Vigor Liner
The best trees possible at a fair price
Our VigorLiner® product line includes deciduous trees that are difficult to produce and transplant via traditional bare root methods. Because healthy trees begin with fibrous, well-developed root systems, our VigorLiner® trees are grown in special containers that we have found to produce the very best root system for each species and cultivar in the program.
Depending on their needs, trees are established in Root Pouch® fabric containers or in our specially designed air-pruning containers. The latter feature evenly spaced, vertical slots that eliminate circling roots and produce fibrous root systems. Improved air circulation and drainage reduce incidence of root disease.
Root Pouch® fabric containers retain moisture more readily than the slot-style containers while offering the same advantages of root pruning and prevention of circling roots.
Ideal for shifting up into larger containers
These brown fabric bags are an above-ground version of the Root Pouch® fabric bags that we use in our fields with great success. Distinctive for their ground-hugging shape that reduces the incidence of toppling over in the wind, they feature stout fabric handles that make them easy to manage in the nursery, garden center, or in the fields at planting time.
Air-pruned, branched, white root tips found in both types of containers are visible evidence of the healthy, vigorous root systems we produce in our VigorLiner® program. Specimen tree growers find our VigorLiner® trees to be excellent field liners.
Container growers praise them as ideal for shifting up into larger containers. While they may be planted year-round, growers in milder climates find VigorLiner® trees to be tailor-made for fall planting. This practice encourages root establishment in the fall and winter that will support vigorous spring growth.
Following is a list of all the VigorLiner® trees we produce and the containers they are available in:
| Variety | 3VL | 3RP | 5VL | 5RP | 7VL | 7RP |
| Acer buergerianum - Trident Maple | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Acer griseum - Paperbark Maple | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Asimina triloba - Pawpaw | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Betula nigra - River Birch (clump form) | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Betula nigra 'Cully' - Heritage® Birch (clump form) | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Betula papyrifera ‘Renci’ PP 12768 - Renaissance Reflection® Birch | ✔ | |||||
| Betula platyphylla ‘Fargo’ - Dakota Pinnacle® Birch | ✔ | |||||
| Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Celtis occidentalis 'JFS-KSU1' - Prairie Sentinel® Hackberry | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' - Forest Pansy Redbud | ✔ | |||||
| Cercis canadensis 'Covey' - Lavender Twist® Redbud | ✔ | |||||
| Cercis canadensis 'Merlot' PP 22297 - Merlot Redbud | ✔ | |||||
| Cercis canadensis 'Pink Heartbreaker' PP 23043 - Pink Heartbreaker Redbud | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Cercis canadensis 'Pink Pom Poms' P.A.F. - Pink Pom Poms Redbud | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Cercis canadensis 'Ruby Falls' PP 22097 - Ruby Falls Redbud | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Variety | 3VL | 3RP | 5VL | 5RP | 7VL | 7RP |
| Chionathus virginicus - Fringe Tree | ✔ | |||||
| Chionanthus retusus - Chinese Fringe Tree | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Chionanthus retusus 'Tokyo Tower' - Tokyo Tower Fringe Tree | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Cladrastis kentukea - Yellowwood | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Cornus controversa 'June Snow JFS' - June Snow™ Dogwood | ✔ | |||||
| Fagus sylvatica - Green Beech | ✔ | |||||
| Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple' - Dawyck Purple Beech | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' - Purple Fountain Beechj | ✔ | |||||
| Fagus sylvatica 'Red Obelisk' - Red Obelisk Beech | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii' - Rivers Purple Beech | ✔ | |||||
| Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin Tree | ✔ | |||||
| Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' - Autumn Gold Ginkgo | ✔ | |||||
| Ginkgo biloba 'The President' - Presidential Gold® Ginkgo | ✔ | |||||
| Ginkgo biloba 'Princeton Sentry' - Princeton Sentry® Ginkgo | ✔ | |||||
| Heptacodium miconioides - Seven-son Flower | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Koelreuteria paniculata - Goldenrain Tree | ✔ | |||||
| Variety | 3VL | 3RP | 5VL | 5RP | 7VL | 7RP |
| Koelreuteria paniculata 'Coral Sun' PP 17409 - Coral Sun Goldenrain Tree | ✔ | |||||
| Koelreuteria paniculata 'JFS-Sunleaf' - Summerburst® Goldenrain Tree | ✔ | |||||
| Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' - Rotundiloba Sweetgum | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| LIquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' - Slender Silhouette Sweetgum | ✔ | |||||
| Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' - Worplesdon Sweetgum | ✔ | |||||
| Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia x loebneri 'Ballerina' - Ballerina Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard' - D.D. Blanchard Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue' - Edith Bogue Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia 'Galaxy' - Galaxy Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' - Leonard Messel Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia 'NCMX1' PP 29218 - Mercury® Magnolia | ✔ | |||||
| Magnolia x loebneri ' Merrill' - Merrill Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' - Moonglow® Magnolia | ✔ | |||||
| Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star' - Royal Star Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia x soulangeana 'Rustica Rubra' - Rustica Rubra Magnolia | ✔ | |||||
| Variety | 3VL | 3RP | 5VL | 5RP | 7VL | 7RP |
| Magnolia x loebneri 'Ruth' P.A.F. - Spring Welcome® Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Magnolia liliflora x stellata 'Susan' - Susan Magnolia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood | ✔ | |||||
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' - Gold Rush Dawn Redwood | ✔ | |||||
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'JFS-PN3Legacy' - Jade Prince® Dawn Redwood | ✔ | |||||
| Nyssa sylvatica - Black Tupelo | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Nyssa sylvatica 'David Odom' - Afterburner® Tupelo | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Nyssa sylvatica 'JFS-red' PP 26795 - Firestarter® Tupelo | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Nyssa sylvatica 'NSUHH' PP 22951 - Green Gable™ Tupelo | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Nyssa sylvatica 'Haymanred' - Red Rage® Tupelo | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire' - Wildfire Tupelo | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood | ✔ | |||||
| Parrotia persica 'JLColumnar' PP 24951 - Persian Spire™ Parrotia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Parrotia persica 'Inge's Ruby Vase' - Ruby Vase® Parrotia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Parrotia persica 'Vanessa' - Vanessa Parrotia | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Pistacia chinensis - Chinese Pistache | ✔ | |||||
| Variety | 3VL | 3RP | 5VL | 5RP | 7VL | 7RP |
| Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth Oak | ✔ | |||||
| Quercus alba - White Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Quercus x bimundorum 'Midwest' - Prairie Stature™ Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus frainetto 'Schmidt' - Forest Green® Oak | ✔ | |||||
| Quercus gambelli - Gambel Oak | ✔ | |||||
| Quercus x macdanielii 'Clemons' - Heritage® Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Quercus muehlenbergii - Chinkapin Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus nuttallii - Nuttall Oak | ✔ | |||||
| Quercus phellos - Willow Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus robur x alba 'Crimschmidt - Crimson Spire™ Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus robur x alba 'JFS-KW2QX' PP 24442 - Skinny Genes® Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus robur x alba 'JFS-KW1QX' - Streetspire® Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus robur x bicolor 'Long' PP 12673 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Quercus rubra - Red Oak | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Variety | 3VL | 3RP | 5VL | 5RP | 7VL | 7RP |
| Sassafras albidum - Sassafras | ✔ | |||||
| Stewartia pseudocamellia - Japanese Stewartia | ✔ | |||||
| Styrax japonicus 'Evening Light' PP 24168 - Evening LIght Snowbell | ✔ | |||||
| Styrax japonicus 'Fragrant Fountain' PP 19664 - Fragrant Fountain Snowbell | ✔ | |||||
| Styrax japonicus 'JLWeeping' PP 23755 - Marley's Pink™ Snowbell | ✔ | |||||
| Styrax japonicus 'JFS-E' - Snow Charm® Snowbell | ✔ | |||||
| Styrax japonicus 'JFS-D' - Snowcone® Snowbell | ✔ | |||||
| Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' - Ivory Silk® Japanese Tree Lilac | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Taxodium distichum 'Cascade Falls' PP 12298 - Cascade Falls Bald Cypress | ✔ | |||||
| Taxodium distichum 'JFS-SGPN' - Green Whisper® Bald Cypress | ✔ | |||||
| Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' - Shawnee Brave® Bald Cypress | ✔ | |||||
| Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer II' - Allee® Elm | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Ulmus 'Frontier' - Frontier Elm | ✔ | ✔ |
