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Shade tree sale
The City of Northfield will be accepting orders for trees for the annual Shade Tree Program from April 1 to 26, 2022. The quantity of trees available will be limited so orders will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis. The trees available for sale are listed on the order form.
Ordering and paying
Must be a Northfield resident. Residents can order the trees by completing the order form.
Fill out the tree sale order form
Mail in payment – check or money order. No cash or check drop off this year. Mail to:
City of Northfield
Streets & Parks
801 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057
Staff will call or email you to pick up planting stake after order your is confirmed.
Planting
Planting is planned for May 21, 8:30 a.m. to lunch.
Donating a tree
If you would like to donate a tree to a city park instead of planting on your own property, contact us.
Volunteering to plant trees
If you would like to help plant trees Love Our City is organizing the volunteers and will have more details about the day. Lunch will be provided.
More information
More information about the program contact the Streets & Parks Department at 507-645-3045.
Trees likely to thrive in Minnesota's changing climate (PDF)
River Birch Clump
Sale information
- Height at time of sale: 6 feet (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $25.95
General tree information
- Grows up to 25 to 30 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide
- Fast growing
- Yellow leaves in the fall, and its bark peels
Blue Beech
Sale information
- Height at time of sale: 6 feet (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 5
- Price per tree (includes tax): $43.95
General tree information
- Grows up to 20 to 35 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide which gives it the boxy shape
- Can be grown as a large shrub or a multi-trunk tree
- Its bark is a blue-gray color, and its fall leaves turn red, orange, and yellow
- A relatively slow growing tree that is native to Minnesota
- The trunk is relatively skinnier than most, and can be twisted
Prairiefire Crabapple
Bare root sale information
- Height at time of sale: 6 feet (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $26.95
#5 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 0.75 to 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 7
- Price per tree (includes tax): $99
General tree information
- Grows up to 20 to 30 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide
- Pink flowers bloom in the late spring
- Fruits are produced in the fall
- It is a great ornamental and decorative tree
- Full sunlight needed and is tolerable to most soils
- Is disease resistant
Spring Snow Crabapple
#7 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 7
- Price per tree (includes tax): $149
General tree information
- Grows up to 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide
- Produces white flowers in mid-spring
- This crabapple tree does not produce any fruit in the fall
- In the fall the green leaves turn yellow
- Needs partial to full sunlight
Cathedral Elm
Sale information
- Height at time of sale: 8 feet (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $39.95
General tree information
- Grows up to 50 to 80 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide
- Full sun
- Good resistance to Dutch elm disease, elm leaf beetle and other leaf-cutting insects.
- Has large green leaves with serrated margins and pointed tips
- Turns yellow in the fall
New Horizon Elm
Sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $43.95
General tree information
- Grow up to 40 to 60 feet tall and 20 to 50 feet wide
- Full Sun
- Fast growing
- Has good resistance to Dutch elm disease
- Tiny, green flowers and seeds appear and dangle amid the vibrant foliage in spring
- Displays rusty red tints amid its deep green color in the fall
Princeton American Elm
#7 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 0.75 inches
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $119
General tree information
- Grows up to 50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 60 feet wide
- Full sun
- Provides great yellow fall color
- Grows quickly for fast shade
- Has good resistance to Dutch elm disease
Princeton Sentry Gingko
Bare root sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 5
- Price per tree (includes tax): $65.95
#7 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 7
- Price per tree (includes tax): $169
General tree information
- Grows up to 40 to 50 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide
- Turns golden yellow in the fall
- Full sun
Hackberry
Bare root sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $39.95
#7 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 7
- Price per tree (includes tax): $119
General tree information
- Grows to 40 to 60 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide
- Full sun
- Produces small dark-red berries that are popular with birds
Ironwood
Bare root sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $53.95
#7 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $99
General tree information
- Grows up to 25 to 40 feet tall and 14 to 40 feet wide
- Full sun to partial shade
- Medium to dark green leaves with doubly serrate leaf margins and a pointed leaf tip
- Turns yellow in the fall
- Fruit are drooping clusters at the tip of branches that look like hops
American Sentry Linden
Sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1.25 inches (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $48.95
General tree information
- Grows up to 40 to 45 feet tall and 25 and 30 feet wide
- Full sun to partial sun/shade
- Summer color is dark green above and lighter green on the lower surface
- Fall color pale yellow
Northern Pin Oak
Sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $46.95
General tree information
- Grows up to 50 to 70 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide
- A medium shade tree, and also can be used as a street tree
- Prefers moist soils and grows in full to partial sun
- Leaves turn a russet red color in the fall
- Fruit that it produces are acorns
- Acorns are produced every two seasons
Swamp White Oak
Bare root sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1.25 inches (bare root)
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $54
#7 container sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $119
General tree information
- Grows at a moderate pace up to 50 to 60 feet tall and 50 to 60 wide
- Produces fall color in shades of yellow, bronze, and red-purple
- Features dark green deciduous leaves with a leathery texture
- Yields oblong acorns in pairs
- Grows in a rounded shape
- Is well-adapted to low-lying areas with poor drainage
Ancestry Oak
Sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $99
General tree information
- Grows up to 50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
Autumn Blaze Maple
Sale information
- Trunk circumference at time of sale: 1 inch
- Total number of trees available for purchase: 10
- Price per tree (includes tax): $99
General tree information
- Grows up to 45 to 50 feet tall and 35 to 40 feet wide
- Red flowers bloom in the early spring
- Red leaves persist throughout the fall
- High tolerance to different soils and climates
Quick facts - did you know?
- All trees take in carbon dioxide which mitigates or decreases levels in the air and helps to fight climate change.
- In Northfield in 2016, tree inventory included a total of 11,790 trees.
- The urban forest includes more than 75 species.
Best fall colors
- Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple (overall ANY Maple has amazing colors)
- Dakota Pinnacle Birch
- Yellowood
- Autumn Gold Ginkgo
Best shade cover
- Skyline Thornless Honey Locust
- Northern Pin Oak
- Yellowood
- River Birch Clump
Flowering
- Yellowwood
- Minnesota Strain Redbud Clump
- Amur Maackia
- Firebird Crabapple
- Prairifire Crabapple
- Spring Snow Crabapple
- Sugar Tyme Crabapple
- Summer Storm Japanese Tree Lilac