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NATIVE TREE (and SHRUB) SALE
will be
Saturday October 7, 2017
at
Murdale True Value
Small trees, shrubs, medium & large trees ... all native species that belong in this environment.
Pre-order ... and more info ...
Keep Carbondale Beautiful partners with Forrest Keeling Nursery to provide species most appropriate for the 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: first those we plan to have in stock; others you should order in advance; and what's not available (check in Fall). 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: first those we plan to have in stock; others you should order in advance; and what's not available (check in Fall). 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 (click for pictures) Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye (small tree/large shrub costs like a tree) Asimina triloba Pawpaw Carya illinoinensis Pecan Cercis canadensis Redbud Chionanthus virginicus White Fringetree (Susceptible to ash borer) Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood Diospyros virginiana Persimmon Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky coffee tree Halesia carolina Carolina Silverbell Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar Magnolia acuminata Cucumber Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum YAY!! Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Quercus alba White oak Quercus bicolor Swamp White oak Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak Quercus pagodafolia Cherrybark Oak Quercus phellos Willow Oak Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak Sassafras albidum Sassafras Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress Tilia americana Linden or Basswood 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! Alnus Serrulata Brookside Alder (small tree) Betula nigra River Birch Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Celtis occidentalis Hackberry Corylus americana American Hazelnut (a tree, but costs like a shrub) Fagus grandiflora Beech Juglans nigra Black walnut Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Ostrya virginiana Eastern Hophornbeam Populus deltoides Cottonwood Prunus americana American Plum (a tree, but costs like a shrub) Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak Quercus muhlenbergii Chinkapin Oak Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak Quercus texana Nuttall Oak :-( NOT AVAILABLE SPRING 2017 (try in Fall?)
TREES :-( Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam or Musclewood :-( Cladrastis kentukea/ lutea Yellowwood :-( Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood :-( Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar :-( Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine **(CG only) |
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. Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye (small tree/large shrub costs like a tree) Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry Calycanthus floridus Eastern Sweetshrub *NEW* Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Corylus americana American Hazelnut (small tree) Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf Hydrangea Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman' Southern Gentleman Winterberry Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' Winter Red Winterberry Holly Itea virginica Virginia Sweetspire Lindera benzoin Spicebush Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac Rhus copallina Flameleaf 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! Amelanchier laevis Smooth or Allegheny Serviceberry (multi-stemmed) Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood Cornus drummondii Roughleaf Dogwood Euonymus Americana Strawberry Bush Ilex decidua Possumhaw Holly Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac :-( NOT AVAILABLE SPRING 2017 (try in Fall?)
SHRUBS :-( Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye :-( Amelanchier canadensis Shadblow Serviceberry :-( Amelanchier arborea Downy Serviceberry :-( Amorpha fruticosa False Indigo :-( Euonymus atropurpurea Eastern Wahoo :-( Hamamelis vernalis Spring Witchhazel :-( Hamamelis virginiana American Witchhazel :-( Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea :-( Physocarpus opulifolius Ninebark :-( Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac :-( Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum |
