Shade/Ornamental Trees

Shrub with green leaves and clusters of small pink flowers in sunlight.

Amber Jubilee Ninebark

Physocarpus Amber Jubilee Ninebark

Selected for its striking foliage in glowing tones of orange, yellow and gold. With its bold array of colors, it will stand out as a lovely focal point in a small garden landscape. Delicate white blooms are produced in spring, and fall foliage is highlighted with tones of red and purple, making this ninebark appealing over the entire season. Plant in full sun for best performance.

  • Height 5'-6'
  • Spread 3'-4'
  • Zone 2-7
  • Flower White
  • Foliage Orange/Yellow/Gold
Close-up of pink magnolia blossoms and buds on brown stems against a light background.

Ann- Pink Magnolia

Magnolia x Ann-Pink Magnolia

A hybrid magnolia selected for its spectacular lavender cup-shaped flowers in spring before the leaves and improved hardiness; a small, reasonably compact shrub, effective as a solitary specimen in the garden It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth, but will die in standing water.
Growth rate: Medium 1-2’ per year

  • Height 10'
  • Spread 8'-10'
  • Zone 4-7
  • Flower Pink
  • Foliage Green
Tree with vibrant red and orange autumn leaves against a light sky.

Autumn Blaze Maple

Acer x freemani Autumn blaze Maple #10

An autumn blaze maple tree works perfectly as a specimen tree, can also be used in clusters. Dense and healthy branching, and enhanced growth that protects from insects and disease. They are known for their unexcelled speed of growth.

  • Height 40'-60'
  • Spread 40'-60'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Foliage Green-Red
  • Growth Rate Fast: 3 - 4’ per year
A tree with orange autumn leaves stands near parked cars on a sunny day.

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry

Amelanchier Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry #10 Multiple Stem

Tremendously popular tree which offers white blossoms in spring followed by showy, sweet purplish fruit. Has an interesting branch pattern and attractive light gray bark.

  • Height 20'-25'
  • Spread 15'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Foliage Blue-Green to Brilliant Red-Orange
  • Growth Rate Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Close-up of bright yellow ginkgo leaves clustered on a tree branch.

Autumn Gold Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba Autumn Gold Ginkgo

Male cultivar which are fruitless. Today the tree is often planted in cities because of its remarkable resistance to urban smog and to insect pests. The Autumn gold is grown in average, medium wet soil. It is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, including both alkaline and acidic soils and compacted soils.

  • Height 50'
  • Spread 30'
  • Zone 4-8
  • Foliage Green to Bright Yellow
  • Growth Rate Slow: 6” - 1’ per year
A tall, leafy tree with green foliage against a clear blue sky.

Boulevard Linden

Tilia ‘Boulevard’ Linden

Great street tree because of its narrow growth.

  • Height 60'
  • Spread 30'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Flower Fragrant Yellow/Orange-Red
  • Foliage Dark Green to Yellow
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
Tall green tree with dense foliage surrounded by other leafy trees and plants.

Bur Oak

Quercus macro Bur Oak

The hardiest of the oaks, this shade tree is singularly majestic, with its picturesque wide-spreading habit of growth and gnarled branches, best for larger landscapes; extremely tough and adaptable but relatively slow growing, plant for future generations. Vary adaptable.

  • Height 80'
  • Spread 80'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Foliage Dark Green to Coppery/Bronze
  • Growth Rate Slow: 6” - 1’ per year
Tree with vibrant red, orange, and yellow autumn leaves.

Burgundy Belle Maple

Acer rubrum Burgundy Belle Maple

These vibrant, almost fluorescent, burgundy red leaves glow in the autumn sunlight and holds for a long period of time. With an excellent symmetrical branching habit, this is a great choice for street plantings and small landscapes. It also exhibits excellent heat and drought tolerance.

  • Height 35'-45'
  • Spread 25'-35'
  • Zone 4-7
  • Foliage Green to burgundy -Scarlet
  • Growth Rate Medium-Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Tree with bright yellow autumn leaves, with red-leaved trees in the background.

Emerald Lustre Maple

Acer plat Emerald Lustre Maple

Fast growing Norway Maple variety with outstanding branching habit, hardiness and vigor. Good street or lawn tree, noted for its good branching structure at a young age.

  • Height 45’
  • Spread Rounded Form
  • Zone 3-7
  • Foliage Green to Yellow
  • Growth Rate Medium-Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Rows of trees with vibrant orange and red autumn leaves under a clear blue sky.

Fall Fiesta Maple

Acer saccharum Fall Fiesta Maple

FALL FIESTA describes the excellent yellow, orange and red fall color of this vigorous, rapid-growing sugar maple. .Distinctive, deeply-lobed, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves to 6 inches long have good resistance to leaf tatter and leaf scorch. Trees exhibit good tolerance to summer heat and drought.

  • Height 50'-70'
  • Spread 30'-45'
  • Zone 3-7
  • Foliage Green-Orange-Red
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
Tall green tree with dense foliage under a blue sky with some white clouds.

Greenspire Linden

Tilia Cordata Greenspire Linden

Tree has rich foliage and fragrant, pale yellow flowers. It maintains a single leader with a nice branching habit, and with its strong central trunk, it gives the tree a broad pyramidal form. Very suitable for street planting
Growth rate: Medium 1-2’ per year

  • Height 40'-50'
  • Spread 30'-35'
  • Zone 3-7
  • Flower Pale Yellow
  • Foliage Dark Green to Yellow
A tree with dense green leaves and clusters of pinkish-red seed pods.

Hot Wings Maple

Acer tatarian Hot wings Maple

A spectacular new addition for smaller home landscapes, this is a smaller accent tree that features blazing red hot seeds in late summer and fiery fall colors; more tolerant of drought and alkaline conditions than the otherwise similar Amur maple. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground.
Growth rate: Medium 2’ per year

  • Height 20'-25'
  • Spread 20'-25'
  • Zone 3-7
  • Foliage Green to Yellow-Orange Red
A young tree with green leaves standing on a grassy lawn with other trees in the background.

Ironwood

Ostrya Virginiana Ironwood

This tree is not salt tolerant. Muscle like bark and trump are ornamental attractive

  • Height 30'-50'
  • Spread 25'-30'
  • Zone 3-9
  • Flower Catkins/Small inflated pod clusters
  • Foliage Med-Dark Green to Yellow in Fall
  • Growth Rate Slow: 1’ per year
Tree with clusters of white flowers and green leaves, densely covering its branches.

Ivory Silk Lilac

Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk Lilac

A most attractive small flowering tree with cherry like bark. It bears white flowers clusters in early July.

  • Height 25'
  • Spread 15'
  • Zone 3-8
  • Flower White
  • Foliage Dark Green
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
Close-up of a cluster of pale white hydrangea flowers in sunlight.

Limelight Hydrangea Tree form

Hydrangea paniculata Limelight Tree form

This selection is grafted onto a standard to raise the flowers to eye level, features enormous, dense upright panicles of flower heads that start out a soft lime green, fading over the summer to white and finally brown in fall.
Growth rate: Medium 1-2’ per year

  • Height 10'
  • Spread 5'
  • Zone 4
  • Flower Lime Green
  • Foliage Green
Yellow magnolia flowers bloom on branches with green leaves and raindrops.

Magnolia Butterflies

Magnolia Butterflies Magnolia

Fragrant, can be grown as a single tree or multi stemmed shrub. Deer Resistant
Growth rate: Medium 1-2’ per year

  • Height 20'-30'
  • Spread 15'-20'
  • Zone 4-9
  • Flower Yellow
  • Foliage Green
Sunlight shining through vibrant red and orange autumn maple leaves against a blue sky.

Matador Maple

Acer x freemanii ‘Bailston’ Matador Maple

Selected because of its superior habit and fall color, Matador™ turns deeper red than Autumn Blaze® and colors more consistently than Sienna Glen®. Gains its fall color a bit later than other cultivars and holds its leaves longer. Excellent choice for lawn, street or park.

  • Height 40'-45'
  • Spread 20'-40'
  • Zone 4-7
  • Foliage Green to Red
  • Growth Rate Medium-Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Close-up of yellow and green autumn leaves on a branch, sunlight shining through them.

MN Strain Redbud

Cercis canadensis Northern Strain Redbud #7 Multiple Stem

This handsome tree. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. It bears small pink flowers in Spring before leaves appear. Later brown fruit pods form.

  • Height 20'-30'
  • Spread 20'-25'
  • Zone 4-9
  • Foliage Deep Green
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
A large, lush weeping willow tree with long, drooping branches over a grassy lawn.

Niobe Weeping Willow

Salix alba Niobe Weeping Willow

Niobe Weeping Willow is a dense deciduous tree with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, preferring to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water.

  • Height 50'
  • Spread 50'
  • Zone 4-7
  • Foliage Dark Green to Yellow
  • Growth Rate Fast: 2 - 3’ per year
Bright red oak leaves with jagged edges on branches against a blurred green background.

Northern Pin Oak

Quercus ellipsoidalis Northern Pin Oak

An attractive shade tree with a pyramidal-oval habit of growth, pointy leaves and excellent rich red fall color, fast growing for an oak; grows best in loose, slightly acidic soils, but more tolerant of alkaline soils than its popular relative the pin oak.

  • Height 50'
  • Spread 50'
  • Zone 3-6
  • Foliage Dark Green to Red
  • Growth Rate Medium: 1 - 2’ per year
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