At Popes Garden Center, acres of beautiful trees bring life to our nursery. Trees certainly provide lasting beauty, and along with that beauty come many valuable benefits. Did you know that trees…
- increase property value
- improve air and water quality
- help save energy
- help fight global warming
- give birds, and others, a home
Trees are classified in categories, and often times these categories overlap. In addition, several types of trees can be found in the “shrub” category. Here is a quick list of trees normally carried at Popes:
- Shade- Baldcypress, Beech, Birch, Black Gum, Elm, Hackberry, Magnolia, Mountain Laurel, Oak, Redbud, Smoketree, Sugar Maple, Sweetgum, Winterberry, Witchhazel
- Flowering- Cherry, Dogwood, Forsythia, Japanese Maple,
- Ornamental- Cherry, Dogwood, Goldenraintree, Hawthorne, Holly, Japanese Maple, Smoketree, Winterberry
- Fruit- Apple (Arkansas Black, Jonathan, Golden Delicious), Cherry (Bing, Montmorency, Black Tartarian) Pear (Bartlett, Moonglow)
- Nut- Butternut, Chesnut, Hazelnut, Hickory, Pecan, Walnut
If you are in search of a particular tree or plant, please feel free to contact us! Our inventory changes frequently.
“Trees can be a stimulus to economic development, attracting new business and tourism. Commercial retail areas are more attractive to shoppers, apartments rent more quickly, tenants stay longer, and space in a wooded setting is more valuable to sell or rent.”-The Arbor Day Foundation
