrum ‘Built to Last’

Native shade tree - own root. Built to Last® is a branch sport from October Glory® Red Maple. Built to Last® is very similar to October Glory® in fall color and other traits, but is more heat tolerant and has an approximately 10-20% increased growth rate.

Specifications

Height: 30-50’

Spread: 30-40’

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Shape: Broadly oval to round

Foliage: Medium green, glossy

Fall Color: Deep red to reddish purple

Hardiness: Zone 4 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Jaybird ™ Georgia Oak

Quercus georgiana ‘Jaybird’

Native small to medium tree - own root. Discovered by Steve Sanchez from a group of seedlings at Select Trees, the Jaybird™ Georgia Oak is a handsome, densely branched tree that is perfect for tight spaces, planters, or as park tree. Leaves drop clean in fall.

Specifications

Height: 15-30’

Spread: 15-30’

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Shape: Uniform, upright branching; dominant leader

Foliage: Lustrous dark green leaves

Fall Color: Red to Reddish-Purple

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Pritchard Trident Maple Acer buergerianum ‘Pritchard’

Trident maple cultivar with excellent oval-round head.

Height: 20-40’

Spread: 15-35’

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Shape: Broadly oval to round

Foliage: Medium green, glossy

Fall Color: Deep red to reddish purple

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Palisade ® American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana ‘ CCSQU’ P.P.#11,280

“Palisade® American Hornbeam is an upright, narrow oval selection with strongly ascending branches; 2 to 1 height to width ratio; have seen the parent tree and was impressed by habit and good dark green foliage; respectable yellow fall color; 30’ by 15’; introduced by Tree Introductions.” - Dr. Michael Dirr

Specifications

Height: 20-40’

Spread: 10-20’

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Shape:Very dense, somewhat upswept

branching, dominant leader

Foliage: Dark green, fine texture

Fall Color: Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Contemplation ® Parrotia

Parrotia persica ‘ PPCM2 ’

Shade tree - own root. Parent tree located in Morris Arboretum. Very tough small to medium tree for difficult conditions. Exfoliating, colorful bark and fall leaf color are very striking.

Specifications

Height: 20-40’

Spread: 10-20’

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Shape: Uniform, upright, dense, contorted overall

Foliage: Emerging blue green turning dark green

Fall Color: A kaleidoscope of colors including: Red, Pink, Purple, Yellow, and Orange

Hardiness: Zone 5-8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Form Available: Single-Trunk

Durable™ American Linden

Tilia americana ‘Durable’

Native shade tree - own root. The parent tree was discovered by landscape architect Joe Howell growing in a parking lot cutout in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. Durable™ is a vigorous selection that should perform well in areas where American Linden (Basswood) may not normally be considered for use.

Specifications

Height: 25-40’

Spread: 15-25’

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Shape: Upswept

Foliage: Dark Green

Fall Color: Pale Yellow

Hardiness: Zone 5-8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Dura-Heat ® River Birch

Betula nigra ‘BNMTF’

Native shade tree - own root. Dura-Heat® River Birch holds up better than other birch cultivars during heat stress common to the south and other parts of the country. Dura-Heat® has more budbreaks than other popular river birch cultivars giving it a fuller, more dense appearance. The leaves are smaller and thicker than those of most birch, and it does not defoliate as much in the summer months. “Dura-Heat® is the superior birch selection for the 21st century.” – Dr. Michael Dirr

Specifications

Height: 30-40’

Spread: 15-25’

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Shape: Denser and more branching than most seedlings and other cultivars

Foliage: Lustrous dark green

Fall Color: Butter-yellow

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 9

Summer Dig: No

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Flowering Trees

Serenity ™ Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus ‘CV1049’

Native small flowering tree - own root. Better in urban conditions than most small native trees. Compared to typical seedlings, broader, denser canopy with outstanding vigor and flowers. Yellow fall color.

Specifications

Height: 10-15’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Round to upright

Foliage: Rich dark green, purple ribs

Fall Color: Yellow

Flower: White, cloud-like

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Spirit ™ Fringetree Chionanthus

retusus

‘Spirit ’

Attractive small ornamental tree with fleecy white flowers and grey-brown bark exfoliating in papery curls. Dark green leathery leaf maintains a pleasing appearance throughout the summer.

Specifications

Height: 10-20’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Round Spreading

Foliage: Dark green, leathery

Fall Color: Yellow

Flower: Delicate, white

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Muskogee Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘Muskogee’

Small tree with a proliferation of light lavendar flowers. ‘Muskogee’ demonstraes good mildew resistence. The bark is tan in younger plants, darkening with maturity. This is a National Arboretum intruduciton.

Specifications

Height: 18-30’

Spread: 12-25’

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Shape: Upright small tree

Foliage: Medium Green

Fall Color: Red Orange

Flower: Lavender

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Sarah’s Favorite Crape Myrtle

Sarah’s Favorite Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘ Sarah’s Favorite ’

Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘ Sarah’s Favorite ’

Similar to ‘Natchez’ in habit and bark, but more cold hardy. White flowers are especially showy, covering the entire plant with white clouds reminiscent of a flowering cherry, without the heavy pendulous of ‘Natchez’. Fall color is outstanding.

Similar to ‘Natchez’ in habit and bark, but more cold hardy. White flowers are especially showy, covering the entire plant with white clouds reminiscent of a flowering cherry, without the heavy pendulous of ‘Natchez’. Fall color is outstanding.

Specifications

Specifications

Height: 18-30’ Spread: 12-25’

Height: 18-30’ Spread: 12-25’

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Shape: Upright small tree

Shape: Upright samll tree

Foliage: Medium Green

Foliage: Medium Green

Flower: White

Flower: White

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Form Available: Single Trunk

Evergreens

Fruitland’s Tea Olive

Osmanthus x fortunei ‘Fruitlandii’

Small evergreen tree producing cream-colored blooms in the fall with exceptional fragrance. Selection was made from a holdover at Fruitland Nurseries, currently Augusta National Golf Club. More cold hardy with narrower leaf than ‘Fortune’s’.

Specifications

Height: 15-20’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Small oval

Foliage: Evergreen lustrous dark green

Flowers: White, Fragrant

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No Own Root Clone: Yes

Judy Evans American Holly Ilex opaca ‘Judy Evans’

An excellent selection of American Holly found at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. Lustrous dark green foliage combines with outstanding, bright red fruit to make an admirable specimen. Very good cold hardiness.

Specifications

Height: 25-35’

Spread: 15-20’

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Shape: Broad-pyramidal

Foliage: Evergreen lustrous dark green, glossy

Fruit: Bright red berries

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Select Elegance ™ American Holly Ilex opaca ‘IOFLD16’

Native Evergreen tree - own root. Much denser, darker green, and more vigorous than any I. opaca we have seen. Great for screening hedge and specimen.

Specifications

Height: 25-35’

Spread: 15-20’

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Shape: Broad-pyramidal

Foliage: Evergreen lustrous dark green, glossy

Fruit: Bright red berries

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Glorious Fences ™ American Holly Ilex opaca ‘IOLAW’

Native Evergreen Tree - own root. Discovered in Lawrenceville, GA by Steve Sanchez. Selected for upright habit, vigor, and density. Great for screening hedge and specimen.

Specifications

Height: 25-35’

Spread: 15-20’

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Shape: Broad-pyramidal

Foliage: Evergreen lustrous dark green, glossy

Fruit: Bright red berries

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Cool Fences TM Lusterleaf Holly

Ilex latifolia ‘ILDG’

Evergreen tree - own root. Large, dense, pyramidal evergreen holly with lustrous dark green leaves and red fruit. Coarse texture and bold foliage provide a nice, evergreen contrast with other plants. Good shade and drought tolerance. Prefers well drained soil. “Lusterleaf Holly ranks among the best of the broadleaf evergreens.” -Dr. Michael Dirr

Specifications

Height: 15-20’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Pyramidal

Foliage: Lustrous dark green

Fruit: Bright red berries

Hardiness: Zone 7 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Cool Fences TM Lusterleaf Holly

Wirt L. Winn Holly

Ilex x koehneana ‘Wirt L. Winn’

Pyramidal holly with distinctive dark foliage and large red fruit. The plant is one of the best hollies in terms of foliage quality and vigorous growth rate. This is a selection from Winn Nursery in Virginia. New growth emerges with a reddish tint. Mature leaves twist slightly along the margins for added interest. More cold hardy than many broad leaf evergreens.

Specifications

Height: 15-25’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Dense, Upright-pyramidal

Foliage: Lustrous dark green, glossy

Fruit: Red berries

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Nellie R. Stevens Holly

Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’

Evergreen tree - own root. Perhaps the most successful and reliable large holly in the Southeast, ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ makes an excellent screening or accent plant. Beautiful broad pyramidal evergreen tree to 25 feet. Leaves are a lustrous dark green. Available full-to-ground, or a trained single trunk.

Specifications

Height: 15-25’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Densely pyramidal

Foliage: Lustrous dark green

Fruit: Bright red berries

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Mary Nell Holly Ilex x ‘Mary Nell’

Evergreen tree - own root. Upright pyramidal holly with distinctive dark foliage and bright red fruit. Good screening plant and is very heat tolerant.

Specifications

Height: 15-25’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Pyramidal Foliage: Lustrous dark green, glossy

Fruit: Bright red berries

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

Mary Nell Holly

Tapestry ™ Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana ‘Tapestry’

Native evergreen tree - own root. Tapestry™ Eastern Red Cedar is a unique own-root selection of Native Eastern Red Cedar. Tapestry™ is an excellent selection with a root system and transplantability far more superior than most other cultivars of J. virginiana that we have seen.

Discovered in Adrian, GA, Tapestry™ was selected for it’s unique density, making it a very good selection for screening.

Specifications

Height: 20-40’

Spread: 10-18’

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Shape: Upright, pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Providence ™ Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana ‘Providence’

Native evergreen tree - own root. An attractive cultivar of Eastern Red Cedar, the Providence™ Eastern Red Cedar is an excellent selection with a root system and transplantability far more superior than most other cultivars of J. virginiana that we have seen. Discovered in Athens, GA, Providence™ is a very dense, broad-base native replacement for Leyland Cypress and Cryptomeria, good as a grouping or screening plant.

Specifications

Height: 35-45’

Spread: 15-20’

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Shape: Upright, pyramidal

Foliage: Dark Green

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Claudia Wannamaker Southern Magnolia Magnolia

grandiflora ‘Claudia Wannamaker’

Medium-oval pyramidal form with dark green leaves and a medium brown underside. Blooms at an early age. With root pruning, it is easier to transplant than most magnolias. Thirty year old planting in Athens, Georgia that is very full, dense, and healthy without pruning or maintenance.

Specifications

Height: 40-60’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Medium-oval pyramid

Foliage: Evergreen, lustrous dark green with rusty brown back

Flower: Creamy white, fragrant

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

Claudia Wannamaker Southern Magnolia

Claudia Wannamaker Southern Magnolia

Alta ® Southern Magnolia Magnolia

grandiflora ‘TMGH’ P.P.#11,612

While most Southern Magnolias have a broad spreading, pyramidal shape, Alta® offers a more contained, denser form which can be attributed to its tight branching pattern. The small foliage brings a finer, more formal texture to the landscape, changing the perception of a traditional Southern Magnolia.. “The gaps in Southern Magnolia aesthetics and culture have been filled by Alta®.” – Dr. Michael Dirr

Specifications

Height: 40-50’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Dense, upright branching

Foliage: Evergreen, lustrous dark green with rusty brown back

Flower: Creamy white, fragrant

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

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University of Georgia Golf Course - Athens, GA

“Alta is invaluable for groupings, screens, and hedges. The virtues are numerous and nurserymen, landscape architects, and ultimately consumers will delight in the user-friendly nature of Alta.”

- Dr. Michael Dirr

Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia

virginiana

Native evergreen tree. Sweetbay Magnolia is a native tree tolerant of less-than-ideal soil conditions. Its sweet-scented flower and silver leaves make for an appealing small landscape tree.

Specifications

Height: 30-40’

Spread: 20-30’

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Shape: Small to medium-maturing tree with a pyramidal to round head

Foliage: Semi-evergreen, green leaves with silver back

Flower: Creamy white, fragrant

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Green Giant Arborvitae

Thuja

x ‘Green Giant’

Evergreen tree - own root. This fast growing cultivar western cedar works well as a conifer hedge or screen. It may also serve as a specimen or accent. Many landscape architects and tree experts find it to be a good replacement for Leyland Cypress and Cryptomeria.

Specifications

Height: 30-40’

Spread: 10-20’

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Shape: Broad pyramidal evergreen, with ascending branches

Foliage: Scale like, bright green

Hardiness: Zone 5 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes

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Hetz Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz’

Native evergreen tree - own root. Hetz Arborvitae has a columnar pyramidal form and a more coarse texture than is typical of the species. Hetz holds good green winter color and is a good substitute for Leyland Cypress and Cryptomeria.

Specifications

Height: 20-30’

Spread: 10-15’

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Shape: Columnar pyramidal form

Foliage: Dark green

Hardiness: Zone 6 to 9

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: Yes

Own Root Clone: Yes

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“One of the main reasons I use Select Trees on my projects is so that 5 years from now, people will see my previous projects and business will explode”

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DeGroot Spire Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis ‘DeGroot Spire’

Evergreen tree - own root. DeGroot Spire is a narrow-columnar form with rich green, twisted foliage like ‘Spiralis’. This is a very slow-growing tree.

Height: 6-12’

Spread: 3-5’

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Specifications

Shape: Narrow-columnar

Foliage: Rich green

Fall Color: Bronze to brown

Hardiness: Zone 3 to 8

Summer Dig: Yes

Native: No

Own Root Clone: Yes