Ornamental Trees

Ornamental Trees - care, pruning, selection, resources 

A Redbud Primer: 

One Of The Best-Loved Native Trees In The Piedmont

Tom  Nunnenkamp


A Dogwood Primer: 

One Of The Most Popular Trees In The South Care, Cultivation & Selections

Tom Nunnenkamp


Serviceberry: Amalanchier

Tom Nunnenkamp


Japanese Maples: Nine Favorites

Tom Nunnenkamp


 Acer palmatum ‘Bihou’

February Fabulosity- I’m Too Sexy--

High Fashion for Every Garden, Andrea Sprott


Flowering Apricot 

One Of The First Trees To Bloom

Tom Nunnenkamp


Crouching Gardener, Hidden Saw

The Pleasures & Pains Of  Growing Bamboo

Andrea Sprott

Witch Hazel Hybrids: Hamamelis X intermedia

Late Winter Blooming Ornamental  

Tom Nunnenkamp 


Crepe Myrtle: Lagerstroemia indica 

Tom Nunnenkamp


Mid-summer's Dream:  No Crape Murder Necessary

Andrea Sprott


Japanese Maple With Painted Ferns 

And Black Mondo Grass 

Tonya Banbury 

'Forest Pansy' Redbud at the Extension office.



Trees are the backbone of the Freedom Park Demonstration Gardens, shown here in winter.