Description

* Quantities of 1 are equal to 1 bundle of 25 trees *

• Bare root seedling, 6″-12″

• Deciduous shrub

• Height: 40 to 60 feet or more

• Width: 10 to 20 feet

• Fast growth rate

• Broad, rounded, mounded form

• Clusters of small, 4-petaled, white flowers in mid-May to June; the second bloom occurs in July and August

• Small, round, white to pale blue berries July through September

• Fall foliage is red-purple

• Hardiness zone: 2 to 7

• Sun to part shade

• Adaptable to sandy, loam, or clay soils

• Average to wet soil; drought tolerant

• Adaptable to very poor to well-drained soils; soil compaction tolerant

• Soil pH: 6.1 to 8.5; have your soil tested by the U of M Soil Testing Lab

Height usually 40′ to 60′, occasionally 100′, with a diameter of 24″; straight trunk; long, stout branches form broad conical head. They thrive on dry soils associated with pine, and on moist soils and in swamps with balsam fir and tamarack; also found associated with mixed hardwoods; intermediate in shade tolerance.

Light, strong, soft, straight-grained, yellow-white; used in the manufacture of various products, most important of which is paper. Largest trees are sawed into lumber and used for general construction—airplanes, furniture parts, canoe paddles, and sounding boards for musical instruments; planted quite extensively for ornamental purposes, wind-breaks, and shelterbelts; ranks high as a Christmas tree.

*Quantity of 1 is equal to 25 trees.*