Deciduous Trees

Common Name	Botanical Name	Description
Autumn Blaze Maple	Acer freem. 'Autumn Blaze'	Dense crown with a central ladder and ascending branches. Continually orange-red in fall. Adapts to a wide range of soils. Nearly seedles. Grows 50-60 ft. tall and 40 ft. wide.
Sensation Box Elder	Acer negundo 'Sensation'
Beni Shichihenge Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Shichihenge'
Bloodgood Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'	Good as small trees for entryways and patios. Red leaves turn bright scarlet in fall. Filtered sun. Grafted. Moderate grower to 15 ft. tall and wide.
Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace'	Finely, serrated red burgundy leaves gives a great contrast against the green color. Full to partial sun. Grafted. Open branched. Moderate grower to 10 ft. tall and wide.
Emperor I Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'	Blackish-red bark with dark, rich red in summer that turns bright scarlet in fall. Cold hardiness makes leaf buds come later in spring avoiding frosts. Filtered sun. Vigorous grower over others. Grows 15 ft. tall and wide.

Fireglow Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Fireglow'
Garnet Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Garnet'
Goshiki kot. Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Goshiki kotohime'

Nuresagi Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Nuresagi'
Ojishi Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum 'Ojishi'

Oshio-Beni Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Oshio-Beni'

Bright red-orange leaves turning scarlet color in fall season. Full to partial sun. Grafted. Moderate grower to 15 ft. tall and 18 ft. wide.

Katsura Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Katsura'

Red Dragon Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon'

Red Leaf Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Red Leaf'

Star-like purple-red leaves bring out a contrast against other green plants. Open-branched. Bright red fall color. Seed grown. Filtered sun. Gowers to 18 ft. tall and wide.

Red Pygmy Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Red Pygmy'

Shaina Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Shaina'

Dwarf compact form with bright red foliage turning to maroon-red. Filtered sun. Branches become dense with maturity. Slow grower 6-8 ft. tall and 8-10 ft. wide.

Sharp's Pygmy Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Sharp's Pygmy'

Sherwood Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Sherwood'

Shigatasusawa Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Shigatasusawa'

Shindeshojo Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Shindeshojo'

Tamukeyama Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Tamukeyama'

Threadleaf Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Threadleaf'

Tobiosho Iseli Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Tobiosho (Iseli)'

Trompenburg Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg'

Tsukushigata Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Tsukushigata'

Tsuma gaki Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Tsuma gaki'

Twombly's Red Sentinal Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Twombly's Red Sentinal'

Villa Taranto Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Villa Taranto'

Green Laceleaf Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Viridis'

Waterfall Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Waterfall'

Cascading branches and large green leaves. Great accents for gardens or in containers. Filtered Sun. Slow grower to 6-8 ft. tall and 8-10 ft. wide.

Columnar Norway Maple

Acer palmatum 'Columnare'

Heavy, dark green foliage with fall yellow color. Street planting or formal accent. Grows slowly to 50 ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

Norway Maple

Acer palmatum 'Norway'

Ability to withstand city and drought conditions. Green color turns yellow in fall. Hardy, Tolerant to many soils and pollutants. Grows 50-60 ft. tall and 45-50 ft. wide.

Crimson King Maple

Acer palmatum 'Crimson King'

Dense shape with lobed leaves and bronze-reddish fall color. Grafted. Full sun. Grows 35 ft. tall and 25 ft. wide.

Crimson Sentry Maple

Acer palmatum 'Crimson Sentry'

Very high, narrow, and upright. Leaves are closer to gether. Deep purple, but a little lighter in color than parent tree. Grows slowly to 25-30 ft. tall and 10-15 ft. wide.

Emeral Queen Maple

Acer palmatum 'Emerald Queen'

Glossy, green leaves turn yellow in fall. Good street tree with oval shape with ascending branches. Attractive and distinctive. Handles most soils. Grows 50-60 ft. tall and 35-40 ft. wide.

Mimosa Tree

Albizia julibrissin 'Rosea'

Attracts many birds with its pink cushion-like flowers. Heat tolerant and hardy. Full sun. Fast grower to 30 ft. tall and wide.

European Alder

Alnus glutinosa

Brown-grayish bark with an oval, upright form. Fall yellow color. Keeps ornamental look in winter. Handles wet soils, but prefers drier areas. Grows 40-50 ft. tall and 30-40 ft. wide.

River Birch

Betula nigra

Buff-colored bark with a yellow fall color. Commonly several trunks. Does well in moist areas. Full sun. Grows fast to 40 + ft. tall and 30+ ft. wide.

Euoprean Pyramid Hornbeard

Carpinus bet. 'Fastigiata'

Columnar tree and dense branches with a cone-shaped shape. Green color turns orange-yellow in fall. Full sun. Grows 35-45 ft. tall and 25-35 ft. wide.

Forest Pansy Redbud

Cercis canadenis 'Forest Pansy'

Scarlet- purple color turns to fall maroon color. Bare branches have rosy-pink flowers between winter and summer. Full sun. Grows 20 ft. tall and 25 ft. wide.

China Girl Flowering Dogwood

Cornus kousa 'China Girl'

Small popular tree with large white bracts in summer and hanging red fruit in fall. Red-scarlet tints in August. Great accent. Full sun. Grows 20 ft. tall and 15 ft. wide.

Lavalle Hawthorne

Crataegus 'Lavalle'

Dark, shiny green color changing bronzy, copper-red in fall with white flowers in May. Mostly thornless. Red-orange fruit fruit into winter. Grows 15-30 ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

Paul's Scarlet Hawthorne

Crataegus 'Paul's Scarlet'

Double, scarlet hawthorn flowers. Coppery-red color. Grows 15-20 ft. tall and wide.

Dawyck Purple Columnar Beech

Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'

Tricolor European Beech

Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor'

Main purple color with an irregular effect of pinkish-white flowers. Does not do well in dry hot areas. Partial sun. Slow grower 25-35 ft. tall and 18-25 ft. wide.

Autumn Purple Ash

Fraxinus amer. 'Junginger'

Pryamidal form. Likes slighty acid to neutral, well-drained, and moist soil. Deep green leaves change to bright purple color in fall. Readily transplants. Grows 55-60 ft. tall and 35-45 ft. wide.

Raywood Ash

Fraxinus angustifolia 'Raywood'

Great shade summer tree. Dark green foliage turn red wine color in all. Resistent to Ash blight. Drought tolerant. Full sun. Grows fast to 60-70 ft. tall and wide.

Imperial Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis

Usually seedless and thornless. Dark green color that has a fall yellow color. Readily transplants. Adapts to soil. Full sun. Grows 30-40 ft. tall and 25-35 ft. wide.

Shademaster Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Shademaster'

Green foliage turns yellow/green in fall. Tolerates draought, heat, compaction, and salt. Less fruiting. Readily transplants. Adapts to soil. Fast grower to 45-55 ft. tall and 30-35 ft. wide.

Skyline Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skycole'

Central ladder with a pryamid form. Fine-textured green foliage turns yellow in fall. Adapts to soil. Tolerates salt, compaction, drought, and heat. Full sun. Grows 45-55 ft. tall and 30-35 ft. wide.

Sunburst Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Suncole'

Lacy green leaves turn fall yellow color. Seedless and thornless. Pyramid and broad form. Grows 30-35 ft. tall and 25-30 ft. wide.

Golden Chain Tree

Laburnum x Watereri 'Vossii'

Clusters of attractive bright, yellow flowers. May be espaliered. Full sun. Planted alone or in groups. Grows 20 ft. tall and 15 ft. wide.

Worplesdon Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Unique bluish-green tuliped-shaped leaves and orange flowers. Fall yellow color. Full sun. Seed grown. Fast grower to 50+ ft. tall and 30+ ft. wide.

Galaxy Magnolia

Magnolia x 'Galaxy'

Large, purple-reddish flowers which bloom late in the season to avoid frost. Full sun. Bright green look. Grows 30-35 ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

Leonord Messel Magnolia

Magnoila x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'

Multi-stemmed habit with deep pale pink lilac buds in early years. Similar petals to Star Magnolia. Full sun. Slow grower to 20 ft. tall and 25 ft. wide. (Also can be cut as a shrub).

Brandywine Flowering Crabapple

Malus 'Brandywine'

Upright, rounded head, very clean. Single, white flowers with fragrance. Deep and glossy red fruit. Usually quite disease resistant. Maybe susceptable to mildew and fireblight. Grows 20-25 ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

Indian Magic Crabapple

Malus 'Indian Magic'

Single, deep pink flowers with tiny red fruit changing to reddish-orange and go through winter. Round, open shape. Full sun. Grows 15-20 ft. tall and wide.

Morning Princess Crabapple

Malus 'Morning Princess'

Perfect Purple Flowering Crabapple

Malus 'Perfect Purple'

Prairiefire Crabapple

Malus 'Prairiefire'

Upright form with new reddish growth going to dark green and small dark, red-purple fruit. Great accents. Full sun. Grows 15-20 ft. tall and wide.

Radiant Flowering Crabapple

Malus 'Radiant'

Compact and upright. Purple-red leaves that turn green. Deep pink flower change to small red fruit. Grows 15-20 ft. tall and wide.

Royal Beauty Crabapple

Malus 'Royal Beauty'

Rounded form, dense. Varnished leaves appearance. Reddish color changing to purple and then orange in the fall. Dark red flowers. Grows 15-20 ft. tall and wide.

Rudolph Flowering Crabapple

Malus 'Rudolph'

Spring Snow Crabapple

Malus 'Royal Beauty'

Pure white flowers with no fruit. Resistent to mildew and rust. Full sun. Dense, oval crown. Grows 25 ft. tall and 22 ft. wide.

Strathmore Flowering Crabapple

Malus 'Rudolph'

Thunderchild Flowering Crabapple

Malus 'Thunderchild''

Deep purple leaves with single, delicate pink blooms. Good resistance to powdery mildew and fireblight. Dark red fruit. Grows 15-20 ft. tall and wide.

Fruitless Weeping Mulberry

Morus alba 'Chaparral'

Slender, cascading branches down to ground with green cut leaves. No fruit. Great accents. Full sun. Trunk grows 6-8 ft. tall and 8-12 ft. wide crown.

Fruitless Mulberry

Morus alba striblingii

Dense, round-top with green lobed leaves with a bright yellow color in fall. Good to cover large areas for shade. Full sun. Grows rapidly 30-35 ft. tall and wide.

London Planetree (sycamore)

Platanus x acer. 'Bloodgood'

Rounded form changes to a brown-yellow color in fall. Resistant to anthracnose. Rapid grower to 55-85 ft. tall and 50-65 ft. wide.

Swedish Aspen

Populus trem. Erecta

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Rounded crown and narrow. Best when planted in clumps or groups. Large trunk with possible shoots near roots. Fast grower to 40-50 ft. tall and 20-30 ft. wide.

Merlot Bird Flowering Cherry

Prunus padus 'Merlot'

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'

Clusters of double, large deep pink blooms and new bronzy-red growth in early season. Upright and vase-shaped. Full sun. Grows 20-25 ft. tall and 15-20+ ft. wide.

Canada Red Chokecherry

Prunus Virg. 'Canada Red'

Snow Fountain Weeping Cherry

Prunus x. 'Snowfozam'

Cascading branches with snow white flowers early on turing golden orange in fall. Full sun. Grafted. Slow grower to 12-15 ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

PInk Weeping Cherry

Prunus subh. 'Pendula

Akebono Yoshino Cherry

Prunus x. yedoen. 'Akebono'

Capital Flowering Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Capital'

Columnar form with white blooms in early season and purple-reddish fall color. Ornamental winter fruit. Great for narrow spaces. Full sun. Grows 35-45 ft. tall and 12-15 ft. wide.

Cleveland Flowering Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Cleveland Select'

Spring white blooms. Green foliage turns purplish-red orange in fall. Form makes for good street trees. Full sun. Grows 40 ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

New Bradford Flowering Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'

White flowers early in season with yellow to red foliage in fall. No edible fruit. Full sun. Grafted. Grows 35 ft. tall and 20-25 ft. wide.

Whitehouse Flowering Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Whitehouse'

Narrow crown and ascending branches make for good use in tight spaces and parkways. White blooms and later red-purple color in fall. Grafted. Full sun. Grows 40 ft. tall and 15 ft. wide.

Smoothleaf Sumac

Rhus glabra

Smooth, unhairy branches with greenish July flowers. Red-orange purple color and scarlet fruits in fall. Tolerates poor soil. Good for bank erosion and highway slopes. Grows 9-15 ft. tall and wide.

Staghorn Sumac

Rhus typhina

Velvety, dense hair branches with crimson berry clusters. Good for bank covers. Tolerates sterile and dry soils. Bright green summer color changes orange to red fall color. Grows 10-15 ft. tall and 12-15 ft. wide (maybe trimmed as a shrub).

Purple Robe Locust

Robinia pse. 'Purple Robe'

Compact and round. Bronze-red leaves change blue-green with maturity leaving a fall yellow color. Fragrant pink flowers. Grows 30-40 ft. tall and 25-35 ft. wide.

Killmarnock Willow

Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock'

Umbrella-shaped tree with bending branches as a small tree. Pinkish-gray pussy willow catkins each spring. Full sun. Grows 8 ft. tall and 6 ft. wide.

Corkscrew Willow

Salix mats. 'Tortusoa'

Small tree with spiral and twisted branches and bright green color. Oval wide shape. Yellow fall color. Grows fast to 30-40 ft. tall and 20-25 ft. wide.

European Mountain Ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Dense oval crown with deep green foliage that turns red in fall along with red-orange fruit. Attracts birds. Full sun. Grows fast to 20-30+ ft. tall and 15-20 ft. wide.

Glenleven Linden

Tilia cordata 'Glenleven'

Larger, dark leaves than other Tilia varities. Very straight trunk. Great street tree. Fall yellow color. Grows 40-50 ft. tall and 30-35 ft. wide.

Greenspire Linden

Tilia cordata 'Greenspire'

Uniform growth. Small pale yellow fowers with leathery green foliage and a spicy fragrance. Great street tree. Grows 40-50 ft. tall and 30-35. ft. wide.