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Kingnut Hickory (Carya laciniosa)
Zone 4 - 8.
It resembles the shagbark hickory in the shaggy trunk appearance. Large tropical type leaves. The tree is very handsome and distinguished. Good for landscaping. Produces the largest of the hickory nuts. In the husk, they resemble the size of a hard ball and the nuts are as large or larger than the black walnut. They fill well here every year.
Pick up at nursery only.
50 - 80 inches + 10 for $10.00 each
Siberian Pine (Pinus cembra var. siberica)
Zone 2 to 8.
Trees are very ornamental in appearance, having a a very blue colour to their needles in the Spring. Slow growing at first, but with inoculant they should be producing cones by 5 - 8 years of age. Pine nuts have a thin shell with some being able to break between ones fingers. Size of nuts are about the same as Pinus cembra. Needs inoculant. Will grow in a variety of soils from wet clay, peat moss and sandy loam. 4 - 8 inches 10 for $22.00 each
Sassafras albidum - Sasafras
Zone 4 to 7 SEE ZONE MAP A native from Ontario to Maine and Michigan. Medium to fast growth. Likes moist, loamy acid well drained soil. The bark and roots are used for Sassafras tea. One of the most outstanding native trees for its fall color, green in summer changing to shades of yellow to deep orange to scarlet and purple in fall. Limited supply.
1- 2 feet 10 for $22.00 each
Sea Buckthorn-Hippophae rhamnoides
Zone 3-8 SEE ZONE MAP
It is a very hardy decidious shrub or small tree. The juice from the berries is widely used as a common drink as it is very high in protein, vitamins C and E and organic acids. The leaves either fresh or dried can be stepped to yield a nutritional tea. Is used in a wide range of medicinal purposes as well. The roots of the tree produce a nitrogen fixing agent, thus enabling the plants to grow in wide variety types of soils, ranging from sandy loam to clay types.
30 - 40 cm 10 for $16.00 each
ORDER EARLY FOR SPRING PLANTING.
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