Why it's called a Tulip Tree
NATIVE TREE (and SHRUB) SALE -- THE LIST!
Order your trees and shrubs now to insure delivery of special items. Deadline is Oct 2.
Saturday October 7, 2017 at Murdale True Value
on West Main Street in Carbondale
Trees plus shrubs/small trees ... all native species that belong in this environment.
Order your trees and shrubs now to insure delivery of special items. Deadline is Oct 2.
Saturday October 7, 2017 at Murdale True Value
on West Main Street in Carbondale
Trees plus shrubs/small trees ... all native species that belong in this environment.
Pre-order ... and more info ...
Keep Carbondale Beautiful partners with Forrest Keeling Nursery and Tabor Nursery (closer to home) to provide species that are the most appropriate for our region. This is a fund-raiser: all sales final; we cannot guarantee that the tree will love your spot.
... Or just come to the sale.
Below are trees and shrubs which we can get from Forrest Keeling or Tabor Nursery: first those we plan to have in stock; others you should order in advance; and what's not available (we're still looking). Contact KCB for more info.
- Pre-orders are highly recommended. Extras are not guaranteed.
- You pay when you pick them up (call to arrange a time). Make your check to Keep Carbondale Beautiful. Cash and credit cards also accepted.
- $25-30 per tree ($25 if pre-order is received by Monday before sale ... Oct 2, 2017; then $30 till the end of sale)
- $20 per shrub. NB Some small trees are priced like shrubs; some shrubs are priced like trees.
- Trees and shrubs come in 3-gallon pots.
- Below are the trees we plan to order - all natives. Availability has not been confirmed.
- Other kinds and sizes can be pre-ordered, including non-natives. Check the Nursery's catalog.
- How to pre-order? ...
Call 618 525-5525 or send e-mail to keepcb1326@gmail.com with the following information: Name, address, phone, email, tree selections.
... Or just come to the sale.
Below are trees and shrubs which we can get from Forrest Keeling or Tabor Nursery: first those we plan to have in stock; others you should order in advance; and what's not available (we're still looking). Contact KCB for more info.
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Aldo Leopold wrote in A Sand County Almanac ... Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither a god nor poet; one need only own a shovel. |
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TREES (go HERE for pictures and more info)
Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye (small tree/large shrub costs like a tree) Asimina triloba Pawpaw Betula nigra River Birch Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam or Musclewood Carya illinoinensis Pecan Cercis canadensis Redbud Chionanthus virginicus White Fringetree (Susceptible to ash borer) Cladrastis kentukea/ lutea Yellowwood Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Diospyros virginiana Persimmon Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky coffee tree Halesia carolina Carolina Silverbell Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar Magnolia acuminata Cucumber Magnolia Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum YAY!! Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Quercus alba White oak Quercus bicolor Swamp White oak Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak Quercus phellos Willow Oak Sassafras albidum Sassafras Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress Consider these other natives that we would love to sell, but are not always popular, so you will need to pre-order them ... but please do! Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye (native to Gallatin County anyway) Alnus Serrulata Brookside Alder (small tree) Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Celtis occidentalis Hackberry Juglans nigra Black walnut Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia (not quite native) Ostrya virginiana Eastern Hophornbeam (not available F 2017) Populus deltoides Cottonwood Prunus americana American Plum (a tree, but costs like a shrub) Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak Quercus muhlenbergii Chinkapin Oak Quercus pagodafolia Cherrybark Oak Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak Quercus texana Nuttall Oak :-( NOT AVAILABLE in FALL 2017
:-( Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood :-( Fagus grandiflora Beech :-( Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar :-( Tilia americana Linden or Basswood NB: conservation grade is available! |
SHRUBS - Here is the list - go HERE for pictures and more info.
Click on the Latin name to go straight to a page on that item. KCB is just learning which shrubs do well here (in sales and in the ground). Please share your experiences and preferences. Amorpha fruticosa False Indigo Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick *NEW* ... Ouch!! Aronia arbutifolia Brilliant Red Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry Callicarpa americana Beautyberry Calycanthus floridus Eastern Sweetshrub *NEW* Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Cornus drummondii Roughleaf Dogwood Corylus americana American Hazelnut (small tree) Hamamelis virginiana American Witchhazel Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf Hydrangea Ilex decidua Possumhaw Holly Itea virginica Virginia Sweetspire Lindera benzoin Spicebush Physocarpus opulifolius Ninebark Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac Sambucus canadensis American Black Elderberry Viburnum lentago Nannyberry Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum Consider these other natives that we would love to sell, but are not always popular, so you will need to pre-order them ... but please do! Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye (maybe only 2-gal.) not quite native Amelanchier laevis Smooth or Allegheny Serviceberry (multi-stemmed) Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood Euonymus Americana Strawberry Bush Euonymus atropurpurea Eastern Wahoo Prunus americana American Plum (a tree, but costs like a shrub) Rhus copallina Flameleaf Sumac :-( NOT AVAILABLE in FALL 2017
SHRUBS :-( Amelanchier canadensis Shadblow Serviceberry (not quite native) :-( Amelanchier arborea Downy Serviceberry (onlyl in 5-gallon = $35) :-( Hamamelis vernalis Spring Witchhazel :-( Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman' Southern Gentleman Winterberry :-( Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' Winter Red Winterberry Holly :-( Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum |
