Bald Cypress, courtesy Marilyn Kircus
Take advantage of our new stock of very choice container-grown trees, just being brought out for sale! (like the Bald Cypress pictured here). We have grown these hardy, Colorado-adapted trees organically at Harlequin’s Gardens from bare-root stock, and they are potted in large containers – from 5 to 15 gallon pots. They are in our own nutrient-rich, special potting mix with mycorrhizae. They will make an impact in your landscape quickly.
The majority will mature into highly ornamental, medium-size trees that are perfect for smaller properties and where you want some shade but not too much. Some of them remain small enough for patio plantings, and a few species are magnificent, hard-to-find specialty shade trees. All of the flowering crabapple and ornamental pear varieties are resistant to fireblight, which is very important here in Colorado!
Some of these varieties will not be available to us again in the foreseeable future and most are available in very limited numbers – from two to six specimens, so don’t delay! The sooner you come out the better the selection will be!
FLOWERING CRABAPPLES – cold-hardy, drought tolerant, beautiful, strong, resistant to fire-blight:
ADAMS – red buds open fragrant deep pink, persistent fruit, rounded head, minimal pruning
DOLGO – 1-2” tasty fruits, snow white flowers are great pollinizers, tough, hardy, healthy tree
GLADIATOR – compact upright form, rich purple leaves, hot pink fragrant flowers, tiny persistent fruits
PRAIRIFIRE – deep pink flowers, small, persistent fruits feed birds, purple foliage matures dark green
PURPLE PRINCE – fragrant rose-red flowers, bronze spring foliage is gold in fall, persistent fruits for birds
SARGENT (Malus sargentii) – natural dwarf, short and wide, pink buds open white, stunning!
THUNDERCHILD – stunning flw. deep pink, fragrant, compact, zone 3 hardy, purple leaves turn red in fall
Russian Hawthorn
HAWTHORNS:
RUSSIAN HAWTHORN (Crataegus ambigua) perfectly adapted to CO, flowers, berries, fall color, grows dry
THORNLESS COCKSPUR (Crataegus crus-galli inermis) small, easy, pretty, drought-tolerant
JAPANESE TREE LILACS:
IVORY SILK small low-water tree, huge panicles of creamy white blooms yearly, butterfly/hummer fave
SNOW DANCE small, low-water tree, huge panicles creamy white blooms early June, butterfly/hummer
‘Hotwings’ Maple
MAPLES:
HEDGE MAPLE (Acer campestre) medium height/spread, adapted to more alkaline, dry soils
HOTWINGS TATARIAN MAPLE (Acer tataricum ‘Hot Wings’) loads of stunning red flowers and seeds, xeric
BAILEY COMPACT AMUR MAPLE (Acer ginnala) – compact dense tree 6-7’. dense, Z3, low water, fall color
SILVER MAPLE (Acer saccharinum) in #15 pots, 10’ tall! Fast-growing shade tree, drought tolerant, hardy
AND:
AUTUMN BRILLIANCE SERVICEBERRY (Amelanchier x grandiflora Autumn Brilliance) single & multi-trunk
BALD CYPRESS (Taxodium distichum) beautiful American deciduous conifer, drought tolerant! Rusty-orange fall color!
Chinkapin Oak
CHINKAPIN OAK (Quercus muehlenberghii) Stately, long-lived, well-adapted, beautiful!
CHANTICLEER ORNAMENTAL PEAR – early spring bloom, great fall color, good form, low-water
EASTERN REDBUD Minnesota Strain (Cercis canadensis) – gorgeous spring bloom, from cold-hardy stock!
MAYDAY TREE (Prunus padus) fast-growing, small-midsized, supports pollinators!
OHIO BUCKEYE (Aesculus glabra) – beautiful flowers and fall color, nuts for wildlife
Western Catalpa
WESTERN CATALPA (Catalpa speciosa) – tough and xeric, fast, beautiful white early summer flowers!