Aesculus pavia Plant of Merit
Red buckeye is a deciduous clump-forming shrub or small tree with an irregular rounded crown. It typically grows 10-20' tall. Showy, erect, 4-10" long panicles of red to orange-red, narrow-tubular flowers appear in spring. Palmately compound, ... [... more]
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Amelanchier arborea Plant of Merit
Downy serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, large shrub or small tree which typically grows 15-25' tall in cultivation but can reach 40' in the wild. A Missouri native plant that occurs most often in open rocky woods, wooded slopes, and ... [... more]
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Amelanchier canadensis
Shadblow serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, large shrub or small tree which typically grows 15-30' tall. Features showy, 5-petaled, slightly fragrant, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early ... [... more]
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Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' Plant of Merit
This hybrid apple serviceberry cultivar is a deciduous, early-flowering large shrub or small tree which typically grows 15-25' tall. Features 5-petaled, showy, slightly fragrant, white flowers in drooping clusters (racemes) which appear before ... [... more]
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Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny serviceberry is a small, deciduous, usually multi-trunked understory tree or tall shrub which is native to thickets, open woods, sheltered slopes and wood margins in Eastern North America where it typically grows 15-25' (less frequently ... [... more]
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Asimina triloba
Pawpaw is a Missouri native small understory tree or large shrub which typically grows 15-20' tall (sometimes to 30') and occurs in low bottom woods, wooded slopes, ravines and along streams. Often spreads by root suckers to form colonies or ... [... more]
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Betula nigra
Easily grown average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. River birch is perhaps the most culturally adaptable and heat tolerant of the birches. Prefers moist, acidic, fertile soils including semi-aquatic conditions, but also tolerates ... [... more]
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Cercidiphyllum japonicum Plant of Merit
Best grown in rich, moist, well-drained soils in part shade. Tolerates full sun, but has little tolerance for drought particularly when young. Best sited in a location protected from strong winds and hot afternoon sun. Katsura tree is a ... [... more]
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Cercis canadensis
The best environment for redbud is full sun to light shade with moist well-drained deep soil. It is adaptable to other soil types but will not grow well in permanently wet or poorly drained soil. Since this tree does not transplant easily, it ... [... more]
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Cercis canadensis f. alba
The best environment for white redbud is full sun to light shade with moist well-drained deep soil. It is adaptable to other soil types but will not grow well in permanently wet or poorly drained soil. Since this tree does not transplant easily, ... [... more]
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Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' Plant of Merit
Canker can be a significant disease problem. Potential insect pests include tree hoppers, leaf hoppers, caterpillars and scale. 'Forest Pansy' is a purple-leaved cultivar of the popular Missouri native redbud tree. It is a small, deciduous, ... [... more]
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Cercis chinensis
Although in its native habitat Chinese redbud will often grow as a tree to 50' tall, in cultivation in the U.S. it usually grows much smaller as an open, multi-stemmed shrub from 8-15' tall. It is similar to our native redbud (Cercis canadensis - ... [... more]
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