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#Native #Carpinus #Musclewood #FallFoliage

Firespire®Musclewood Fire King™ Musclewood
Firespire® develops a barrel-shaped,
upright head with bright orange-red autumn leaves.		 Fire King™ is a faster growing Carpinus
with a round head and orange-red fall
foliage.

 

Firespire® and Fire King™ Musclewood
Carpinus caroliniana ‘J.N. Upright’ and ‘J.N. Select A’ PPAF

American NurserymanThese two selected natives from Mike Yanny of JN Plant Selections are unique amongst Carpinus selections with their bright red fall foliage. Firespire was featured in the Nursery Management Green Guide and the recent American Nurseryman new plant issue. Firespire is part of UpShoot’s current media kit.
Nursery Management MagazineFire King will be introduced in 2017 starting with the summer trade shows. We’ll be focusing on these two trees in both our trade and consumer marketing efforts in the coming year.
Contact us today if interested in growing or trialing either or both of these selected natives. Graft wood is limited so place your wood order today for receipt in Jan/Feb; details on ordering below.

Benefits

  • Selected native shade trees
  • Minimal pruning required
  • No pests or diseases observed to date
  • Fire King is a faster growing Carpinus
  • Firespire has an upright habit

Features

  • Fall foliage is a consistent red as compared to yellow of the species
  • Attractive to birds
  • Smooth gray bark provides winter interest

Grower Tips

  1. Cultivars are most successfully propagated in January and February by the Hot Callus graft method.
  2. Graft wood available directly from breeder Mike Yanny. Contact him at jnplantselections@gmail.com to place your wood order. Supply is limited so don’t delay in ordering!
  3. Mike is also available to consult on propagation or growing questions.

Upshoot

Testimonial

Don’t just take our word for it:

“I have grown Carpinus caroliniana ‘J.N. Upright’ Firespire® for 10 years
in the Longenecker Horticultural Gardens (USDA Hardiness Zone 4) and it has been more reliably winter hardy than any of the other columnar hornbeam selections.

Its fiery red-orange autumn foliage coloration rates as the best of the columnar hornbeams, so I consider Firespire® to be an ideal choice for use as a small-scale columnar tree.”

Hasselkus

Edward R. Hasselkus,
Plantsman and Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

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