Alder, Prairie Horizon

North Dakota State University's most exceptional evergreen introduction emerges as a botanical triumph of regional horticultural breeding, representing the pinnacle of cold-climate landscape design innovation. This distinguished cultivar delivers a supremely elegant rounded habit clothed in rich, deep green foliage that embodies the resilience and aesthetic sophistication demanded by the challenging Northern Plains environment. Developed through meticulous selection and breeding at North Dakota State University, this exceptional evergreen stands as a testament to the university's commitment to creating landscape solutions perfectly adapted to the extreme climatic conditions of the region, offering gardeners and landscape designers a hardy, low-maintenance specimen that combines structural integrity with extraordinary botanical performance. Its rounded form and distinguished dark green coloration provide a living architectural element that brings both visual drama and ecological authenticity to North Dakota landscapes, representing a triumph of regional plant breeding that celebrates the unique botanical potential of the Northern Plains.