Sourwood Tree

Posted on September 19, 2014 by RutgersLN

Believe it or not, this showy flowering tree is native to our area, offering eye-catching color along with sweet, fragrant summertime blossoms. The Sourwood tree prefers acidic, rich, well-drained soil, and can reach heights of 20-40.’ As it’s typically an understory tree, it can handle part sun as well as full, making it quite adaptable to landscape location. The Sourwood tree gets its name because its leaves have a sour taste — which contradicts its sweet shades of peachy orange and red as it comes into fall color (another sweet fact is that bees love its blossoms, and sourwood honey is a delicious local treat).

This color is truly boldness to behold — stop in for a visit!

This is No Mellow Yellow

Posted on September 5, 2014 by RutgersLN

Golden hues abound at the nursery, and these gorgeous trees are certainly stealing the spotlight.

The Ogon Dawn Redwood (also appropriately called Gold Rush), is a chartreuse, pyramidal variety that is fast growing and can reach a mature height of up to 80 feet! It puts on a fantastic, eye-catching display in any garden landscape.

Frans Fontaine Hornbeam is also quite literally beaming, displaying its stately columnar shape, which is excellent planted individually, as a hedge, or for situating in narrow planting spaces. With an average height of 30′ tall and about 12′ wide, it takes and becomes its own spotlight!

Our Maidenhair Ginkos are also letting down their golden hair, with vibrant bright yellow fan-like leaves. This gorgeous ornamental shade tree can get 40′ tall with a canopy of 25.’ It holds a pyramidal shape, and is drought tolerant and can handle many soil types.

Come in and experience the glow!

Blazing Glory

Posted on August 29, 2014 by RutgersLN

Who needs Blu-ray when you can get this type of high definition naturally? Whether or not you’re ready for fall, our Japanese Maples sure are, and currently are putting on quite the fiery display. Japanese Maples make a great addition to your backyard landscape, and because they can handle part shade, are excellent for brightening up an area that needs a little kick of color. We have many types to choose from in stock, ranging from adorable ornamentals to stately Japanese Bloodgoods.

Living Color

Posted on August 22, 2014 by RutgersLN

Though it’s August, we’re beginning to fall in love with seasonal color here at Rutgers Nursery!

Our Persian Parrotia has started to put out beautiful hues of fiery copper and apple red. This gorgeous deciduous tree is especially prized for its foliage which changes from a deep forest green in Spring to warm fall hues in late Summer into the Fall. Flowers are rich, pomegranate-like red clusters of small showy buds that appear in the Spring. This magnificent tree is super hearty, and is tolerant of many soil conditions including clay. It also fares well in air pollution making it an excellent choice for parks or city dwellings. The tree’s mature height ranges from 20-30′ tall, and over time, its bark exfoliates to reveal dappled shades of gray green and white.

Green Mountain Sugar Maple

Posted on October 11, 2013 by RutgersLN

Green Mountain Sugar Maple is valued for its brilliant red, yellow, or orange fall color that develops in the cooler part of its range. The trunks of these long lived maples are tapped in the winter for their sap, which is later boiled down to make maple syrup. Green Mountain develops into a stately tree that grows 40′-60′ tall and 35′ wide at maturity. Growing in full sun or shade, this species will tolerate a wide variety of soil types.

Tag Archives: Fall foliage trees

Sourwood Tree

This is No Mellow Yellow

Blazing Glory

Living Color

Green Mountain Sugar Maple

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