Waldo County Soil and Water

Conservation District

Plant Sale

2020

We are pleased to offer the best fruit trees, shrubs and native plants selected by experts. Your purchase helps fund the District’s educational and conservation programs. We are also excited to announce a special planting program that you can join to assist us as a citizen scientist. Midcoast residents and students can plant tree seedlings of species that have potential to thrive here and help restore the forests of Maine, which are facing many challenges now. You can report how your trees are doing and provide valuable data. We are offering seedlings of these trees during our sale this year: see our Landscape Plants section to learn more. Need help selecting plants? We have plant ecologists and expert horticulturalists to help you select plants….just let us know what your needs are. These experts will also be available the day of our sale, April 25. Online ordering is available. See our website for more information, www.waldocountysoiland water.org.

SEMI-DWARF APPLE

On MM11 rootstock – semi dwarf trees – grow 15-20’ but can be pruned to a shorter height. Hardy and

quicker to bear fruit than standard trees.

1. Empire - Fall: Crisp, Juicy, very flavorful and bears fruit at an early age

2. Haralson - Heirloom: Fall: Often bears the year after planting. Crisp,

great eating and baking, holding its shape, biennial but can be less so with

heavy, fruit thinning right after petal fall.

3. Jonagold - Fall: Rich, full flavor, one of the best for fresh eating and

cooking.

4. Original McIntosh - (Left) Heirloom: The best Mac! Will keep a few

weeks if stored in the fridge crisper bins.

5. Red Astrachan - Old Heirloom: Early ripening but lasts for several weeks: Bears young, very tasty on the

tart side, also great for cooking when still slightly green, thin right

after petal fall.

6. Ribston Pippin - Heirloom, about 1700: Parent of Cox Orange

Pippin, Crisp, rich flavor, popular for eating, cooking and Cider.

7. Shizuka - October ripening, from Japan, Large yellow apple with

orange blush, sweet, extremely flavorful, tasty apple and good

keeper.

8. Somerset of Maine - Rare Heirloom from Mercer Maine, 1849:

Late Summer: Excellent flavored, large, eating apple, also known as a great pie apple.

9. State Fair - (Right) Late Summer - One of the best eating, early apples, juicy, aromatic, on the sweet side

and a better keeper than most early varieties.

10. Sweet Bough - Heirloom, very early ripening: Pale, honey-sweet fruit, crisp, rich flavored and popular for

200 years as one of the best early apples.

SEMI-DWARF FLOWERING CRABAPPLE TREES

11. Brandywine Crabapple - (Left) Looks like a tree of dark, pink roses

when in bloom. Also very fragrant! Tart, little yellow apples can be used

for cider. Blossoms at a young age.

Fruit Trees and Berries

SEMI-LARGE SIZE PEARS: NOT SELF-FERTILE

12. Seckel - Called sugar pear. Small, ripens late summer.

Reliable, annual bearing. Ripe off tree or picked early and

ripened inside. Great flavor.

13. Summercrisp - August ripening: Texture similar to Asian

pears, but is richer and sweet and will keep if picked before fully

ripe.

14. Clairgeau - Heirloom, Fall: Rich, very tasty and flavorful,

juicy and sweet, attractive tree and fruit, at one time very

popular throughout the Northeast.

PLUMS

Hybrid Plums- cross of Japanese and Native American plums. Very hardy, tasty, resistant to Black Knot.

Need 2+ for pollination. (sold in pairs of different varieties) Very attractive trees. All hybrid plum trees are

very flavorful and great for eating, sauce and preserves. Supply is limited, order early.

15. Gracious -Late Summer ripening: Yellow-orange flesh and skin, very

tasty.

16. Grenville - Late Summer ripening: Personal favorite, red skin, yellow

flesh, extremely flavorful.

17. Hanska -Summer ripening: Red skin, yellow flesh, sweet with slight

apricot flavor.

18. Underwood: -Summer ripening: Red with Golden yellow flesh.

BERRIES

Elderberries- a quick way to make an edible hedge. Snowy white blossoms.

19. York Elderberries - Fast growing shrubs with nutritional, tart berries

generally used for jam, jelly, wine and pies. Produces more berries when

growing two or more varieties. All Zones

20. Adams Elderberries - Feed wildlife, birds and yourself with nutrient rich

fruit. All Zones

21. Latham Raspberry - (Left) an old time reliable, early raspberry. Good for

freezing and winter hardy.

Landscape Plants

22. Eastern Redbud - (Cercis canadensis) Seedling. 20’ - 30’ Many of you who have spent time in the

south or midwest are familiar with this beautiful small tree. It has

unique bright pink flowers that emerge before the leaves along the

trunk and twigs. This forest understory and pioneer species can be a

lovely yard edge or medium sized ornamental tree, with a graceful,

multi-trunk form and heart shaped leaves. It likes medium moisture

levels, and prefers a less acidic soil. You’ll see that the flowers are

classic pea family form, and so are the small seedpods, which birds

can feed upon. Plant your redbud in a sheltered location where it will

get some sun.

23. Pawpaw - (Asimina triloba) Seedling. 15’-20’ This is another lovely small tree,

with gracefully drooping, large leaves that look somewhat tropical. Pawpaw

grows in a forest understory, and its big claim to fame is a large tasty fruit it

produces that has been likened to a banana crossed with a kiwi (it must be very

ripe to be eaten), and has a rich, pudding like texture. It is made into ice cream in

some parts of the Midwest. The fruit is also eaten by wildlife. Plant in a sheltered

location with some sun and shade.

Small Trees

This year, we are excited to offer seedlings of trees that have been selected for their potential to

thrive and grow in Midcoast Maine in the future. These “adaptive” trees have the potential help

our forests remain diverse and healthy in the midst of losses and climate change. And, you can

help with forestry research by planting these seedlings and reporting to us about how they are

growing, as a part of our new citizen science initiative. See the Report a Tree information on our

website to learn more. Schools are welcome to plant plots of these seedlings for a class learning

project.

The adaptive trees are selected based on their wildlife habitat, economic and ecosystem value.

They may work as supplements or replacements for trees that may not be able to produce forest

products or wildlife food and habitat due to invasives, such as ash trees. The trees are also species

that have been shown to be highly adaptable to various soil moisture levels and temperature

regimes, and thus have potential for providing forest products in changing climate conditions. All

are beautiful and versatile trees for your landscape. Be sure to protect your seedlings from hungry

browsers such as deer. See pages 6 and 7 for full sized trees.

Shrubs are potted and 15” to 24” except for spicebush (seedling).

24. Highbush cranberry - (Viburnum opulus) 15-18” This tall (to 12’) shrub

is just plain gorgeous, offering dark lobed leaves, dense rounded growth

and brilliant clusters of showy white flowers turning to bright red clusters

of berries, which birds don’t eat, so they persist into winter. A must have

for a showy area of shrubs! Its dense foliage will shelter songbirds. Foliage

is a deep, complex burgundy color in fall that will make you just as happy

as burning bush. Can be pruned to keep at a lower height. Wet to dry

areas.

25. Red-osier (red twig) dogwood – (Cornus sericea) 18-

24” This spreading, tall (6-8’) shrub is perfect for woodland

or wetland borders and other wet places including rain

gardens, but it will also grow in drier soils. Its red twigs

create year around interest. If you are removing

honeysuckle, multiflora rose, knotweed or other plants

that tend to come up in these areas, this vigorous shrub is

the perfect replacement.

26. Virginia Rose - (Rosa virginiana) This lovely native rose is

ready to give you old fashioned scented roses while providing

vigorous, spreading growth that can provide a low hedge or

erosion control on steep, rocky, dry areas or shoreline. It likes sun

but will grow more slowly in part shade. Foliage and stems offer

lovely, deep reds in fall and persistent beautiful hips for wildlife

food…a great replacement for barberry or burning bush.

27. Spicebush - (Lindera benzoin) 6-12’ Seedling. A single or

few stemmed deciduous shrub with glossy leaves and

graceful, slender, light green branches. Dense clusters of tiny,

pale yellow flowers bloom before the leaves from round buds

along the twigs.

Shrubs

These trees are sold as seedlings 6”-12”. You can report on how your seedlings are doing as a part of

our Report a Tree citizen science project.

28. White Oak - (Quercus alba) This beautiful, large, functional tree is a Maine

native that doesn’t grow naturally in Waldo County, but has great potential as a

tree for our area, providing high quality lumber and sweet acorns that are excellent

food for wildlife. As a yard tree, white oak develops a beautiful round, spreading

form and has beautiful oak leaves with rounded lobes. Planting oaks is one of the

best ways to support our native butterflies and moths as hundreds of caterpillar

species feed on them. Open grown form similar to bur oak (see photo).

29. Bur Oak - (Quercus macrocarpa) This is the great tree of the

prairie savannas that announces the beginnings of our vast central

prairie. Bur oak has an appearance similar to white oak, and grows

in our area, but is rare. It develops a lovely round form when grown

in the open. If you’d like to see this tree in Waldo County, several

large specimens can be seen along City Point Road in Belfast just

north of Head of Tide Road. It is considered a highly adaptable tree

that has potential to thrive in a great variety of conditions, and

produces quality lumber and wildlife food.

31. Tulip poplar - (Liriodendron tulipifera) This tree has a

very nice form both when young and when older. It is

our second largest tree after sycamore, growing to

tremendous size in the southern US. As a yard planting,

it has a symmetrical, slightly conical form, with unique,

large leaves that become yellow in the fall. As it grows

taller, it has a very straight, clear bole. It is a good

lumber tree, is fast growing, and shows great potential

to adapt and thrive in our area. Its beautiful, tulip-like

flowers appeal to pollinators, and it produces small, soft seeds which provide wildlife food similar to

ash trees, which are likely to die out due to the invasive insect emerald ash borer.

30. Black gum - (Nyssa sylvatica) This may be our ultimate wildlife tree. This tree has

beautiful form and stunning fall color even as a small tree, and provides very

nutritious, soft fruit for migrating birds. And it can keep providing habitat for birds

and wildlife even as it gets large, often developing cavities that are much needed for

nesting and shelter in our woods. This tree is also highly adaptable to a variety of

conditions.

Trees

32. Shagbark hickory - (Carya ovata) The bark of this tree is unique and ornamental,

with gracefully curving, peeling strips. Its leaves and twigs are also attractive, and it

produces very tasty, edible nuts that also feed wildlife. Hickory wood is strong, is an

excellent fuelwood and also provides forest products. Hickory regenerates well after

harvest from stump sprouts. It is not native to our area, but shows potential to be able

to grow here and adapt to a variety of conditions. It likes to grow in dry upland sites.

33. Black walnut - (Juglans nigra) This sturdy tree produces prolific,

edible walnuts. Its lumber is highly valued, and it is also used for

veneer. Although it is not native to our area, it is successfully grown

here and in similar climates. It is an adaptable tree, and like hickory,

has potential to provide mast (nuts) food for wildlife, to replace lost

chestnut, butternut and beech nut crops.

34. Sycamore - (Platanus occidentalis) This is our largest eastern tree,

with a trunk that can reach ten or more feet in diameter in the south. So

plant it where a large tree can grow! It likes to be in areas with some

water, such as next to ponds and streams, where it can take some

seasonal flooding. It has spectacular, multi-colored bark that peels in

shapes that look like puzzle pieces, and has bright white areas that make

this tree stand out at a distance. It produces small, soft seeds that

provide wildlife food, and develops cavities for shelter when older.

35. American Basswood - (Tilia americana) The basswood tree is

sometimes called the bee tree because bees make a delicious honey from

its fragrant flowers. It is a great plant for all types of pollinators, in fact. The

foliage is lovely and unique, with asymmetrical heart shaped leaves and

fruit coming out from a pale green, leaf-like bract. This tree can be planted

in a shady area, and will provide deep, cool shade as it grows.

36. American Chestnut - (Castanea dentata) The beloved tree of

American forests, this tree produces delicious nuts prized by people

and wildlife. This is not a fully blight resistant tree, but you can let us

know how your tree is doing as a part of our Report a Tree program.

Horticulturalist Astrid Bowlby will be available to help you select perennials the day of the sale.

Perennials

Perennials are provided by Honey Petal Plants. Available the day of our

sale (April 25) at special WCSWCD prices.

Scientific name Common Name Size Bloom time Color Light Moisture

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry/Kinnickinnick 6"-1' x 2' Apr, May, Jun Pale Pink to White Full Sun to Light Shade med to dry

Antennaria plataginifolia Plantain-leaf Pussy Toes 6"-1' x 9" x 1.5' Apr, May, Jun White Full Sun dry to med

Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 6" x 1-1.5' May Brown Full to Part Shade med to moist

Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed 3-5' x 1-1.5' Jun, Jul Reddish Pink Full Sun wet to moist to med

Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed 2-3' x 1-1.5' Jun, Jul, Aug Orange Full Sun dry to med

Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold 1-1.5' x 1-1.5' Apr, May Yellow Full Sun to Part Shade wet to moist

Carex pensylvanica Pennsyvania Sedge 6"-1' x 6"-1' Apr, May, Jun Straw Part Sun to Shade med to dry

Carex plataginea Seersucker Sedge 1-2' x 1 Apr, May, Jun Straw Part Sun to Shade med to dry

Carex rosea Golden Star Sedge 1' x 1' May, Jun Green Part Sun to Shade med to dry

Chelone glabra White Turtlehead 2-4' x 1' Aug, Sep White Full Sun to Part Sun wet to moist

Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower 3-5' x 1' Jun, Jul Pale Purple Full Sun dry to med

Echinacea paradoxa Ozark Coneflower 3-5' x 1' Jun, Jul Yellow Full Sun dry to med

Erigeron pullchellus var. pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet'

Robin's Plantain (selected variety)

1-1.5' x 1' May Pale Purple w. Yellow Eye Part Shade to Part Sun

dry to med

Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master 3-5' x 1' Jun, Jul, Aug Whitish Grey Full Sun dry to med

Eurybia divaricata White Wood Aster 1-1.5 x 1-1.5 Aug, Sep White Part Shade to Full Shade

med to dry

Euthamnia graminifolia Grass-leaved Goldenrod 3-4' x 1-2' Aug, Sep Yellow Full Sun to Part Sun moist to med

Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium 1-2' x 1-2' Apr, May Lavender Part Shade to Part Sun dry to med

Helenium autumnale Helen's Flower 6' x 2' Jul, Aug Yellow Full Sun moist to med

Iris versicolor Blue Flag 2-3' x 1' Jun, Jul Blue Full Sun to Part Sun wet to moist

Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star 3-5' x 6"-1' Aug, Sep Pinkish Purple Full Sun moist to med

Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle' Cardinal Flower cultivar

3-4' x 2-3' Jul, Aug Red, with dark foliage

Full to Part Sun wet to moist to med

Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia 1-3' x 1' Jul, Aug, Sep Light Blue Full to Part Sun moist to med

Lysimachia lanceolata var. purpurea Lance-leaved Loosestrife

1-2' x 1-2' Jun, Jul, Aug Yellow, w. purplish-green Part Shade to Full Sun

med to moist

Monarda didyma Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea 3-5' x 1.5' Jun, Jul, Aug Red Full Sun to Part Sun moist

Monarda fistulosa Bergamot 3-5' x 2' Jul, Aug, Sep Lavender Full Sun to Part Sun moist to med

Monarda punctata Dotted Mint 1-2' x 1' Jul, Aug, Sep Palest Pink w. a bit of yellow and tan bract Full Sun dry to med

Packera aurea Golden Groundsel 1-2' x 1-2' Apr, May Yellow Part Shade to Part Sun med

Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue 2-4' x 2' May, Jun White-Pale Pink Full Sun to Part Shade med to dry

Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Sunset' Gloriosa Daisy cultivar

2-3' x 1-1.5' Jul, Aug, Sep Singles, doubles, mum-like, autumn tones Full Sun med

Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem 2-3' x 1' Aug, Sep, Oct Bronze Full Sun dry to med

Sisyrichium angustifolium 'Lucerne' Blue-eyed Grass cultivar

6"-1' x 6"-1' Apr, May, Jun Lavender-blue Full to Part Sun moist to med

Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Wrinkle-leaved Goldenrod cultivar 3-4' x 2-3' Sep, Oct Yellow

Full Sun to Part Shade wet to moist

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry' Heath Aster cultivar

2' x 6-8" Sep, Oct white Full Sun to Part Sun

med to dry

Symphyotrichum novae angliae New England Aster 3-6' x 2-3' Aug, Sep Royal Purple Full to Part Sun med

Verbena hastata Blue Vervain 3-6' x 1' Jul, Aug, Sep Purple Full Sun wet to med

Veronia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly' Ironweed cultivar 2.5 x 3' x 2.5 x 3' Aug, Sep

Dark pinkish purple Full Sun med to dry

Zizia aurea Golden Alexnders 1-3' x 1' Apr, May Yellow Full Sun to Part Shade moist to dry

Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District offers many landowner resources.

The District offers a free conservation assistance program where we can visit your property to help you plan for using healthy conservation practices to improve your landscape. Please

contact us to schedule a free “walk and talk” consultation. We can assist you in selecting and placing the plants we are offering here. This spring and summer we will also be offering

workshops related to healthy practices for your garden and property. See our online calendar for more information. Our website also offers many online resources in eco landscaping, land

management, environmental education, forestry, invasives and more.

This plant sale catalog and order form are available online at

www.waldocountysoilandwater.org. Printed copies available at our office.

Online ordering and payment will be available in early March.

Pick up day is Saturday, April 25. We will have gardening experts on hand, and special

offerings the day of the sale.

Volunteers needed! If you have some time to help out with our sale this year, we would very much appreciate

it! April 23rd through the day of the sale, we could use help preparing the orders and tagging the plants to get

them ready for pick up on Saturday. Please check the box on the order form or call Jenny Jurdak at 218-5311.

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Here is your 2020 Annual Fruit Tree, Shrub

and Native Plant Sale Catalog!