American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)

1 gallon pot

Fall color; Attracts: 🐦

Sun: Adaptable to a wide range of sun conditions

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

If the fauna of New England held a little popularity contest for “favorite shrub,” you can bet American Hazelnut would be one of the top contenders. A whole host of insects will munch on the leaves, while the nuts provide a tasty snack to our mammalian and avian friends. This shrub will be happiest on the wood’s edge and should be planted in multiples to ensure pollination. You can expect the fruit within 2-3 years after planting. 15’ tall.

Beach Plum Shrub (Prunus maritima) 

3 gallon pot

Fall fruit; Attracts: 🐝🐦🦋

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Prefers dry, gravelly, sandy soil

Yum. There are some fruits you can’t get at the grocery but you can grow in your yard. You’ll need more than one to ensure proper pollinator thus fruit. Beyond the fruit, Beach Plumbs are excellent erosion-control that can grow in poor soil. If it is the fruit you are after, full sun is a must. According to a Growers Guide published by UMass Extension: “A wild beach plum may bloom profusely for one year but not the next. The reasons for this are not well understood.” 

Eastern Red Cedar Tree (Juniperus virginiana)

Large 6-gallon pot

Evergreen; Attracts: 🐦

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Prefers dry, gravelly, sandy soil

Dense pyramid shape excellent for windbreaks and screens. Birds love its berries. Medium green foliage. Likes full sun. Tolerant of most soils. Matures at 40' - 50'. Loved by cedar waxwings. 

New Jersey Tea Shrub (Ceanothus americanus)

2 gallon pot

Attracts: 🦋 🐦

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Prefers dry, gravelly, sandy soil

After the Boston Tea Party, we turned to this plant’s root for a substitute to the expensive Indian Tea which was dumped overboard. Today, we turn to this plant for its ornamental and ecological value. New Jersey Tea  forms a mound shape and blooms white in June. Animals that may pay your plant a visit might include: caterpillars,  bees, azure butterflies and even a wild turkey! Young plants take time and energy building their root system, but after its established your New Jersey Tea should take off! Plants thrive in sun and average to dry soil.

Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)

3 gallon pot

Fall Color; Attracts: 🦋🐦

Sun: Adaptable to a wide range of sun conditions

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

Bristle-tipped leaves turn red in the fall. The leaves have 7 to 11 waxy lobes. A good street tree, tolerates pollution and compacted soil. Grows as much as two feet a year for 10 years. Grows to 60' to 75'.

Shadbush (Serviceberry) Shrub (Amelanchier canadensis)

3 gallon pot

Fall Color & Fruit; Attracts: 🐦 🦋

Sun: Adaptable to a wide range of sun conditions

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

Is one of the finest small trees for fall color, with leaves turning vivid shades of red and gold. The fruit this tree produces is loved by birds. Full sun and partial shade are best for this tree, meaning it prefers a minimum of four hours of direct, unfiltered sunlight each day. 10-15’.

Sugar Maple Tree (Acer saccharum)

3 gallon pot

Fall Color; Attracts: 🐝 🐦 🦋

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

The Sugar Maple is a landscape standout., burnt orange or red in fall. Tolerates shade, likes a well-drained, moderately moist, fertile soil. Do not plant in confined areas or where salt is a problem. Grows to 60' to 75’.

Sweet Fern Shrub (Comptonia peregrina)

3 gallon pot

Fall Color; Attracts: 🦋

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Prefers dry, gravelly, sandy soil

A small, aromatic mound-shaped shrub, 2-4 ft. tall, occurring in dense colonies. The leaves are very aromatic when crushed. Grey hairstreak butterfly larval host.

Tulip Tree (Liriodendron)

3 gallon pot

Fall Color; Attracts: 🐦 🦋

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

A fast-growing tree with bright green leaves that resemble tulip flowers in profile and turn golden yellow in fall. Greenish-yellow flowers are carried high in the tree. Stems are aromatic. Likes full sun. Grows to 70' to 90' Great wildlife value all year.

Tupelo / Blackgum Tree (Nyssa sylvatica)

3 gallon pot

Fall Color; Attracts: 🐦 🦋

Sun: Adaptable to a wide range of sun conditions

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

One of the most attractive native trees around. Summer leaves are a dark green with a high-gloss appearance, but the most spectacular part of this tree is the fall foliage with many shades of yellow, orange, bright red, purple or scarlet that may appear on the same branch. 30-50' prefers well drained soil.

Virginia Rose Shrub - Lav/Pink (Rosa virginiana)

3 gallon pot

Produces fruit (hips); Attracts: 🐝 🐦

Sun: Full sun (6+ hours of direct sun per day)

Soil: Prefers dry, gravelly, sandy soil

Our beautiful native rose, not as aggressive as asian rosa rugosa, 4-6' tall tolerant of poor soils and attractive to our native pollinators and birds.Bring this native beauty back to our gardens. If blooms are your thing, Rosa Virginiana has a show for you. Beautiful, 3 inch pink roses bloom in the summer months to eventually give way to the nutritional fruit of rose hips. Does well in sun to part sun and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions but prefers moist soils. Virginia Rose will grow to be four to six feet in height.

Winterberry - Female (Ilex verticillata)

2 gallon pot

Fall color & berries; Attracts: 🐦 

Sun: Adaptable to a wide range of sun conditions

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

Extremely showy in late fall and early winter when covered with their bright red fruit, these shrubs are either male or female--a trait typical of the holly family. Birds are readily attracted to them. Since this shrub grows in both wet and dry sites, it is an adaptable naturalizer.

Winterberry – Male “Jim Dandy” Shrub (Ilex verticillata)

3 gallon pot

Fall color but NO berries; Attracts: 🐦 🦋

Sun: Adaptable to a wide range of sun conditions

Soil: Adaptable to any soil

Jim Dandy is a male plant and is generally grown only as a pollinator for female winterberry plants to produce berries. One Jim Dandy will generally be sufficient for pollinating 9-10 female plants. Prune to shape in early spring just before new growth begins.