Egli Landscapes, Inc We request that all orders be confirmed no later than 2/20/15 for spring installation. All trees are subject to supplier availability
Egli Landscapes, Inc receives our B&B trees from an Oklahoma or other midwestern nurseries, but we ensure that they are zone hardy varieties. Our supplier lifts each root ball out of the ground with a tree spade, carefully sets the root ball into a burlap-lined wire basket and then tightly wraps the burlap with twine to create a nice package called a balled and burlapped or B&B tree. Our B&B trees weigh between 250+ lbs (1.5 caliper) to 500+ lbs (2.5 caliper) and have a height range of 8-10 ft for ornamental to 12-17 ft for shade trees. All shade trees will be quoted at 2 size, unless there are availability issues from our supplier and then other sizes may be quoted. Ornamental trees will be quoted at either 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, or 2 dependent on availability. We request that all orders be confirmed no later than 2/20/15 for spring installation.
Evergreens Arborvitae, Techny Pine, White Spruce, Norway Spruce, Black Hills Ornamentals Lilac, Japanese Tree Multi-Stem Lilac, Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Serviceberry, Autumn Brilliance Crabapple, Indian Magic Crabapple, Royal Raindrops Crabapple, Red Jewel Redbud, Eastern Shade Cypress, Shawnee Brave Elm, Princeton American Gingko Honeylocust, Skyline Maple, Autumn Blaze Maple, Red Sunset Maple, Sugar Oak, Swamp White Oak, Northern Red Oak, Crimson Spire Oak, Chinkapin Planetree, London Bloodgood Riverbirch, Heritage Birch, Crimson Frost Sweetgum, American Worplesdon Tulip Tree
It is a medium growing (1-2ft per year) evergreen that has a dark green soft foliage. In September of each year it sheds all the growth that grew out the previous year and it drops to the ground creating a very nice mulch around the tree. They can grow 30+ ft tall and 15+ft wide and the spreading root system is very wind firm but the wood is not quite so strong and can be damaged by high winds, snow and ice. This tree can live100 years or longer. Deer will eat this foliage in the winter and severe damage and death can result with smaller plants, with larger plants all the foliage can be eaten off within 6 ft of the ground. Broad-based, pyramidal form. Excellent dark green foliage year-round. Use as hedge plant, windbreak or snowbreak.
Is the largest conifer of the eastern and upper Midwest forests, reaching 150 feet in height and up to 40 inches in diameter. In dense stands, trees produce tall, cylindrical stems with pyramidal shaped crowns, characterized by distinctive, plate like branching, especially noticeable as the trees become older. On young growth, the bark remains rather thin, smooth, and greenish-brown in color. On older trees the bark becomes deeply fissured and dark grayish-brown in color. Its evergreen needles are in clusters of 5, soft, flexible, 2 1/2 to 5 inches long, and bluish-green in appearance. Its cones are about 4 to 8 inches long and 1 inch thick. These remain attached for 1 to several months after ripening in the autumn of the second season. Likes moist, well-drained soils. Grows 50'- 80' with a 20-40' spread in the landscape. (zones 3-8) 5
The Norway Spruce is a fast growing (2-3 per year) evergreen that has dark green needles that are 1 inch long, and can grow up to 5 ft a year in a good weather year. It never drops its needles but keeps them on for up to 10 years. It will grow to 100+ ft tall and 25+ ft wide, it is very wind firm due to its large spreading root system, and tough flexible wood. It can live a very long life in windbreaks of over 100 years old in most soils, and is the most common old windbreak tree in the midwest. Due to its shape, heavy snow and ice storms cause little damage. Deer will not normally eat this species unless there is nothing else available. Pyramidal and stiff when young, but graceful at maturity. Excellent for screen or windbreak. Bright green when young, changing to lustrous dark green at maturity.
It is a slow (6-12 per year) growing very compact evergreen. It will grow up to 40+ft tall and 20+ ft wide and is very wind firm and is not damaged by heavy snow or ice storms. This tree can live 80 or more years. Deer will not normally eat this species unless nothing else is available.
Typically grows to as much as 30 tall and 20 wide with an oval-rounded crown. Its best ornamental feature is its showy, fragrant, creamy white flowers that bloom in upright panicles to 12 long in late spring to early summer (later than most other lilac species). Some gardeners dislike the privet-like smell of the flowers. Flowers give way to loose clusters of brown capsules that persist into winter. Reddish-brown peeling bark is attractive on younger branches, gradually turning gray with age. Sharply tipped, lanceolate to ovate, dark green leaves (to 6 long). No fall color. Height: 20-30 ft Spread: 15-20 ft Zone: 3-7 Flower: White, Showy, Fragrant
This Japanese tree lilac cultivar is a small tree or large shrub which typically grows 20-25' tall with a rounded crown. Creamy white, fragrant, single flowers are arranged in dense, terminal clusters (panicles to 12" long). Blooms later than most other species of lilac (late May to early June in St. Louis). Elliptic to ovate, dark green leaves (to 5" long). Attractive reddishbrown bark. Height: 20-25 ft Spread: 15-20 ft Zone: 3-7 Flower: White, Showy, Fragrant
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 the leaves emerge in early spring. Finely toothed, obovate, bluish green leaves (2-5" long) change to brilliant orange-red in autumn (hence the cultivar name). Flowers give way to small, round green berries which turn red and finally mature to a dark purplish black in early summer. Edible berries are sweet, resembling blueberries in size and color, and are often used in jams, jellies and pies. Amelanchiers are also often commonly called Juneberries. Height: 15-25 ft Spread: 15-25 ft Zone: 4-9 Leaf: Good Fall Flower: White, Showy Fruit: Showy, Edible
A round-headed small tree.red buds open into single, deep pink flowers. Small glossy, red fruit changes to rosy-orange and remains on tree all winter providing food for wildlife. A real show stopper in the spring. Height: 15-20 ft Spread: 15-20 ft Zone: 4-7 Flower: Pink, Showy
Upright-spreading, disease-resistant, easy-to-grow, crabapple tree that features (1) deeply lobed purple foliage (early leaves may be entire) which retains excellent color throughout summer, (2) magenta-pink single flowers in spring (April in St. Louis), (3) tiny maroon-red crabapples (1/4" diameter) that mature in late summer and (4) excellent orange-red fall color. This small tree typically matures to 15-20 tall and to 12-16' wide with a dense rounded canopy and excellent foliage density. Crabapples persist on the tree into early winter and are an attractive food source for birds. Height: 15-20 ft Spread: 12-16 ft Zone: 4-8 Flower: Pink, Showy
This crabapple is a denselybranched, spreading, deciduous, dwarf tree or shrub which typically grows 6-8' tall and 12' wide. Often grown as a shrub. Deep pink buds open to single, white flowers (1" diameter) in spring. Flowers may have a pinkish tinge in cool spring weather. Flowers are followed by masses of small, glossy, red crabapples (1/2" diameter) which mature in the fall and persist into late fall. The fruits are attractive to birds. Ovate, sometimes deeply lobed, dark green leaves. Height: 15 ft Spread: 12 ft Zone: 4-7 Flower: White, Showy Fruit: Showy
Redbuds are best known for their pink pea-like flowers which bloom profusely on bare branches and even mature trunks. Its heart shaped leaves are 3-5" across and may turn an attractive yellow in fall. Its fruits are brown flat pods about 2-3" long. The trunk of this small tree usually has branches close to the ground resulting in a spreading, flat-topped to rounded crown. Height: 20-30 ft Spread: 25-35 ft Flower: Pink, Showy
SHAWNEE BRAVE, is a narrow pyramidal cultivar that typically grows with a strong central leader to 50-75' tall and to 15-20' wide. It has a narrower shape and denser foliage than species trees. It is a long-lived, pyramidal conifer. It is native to saturated soils, seasonally flooded areas, swamps and stream banks on the coastal plain from Virginia to Texas and up the Mississippi River valley to the Missouri bootheel and the southern tips of Illinois and southeastern Indiana. Although it looks like a needled evergreen, it is in fact deciduous ( bald as the common name suggests). Flat, linear needles in two ranks along the twigs (distichum means in two vertical ranks) are yellow-green in spring, medium to dark green in summer and reddishbrown in fall. Needles drop in late fall. Round cones (to 1" across) are green in summer before turning brown with maturity. Reddish-brown bark exfoliates in strips. Root system "knees" only appear on plants growing in water. Height: 50-75 ft Spread: 15-20 ft Zone: 4-9 Leaf: Fall - Yellowish Brown
Vase-shaped, medium to large, deciduous tree with a broad-rounded crown. It is native to eastern and central North America. Although once widely planted in the United States as street and lawn trees, American elms have now been so decimated by Dutch elm disease that species trees are no longer considered to be viable selections for landscapes. 'Princeton' reportedly has excellent resistance to Dutch elm disease and is currently being planted. It was developed by Princeton Nurseries in 1922, which was about 10 years prior to the time when the Dutch elm fungal infection first came to the U. S. 'Princeton' typically grows to 50-70' tall. Non-showy, small green flowers appear in spring before the foliage emerges. Flowers give way to single-seeded, wafer-like samaras (each tiny seed is surrounded by a flattened oval-rounded papery wing). Seeds mature in April-May as the leaves reach full size. Rough-textured, ovate-elliptic, dark green leaves (to 6 long) have toothed margins and asymetrical bases. Leaves typically turn yellow in fall. Height: 50-70 ft Spread: 30-50 ft Zone: 3-9 Leaf: Fall - Yellow
Ginkgo features distinctive, two-lobed, somewhat leathery, fan-shaped leaves with diverging (almost parallel) veins. Ginkgo is the only surviving member of a group of ancient plants believed to have inhabited the earth up to 150 million years ago. 'Autumn Gold' is an allmale cultivar typically growing at maturity to 40-50' with a symmetrical, broadly spreading habit. Leaves turn a uniform golden yellow in autumn (spectacular when backlit by early morning or late afternoon sun) and persist for several weeks. When the leaves do drop, they drop rapidly, forming a golden carpet around the tree. Ginkgo is also commonly called maidenhair tree, which refers to the resemblance of the fanshaped leaves to maidenhair fern leaflets (pinnae). Height: 50-80 ft Spread: 30-40 ft Zone: 3-8 Tolerate: Deer, Clay Soil, Air Pollution Leaf: Fall - Gold or Yellow
A stately and unusual variety with distinctive pyramidal form, this tree develops a strong, sturdy trunk and shapely crown. Thornless, and essentially fruitless, it is a valuable tree for light, filtered shade. Height: 50 ft Spread: 30-35 ft Zone: 4-7 Leaf: Fall - Yellow
Acer x freemanii, commonly called Freeman maple, is a hybrid of red maple (A. rubrum) and silver maple (A. saccharinum). The Freeman maple cultivars commonly sold in commerce today reportedly combine some of the best features of both parents, namely, solid structure, attractive form and showy fall color (from red maple) and adaptability and rapid growth (from silver maple). Oliver M. Freeman of the National Arboretum made the first controlled crosses between red maple and silver maple in 1933. Edward Murray named this hybrid cross in 1969 in honor of Oliver M. Freeman. Notwithstanding the foregoing, crosses between red and silver maples occur not only by controlled propagation but also naturally in the wild. It is sometimes difficult to identify a Freeman hybrid because of the complexity of crosses and backcrosses that may occur. Height: 40-55 ft Spread: 30-40 ft Zone: 3-8 Leaf: Red
Acer rubrum, commonly called red maple, is a medium-sized, deciduous tree that is native to Eastern North America from Quebec to Minnesota south to Florida and eastern Texas. It typically grows with a rounded to oval crown. It grows faster than Norway and sugar maples, but slower than silver maple. In northern states, red maple usually occurs in wet bottomland, river flood plains and wet woods, but in Missouri it typically frequents drier, rocky upland areas. Emerging new growth leaves, leafstalks, twigs, flowers, fruit and fall color are red or tinged with red. Quality of red fall color on species plants is variable. Leaves (to 2-5" long) have 3 principal triangular lobes (sometimes 5 lobes with the two lower lobes being largely suppressed). Lobes have toothed margins and pointed tips. Leaves are medium to dark green above and gray green below. Flowers on a given tree are primarily male or female or monoecious and appear in late winter to early spring (March-April) before the leaves. Fruit is a two-winged samara. Species name of rubrum (meaning red) is everywhere in evidence: red flowers in dense clusters in late March to early April (before the leaves appear), red fruit (initially reddish, two-winged samara), reddish stems and twigs, red buds, and, in the fall, excellent orange-red foliage color. RED SUNSET is one of the best red maple cultivars available in commerce, with outstanding orange to red fall color (quality more reliable than species). Height: 40-50 ft Spread: 30-40 ft Zone: 3-9 Leaf: Fall - Red
This tree is a main component of the Eastern U.S. hardwood forest and is one of the trees which is most responsible for giving New England its reputation for spectacular fall color. Medium green leaves (3-6" wide with 3-5 lobes) turn yellow-orange in autumn, sometimes with considerable color variations. Fruit is the familiar two-winged samara. Sugar maples are long-lived trees which grow relatively slowly (somewhat faster in the first 35 years). Native Americans taught the early colonists how to tap these trees to make maple syrup which has now become a multi-billion dollar industry in the U.S. and Canada. Excellent shade tree. The sugar maple leaf is the national symbol of Canada. Height: 40-80 ft Spread: 30-60 ft Zone: 3-8 Leaf: Fall - Bright Orange
Excellent in both wet and upland soils, this tree has a coarser, less deeply incised leaf than Q. alba, and acorns borne on 2-4" stalks. It shows good transplant success. Height: 50-60 ft Spread: 40-50 ft Zone: 4-8 Leaf: Fall - Yellow-Brown to Red
The fastest growing oak and one of the easiest to transplant, this tree is great for street use or as a landscape tree. The foliage is dense and lustrous and leaves hang on the tree into winter. Height: 60-80 ft Spread: 50 ft Zone: 4-8 Leaf: Fall - Red
Crimson Spire Oak melds the best characteristics of its White and English Oak heritage to produce a fast-growing, hardy, columnar tree that s a great fit for streetscapes and landscape settings. Fastigiate habit and adaptability are inherited from English Oak (Quercus robur), while its dark green, mildewresistant foliage and red fall color are inherited from the White Oak (Quercus alba) parent. A fast growth rate makes this rugged oak a good choice for anchoring newer landscapes. It reaches about 45 feet in height with a 15-foot spread in 20 years in a typical urban landscape setting. Dense foliage creates living screens for blocking unsightly views and muffling traffic sounds.proven adaptable to a wide range of climates and growing conditions, Crimson Spire Oak is appreciated by growers for its ease of care, and by landscape designers for its columnar form and stately appearance. Height: 45 ft Spread: 15 ft Zone: 4-8 Leaf: Rusty Red in Fall
Chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), sometimes called yellow chestnut oak, rock oak, or yellow oak, grows in alkaline soils on limestone outcrops and welldrained slopes of the uplands, usually with other hardwoods. It seldom grows in size or abundance to be commercially important, but the heavy wood makes excellent fuel. The acorns are sweet and are eaten by several kinds of animals and birds. Height: 40-60 ft Spread: 50-70 ft Zone: 5-7 Leaf: Fall - Yellow Brown
Bloodgood planetree, a selection of the tough London planetree that is widely planted in urban areas, is a large shade tree with a broad open crown and bark that exfoliates to reveal patches that may be creamy white, yellow, or olivecolored. The signature ornamental feature of this huge tree is its brown bark, which exfoliates in irregular pieces to reveal creamy white inner bark. 'Bloodgood' has dark green foliage and is reported to have some resistance to the problematic anthracnose disease of sycamores. Height: 40+ ft Spread: 20-30 ft Zone: 3-10 Leaf: Yellow to Brown in Fall
This river birch cultivar is a vigorous, fastgrowing, medium-sized tree which can be grown as either a single trunk or multi-stemmed tree. As a single trunk tree, it develops a pyramidal habit when young, but gradually matures into a more rounded habit, typically growing 40-70' tall. Multi-stemmed trees form a more irregular shaped crown, and are often considered the superior growth habit for this tree. This cultivar features salmon-cream to brownish bark which exfoliates to reveal a creamy white inner bark that can be nearly as white as the white-barked birches. Leathery, diamond-shaped, dark green leaves (1.5-3.5" long) with doubly toothed margins are larger and glossier than the species and turn a respectable yellow in fall. Flowers are contained in drooping, brownish male catkins (2-3" long) and insignificant, smaller, upright, greenish female catkins, both of which appear in spring on the same tree. Height: 40-70 ft Spread: 40-60 ft Zone: 3-6 Leaf: Fall - Yellow
Crimson Frost birch is a hybrid between the older Purple Rain birch (Betula pendula "Purple Rain") and the Japanese white birch of "Whitespire" fame (Betula platyphylla var. japonica). It's rich foliage color is actually a slight improvement over the Purple Rain birch and it has a much more refined, narrowly upright shape, but it's real improvement is its dramatically increased resistance to the dreaded bronze birch borer, which is a real problem with varieties of Betula pendula, and especially Purple Rain. This tree is a true accent tree, and should only be used as such; in other words, as a solitary either standing alone or in a garden setting surrounded by complementary-colored plants (yellows look particularly stunning below!). Be mindful of its pronounced attributes - its purple leaves, its very upright spire-like shape and its highly ornamental bark - and use it where these can be highlighted to their fullest effect. Like all birches, it enjoys moist to wet soils, preferably looser and slightly acidic if possible, but it is quite tolerant of various growing conditions. It does need full sun for best growth and to hold its color. Height: 25-40 ft Spread: 15-25 ft Zone: 4-7 Leaf: Burgundy
A beautifully pyramidal shade tree with interestingly shaped leaves that turn red, purple and yellow in fall; somewhat particular about growing conditions; fruit is spiny and can be somewhat messy, use where this will not be a problem. Worplesdon Sweet Gum is a deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. This is a high maintenance tree that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Height: 40 ft Spread: 25 ft Zone: 5-9 Leaf: Fall - Red
Tulip tree or yellow poplar is a large, stately, deciduous tree of eastern North America that typically grows 60-90' (less frequently to 150 ) tall with a pyramidal to broad conical habit. Although widely planted throughout the state of Missouri, it is indigenous to rich woods in only a few counties in the far southeastern corner of the state. Trunks of mature trees may reach 4-6 in diameter, usually rising column-like with an absence of lower branching. It is named and noted for its cup-shaped, tuliplike flowers that bloom in spring. Flowers are yellow with an orange band at the base of each petal. Although the flowers are 2 in length, they can go unnoticed on large trees because the flowers appear after the leaves are fully developed. Sometimes the flowers are first noticed when the attractive petals begin to fall below the tree. Flowers are followed by dry, scaly, oblong, cone-shaped brown fruits, each bearing numerous winged seeds. Four-lobed bright green leaves (to 8 across) turn golden yellow in fall. Wood is used inter alia for furniture, plywood, boatbuilding, paper pulp and general lumber. Native Americans made dugout canoes from tuliptree trunks. This is the state tree of Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana. Genus name comes from Greek leirion (lily) and dendron (tree). Tulipifera means tulip bearing. Height: 60-90 ft Spread: 30-50 ft Zone: 4-9 Leaf: Yellow to Gold Flower: After leaf development