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​Keep Carbondale Beautiful's Spring Native Tree & Shrub Sale
Saturday April 1st, 2023 
Town Square Pavilion
8:30 am to 2:00 pm

Please join us for our Spring 2023 Native Tree & Shrub Sale! As a fundraiser for Keep Carbondale Beautiful, the money from your purchase goes straight back to the community by helping to fund our programs such as Adopt-A-Spot, Spring Cleanup, and Read for the Environment. Your purchase helps us to provide supplies for litter pickups and programs to "Keep Carbondale Beautiful"!

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Day-of Sale Prices:
Native Trees $35   
Native Shrubs $30


Pre-ordered trees will be discounted $5 each. Does not apply to shrubs. 


Our trees and shrubs are grown by Forrest Keeling Nursery in Elsberry, Missouri, and from Tabor Wholesale Nursery here in Carbondale, Illinois. ​Grown in 3 gallon containers, most trees are 4-6 ft. high, depending on species. 

While some of our trees and shrubs are sourced from Missouri, we have taken special care to ensure that all the species we sell at this sale are native to our region of Southern Illinois.  
How to order:
Email keepcb1326@gmail.com
Include your name, phone number, email address, and the names, sizes, and quantities of items you would like to order.

*Trees and Shrubs can be preordered through Friday, March 24th*
Please note that orders are first-come, first-served at the nurseries. This means we cannot guarantee fulfillment of all requests. We will submit customer orders to the nurseries when we receive them, and we will do our best to notify you if they are unable to fulfill the order. You will NOT be billed until you pick up your orders in person at the sale on April 1st.
If you are curious about these or other species, check out the Illinois Plants Database or Missouri Botanical Gardens' Plant Finder
All sales are final. Customers are responsible for determining the care and conditions needed for trees and shrubs to thrive. Due to the variability of growing conditions and care provided, we will NOT issue refunds for trees and shrubs after the sale.

Available native trees and shrubs for ​
​spring 2023 pre-orders:

​​Please note that these are the varieties available for pre-order only.
​Our in-person selection at the sale on April 1st will include some, but not all of these options. 
Our in-person sale will offer 3 gallon size only. Some varieties are available in larger sizes for pre-order, as noted below.
***Pre-ordered trees will be discounted $5 each (does not apply to shrubs)***
For more information on each variety, click the link on the species' name

Trees from Tabor Wholesale Nursery

Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
3 gallon - $35

Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye
3 gallon - $35

Acer rubrum - Red maple
​3 gallon - $35

Acer saccharum - Sugar maple

​3 gallon - $35

Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry
​3 gallon - $35

Cercis canadensis - Redbud
​3 gallon - $35

Cladrastis Kentukea - Yellowwood
​3 gallon - $35

Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffee tree
​3 gallon - $35

Nyssa sylvatica - Black gum
​3 gallon - $35

Quercus muehlenbergii - Chinkapin oak
​3 gallon - $35

Taxodium distichum - Bald cypress
​3 gallon - $35

Trees from Forrest Keeling Nursery

Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye
3 gallon - $35

Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
3 gallon - $35

Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
3 gallon - $35

Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
5 gallon - $60

Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam
3 gallon - $35

Carya laciniosa - Shellbark hickory
3 gallon - $35

Carya laciniosa - Shellbark hickory
7 gallon - $100

Catalpa speciosa - Northern catalpa
3 gallon - $35

Celtis laevigata - Sugarberry
3 gallon - $35

Celtis occidentalis - Common hackberry
3 gallon - $35

Cladrastis kentukea/lutea -Yellowood
3 gallon - $35

Cornus alternifolia - Alternate-leaf dogwood/Pagoda dogwood
7 gallon - $100

Crataegus phaenopyrum - Washington hawthorn
3 gallon - $35

Crataegus viridis - Green hawthorn
3 gallon - $35

Diospyros virginiana - Common persimmon
3 gallon - $35

Fagus grandifolia - American beech
5 gallon - $60

Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree
7 gallon - $100

Juglans cinerea - Butternut
5 gallon - $60

Juglans nigra - Black walnut
3 gallon - $35

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum
3 gallon - $35

Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip tree/tulip poplar/yellow poplar
3 gallon - $35

Maclura pomifera - Osage orange
3 gallon - $35

Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber tree
5 gallon - $35

Nyssa sylvatica - Blackgum
3 gallon - $35

Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore
3 gallon - $35

Populus deltoides - Eastern cottonwood
3 gallon - $35

Prunus serotina - Black cherry
3 gallon - $35

Ptelea trifoliata - Common hoptree
3 gallon - $35

Quercus coccinea - Scarlet oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus ellipsoidalis - Northern pin oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus falcata - Southern red oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus lyrata - Overcup oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus macrocarpa - Bur oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus michauxii - Swamp chestnut oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus montana (prinus) - Chestnut oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus palustris - Pin oak
5 gallon - $60

Quercus palustris - Pin oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus phellos - Willow oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus prinoides - Dwarf chinkapin oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus rubra - Northern red oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus shumardii - Shumard oak
3 gallon - $35

Quercus texana - Nuttall oak/Texas red oak
3 gallon - $35

Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf willow
3 gallon - $35

Salix eriocephala - Missouri river willow
3 gallon - $35

Salix humilis - Prairie willow
3 gallon - $35

Salix humilis - Prairie willow
5 gallon - $60

Salix nigra - Black willow
3 gallon - $35

Staphylea trifolia - American bladdernut
3 gallon - $35

Taxodium distichum - Bald cypress
5 gallon - $60

Tilia americana - American linden/American basswood
3 gallon - $35

Ulmus americana - American elm
3 gallon - $35

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Shrubs from Tabor Wholesale Nursery

Callicarpa americana - American Beautyberry
3 gallon - $30

​Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush
3 gallon - $30

​Hamamelis vernalis - Ozark witch hazel
3 gallon - $30
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Viburnum dentatum - Arrowwood viburnum
3 gallon - $30

​Viburnum prunifolium - Blackhaw viburnum
3 gallon - $30


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​Shrubs from Forrest Keeling Nursery

 Amelanchier arborea - Downy serviceberry OUT OF STOCK - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
3 gallon - $30

Amorpha fruticosa - Indigo-bush
3 gallon - $30

Aronia arbutifolia brilliantissima - Red chokeberry
3 gallon - $30

Aronia melanocarpa - Black chokeberry
3 gallon - $30

Callicarpa americana - Beautyberry
5 gallon - $50

Callicarpa americana - Beautyberry
3 gallon - $30

Calycanthus floridus - Eastern sweetshrub
3 gallon - $30

Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea
1 gallon - $20

Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush
3 gallon - $30

Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush
5 gallon - $40

Cornus amomum - Silky dogwood
3 gallon - $30

Cornus drummondii - Roughleaf dogwood
3 gallon - $30

Cornus stolonifera (sericea) - Red twig dogwood
3 gallon  - $30

Cornus stolonifera (sericea) - Red twig dogwood
5 gallon - $50

Corylus americana - American hazelnut
3 gallon - $30

Euonymus americanus - American strawberry bush
3 gallon - $30

Forestiera acuminata - Eastern swamp privet
3 gallon - $30

Hamamelis vernalis - Ozark witch hazel
3 gallon - $30

Hypericum prolificum - Shrubby St. John's wort
3 gallon - $30

Hypericum prolificum - Shrubby St. John's wort
5 gallon - $40

Itea virginica - Virginia sweetspire
3 gallon - $30

Lindera benzoin - Northern spicebush OUT OF STOCK - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
3 gallon - $30

Physocarpus opulifolius - Common ninebark
3 gallon - $30

Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum
3 gallon - $30

Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry
3 gallon - $30

Rhus aromatica - Fragrant sumac
3 gallon - $30

Rhus copallina - Winged sumac
3 gallon - $30

Rhus glabra - Smooth sumac
3 gallon - $30

Ribes americanum - Wild black currant
3 gallon - $30

Rosa palustris - Swamp rose
3 gallon - $30

Rosa setigera - Illinois rose/Prairie rose
3 gallon - $30

Sambucus canadensis - American black elderberry
5 gallon - $40

Sambucus canadensis - American black elderberry
3 gallon - $30

Spiraea tomentosa - Steeplebush
3 gallon - $30

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - Coralberry
3 gallon - $30

Viburnum dentatum - Arrowwood viburnum
3 gallon - $30

Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry
3 gallon - $30

Viburnum rufidulum - Rusty blackhaw viburnum
3 gallon - $30

Viburnum trilobum - American cranberry bush
7 gallon - $100


The following are examples of some of the species we've sold in the past. This is not a reflection of the inventory at the current sale. For additional information about the species available for pre-order in the current sale, please click on the name of the species you're interested in on the list above. 

Acer saccharum

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Sugar Maple is a large shade tree with excellent form. Famous for it prized syrup, Sugar Maples offer fabulous fall color in shades of bright yellow, orange or red. Sugar Maple grows in a variety of soil types but prefers a rich, well-drained soil.
  • Great shade tree
  • Excellent fall color
  • Good choice for urban environments
  • Height: 60-75 Feet

Asimina triloba

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Pawpaw is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree is a great plant for attracting all kinds of wildlife. Pawpaw's yellowish fruit is relished by many birds and small mammals. Pawpaw spreads slowly to form small colonies or thickets, providing good cover for a variety of wildlife.  Requires cross pollination from another unrelated paw paw tree.
  • Unique, tropical-looking foliage
  • Food and cover for a variety of wildlife
  • Height: 15-20 Feet

Betula nigra

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River Birch is a slow-growing, medium-sized tree with beautiful, exfoliating, reddish-brown to silvery-gray bark. Grow as single trunk or as a multi-stemmed tree. Fall leaf color is yellow.
  • Beautiful exfoliating bark
  • Prefers moist sites, but tolerates clay soils
  • Height: 40-70 Feet

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Carpinus caroliniana

American Hornbeam is a handsome small- to medium-sized tree with multiple stems that forms wide, horizontal canopy. Good fall color. Beautiful thin, blue-gray bark is ornamental.
  • Excellent smaller tree for urban landscapes
  • Dark green foliage has good fall color
  • Ornamental blue-gray bark
  • Height: 20-40 Feet

Carya illinoinensis

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Pecan  The largest member of the hickory family (with the sweetest nuts!). Prefers rich, moist soils. Tall straight trunk with symmetrical, broadly oval crown. Height: 70-100 feet.

Carya ovata 

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Shagbark Hickory is a large tree of great character. Highly adaptable species for landscape use. The gray to brown bark peels off in thin sections. Shagbark Hickory's fall color is rich yellow and golden brown tones. Produces large, edible hickory nuts.
  • Highly adaptable and easy-to-grow
  • Characteristic peeling bard
  • Height: 60-80 Feet

Celtis occidentalis

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Hackberry is a reliable, fast-growing, all-purpose shade tree. Hackberry's pyramidal shape when young then develops a broad crown with ascending branches. The leaves are medium green. Fall foliage is a soft yellow. Birds and wildlife relish the small, fleshy fall fruit.
  • Fast-growing shade tree
  • Durable and easy-to-grow
  • Provides food and cover for watchable wildlife
  • Height: 40-60 Feet

Cercis canadensis

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Eastern Redbud is the native favorite and harbinger of spring that explodes with rosy pink flowers in April. Native Eastern Redbud does well in sun to dappled shade. Adapts to any average garden soil.
  • Great spring color
  • Smaller scale tree
  • Perfect for urban and naturalized environments
  • Height: 20-25 Feet

Chionanthus virginicus

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Fringetree Shimmering, white fringed flowers cover Fringetree in May or June followed by small, round fall fruit on female trees. Fringetree leaves often turn bright yellow in fall. Grow in part sun to shade as a small tree or shrub. Beautiful as a single specimen or planted in groups.
  • Stunning late spring blooms cover tree
  • Bright yellow fall foliage
  • Smaller size is perfect in garden setting
  • Height: 12-20 Feet

Cladastris kentukea/lutea

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Yellowwood is an excellent, medium-sized specimen tree, with light green compound leaves turning gold in fall. Spectacular panicles of fragrant, creamy-white spring flowers. Yellowwood bark is very smooth and gray. This is an underused, beautiful native tree.
  • Pendulous clusters of fragrant June flowers
  • Outstanding orange fall foliage
  • Great specimen tree for urban environments
  • Height: 20-35 Feet

Cornus alternifolia

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Pagoda Dogwood has flat-topped clusters of fragrant, white spring flowers followed by blue-black berries on red stems. Spreading, low-branched tree with horizontal habit and burgundy fall foliage. Good alternative to cold-sensitive Flowering Dogwood in northern climates.
  • Classic white flowers in spring
  • Red fall foliage
  • Blue-black berries attract birds
  • Height: 15-25 Feet

Cornus florida

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Native Flowering Dogwood has distinctive white spring flowers on horizontal branches. Clusters of glossy red fruit in fall persist into winter and are relished by birds. Consistent deep red fall leaf color. Flowering Dogwood is best grown as an understory tree or in an area with some shade.
  • White spring flower clusters
  • Popular native with great fall color
  • Provides food and cover for watchable wildlife
  • Height: 15-30 Feet

Diospyros virginiana

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Persimmon Commonly seen along fencerows, roadsides and field edges, Persimmon is a slow-growing tree that produces small, bell-shaped flowers in spring. After frost, mature persimmon fruits turn orange and taste similar to an apricot. Persimmon fruits are a valuable food source to wildlife.
  • Slow-growing tree
  • Interesting bark texture
  • Provides food and cover for watchable wildlife
  • Height: 35-60 Feet​

Fagus grandiflora

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American Beech is a large tree, with a dense, oval to round crown and smooth, silvery-gray bark. The leaves are dark green, simple and sparsely-toothed with small teeth. The fruit is a small, sharply-angled nut, borne in pairs in a soft-spined, four-lobed husk.
  • Large, deciduous tree
  • Favors shady slopes and valley
  • Attractive smooth gray bark
  • Great urban shade tree for large, open sites
  • Height: 60-80 Feet

Gymnocladus dioicus

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Native Kentucky Coffeetree adapts to wide variety of sites. Upright crown and heavy branching.
  • Native shade tree with interesting shape
  • Deeply furrowed bark
  • Golden fall foliage
  • Height: 60-80 Feet

Halesia carolina

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Carolina Silverbell is a small native tree with white, bell-shaped spring flowers. Full sun or partial shade.

Juglans nigra *

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*Black Walnut*  Not a great urban tree - it poisons its neighbors and produces litter which stains. BUT if you have enough land, it is disease-resistant and makes beautiful wood.

Liriodendron tulipifera

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Tulip Poplar - a stately tree. Pyramidal when young, rounded when mature. Leaves turn golden yellow in fall. Tulip-shaped summer flowers followed by interesting fruit.  Height: 70-90 feet.

Magnolia acuminata

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Cucumber Tree   the largest of the Magnolias, the Cucumber Tree is an excellent shade tree.  ... has coarse textured leaves with greenish white fragrant flowers. Height: 50-80 feet.

Nyssa sylvatica

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Black Gum rivals anything for fall color with spectrum of glowing shades. Fruit is favored by many birds.  This is not a sweetgum tree.

Ostrya virginiana *

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*Eastern Hophornbeam* understory tree with a dense pyramidal shape and attractive bladder-like seed pods. Disease- and pest-resistant. Height: 25-40 feet

Pinus echinata

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Shortleaf Pine  occurs in dry, sandy or rocky upland areas, but tolerates a wide range of soils. Medium-sized, fast-growing with short pyramidal crown that broadens with age. Migrating butterflies use Shortleaf Pine for roosting. Height: 50-60 feet.

Platanus occidentalis

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Sycamore   Thrives on nearly any site; develops a massive trunk with an open wide-spreading crown and has leaves that can grow to nine inches in width. In winter, Sycamore's characteristic large patches of creamy white inner bark are prominent making it a winter landscape standout.  Height: 75-100 feet

Quercus alba

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White Oak  a large, majestic, and long-lived oak that holds year long interest. Our state tree in Illinois. Round-lobed leaves and smooth, medium-sized acorns. Height: 45-50 feet; can be as wide as it is tall.

Quercus bicolor

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​*Swamp White Oak* is a large tree with broad crown. Leaves turn varied shades in fall from bronze to red.

Quercus macrocarpa

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Bur Oak has the largest acorns and leaves of all the oaks. Slow-growing and long-lived, it has a magnificent form in old age. Brown fall foliage persists all winter. Height: 50-60 feet.

Quercus shumardii

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*Shumard Oak* is a huge, bottomland tree considered the southern counterpart to the Northern Red Oak. In fall, it shows good red color and is one of the first of the season to change.

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Quercus phellos  
Willow Oak has foliage shaped like beefy willow leaves that turn yellow to russet red in fall. Typically found in moist bottomland soils but adapts to a wide range of soil conditions including clays with somewhat poor drainage. Generally tolerant of urban pollution. A 2005 Missouri Botanical Garden Plants of Merit winner. Height 30-40'  

Quercus texana

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*Nuttall Oak* offers richer red fall color, better branching structure, and higher transplant survival than other oaks.

Sassafras albidum

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Sassafras In early spring, clusters of small yellow flowers smother the tree. In the summer,  fragrant leaves occur in a variety of shapes (even on the same branch). In the fall, Sassafras leaves take on colors ranging from purple to scarlet. BTW - Tea is disrecommended now. Spreads through root sprouts. Height: 30-60 feet.


Taxodium distichum

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Bald Cypress   Bald Cypress is a deciduous conifer, with medium-fine, needle-like leave that are soft-textured and light green in summer but turn rusty brown in winter before they drop. Great choice for compacted, urban sites where soil oxygen is low.  Height: 50-70 ft.; Full sun; does very well in wet sites





Tilia americana

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American Basswood (aka Linden)   American Basswood (or Linden) is a stately tree with fragrant, yellow, spring flowers. Its high-quality nectar attracts bees and other pollinators. Fall foliage is deep yellow.
Height: 60-75 ft.  Full sun







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