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VARIETY: CORNUS STOLONIFERA

REDOSIER DOGWOOD 3-4' - A MEDIUM SIZED, MUTI-STEMMED, LIGHTLY SUCKERING SHRUB WHICH MAY REACH A HEIGHT OF 6-10 FEET ON FAVORABLE SITES, LIKE MOIST SOIL.  STEMS ARE DARK TO BRIGHT RED, WHITE FRUIT CLUSTERS ARE TAKEN RAPIDLY BY BIRDS.  NATIVE TO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

COMMON PRIVET:  3-4'’ PREFERS MODERATELY WELL-TO-WELL DRAIN SITES.  GROWS 30 FT. TALL& 20 FT. WIDE. FRUIT EATEN BY MANY BIRDS AND MAMMALS SUCH AS RACCOON.

COTONEASTER:   3-4' IT GROWS MODERATELY FAST TO 35’ WITH AN OVAL COMPACT, DENSE TWIGGY CROWN.  VIGOROUS, WELL SHAPED, EXCELLENT FOR DENSE SHADE VERY HARDY, IDEAL TREE TO PLANT ALONG ROADS AND STREETS OR IN LANDSCAPE.   GROWS 60-80’FT. TALL 40-50’FT. WIDE

HYBRID POPLAR:  2-3’  FAST GROWING AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 FT A YEAR UNDER IRRIGATED CONDITIONS.   DISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS AGO, THIS VARIETY IS ESPECIALLY WELL ADAPTED TO CONDITIONS IN IDAHO.  IF PROPERLY CULTIVATED THIS HYBRID WILL OFFER QUICK WIND PROTECTION OR SCREENING. THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF PLANTING POPLARS ARE THE SOIL AND WEED CONTROL.  POPLARS GROW BEST ON WELL DRAINED SOILS WITH HIGH WATER AND NUTRIENT

AVAILABILITY.  THEY WILL GROW ON JUST ABOUT ANY TYPE OF SOIL BUT AS AVAILABLE WATER AND NUTRIENTS AND MOISTURE DECREASE, DRAINAGE BECOMES LIMITED, GROWTH IS REDUCED.

GOLDEN WILLOW:  18-24" IS MEDIUM-SIZED, FAST GROWING TREE THAT ATTAINS HEIGHTS OF 40-50’ FEET AT MATURITY. THIS WILLOW GROWS WELL ON THE PALOUSE AND ON MOIST SITES BUT HAS A WIDE ADAPTABILITY TO SOIL AND MOISTURE CONDITIONS.  IT MAY BE USED IN SINGLE-ROW PLANTINGS FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MULTI-ROW WINDBREAKS.  GOLDEN WILLOW HAS BRIGHT YELLOW FOLIAGE IN THE FALL AND REDDISH – ORANGE BARK IN THE WINTER.

QUAKING ASPEN:  18-24” IS AN IDAHO NATIVE THAT QUICKLY GROWS TO ABOUT 40 FEET.  THE LIMBS AND TRUNK ARE SMOOTH, WHITE TO LIGHT-GREEN TO GRAY COLOR.  ITS LEAVES ARE ROUND AND “QUAKE” OR FLUTTER IN EVEN A SLIGHT BREEZE AND TURN A SPLENDID GOLDEN COLOR IN FALL. VERY HARDY THROUGHOUT IDAHO AND NOT TOO PARTICULAR ABOUT SOIL AS LONG AS THE SOIL IS MOIST.

NANKING CHERRY:  2-3’ IS AN ATTRACTIVE, UPRIGHT SHRUB THAT PRODUCES ABUNDANT, EDIBLE FRUIT GOOD FOR MAKING JELLY.  ITS FAST GROWTH AND 6 TO 10’ HEIGHT GOOD FOR WINDBREAKS.  NANKING CHERRY WITHSTANDS HEAT, DROUGHT, COLD AND WIND AND MAY BLOOM 2-3 YEARS AFTER PLANTING.

COMMON PURPLE LILAC :  2-3’ A MODERATE GROWTH RATE AND REACH 10-15 FEET IN HEIGHT WITH A LIGHT PURPLE FLOWER. PREFERS WELL-DRAINED, LIGHT SOIL AND FULL SUN.  NEEDS SOME PROTECTION FROM COLD AS FLOWER BUDS CAN BE DAMAGED BY LATE FREEZES.  PRUNING SHOULD BE DONE AFTER FLOWERING.

RED MAPLE:  3-4’ A SHINY RED; NUMEROUS SMALL LENTICELS SHORT POINTED LOBES TURNING ORANGE AND YELLOW IN AUTUMN.  GROWS WELL ON A WIDE RANGE OF SOIL TYPES.  FAST GROWING AND GROWS 50-70’ TALL, VERY HARDY.

FLAME WILLOW:   2-3’ MEDIUM SHRUB; 4 M VERY COLORFUL, RED-ORANGE ANNUAL GROWTH 2’ A YEAR.

AMUR MAPLE :   2-3’    A TALL SHRUB OR SMALL TREE NATIVE TO NORTHERN ASIA.  SUSPECT TO CLUMSIEST ON HEAVY SOILS AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO INJURY. POPULAR AS A SMALL MULTI STEMMED TREE.  OUTSTANDING BRIGHT REDDISH FALL COLORS ARE INFLUENCED BY SOIL CONDITION AND THE CULTIVAR GROWN.

VARIETY: COTONEASTER LUCIDUS

HEDGE COTONEASTER - AN UPRIGHT, ROUND-TOPPED SHRUB WHICH MAY REACH 6-8 FEET IN HEIGHT.  NATIVE TO SIBERIA AND NORTHERN ASIA.  FOLIAGE IS SHINY GREEN, FRUIT IS NEARLY BLACK IN COLOR..

ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER:  GAL   NATIVE TO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO, ATTAINS HEIGHTS OF 20 TO 30 FEET WITH A MEDIUM TO RAPID GROWTH RATE.  ALTHOUGH HIGHLY DROUGHT TOLERANT, ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER GROWS ON A WIDE RANGE OF SOILS AND WILL TOLERATE A HIGH WATER TABLE.

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE:    GAL   THEY CAN GROW UNUSUALLY SLOWLY THE FIRST 1-3 YEARS AFTER PLANTING, BUT HAS A MEDIUM GROWTH RATE AFTER THAT.   ITS CROWN IS VERY DENSE WITH ATTRACTIVE PYRAMIDAL FORM REACHING HEIGHTS OF 50-60FT.  IT MAKES AN EXCELLENT WINDBREAK SPECIES IN MOST REGIONS OF THE STATE AND TRAPS AND HOLDS SNOW WELL.  THE COLOR VARIES FROM GREEN TO BLUE, BUT WE GROW SEEDLING FROM SEED COLLECT ON THE KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST TO ENSURE MORE BLUE. FOLIAGE.

AUSTRIAN PINE:   GAL  HAS A FAST RATE OF GROWTH, GROWING 18-24’ INCHES A YEAR ONCE ESTABLISHED, EVENTUALLY ACHIEVING HEIGHTS OF 40-80- FT.  IT HAS A DENSE, DARK GREEN CROWN.  IT HOLDS ITS LOWER  BRANCHES VERY WELL, AND IS AN EXCELLENT TREE WITH  IRRIGATION.  IF PLANTED WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL WATER IN LOCALITIES WITH LESS THAN 20 INCHES OF ANNUAL HOLDING  CAPACITY.