Plant Material Info

Explore the selection of plants available for purchase at Pinter's Gardens & Pumpkin. Please note that this list may not always reflect our current inventory, as availability can vary. To check the availability of specific varieties, we recommend giving us a call.
A young tree with green leaves standing on a grassy lawn with other trees in the background.

Ironwood

Ostrya Virginiana Ironwood

This tree is not salt tolerant. Muscle like bark and trump are ornamental attractive

  • Height 30'-50'
  • Spread 25'-30'
  • Zone 3-9
  • Flower Catkins/Small inflated pod clusters
  • Foliage Med-Dark Green to Yellow in Fall
  • Growth Rate Slow: 1’ per year
Tree with clusters of white flowers and green leaves, densely covering its branches.

Ivory Silk Lilac

Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk Lilac

A most attractive small flowering tree with cherry like bark. It bears white flowers clusters in early July.

  • Height 25'
  • Spread 15'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Flower White
  • Foliage Dark Green
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
Burgundy-leaved shrub with small yellow flowers growing in a garden.

Japanese Barberry Concorde

Berberis Japanese Barberry ‘Concorde’

A dwarf globe shaped barberry. Tolerates dry conditions well. Non-Invasive

  • Height 2'
  • Spread 3'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Light Full Sun to Part Shade
  • Flower Very Few
  • Foliage Dark Purple
A bush with dense, small red leaves growing outdoors on a mulched ground.

Japanese Barberry Orange Rocket

Berberis Japanese Barberry ‘Orange Rocket’

Upright growth in addition to foliage colors in vivid shades of orange and red which intensify in Fall.

  • Height 4'
  • Spread 18-24"
  • Zone 4-8
  • Light Full Sun to Part Shade
  • Flower Light yellow in May/Crimson
  • Foliage Orange Red
Hand picking a red apple from a tree with leaves and more apples in the background.

KinderKrisp Apple

Malus KinderKrisp Apple

Small -medium sized fruit. Sweet, juicy and crispy. Excellent for eating.

  • Height 12'-15'
  • Spread 12'-15'
  • Zone 3-7
  • Flower Yellow skin heavily blushed and mottled with red
  • Ripens Mid Season
  • Pollinator Another early season variety i.e. Golden delicious
  • Storage Very Good
Close-up of a cluster of pale white hydrangea flowers in sunlight.

Limelight Hydrangea Tree form

Hydrangea paniculata Limelight Tree form

This selection is grafted onto a standard to raise the flowers to eye level, features enormous, dense upright panicles of flower heads that start out a soft lime green, fading over the summer to white and finally brown in fall.
Growth rate: Medium 1-2’ per year

  • Height 10'
  • Spread 5'
  • Zone 4
  • Flower Lime Green
  • Foliage Green
Yellow magnolia flowers bloom on branches with green leaves and raindrops.

Magnolia Butterflies

Magnolia Butterflies Magnolia

Fragrant, can be grown as a single tree or multi stemmed shrub. Deer Resistant
Growth rate: Medium 1-2’ per year

  • Height 20'-30'
  • Spread 15'-20'
  • Zone 4-9
  • Flower Yellow
  • Foliage Green
Sunlight shining through vibrant red and orange autumn maple leaves against a blue sky.

Matador Maple

Acer x freemanii ‘Bailston’ Matador Maple

Selected because of its superior habit and fall color, Matador™ turns deeper red than Autumn Blaze® and colors more consistently than Sienna Glen®. Gains its fall color a bit later than other cultivars and holds its leaves longer. Excellent choice for lawn, street or park.

  • Height 40'-45'
  • Spread 20'-40'
  • Zone 4-7
  • Foliage Green to Red
  • Growth Rate Medium-Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
A white basket filled with red apples sits on grass.

McIntosh Apple

Malus McIntosh Apple

Tart and crisp Heavy bearer, good for eating and baking, fruit tends to drop when ripe.

  • Height 12'-15'
  • Spread 12'-15' Semi Dwarf
  • Zone 4-7
  • Flower Bright Red
  • Ripens Mid-Season
  • Pollinator ‘Sweet Sixteen,’ ‘Honeycrisp’
  • Storage Fair
Close-up of ripe red cherries hanging on a branch with green leaves in the background.

Mesabi Cherry

Prunus Mesabi Cherry

Long stemmed, red-fleshed fruits with sugar content halfway between pie cherries and 'Bing' cherries. Pyramidal tree grows to a height of 12 feet. Fruit resembles 'Meteor' but pit is smaller.

  • Height 10'-14'
  • Spread 10'-14'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Flower Red
  • Ripens Early July
  • Pollinator Self-fertile, no pollinator needed
Close-up of red cherries and green leaves on a tree branch.

Meteor Cherry

Prunus Meteor Cherry

medium-sized cherries. Their tart/sweet yellow flesh is great for sauces, wonderful for pies, and good for fresh eating. A good choice for colder areas.

  • Height 8'-10'
  • Spread 8'-10'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Flower Red
  • Ripens Early to Mid Summer
  • Pollinator Self-fertile, not pollinator required
Close-up of yellow and green autumn leaves on a branch, sunlight shining through them.

MN Strain Redbud

Cercis canadensis Northern Strain Redbud #7 Multiple Stem

This handsome tree. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. It bears small pink flowers in Spring before leaves appear. Later brown fruit pods form.

  • Height 20'-30'
  • Spread 20'-25'
  • Zone 4-9
  • Foliage Deep Green
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
A basket filled with ripe, dark blue plums.

Mount Royal Plum

Prunus Mount Royal Plum

Medium sized fruit. Good eaten off tree. Excellent for dessert, jam and preserves. Tender juicy flesh. Considered the best blue cultivar in Wisconsin and Minnesota

  • Height 8'-12'
  • Spread 8'12'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Flower Blue
  • Ripens Late August
  • Pollinator Self-fertile, no pollinator required.
A large, lush weeping willow tree with long, drooping branches over a grassy lawn.

Niobe Weeping Willow

Salix alba Niobe Weeping Willow

Niobe Weeping Willow is a dense deciduous tree with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, preferring to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water.

  • Height 50'
  • Spread 50'
  • Zone 4-7
  • Foliage Dark Green to Yellow
  • Growth Rate Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Branches with red and yellow cherries growing among green leaves.

North Star Cherry

Prunus Northstar Cherry

Large sized fruit –Tart Flesh is red, meaty and juicy with a pleasantly acidic flavor. Good for fresh eating, baking and canning. A vigorous, natural dwarf variety that is highly productive. Fruit will retain quality on tree for 2 weeks after ripening.

  • Height 8'-10'
  • Spread 6'-'8'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Flower Red
  • Ripens Mid-Summer
  • Pollinator Self-fertile, no pollinator required.
Bright red oak leaves with jagged edges on branches against a blurred green background.

Northern Pin Oak

Quercus ellipsoidalis Northern Pin Oak

An attractive shade tree with a pyramidal-oval habit of growth, pointy leaves and excellent rich red fall color, fast growing for an oak; grows best in loose, slightly acidic soils, but more tolerant of alkaline soils than its popular relative the pin oak.

  • Height 50'
  • Spread 50'
  • Zone 3-6
  • Foliage Dark Green to Red
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
Tree with bright orange autumn leaves against a background of green trees and blue sky.

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak #10

A beautiful and artistic shade tree with a picturesque loosely pyramidal habit of growth and good red fall color; fast growing for an oak, an extremely tough and adaptable tree, best for larger landscapes; prefers loose, slightly acidic soils. Under ideal conditions can be expected to live to a ripe old age of 300 years

  • Height 70'
  • Spread 70'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Foliage Dark Green to Red
  • Growth Rate Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Tree with vibrant orange and red autumn leaves standing in a grassy field.

Northwood Maple

Acer rubrum Northwood Maple

University of Minnesota introduction. One of the hardiest red maples.

  • Height 50'
  • Spread 35'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Foliage Dark Green to Orange-Red in fall
  • Growth Rate Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Clusters of small red, yellow, and black berries on green leafy branches.

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood

This handsome tree. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. It bears small pink flowers in Spring before leaves appear. Later brown fruit pods form.

  • Height 20'-30'
  • Spread 20'-25'
  • Zone 4-9
  • Foliage Deep Green
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
Close-up of a ripe red pear hanging from a tree branch with green leaves in the background.

Parker Pear

Pyrus Parker Pear

Medium sized fruit Parker is a sweet tender pear that is very good for fresh eating, baking, desserts, and storing. Fruit must be picked before it ripens. Upright, vigorous growing tree.

  • Height 15'-20'
  • Spread 10-15
  • Zone 4-8
  • Flower Yellow/Bronze
  • Ripens Mid-August
  • Pollinator Requires pollinator i.e. Summer Crisp