Deer-tolerant, native seedlings on sale

Redbud

This
year’s seedling sale hosted by the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District is focusing on native trees and shrubs that are deer
tolerant.

The
tree package includes two seedlings for each of these trees:

• Redbud
  – A small tree that grows to 20 feet high and spreads to 12 feet. It has
  small pink flower clusters of pealike blooms in early spring and large
  heart-shaped leaves that turn yellow in fall. It likes part or full shade with
  dry to moist soil.
• Pawpaw – This tree grows to 12 to
  20 feet high, has long broad leaves, and produces the largest fruit native to
  North America. It likes moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
• Shortleaf Pine – A slender evergreen
  that can reach 100 feet in height and is excellent for screening. It has flexible
  three to five-inch needles and oval cones. It does well in full sun to part shade
  in dry to moist soils. 

• Witchhazel – A small tree that grows to a height of 30 feet
  and spreads to 15 feet. It has fragrant bright yellow ribbonlike flowers in
  fall and winter. Fall foliage is bright yellow. It thrives in part sun to shade
  and soil that is dry to moist.
• False Indigobush – A fast-growing deciduous shrub that
  reaches 12 to 18 feet. It has unusual purplish-blue spike flowers in June and provides
  excellent food and cover for quail, songbirds, and other wildlife. It prefers full
  sun to part shade and moist to dry soils.
• Serviceberry – A small deciduous tree, 20 to 35 feet high.
  It has billowy masses of white flowers in early spring that complement its attractive
  silver gray bark. It likes part sun to shade and moist to wet soils.
• Silky Dogwood – A shade-tolerant small tree that grows to
  six to 10 feet. The foliage is silky underneath. There are small clusters of
  yellowish-white flowers in late May and blue or grayish berries in the fall. It
  grows well in moist to wet soils and full to part sun.
• Spicebush – A six to 12-foot bush with small yellowish-white
  flowers that bloom in early spring and yellow foliage in fall. Tiny scarlet
  berries attract songbirds through the winter. It likes part to full shade and
  moist to wet soils.