|
Botanical name
Common Name |
Height in feet |
Spread in feet |
Flowers |
Fall Color |
Comments/Notes |
|
Acer ginnala
‘Flame’
Amur Maple |
20 |
20 |
|
red |
Select or prune for single stem;
can be multi-trunked. |
|
Acer grandidentatum
‘Schmidt’
Rocky Mt. Glow Maple |
25+ |
15 |
|
intense red |
|
|
Acer griseum
Paperbark Maple |
25 |
20 |
|
|
Smooth, peeling, cinnamon colored
bark. |
|
Acer palmatum
Japanese Maple |
20 |
24 |
small red |
yellow, orange, red |
Hundreds of varied cultivars. Can
be slow growing. |
|
Acer platanoides
‘Globosum’
Globe Norway Maple |
20 |
18 |
|
yellow |
Rounded top, and compact growth. |
|
Amelanchier
grandiflora ‘Princess Diana’ |
20 |
15 |
white |
bright red |
Good for limited space. |
|
Amelanchier
x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Serviceberry |
20 |
15 |
white |
bright red |
Reliable bloom. |
|
Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud |
25 |
30 |
red |
yellow |
Blooms before leaves are out. |
|
Cornus kousa
‘Chinensis’
Chinese Kousa Dogwood |
20 |
20 |
white |
reddish to scarlet |
Most resistant to disease of the
dogwoods. |
|
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
‘Johnson’
Leprechaun Ash |
18 |
16 |
|
yellow |
A miniature in every way. |
|
Magnolia
x loebneri |
20 |
20 |
large white |
yellow |
Several cultivars. |
|
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little
Gem’ |
15 |
10 |
white |
evergreen |
Usefull where larger varieties are
inappropriate. |
|
Malus
‘Adirondack’ |
18 |
10 |
white |
|
Red fruit. Excellent scab
resistance. |
|
Malus
‘Red Barron’ |
18 |
8 |
red |
yellow |
Good for narrow spaces. Red
berries. |
|
Malus
‘Golden Raindrops’ |
18 |
13 |
white |
yellow |
Abundant yellow fruit. |
|
Parrotia persica
Persian Parrotia |
30 |
20 |
Showy Stamens |
Yellow -orange red |
Select or prune for single stem;
can be multi-trunked. |
|
Prunus
‘Frankthrees’
Mt. St. Helens Plum |
20 |
20 |
pink |
|
Purple foliage. |
|
Prunus
‘Newport’
Newport Plum |
20 |
20 |
light pink |
reddish |
Purple red foliage. |
|
Prunus cerasifera
‘Krauter Vesuvius’ Flowering Plum |
30 |
15 |
pink |
|
Upright growth, darkest foliage of
the plums. |
|
Prunus
‘Snowgoose’
Snow Goose Cherry |
20 |
20 |
white |
|
Upright when young, spreading when
older. |
|
Prunus serrulata
‘Amanogawa’
Flowering Cherry |
20 |
6 |
pale pink double |
bronze |
Particularly useful for very narrow
planting strips. |
|
Prunus
x yedoensis ‘Akebono’
Flowering Cherry |
25 |
25 |
pink |
yellow |
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