We’ve been out and about this past month checking in on our “babies” growing in the landscape. We grow trees for several municipalities across Illinois, and our relationships with the foresters who plant our trees is very important to us. We enjoy working with forestry teams to select the right trees for their communities. After our SGN Trees leave our nursery and get planted in communities, we like to follow up to see how they are doing. It is fun for us to go around town with our forestry friends and find our trees. We especially love seeing some of our trees that were planted years ago – they are getting big and thriving!
Here are some pictures and notes about some of our SGN Trees we got to visit in their new homes. Enjoy!
Serviceberries under utility lines
Yellowwood Thriving
Older Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Princeton American Elm
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac & River Birch
American Hornbeam
Common Hackberry planted a few years ago
Yellowwood planted to honor a retiring public works employee
Lots of utility lines around town call for shorter species – Cornus, Malus, Syringa, Cercis, Crataegus, Aesculus- just a few options!
After Burner Black Tupelo
Purple Catalpa
These new tree pits are designed to optimize tree growth
Prairie Gold Aspen
Triumph Elm
Exclamation London Planetree
Autumn Splendor Horsechestnut
5 Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress planted to honor the 5 divisions of public works that served the community through Covid-19
Pyramidal European Hornbeam in a narrow downtown spot
Worplesdon Sweetgum
Exclamation London Planetree from a few years ago
Common Hackberry
Kentucky Coffeetree
Common Bald Cypress
Northern Catalpa
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