BYRON
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Byron Native Nursery
Phone: 630.513.5105

Fax: 630.513.5127

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Container Production of Native Plants (mostly)
Our main production is just west of the Aurora IL Airport near Sugar Grove. It's a handy Chicagoland location and everything on this list is available from that site. You can pick up or we can deliver up to 60 plants to you for a $100 minimum or $3.00 per mile whichever is greater.

Call 630-513-5105 or Email gene@byronnursery.com for more details.


Pricing and availablity at the link below

Amur Maple
Acer ginnala
Pretty red leaves in fall, nice shrub, small tree
5 gallon 24" clump                                
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Red Maple
Acer rubrum
The native red maple from a northern seed source. 
5 gallon 4'                        

Sugar maple
Acer sacharum
Beautiful fall color native Tree
5 gallon  4'  

Silver Maple
Acer Sacharinnum
Native Tree with fast growing
5 gallon  4-5'           

Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra
Stately rounded tree with chestnuts
5 gallon 4'                                       
 
Juneberry - Saskatoon Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Good plant for wildlife fruit
5 gal    2-3'  clum                              .

Serviceberry 
Amelanchier canadensis 
Grows in semi shade of the forest floor
3' Clump                                       

Tree Form Serviceberry

Amelanchier grandiflora.
Flowers and fall color
7 gal  8-10' 1"+
 
False Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Lacy leaves, wonderful cover, pretty putple flower. 
5 gal 4'
                                

Red Chokeberry
Aronia brilliantissima
Nice plant that puts on a nice show in the fall with red fruit and colorful foilage
5 gal   36"  clump                        .

Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Hardy native with wildlife berries and colorful fall foilage
3 & 5 gal    24"                            
 
River Birch
Betual nigra
Native River Birch, grows native far north.
7  gal 5-6'                         

Paper Birch
Betula papyrifia
The native white peeling birch
5 gal 2-3'

Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
Fragrant early spring flowering native shrub
5 gal     3'                               

Blue Beech, Musclewood, Hornbeam
Carpinus carolina
Interesting native tree, worth using
5 gal 30"


Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata
Hard to grow, useful plant
5 gal 15"

Big Leaf Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Nice big tree, with pretty flowers and interesting pods
5 gal 15"

Northern Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Strong tree with elm like character
5 gal  5'                            
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Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Edge of water native with fragrant flowers.  Attractive shrub.
5 gallon 24-30"                            
 
American Bittersweet
Cledastrus scandens
Wild Fruiting Vine for winter color
5 gal 24"

Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Rich dark purple stems make this a colorful shrub.  Wet lands specialty
5 gal 24 "                             

Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea (stolinifera)
Bright Red Dogwood stems in winter. Likes wet feet
5 gal  36"                               .

Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Pretty, good wet foot plant
5 gal  36"

American Filbert (Hazelnut)
Corylus americana
Attractive in fall, nut producing, needs pollenator
3 gal   24"                                              
5 gal   36"                               .

Peking Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster acutifolia
Not native but a nice formal glossy shrub
5 Gal 24-30"                         

Cockspur Hawthorn
Crateagus crusgali
Thorny version of fine native shrub
5 Gallon  36-42"    

Downy Hawthorn
Crategeus mollis
Native tree with white flowers and dark red fruit. 
4 gal   36"                                        

Washington Hawthorne
Cratageus phaenounum
Beautiful upright plant with red berries in fall and fall color
4 Gallon 24-30"


American Persimmon
Diasporus virginiana
Large Shrub, or Tree, fruit bearing Native
5 gal 3'

Strawberry Bush Bursting Hearts
Euonymus americanus
Wetland shrub with beautiful fruit, hence the name.  Zone 5b
5 gal 36-42"                       

American Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Shade loving small tree that lives in the woods.
5 gal  24"  lite                                       
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Meadowlark Forsythia
Forsythia X Meadowlark
Very Hardy yellow flowering shrub
3 gallon 24"

Thornless Honeylocust
Gleditsia tricanthos inermis
Nice larger tree.  Worth Using.
5 gal 4'
   
Spring Flowering Witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis
Pretty fragrant shrub.  Flowers first in spring.
5 gallon 3-4' full                                  

Fall Flowering Witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Last plant to flower in the fall.  Drought tolerant plant.
5 gallon 4'                            

Native Swamp Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moschetos
Pretty wet land plant.  Pink Hibisus flowers.
5 gal 3'

Oak Leaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Native blooming hydrangea. 
5  gal 15"

Winterberry, Decidous Holly
Ilex verticillata
Fairly non descrip until winter.  Then glorious red berries used in decoration for christmas.  Needs male and female.  Buy several.
4 gallon 2-3'                                

Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Noble tree, bears fruit and black nuts.  Good native to plant.
5 gal 4'

Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Dryland native juniper.
5 gal 3-4'                      
 
Amur River North Privet
Ligustrum amurense
Hedge Plant, favorite
4 gal 24-36"  

Cheyenne Privet
Ligustrum vulgare
Very robust privet
4 gal 24-36"
                                     
Spicebush
Lindera benzion
Native shrub with yellow flowers and fragrant foilage.
5 gal 24-30"
                      
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Just hardy to this area or south.  Pretty in fall. 
5 gallon 4-5'                                         

Tulip Tree  Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Fast Growing tree with Green Tulip shaped flowers.  Pretty
5 gal 5'

Freedom Honeysuckle
Lonicera x 'Freedom'
Hybrid Disease resistant honeysuckle bush with blue leaves.  Very dense, will hedge into a dense impossible to penetrate living fence. 
7 gal 5'    
 
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Very attractive flowering native with glossy leaves
5 gal 24-30"

Midwest Flowering Crabapples
Malus baccata Manchurica
White flowering, pretty in spring
5 gal  2-3'                              
Other flowering Crabs available at the same price
Dolgo, Thunderchild Seedlings

Spring Snow Crab
Malus Spring Snow
Fruitless Flowering Crab.  Very hardy
2" B&B  
                                              

Northern Bayberry
Myrica pennsylvanica
Glossy fragrant shrub.  A pretty option.
5 gal 18-24"

Black Gum (Tupelo Tree)
Nyssa sylvatica
This tree has great wet tolerance, has beautiful fall color and is hardy to I 80
1 1/2" 20 Gallon  and Clump form 36"                             

Ironwood (Hop Hornbeam)
Ostrya virginiana
In the pot 18 months.  Very light.
5 gallon   24"                                  

Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus virginiana
Vine that is pretty spring summer and in fall for sure
5 gal                                

Minnesota Snowflake Mock Orange
Philadelphus virginalis
Forifourous white flowering sweet smelling shrub, hardy.
6 gal 36"   

Native Lewis's Mockorange
Philadelphus lewsii
Pretty white flowered native mockorangee. 
5 gal 12"

Eastern Ninebark  
Physocarpus opulifolius
Spring Flowers, but very effective fall color
5 gal     3'   or 24"   

Dwarf Ninebark
Physocarpos opulifolius Nana
Pink Flowering Ninebark.  Stays more compact than species.  Native Selection.
5 gal 24"                      .

Norway Spruce
Picea abies
Not native, but a great fast growing evergreen
3'   5 gal                                                 

Black Hills Spruce
Picea glauca densata
Hardy full orderly form of white spruce
3'   5 gal       
                                        
Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
Spruce to line out or for a specimen in your yard
5 gal        2'     Park Grade                    
5 gal     3'    Number One Grade        

Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra
Very commonly used tree.  Not native, but pretty and hardy
5 gal 3'

White Pine
Pinus strobus
Native pine, nice look
5 gal 3'

American Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
Interesting shade tree.  Fast growing.
4   gal 3-4'                             

Silver Poplar, White Poplar
Populus alba
This is the poplar you see with the pretty white underleaf feature.
5 gallon 5'                                            

Siouxland Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Fast Growing Instant Shade Tree
5 gal      5'               
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Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
One of my favorite clump trees.  Makes a nice display when combined with others in a native planting
6 gal 5'             
6 gal 3' Clump        

Prairie Sky Hybrid Poplar
Populus X canidensis "Prairie Sky"
Very Fast growing Upright Tree
5 gallon 5'                                               .


Potentilla fruticosa
Pink, White and Yellow flowering available.  Nice Plants that are very drought tolerant

3 gal 18-24"     

American Plum
Prunus americana
Fruit and Flower from this old standby
5 gal 24"               

Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
Shrubby form of the American Plum
5 gal 30"

Western Sand Cherry
Prunus besseyi
The Fruit from this treasure is good to eat and it stays compact.  AKA Prunus pumila
5 gal 24"              

Beach Plum
Prunus maritima
Large fruited plum, very desireable
5 gal 24"

Purple Flowering Mayday Tree
Prunus padus purpurea
Very purple non suckering cherry tree with flowers but the big thing is the purple flowers.
7 gal 6'        

Pin Cherry - Fire Cherry
Prunus pennsylvanica
Tough old cherry good to feed the birds.  Grows anywhere
5 gal 3'                      

Black Cherry - Rum Cherry
Prunus serotina
Sometimes called rum cherry for it's rich taste.  Great wood for carving.
5 gal 3-4'                         

Nanking Cherry
Prunus tomentosa
Non Native, excellent fruit producer
5 gallon 18-24"               

Native Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
I have always been a chokecherry fan, syrup, jelly and other things
5 gal    4-5'                      
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Purple Leaf Chokecherry
Canadian Red Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana Schubert
This colorful  purple addition to any yard is hard to beat
4 gal 4-5'                          

White Oak
Quercus alba
Native Oak, state tree of IL
5 gallon 4-5'  

Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Wet loving tree, grows almost anywhere.  Native to IL
4 gal 4' .

Bur Oak 
Quercus macrocarpa
Fast growing oak, nice and formal
5 gal    4-5'                     .

Chinkapin Oak
Qurecus muehlenbergii
Very nice white oak type, colorful in fall
5 gal    3-4'                    

Pin Oak
Quercus paulustris
This native to Illinois is orderly and beautiful in fall. 
5 gal  4-5'  

Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Very nice fall color to this native red oak shade tree. 
5 gal  4'                   



Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
This is not the grow low, this is the upright form with great fall color and aromatic leaves, 6' tall at peak
5 gal    24-36"               

Shining Flame Sumac
Rhus copallina
Very colorful in the fall.  Used more. Like smooth but can be taller
5 gal 24"                                       

Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Only gets about 6' tall, fall color, good colonizer
5 gal    24"    or 4-5'  6 gal      

Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
This is the fuzzy one, gets big, nice plant, can be small tree
5 gal    24-36"            

Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhiana Lanceate
This attractive hardy plant makes a comment. 
4 gal  4'                                           

Golden Clove Currant
Ribes odoratum
Clove Fragrant  flowers.  Nice to look at and bears much fruit.
5 gal    36"                     .

Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
This native tree is coming into it's own.  Can be thorny.  Nice shape.
7 gal  4-5'               

Carolina Prairie Rose
Rosa carolina
This native praire shrub has stays smaller than many.  Pink double flowers.  Can take difficult conditions.
5 gallon 24"                                  


Black Raspberry
Rubrus occidentalis
Native Fruiting Shrub..thorny
5 gal 12"

Golden Weeping Willow
Salix alba "Tristis"
The classic Wisconsin weeping willow.  Golden and colorful
5 gal  4'                                        

FAST GROWING  HYBRID WILLOW
Salix alba x Matsudunna
IF you want instant shade or screen this is the tree for you. 
5 gal 5-6'                                     

Peachleaf Willow
Salix amgdyloides
Nice formal small tree or large shrub.  Pretty
5 gallon   5'                   

Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Fuzzy little catkins in the spring, harbinger of warm weather
5 gal 24"                  .

Sandbar Willow
Salix interior
Common streamside willow shrub
5 gal 24-30"

Corkscrew Willow
Salix matsudana tortusa
Interesting Tree with twisted branching
5 gal 4'
 
Black Willow
Salix nigra
Shade tree with Character.  Good in wet conditions.
5 gal 3-4'
 
Laurel Leaf (shining) Willow
Salix pendantra
Pretty shining leafed tree.  Likes very wet feet.  Native north.
5 gal 4'  
            
Blue Arctic (Basket) Willow
Salix purpurea
Fast growing northern plant, very hardy. 
5 gal 3-4'                                                                         

Native Riverbank Willow
Salix rigida
Red stems, good bank stabilizer
5 gallon 3'                    

American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Very popular plant with white umbels that bear purple fruits
5 gal 18-24" shrub
            
Buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea
Plant that loves full sun and little rain, Industrial fruit producer
4 gal   4'                        

Spirea assorted
Spirea bumulda
Goldflame, Gold Mound, Little Princess.  Snowmound
3 gal  18" 

Snowberry
Symphoricarpos alba
Shade Tolerant plant with white berries in season
4 gal   24"                     

Western Snowberry
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Semi Shade drought tolerant colonizing plant with white berries proported to have medicinal value.
4 gallon 24"                 

Indian Current – Coral Berry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shade loving plant with rich garnets in fall
5 gallon  24" 
         
Dwarf Korean Lilac
Syringa pablin "Meyerii"
Liner stock. Very attractive dwarf lilac, fragrant, compact, tiny leaves
5 gallon 10"                                   


Peking (Chinese or Korean)Tree Lilac
Syringa pekininsis
A later white flowering lilac that makes a nice shrub or a small tree
5 gallon 36"                     

Canadian Lilac
Syringia prestonii
Pink, Purple and White Late Flowering Shrub. 
3 gal 36-48"



Japanese Tree Lilac
Syringa reticulata
White Flowering tree or shrub
4 gallon 30' 
7 gallon 4-6'    
                                
Common Purple Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
This is the old fashioned purple lilac we all remember
5 gallon 4'                        

Chinese Lilac
Syringa x Chinensis
Smaller Flowering Lilac  fragrant
5 gallon 3'                                     

Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Wet loving Illinois Native fast growing
5 gal   4'                 .

American Linden or Basswood
Tilia americana
Desirable tree that flowers with tremendous fragrance
7 gallon 4'+                    

Canadian Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Shade tolerant evergreen fine lacy leaves
5 gal 24"                  .

American Elm
Ulmus americana
A tree being grown more and more. Just don't plant them next to each other
5 gal  3'        
                                 

Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
With the fall color, spring flowers and all summer green a very popular plant
5 gal    36"                    

Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago
The fall color on this larger shrub is exceptional.
3 gal    30'               



Doublefile Viburnum (Jap Snowball)
Viburnum plicatum Var Tomentosa
Pretty Flowering Shrub.  Rugose leaves
5 gal 30"                                      

Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium
One of my favorite shrubs or small tree.  Slow growing.
5 gal     36"                   .

American Cranberry
Viburnum trilobum
A real cranberry.  I like this plant for more reasons that I want to explain.  Plant it you'll like it.
5 gal   36"                                  

Koreanspice Viburnum
Viburnum x Carlesii
Beautiful and Fragrant in the spring
10 gal 36-48"

Riverbank Wild Grape
Vitis riparia
Small vining grape fruiting plant native to most of the USA
4 gal  


American Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens
Blue Flowring Special vine
5 gal full pot