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Small Trees With BIG Impact

Tom Kalb

North Dakota State University

tom.kalb@ndsu.edu

Thanks to Dale Herman, Todd West, Greg Morgenson and Ed Hasselkus

Crabapple

� Most popular small

tree

� Hardy

� Abundant blooms

� Resists diseases

� Persistent fruit

Rob Amends Dendroica cerulea

‘Donald Wyman’Julie Falk

‘Adams’Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

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‘Prairifire’Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Red Jewel’Paul Moody

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Louisa’

Japanese Tree Lilac

� Great urban tree

� Grows in poor

and alkaline soil

� Tolerant of salt

� “Fragrant”

blooms in June

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

Bailey Nurseries, Inc. ‘Snowdance’

Hawthorn

� “Fragrant” flowers

� Glossy green

leaves

� Bright fruit

� Wildlife habitat

� Zone 4Iain Turner

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Dendroica cerulea

CockspurRichard Griffen

‘Crusader’Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

Pagoda Dogwood

� Tolerates shade,

prefers moist soil

� Zone 3/4

� Horizontal

branching habit

� All-season colorDayna Bateman

chickeninthewoods Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Golden Showers’

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Cody Houghmwms1916

Ken Whytock

Serviceberry

� All-season interest

� Great fall color

� Tolerates partial

shade

� Zone 3

dbarronoss

CR1010 Steven Severinghaus

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Mountainash

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

Gertrud K.

Ornamental pear

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Korean Sun’Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Hot Wings’Tatarianmaple

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

HophornbeamKatja Schulz

ChokecherryMarilylle Soveran

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‘Goldspur’Amur chokecherry

Bailey Nurseries, Inc. Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Black Hills’White spruce

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

‘Tannenbaum’Mugo pine

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

ResourcesOnline:

� Hasselkus, E. A2865 A Guide to Selecting

Landscape Plants in Wisconsin.

� Herman, D. North Dakota Tree Handbook.

� Zeleznik, J. North Dakota Tree Selector.

� Bailey Nurseries. Image Library.

� J.F. Schmidt & Son. Crabapple Info. Chart.

Other:

� Dirr, M. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.

Photo CreditsThis presentation is provided freely and for information purposes

only.

Many photos were provided by Bailey Nurseries, Inc. Other photos

were downloaded at www.flickr.com and made available under

Creative Commons licenses specified by the photographers:

keeva999, Rob Amends, Dendroica cerulea, Julie Falk, Paul

Moody, Phillip Merritt, Ulrich Kersting, Iain Turner, Richard Griffen,

Gillie Rhodes, BlueRidgeKitties, Dayna Bateman,

chickeninthewoods, Cody Hough, mwms1916, Ken Whytock,

AditiStargazer, dbarronoss, CR1010, Steven Severinghaus,

Gertrud K., Katja Schulz, Marilylle Soveran, Kai Yan and Joseph

Wong.