Beautiful fall weather conditions are in store for the next couple of weeks. The warm soil temperatures will make your landscape shrubs and trees grow nicely. Let’s make our landscape beautiful!
Landscape planting
Creek Side is now offering a wide variety of shrubs and trees. Lots of new growth this summer. See below for current selections. It is not too late to plant trees and shrubs if you water them adequately. Use Root Stimulator or Espoma Bio-tone and Nature’s Yield Compost at planting time.
Shrubs
Beautiful full-size shrubs have grown quickly. Potentilla, Spirea, Barberry and Dogwood looking great! Looking for xeric selections? Creek Side has an expanded selection of native and dry land shrubs. Check out the Fourwing Saltbrush, Mountain Mahogany, Rabbitbrush, Sumacs, Coyote Willow .
- Potentillas, Spireas & Barberries – great choices for sunny locations
- Weigela– great choice for partial sun/ partial shade locations
- Dogwoods – Red Twig, offer winter interest
- Lilacs – several colors available
- Burning Bush – nice size plants, great value
- Smokebush – Winecraft Gold with gold leaves
- Blue Mist Spirea – big pollinator shrub
- Buddelia – Grand Cascade Butterfly Bush
- Mock Orange – Cheyenne Plant Select
- Forsythia – early spring flowers
- Gro Low Sumac – great for slopes
- Dwarf Purple Willow – excellent for wet spots
- Viburnum – excellent for hedges
- Purpleleaf & Western Sandcherry – fast growing
- Xeric selections – Rabbitbrush, Pea Shrub, Turkish Euonymus and more
- Arizona Cypress – 6′ tall gray foliage for screens
- Cry Baby Juniper – tall screen plants with character
- Spiral Moonglow Juniper – frame your entrance
- Topiary Blue Globe Spruce – another framing option
- Weeping spruce
Trees
Big, beautiful trees ready for planting right now. Get these trees established this year and they will really take off next year providing shade and beauty in your landscape.
Red maples are the most popular tree that Creek Side gets requests for. Several different varieties of red maples are available now in sizes with good value and ease of handling.
Shade Trees
For large shade-providing trees consider the following excellent Colorado Choices:
- Red maples – Red Sunset, Red Pointe, Sensation – 40-50’ shade trees with great fall color
- Swedish Columnar Aspen – hardy aspen foliage in a columnar form
- Columnar European Hornbeam –
- Narrowleaf Cottonwood – cottonwood with smaller leaves
- Skyline Honeylocust – classic landscape tree
- Ohio Buckeye – great suburban tree
- Quacking Aspen – Colorado favorite
Ornamental Trees
Have you considered a nice 20’-40′ ornamental tree for your yard? Hotwings Maple are a native with drought tolerance available in a standard or shrub form. Also consider:
- Serviceberry – 3 season interest
- Flowering Princess Kay Plum – beautiful spring flowers
- Columnar Buckthorn – perfect for screening
- Colorado Spruce
- Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Cruise the Creek Side Woodlands Walkway soon to discover what fall shrubs and trees might brighten your landscape! Shop for the best availability today!
