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TREES AND SHRUBS

Many people tend to feel that the only trees that will grow in the north are Poplar, Willow, Birch, Spruce, and Creeping Junipers. If the zones were included in catalogues, they would soon realize the wide variety of hardy material that is available. Even in zone 0, Prunus padus commutata (Mayday Tree), Flowering Crabs, Sorbus (Mountain Ash), and Betula pendula gracilis (cutleaf Weeping Birch) have been grown successfully. The list of trees and shrubs for the remaining zones would be too extensive to list but include a few not often seen in the north. Aesculus glabra (Ohio Buckeye) and Celtis occidentalis (Common Hackberry) are two excellent trees that should be grown more often. Juglans nigra (Black Walnut), Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak) and Juniperus chinensis `Ames' are three trees that have been proven to be hardier than previously thought through the work of the W.C.S.H. Trees like Poplar, Willow, and Manitoba Maple are best used for windbreaks where their quick growth is an advantage and their greedy roots will not be competing with the landscape material or damaging the sewer systems.

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