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Silk Tree Gardens     Silk Tree Gardens offers an exceptional variety of ornamental, nut, fruit, and deciduous trees, as well as, evergreens. The TREE NURSERY STOCK page provides a complete list of trees and is updated on a regular basis.  Welcome, and thank you for browsing the website.     Trees are available for purchase by the local gardening community and can also be shipped nationally.  Local customers can pick-up trees onsite in Bridgeport.  Bulk orders of trees are delivered locally with no extra charge.  Silk Tree Gardens is also a source of trees for private forestry groups and municipal, State, and Federal departments.         MIMOSA TREES    Our Connecticut tree nursery features the pink flowering mimosa or silk tree (Albizia julibrissin).                  Trees with traditional green foliage and pink flowers are available. From season to season, there is a limited quantity of trees with dark or chocolate colored foliage.  A dwarf variety of the pink flowering mimosa tree is sometimes available.      The stunning and popular ornamental mimosa trees are great, not only in the garden (Zones 6-9), but they can also be placed in a large planter for a patio or deck display.

 

SILK TREE GARDENS   TREES WITH NOTABLE AMERICAN HISTORY   Yellow Poplar trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) bloom in Connecticut in May and June.  The tulip tree was grown and cultivated by General George Washington.  Today, this tree with dramatic and colorful flowers,  is often overlooked as a landscaping tree with stunning potential.  Silk Tree Gardens grows both Yellow and Black Poplar trees.    Photo:  E. George, May 2007      Yellow Poplar Tree Trunk and Bark  (Photo E George, May 2007)   AMERICAN YELLOWWOOD TREE   The Yellowwood tree is spectacular when it blooms every 5-7 years.  It is rare, difficult to find in the United States.   This rare tree was originally identified by the famous French botanist Andre Michaux (http://www.michaux.org/michaux.htm) in the 18th Century on his botanical exploration of the central and Southeastern United States.  Some of the original tree seeds were planted in Tuileries, France in the 18th and 19th Centuries.  Original Yellowwood trees are still in that area of France.  Andre Michaux is also responsible for the introduction of the Mimosa or Silk Tree to the United States in the 18th Century.    The Yellowwood is being cultivated at Silk Tree Gardens tree nursery.       Contact Silk Tree Gardens with questions about tree availability and prices.  Shipment rates for trees are based on current United Parcel Service.       Silk Tree Gardens Elaine George   Bridgeport, CT United States     Email contact for forestry, wetlands, desert habitat, or park restoration projects; Urban lot or mining site reclamation projects and plantings; Stream/River bank stabilization projects;   EGeorge@silktreegardens.com