Apple Tree

This apple is an excellent example of an espaliered tree, one that has been trained...

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Blue Atlas Cedar

Landscapers usually recommend planting Blue Atlas Cedars at least 40 feet away from any structure...

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Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Planted 25 years ago in dense formation on a small mound next to a pond,...

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Eastern Hemlock

This specimen, with two separate trunks bridged midway up, is an example of self-grafting. When two...

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Eastern Hemlock

The very top of this tree has a Witch’s Broom. In this type of deformity,...

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Emerald Green Arborvitae

This variety of Eastern Arborvitae is frequently used for spiral topiary, as are these four...

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False Cypress, Sawara Cypress

Two of these lollipop topiaries (plants clipped into ornamental shapes) decorate the entrance of Miesse...

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Japanese Maple

126 W. Main Street, Terre Hill PA (front yard) Right-slanted.  In bonsai terms, this tree...

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Little Leaf Linden

These two linden trees are good examples of pollarding, the pruning technique in which a...

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London Plane Tree

The London Plane is a fertile hybrid of the Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis) and the American Sycamore (Platanus...

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London Plane Tree (Lamp-eating Tree)

This London Plane supports a lamp whose mounting stem is being enveloped by the tree....

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Mystery Tree

Architecturally, this specimen is one of the most stunning trees in Lancaster County.  With codominant...

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Sentry Gingko

This narrow, columnar cultivar is always male and thus fruitless (G. biloba is dioecious, with...

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Sentry Ginkgo

This narrow, columnar cultivar is always male and thus fruitless (G. biloba is dioecious, with...

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Serbian Spruce

This medium-size evergreen has a very small natural range (Serbia, Bosnia) but is widely grown...

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Skyrocket Rocky Mountain Juniper

This gorgeous plant, trimmed into a spiral topiary, is a cultivar that originated in the...

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Sycamore (American Sycamore; Grant Noll Sycamore; Old Sycamore)

This tree sits near the old Grant Noll farmhouse and is probably between 300-370 years old...

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Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar

Like some huge bird of prey with its wings outstretched, this tree highlights the landscaping...

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Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar

The cantilevered Blue Atlas in Willow Street is a magnificent example of an accent plant....

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Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar

From the proper angle, this drooping, sprawling tree looks for all the world like an...

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Weeping Eastern Hemlock

This weeping specimen, and others like it, make for one of the most impressive accent...

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Weeping Norway Spruce

Time was, when an Asian restaurant resided at this address and this stunning tree looked...

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Weeping Norway Spruce

This is a spectacular example of a weeping tree.  “Every Weeping Norway Spruce has its...

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White Birch (Paper Birch)

This White Birch is growing out of the trunk of a tree that died 50...

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