Download WASHBURN COUNTY LAND WATER CONSERVATION DEPT

WASHBURN COUNTY LAND WATER CONSERVATION DEPT
2017 TREE/SHRUB/WILDFLOWER ORDER FORM
PHONE: 715-468-4654
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
EMAIL:
CONIFERS (25 per bundle)
# Bundles Ordered
Cost/Bundle
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$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
CANANN FIR Abies balsamea phanerolepies
NORWAY (RED PINE) Pinus resinosa
WHITE PINE Pinus strobus
WHITE SPRUCE Picea glauca
NORWAY SPRUCE Picea abies
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE Picea pungens
Total Price
TREES AND SHRUBS (10 per bundle)
# Bundles Ordered
Cost/Bundle
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$20.00
$20.00
$20.00
$20.00
$20.00
PAPER BIRCH Betula papyrifera
CRANBERRY BUSH Viburnum Trilobum
RED CRABAPPLE Malus Red Splendor
REDOSIER DOGWOOD Cornus Sericea
SERVICEBERRY (JUNEBERRY) Amilanchier alnifolia
Total Price
PLANT PLUGS - NATIVE PERENNIAL WILDFLOWER & GRASS COLLECTIONS (48 plants/flat)
# Flats Ordered
Collection #1 (Butterfly Garden)
Collection #2 (Complete Wetland)
Collection #3 (Complete Prairie)
Collection #4 (Woodland)
TAX IS INCLUDED IN PRICE!!
Please make your check payable to:
Washburn County Land & Water Conservation Dept.
PO Box 486
Shell Lake, WI 54871
Cost/Flat
Total Price
$44.00
$44.00
$44.00
$44.00
AMOUNT DUE:
(office only) ORDER #
**PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! NO REFUNDS FOR UNCLAIMED ORDERS.
*ORDER EARLY-Sales are on a first come, first serve basis.
Pick up your order at The Spooner Ag Research Station on the following dates:
*Trees & Shrubs: May 5th 11:00am-5:00pm and May 6th 8:00am-11:00am
*Plant Collections: June 2nd 1:00pm-5:00pm
* Maximum of 16 bundles (400 trees) per order.
* Last day to order plant collections is May 26th.
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TREES and SHRUBS
CANNAN FIR - Moist to medium soils, full sun. Height 30'-70'. Needles are 3/4-1.5" long and are lustrous dark
green to bluish green with silvery stomatic bands on the underside of the needles. More resistant to spring
frost injury than either Fraser or Balsam fir because of its tendency to break bud late. Makes a good Christmas
tree.
NORWAY(RED PINE) - Medium to dry soils, full sun. Height up to 100'. Needles 4.5" to 6.5 " long and twp to a
cluster, Loses its lower limbs early. The bark of the red pine is flaky and orange-red in color. Grow very rapidly
for their first 60 or 70 years. Is a good timber-producing tree. A reliable transplant.
WHITE PINE - Moist to dry soils, somewhat shade tolerant. Height 80'. Needles are 4" to 6" long and five to a
cluster. The ease of transplanting and rapid growth of the White Pine tree makes it ideal for windscreen.
WHITE SPRUCE - Moist to dry soils, does well in full sun. Height 40'- 60'. Needles are four-sided, crowded along
branchlets; length 1/3" to 3/4"; dark bluish-green. Besides providing nesting sites and shelter, provides food
for many kinds of wildlife. Pyramidal, makes a good screen.
NORWAY SPRUCE - Moist to medium soils, prefers full sun. Height 40'-60'. Cone is 4"-6" long , Medium to fast
growing, Needles; 1/2" to 1" long, squarish with a nice dark green color, branches have a pendulous habit.
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE - Dry, well-drained soils. Height 30'-50', Sharp pointed needles, green to blue color.
Extremely hardy and adaptable to a variety of conditions. Drought-tolerant once established, and will thrive in
partial to full sun. Excellent for windbreaks, ornamental, or Christmas trees.
PAPER BIRCH - Moist to dry soils ,full/partial sun. Height 60'-70'. White bark that peels off in strips; easy to
transplant; casts light shade; shallow roots. Rich yellow to golden yellow fall color.
CRANBERRY BUSH- Moist to medium soils, Full sun to part shade, 8-12', Maple-like haped leaves. Showy
snow-white flowers, bright red fruit persists into winter. Excellent fall foliage color: yellow, red, orange, or
burgundy.
RED CRABAPPLE - Medium to wet soils, full sun. Height 20'-30'. Flower buds emerge rose red and open pink to
rose pink and bloom heavily only every other year. Outstanding features are the tree's almost complete disease
resistance and its small red fruit, 1cm in diameter, that cling to the trees all winter. The flowering crabapple are
a durable and highly useful ornamental trees that are strikingly beautiful in bloom.
RED-OSIER DOGWOOD - Moist to wet soils, part shade. Height: 6'-9'. Stems turn a yellow-green in the spring
changing to a very colorful coral-red from November through March. Dark green leaves turn a purplish-red in
the fall. White flowers appear in late May, with white fruit borne in August-September which attracts birds.
SERVICEBERRY (JUNEBERRY) - Medium to well-drained soil, full sun/part shade. Height 8'-15'. Large shrub with
beautiful fall colors. White spring flowers giving way to 0.3" fruit loved by birds. Berries resemble blueberries in
size and color and are often used in jams, jellies and pies.
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Native Perennial Plants
*For Habitat Restoration and Wildflower Gardening
If you are interested in restoring a prairie, lakeshore habitats or want to garden with super-hardy, droughttolerant and pest-resistant native perennials that will handle plenty of neglect while providing loads of flowers
that will attract bees, butterflies and birds throughout the summer, then one or more of these collections are
for you.
Collection 1 – Butterfly Garden/Dry Wildflowers – 48 plants
Habitat: Dry Prairie/Forest Edge
Height: 12-36”
Full-Part Sun
Attract a kaleidoscope of butterflies with this fine assortment of native plants that provide a combination of
nectar sources and caterpillar host plants
Plants in each Collection are selected by the nursery based on the growing season : Wild Bergamot, Anise
Hyssop, Pearly Everlasting, Lupine, Butterfly Weed, Aromatic Aster, Coreopsis, Smooth Aster, Royal Catchfly,
Rattlesnake Master, False Sunflower, Rough Blazing Star, Purple Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan, Stiff Goldenrod,
Golden Alexander, White Prairie Clover, Purple Prairie Clover, Smooth Penstemon.
Collection 2 – Wetland – 48 plants
Habitat: Wet Prairie/Marsh/Lake Edge
Height: 24-48”
Full Sun-Part Shade
The perfect mix of colorful wildflowers and beautiful grasses to stabilize shorelines, improve lake health, or
replace wet areas of lawn that are dificult to mow.
Plants in each Collection are selected by the nursery based on the growing season : Wildflower Species: Swamp
Milkweed, Culvers Root, New England Aster, Spotted Joe-Pye Weed, Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia, Marsh
Blazing Star, Mountain Mint, Flat Top Aster, Monkeyflower, Blue Vervain, Ironweed. Grass species: Bottlebrush
Sedge, Porcupine Sedge, Caterpillar Sedge, Fox Sedge, Sweet Flag, Torrey’s Rush, Path Rush, Soft Rush, Wool
Grass.
Collection 3 – Prairie – 48 plants
Habitat: Dry Prairie/Forest Edge
Height: 24-60”
Full-Part Sun
An entire prairie in a single flat. Includes the best prairie grasses and wildflowers combined. Free yourself from
the oppression of mowing lawn one flat at a time.
Plants in each Collection are selected by the nursery based on the growing season : Wildflower Species: Lance
Leaf Coreopsis, Wild Bergamot, Anise Hyssop, Aromatic Aster, Smooth Aster, Butterfly Weed, Purple Prairie
Clover, False Sunflower, Lupine, Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan,
Prairie Spiderwort, Stiff Goldenrod, Smooth Penstemon, Culver’s Root. Grass Species: Canada Wild Rye, June
Grass, Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, Indian Grass.
Collection 4 – Woodland – 32-40 plants
Habitat: Woodland
Height: 6-36”
Shade
Only shade tolerant species will thrive in forested conditions. This is the collection to begin restoring and
beautifying any degraded woodland understory or shady areas of your yard.
Plants in each Collection are selected by the nursery based on the growing season : Wildflower species: Purple
Joe Pye Weed, Alum Root, Wild Columbine, Pearly Everlasting, Canada Anemone, Big Leaf Aster, Arrow-leaved
Aster, Harebell, Woodland Strawberry, Jacob’s Ladder, Zig Zag Goldenrod. Grass species: Pennsylvania Sedge,
Bottlebrush Grass.