Botanical Name: Acer circinatum 'JFS Purple'

Zone: 6    Height: 12'    Spread: 12'    Shape: Multistemmed, upright spreading

Foliage: Bronzegreen turns purple

Fall Color: Orange-bronze

Fruit: Purple winged samaras

A totally new appearance for the Pacific Northwest's native vine maple, this cultivar boasts red new growth in the spring that turns to deep purple in the heat of the summer and holds until fall.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Acer circinatum 'Pacific Fire'

Zone: 6    Height: 12'    Spread: 8'    Shape: Multistemmed, upright spreading

Foliage: Medium green

Fall Color: Orange-yellow

Fruit: Red winged samaras

Young branches turn brilliant red in autumn just in time to light the winter landscape on fire. The color parade continues into spring as lime green foliage unfolds against scarlet stems that mellow to orange brown as they mature.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Acer truncatum X A. Platanoides 'Warrenred'

Zone: 4b    Height: 30'    Spread: 25'    Shape: Upright spreading, rounded crown

Foliage: Dark green, smooth, very glossy

Fall Color: Yellow-orange to bright red

INSECT RESISTANCE: Japanese beetle

Outstanding glossy summer foliage changes to tints of yellow, red, and orange in the fall. Pacific Sunset® colors earlier and a little brighter than Norwegian Sunset.® Branch structure is a little finer textured and more spreading than Norwegian Sunset.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Acer saccharum 'Flashfire'

Zone: 4    Height: 45'    Spread: 40'    Shape: Broadly oval

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Bright red

Selected from Caddo Mountain sugar maple seedlings, this tree has the brightest red fall color we have seen in a cultivar adapted to Southern heat. It features dark green summer foliage, better mildew resistance than other Caddo selections, strong growth, and brilliant red, early fall color.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Carpinus caroliniana

Zone: 5    Height: 40'    Spread: 28'    Shape: Broadly pyramidal to ovate

Foliage: Deep green

Fall Color: Yellow

A stout trunk, strong central leader, and sturdy branch arrangement led to our nicknaming this brawny tree “The Hulk.” Vigorous and easy to grow, its performance is impressive on the street. When others look tired during the dog days of summer, Emerald Avenue™ maintains healthy deep green foliage, thanks to its superior heat tolerance.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Cornus (Kousa X nuttallii) X Kousa 'Venus'

Zone: 5b    Height: 25'    Spread: 20'    Shape: Upright oval

Foliage: Deep green

Fall Color: Red to purple-red

Flower: Very large, 6", creamy white

DISEASE RESISTANCE: dogwood anthracnose and powdery mildew

This vigorous hybrid dogwood combines the huge flowers of the Pacific dogwood with the environmental tolerance of the Chinese dogwood. Bred by Elwin Orton of Rutgers University, Venus® has the largest bloom of any dogwood we have seen and is very floriferous. Little fruit, nearly sterile.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

 

Botanical Name: (Kousa X nuttallii) X Kousa 'Starlight'

Zone: 6    Height: 30'    Spread: 20'    Shape: Upright oval

Foliage: Deep green

Fall Color: Red

Flower: Large, creamy white

Fruit: 3/4", orange

Strong upright growth, clean dark green foliage, and large firm flowers give this hybrid dogwood great promise. The tree has shown resistance to mildew and anthracnose, holding healthy dark green foliage all summer. A Rutgers hybrid of the Pacific dogwood and the Chinese dogwood.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Liquidamber styraciflua

Zone: 5    Height: 60'    Spread: 8'    Shape: Tightly columnar

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Orange to burgundy

This fastigiate tree grows quickly to form a tall, strikingly narrow column. One of the tightest and narrowest trees available, it is easier to grow than most. Those grown as hedges quickly become effective visual screens, while single specimens mature to become landscape exclamation points.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Malus 'JFS – KW5' PP14375

Available in Spring 2012.

Zone: 4    Height: 20'    Spread: 15'    Shape: Upright spreading

Foliage: Purple, cutleaf

Fall Color: Orange-red

Flower: Bright pinkish red

Fruit: Red, 1/4", persistent

DISEASE RESISTANCE:
Scab: Excel.    Fireblight: Good    Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.    Mildew: Good

Bright pinkish red flowers combine with deep purple cutleaf foliage to present a unique new crab. Deeply lobed leaves and upright form with good branching and density are inherited from its Golden Raindrops® parent. Nursery growth is outstanding, and it displays good to excellent resistance to the common diseases.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Malus 'Schmidtcutleaf'

Available in Spring 2012.

Zone: 3    Height: 20'    Spread: 15'    Shape: Upright vase shaped

Foliage: Green, deeply cut

Flower: white

Fruit: Golden yellow, 1/4"

DISEASE RESISTANCE:
Scab: Excel.    Fireblight: Poor    Cedar-Apple Rust: Excel.    Mildew: Excel.

Fine textured, deeply cut foliage gives this unusual crab a delicate appearance. The form is elegant, with slender limbs spreading horizontally from upright branches.The abundant golden yellow fruit is truly tiny.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Styrax japonicas 'Snowcone'

Zone: 5    Height: 25'    Spread: 20'    Shape: Broadly pyramidal, dense

Foliage: Dark green, fine textured

Fall Color: Yellowish

Flower: Pure white, bell shaped

Dark green, fine textured foliage and dense, symmetrical structure create a tree of great uniformity. It is resistant to twig dieback that is common in seedling grown trees.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.

Botanical Name: Styrax japonicas 'Snow Charm'

Zone: 5    Height: 20'    Spread: 20'    Shape: Rounded

Foliage: Dark green

Fall Color: Yellowish

Flower: Pure white, bell shaped

Reliable and easy to grow, this Schmidt introduction selected from a highly variable species assures a rounded form. Like Snowcone®, it resists twig dieback, but has larger leaves and a broader, more traditional form.

Seedlings sourced from J. Frank Schmidt.