NDSU Select
NDSU Select is a program featuring trees and shrubs that have been selected and introduced into the nursery trade that are well adapted for USDA hardiness zones 3+. The NDSU Woody Plant Improvement Program was established in 1954. Since 1986, there have been over 60 selections released. This program is dedicated to breeding, evaluating, selecting, and marketing a diversity of outstanding landscape trees and shrubs. Each NDSU selection has been evaluated for 20+ years to ensure they will perform well. These plants have been selected just for you.
Woody Plant Introductions
Trees
Ash
No longer available as a result of Emerald Ash Borer
Dakota Centennial™ Green Ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Wahpeton’
Prairie Dome® Ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Leeds’
Prairie Spire® Green Ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Rugby’
Birch
Dakota Pinnacle® Asian White Birch – Betula platyphylla ‘Fargo’
Prairie Dream® Paper Birch – Betula papyrifera ‘Varen’
Prairie Vision™ Asian White Birch – Betula platyphylla ‘Verdale’
Northern Tribute® River Birch – Betula nigra ‘Dickinson’
Cinnamon Curls® Dwarf Korean Birch – Betula costata ‘CinnDak’
Emerald Flare® Tianshan Birch – Betula tianschanica ‘EmerDak’
Buckeye
Prairie Torch® Hybrid Buckeye – Aesculus x’Bergeson’
Elm
Flowering Pear
Japanese Tree Lilac
Maple
Fall Grandeur™ Red Maple – Acer rubrum ‘Minnkota’
Northern Flare® Sugar Maple – Acer saccharum ‘Sisseton’ RFM – 45
Northern Spotlight® Korean Maple – Acer pseudosieboldianum ‘KorDak’
Oak
Prairie Stature® Hybrid Oak – Quercus xbimundorum ‘Midwest’
Pine
Sycamore
Northern Advance® Sycamore (syn. American Planetree) – Platanus occidentalis ‘Bismarck’
Thornless Honeylocust
Willow
Prairie Reflection® Laurel Willow – Salix pentandra ‘Silver Lake’
Shrubs
Juniper
Copper Delight™ Juniper – Juniperus communis var. depressa ‘ReeDak’
Blueberry Delight® Juniper – Juniperus communis var. depressa ‘AmiDak’
Potentilla
Dakota Goldrush® Potentilla – Potentilla fruticosa ‘Absaraka’
Dakota Sunspot® Potentilla – Potentilla fruticosa ‘Fargo’
Spirea
Dakota Goldcharm® Spirea – Spiraea japonica ‘Mertyann’