Cool nights and timely moisture make fall the ideal season for planting. We have an extensive selection of high-quality nursery stock in superb condition.
TREE SELECTIONS
Acer – The Maples – Several varieties with outstanding fall color of both our native Sugar Maple and Red Maple as well as Silver/Red cross.
Cornus – The Dogwood – Hardy Berkshire-grown native Florida and Kousa selections.
Deciduous Conifer – For fall color – Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood). A most beautiful specimen tree, hardy and adaptable to most sites.
Fagus – The Beeches – Windy Hill-grown native American as well as Green European and Copper beech available. Also Fernleaf, Tricolor, Weeping Green and Purple as well as fastigated forms. Specimen trees available.
Quercus – The Oaks – Extensive selection of our native species, including White, Red, Scarlet, and Chestnut, as well as interesting hybrid selections.
Nyssa and Liquidambar – Black Gum and Sweet Gum selections. Two of the most beautiful trees in the fall for the Berkshires. Excellent in wet areas.
Tree Fruits and Small Fruits – An extensive selection of our own Berkshire-grown apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, fruiting quince, blueberries and raspberries. Large specimen sizes available on many selections.
SHRUB AND PERENNIAL SELECTIONS
Fothergilla – Choice selections with fragrant spring flowers and spectacular fall color. Choice new selection available, ‘Blue Shadow’.
Hamamelis – Witch Hazel – Beautiful fall-blooming natives and spring-blooming hybrid selections.
Hydrangea – An extensive selection in both tree and shrub form of this summer- and fall-blooming favorite. Large field-grown specimens available.
Ilex verticillata – Winterberry – A Windy Hill Farm specialty. Several varieties of this fall fruiting native.
Ornamental Grasses – An extensive selection of these underused plants at their height of beauty.
Perennials – Fall-blooming aconitums, anemones, asters and sedums, as well as an extensive selection of herbaceous peonies, tree peonies, poppies and iris.
