Acer - J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.

Fagus sylvatica ‘Riversii’
Rivers Purple Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 50'
Spread: 40'
Shape: Broadly oval
Foliage: Deep purple
to purple-bronze
The most popular purple leafed beech, Rivers
is deep purple in the spring and holds a good
purple-bronze color throughout the summer. The
smooth silver-gray bark of the trunk is beautiful
in winter.
Fagus sylvatica ‘Roseomarginata’
Tricolor Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 30'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Oval
Foliage: Variegated,
purple with a rosepink
and cream
margin
Weeping Beech
Fraxinus ornus ‘JFS-Coate’
Urban Bouquet Ash
Zone: 6
Height: 35'
Spread: 25'
Shape: Oval
Foliage: Medium
green
Fall Color: Yellow to
purple tinted
Flower: Creamy
white, large panicles
Fruit: Seedless
Billowing clouds of creamy white, fragrant panicles
cover its branches in May and June. This seedless
selection blooms heavily and reliably on an upright
oval frame. Suitable for street use and smaller
yards, this cultivar adds uniformity to a great urban
tree species.
Beautiful foliage is this tree’s star attraction.
Margins of its purple-bronze leaves are irregularly
colored with splashes of rose, pink and cream.
Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’
Weeping Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 40'
Spread: 30'
Shape: Gracefully
weeping from an
irregularly ascending
central trunk
Foliage: Green,
glossy
Each one is a natural work of art, a living,
growing sculpture. Fast growing because it
tends to maintain an upright central stem.
Green, pendulous branches hang to the ground
from great heights.
Purple Weeping Beech
Fraxinus
Less Common Species
Fraxinus excelsior ‘Aureafolia’
Golden Desert ® Ash
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 18'
Shape: Rounded,
compact
Foliage: Yellow
Fall Color: Goldenyellow
A small rounded tree with bright golden twigs
and young stems, outstanding yellow color
througout the year. Foliage emerges yellow,
becoming yellow-green in early summer and
developing a golden cast in late summer.
Fraxinus nigra ‘Fallgold’
Fallgold Ash
Zone: 2
Height: 40'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Narrow oval
Foliage: Dark green
Fall Color: Bright
golden yellow
Fruit: Seedless
Slower growing and more narrow than green
ash cultivars, Fallgold takes on a bright and
long-lasting golden hue in autumn. Seedless and
healthy, this northeastern U.S. native is a good
city tree in northern areas.
Urban Bouquet Ash
Fraxinus oxycarpa ‘Raywood’
Raywood Ash
Zone: 6
Height: 45'
Spread: 30'
Shape: Oval with
dense crown
Foliage: Narrow
green leaflets, fine
textured
Fall Color: Reddishpurple
Raywood grows fast as a young tree but
matures smaller than other Ash. Slender
branches and narrow leaflets give it a delicate,
fine textured appearance. Outstanding reddish
purple fall color.
Fraxinus quadrangulata
Blue Ash
Zone: 4
Height: 40'
Spread: 30'
Shape: Broadly oval
Foliage: Dark green
Fall Color: Yellow
Fruit: Samara
We grow a selected, budded strain of this native
tree of the central U.S., chosen for its particularly
symmetrical shape and vigorous growth.
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