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 lists 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 Mountain Mahogany, Rabbitbrush, Sumacs, Coyote Willow, Apache Plume .
- Potentillas, Spireas & Barberries – great choices for sunny locations
- Dogwoods – Red Twig, PW Artic Fire offer winter interest
- Lilacs – several colors available
- Burning Bush – nice size plants, great value
- Blue Mist Spirea – big pollinator shrub
- Mock Orange – Cheyenne Plant Select
- Gro Low Sumac – great for slopes
- Dwarf Purple Willow – excellent for wet spots
- Viburnum – Blue Muffin, Arrowwood, Burkwood – excellent for hedges
- Privets – Lodense, Vicary – excellent hedges
- Ninebarks – short to tall, burgundy foliage
- Xeric selections – Rabbitbrush, Pea Shrub, Apache Plume and more
- Cry Baby Juniper – tall screen plants with character
- Spiral Moonglow Juniper – frame your entrance
- Junipers – upright Blue Point, Hetzii columnars
- Temple of Bloom – large xeric choice with fall flowers
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
- Sunburst Honeylocust – classic landscape tree
- Ohio Buckeye – great suburban tree
- Quacking Aspen – Colorado favorite
- Cottonwood – great shade
- Catalpa – spring blooms, great shade
- Oaks – Gambel, Burr – classic hardy tree
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:
- Columnar Buckthorn – perfect for screening
- Redbud – popular spring bloomer
- Crabapples – fruitless Spring Snow, Dolgo – popular ornamental tree
- Plums – Thunder Cloud, Princess Kay – spring blooming ornamental
- Norway Spruce
- Colorado Spruce
- Ponderosa Pine
- 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!
