Over the last 20 years, we've built one of the most successful shrub brands in North America. Adding trees to the Proven Winners^® ColorChoice^® line, then, is a natural outgrowth of our mission to offer the best woody plants on the market. We are proud to work with Maria Zampini of UpShoot to select, distribute, and market the varieties that make up the new Proven Winners tree line.

The primary selection criteria for Proven Winners ColorChoice Trees is similar to that of ColorChoice Shrubs: superior beauty, disease resistance, landscape-friendly size and habit, multi-season interest, and retail appeal. The inaugural class includes seven cultivars:

Avalanche^® Asian birch (Betula x)  ¤   Golden Shadows^® pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) 

Crusader^® hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)  ¤  Lollipop^® crabapple (Malus sp.)

Show Time^® crabapple (Malus sp.)  ¤  Pink Snow Showers^™ flowering cherry (Prunus sp.)

Weeping Extraordinaire^™ flowering cherry (Prunus sp.)

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The line will grow each year as new varieties are proposed; several interesting new possibilities are currently under evaluation and/or being propagated to increase supply. 

Interested in growing, buying, or selling Proven Winners trees? Please contact Maria Zampini at UpShoot, LLC for more information; find a licensed grower here.

Click here for a PDF of the most recent Proven Winners ColorChoice ornamental tree ad.