Annual Tree Sale

Did this long, cold, Polar-Vortex-filled winter leave you singing the blues? Friends of
the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County has the perfect blues-buster for you

in the guise of the ‘Wonderblue’ Lilac. It is a compact grower with intensely fragrant,
single, sky-blue flowers. Its perfect for a small city lot, is drought tolerant, disease
resistant, and hardy to Zone 3. It can take anything the Polar Vortex wants to dish out.

If that’s not to your liking, fear not, there are eight trees, two more shrubs, a rose, and a
vine offered through this year’s sale. For example, there’s Black Hills Spruce, ‘Freedom’
Apple, ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Serviceberry, and Northern Red Oak, which is native to
Minnesota.

The rose is ‘Carefree Sunshine’, a fragrant, ever-bloomer with light yellow flowers. It
needs no winter protection.

Rounding out the offerings is ‘Summer Cascade’ Wisteria. Its the perfect choice for a
sturdy structure in your yard, adding shade and fragrance with it’s showy flowers that
open deep blue-lavender.

The Friends is a non-profit group that advocates for parks, trails, and open spaces. The
annual tree sale is their biggest fundraiser. Show your support for their advocacy efforts
by purchasing some great plants for your yard or donate them to a neighborhood park. If
you donate them, park staff does all the work and you get a tax deduction, all in the name
of beautifying our community.

Visit FriendsoftheParks.org for more information about the sale as well as to learn the
history of The Friends and the on-going work being done. Call 612-703-9044 with
questions.