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RED OSIER DOGWOOD:   2-3’ GROWS WELL IN A VARIETY OF SOIL AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS BUT GROWS NATURALLY IN WET CONDITIONS.  WHITE FLOWERS IN MAY-JUNE FALL COLOR RED-PURPLE.  GROWS 3-10’ TALL LOOSE WITH MANY SPREADING BRANCHES AND MULTIPLE TRUNKS.

COMMON CHOKECHERRY:  2-3’ PREFERS MODERATELY WELL-TO-WELL DRAIN SITES.  GROWS 30 FT. TALL& 20 FT. WIDE. FRUIT EATEN BY MANY BIRDS AND MAMMALS SUCH AS RACCOON.

LITTLE LEAF LINDEN:  2-3’  EXCELLENT SHADE TREE FOR ANYWHERE AND GROWS WELL IN CITIES, SMALL WHITE TO YELLOW FLOWERS WITH HEART SHAPE LEAVES.  LIKES HOT! GROWS 40 TO 80’ FT. TALL 20-40’FT WIDE.

GREEN ASH:   2-3’ 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

SKUNK BUSH:  2-3’  NATIVE TO SOUTHERN IDAHO AND IS VERY DROUGHT TOLERANT.  GROWING 3-6’ TALL, IT FORMS CLUMPS AND IS SUITED TO THE OUTER ROWS OF MULTIPLE-ROW WINDBREAKS.  MEDIUM INFORMAL SHRUB.  CLUMPING HABIT MAKES A NATURAL LOW HEDGE.  BRILLIANT YELLOW TO A RED FALL COLOR. VERY DROUGHT TOLERANT.

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 HYBIRD 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 ATTRACITVE, 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.

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.

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

SIBERIAN  PEASHRUB:  2-3’   EASLIY DISTINGUISHED BY ITS SMALLER LEAFLETS AND LOW DENSE GROWTH.  LIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS IN MAY AND JUNE.

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

EASTERN RED CEDAR:  3-4'   NATIVE TO EUROPE ATTAIN 40 TO 60 ' HEIGHT 25 TO 30' SPREAD.  DENSE CROWN EXTENDS TO THE GROUND.  PREFERS MOIST, DEEP SOIL WITH HIGH FERTILITY. EXCELLENT WINDBREAK TREE. GOOD WATER COVERS FOR WINTER FEEDING.