Trees

Common Name: Paperbark Maple

It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, reaching 10-20 m tall with a trunk up to 70 cm diameter. The bark is smooth, shiny orange-red, peeling in thin, papery layers; it may become fissured in old trees. The shoots are densely downy at first, this wearing off by the second or third year and the bark exfoliating by the third or fourth year.

Zone: 4 to 8
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Aceraceae
Native Range: Central China
Height: 20 to 30 feet
Spread: 15 to 25 feet
Bloom Time: April

Common Name: Japanese Maple

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree reaching heights of 6–10 m, rarely 16 m, often growing as an understory plant in shady woodlands. It may have multiple trunks joining close to the ground. In habit, it is often shaped like an upside-down pyramid (especially when younger) or takes on a dome-like form, especially when mature. The leaves are 4–12 cm long and wide, palmately lobed with five, seven, or nine acutely pointed lobes. Even in nature, Acer palmatum displays considerable genetic variation. As such, even seedlings with the same parent tree can show difference in such aspects as leaf size and shape, and colour.

Common Name: Japanese maple
Zone: 5 to 8
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Sapindaceae
Native Range: Korea, Japan
Height: 10 to 25 feet
Spread: 10 to 25 feet
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Color: Reddish-purple
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

Common Name: Sugar Maple

It is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of Northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas. It is a deciduous tree normally reaching heights of 25–35 m tall, and exceptionally up to 45 m (150 feet). [4] The leaves are deciduous, 8-15 cm long and equally wide with five palmate lobes. The basal lobes are relatively small, while the upper lobes are larger and deeply notched. In contrast with the angular notching of the Silver Maple, however, the notches tend to be rounded at their interior. The fall color is often spectacular, ranging from bright yellow through orange to fluorescent redorange. Sugar maples also have a tendency to color unevenly in fall. In some trees, all colors above can be seen at the same time. The flowers are in corymbs of 5-10 together, yellow-green and without petals; flowering occurs in early spring after 30-55 growing degree days. The fruit is a double samara with two winged seeds, the seeds are globose, 7-10 mm diameter, the wing 2-3 cm long. The seeds fall from the tree in autumn.

Zone: 3 to 8
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Sapindaceae
Native Range: Eastern North America
Height: 40 to 80 feet
Spread: 30 to 60 feet
Bloom Time: April  
Bloom Color: Greenish
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium

Common Name: River Birch

Zone: 4 to 9
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Betulaceae
Native Range: None
Height: 40 to 70 feet
Spread: 40 to 60 feet
Bloom Time: April - May
Bloom Color: Brown (male) and green (female)
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet Maintenance: Low

Common Name: Southern Magnolia

Zone: 6 to 9
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Family: Magnoliaceae
Native Range: None
Height: 20 to 30 feet
Spread: 15 to 25 feet
Bloom Time: May - June
Bloom Color: White
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium Maintenance: Low

Common Name: Dawn Redwood

Zone: 4 to 8
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Taxodiaceae
Native Range: Central and Western China
Height: 70 to 100 feet
Spread: 15 to 25 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Low

Common Name: Sourwood

Zone: 5 to 9
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Ericaceae
Native Range: Eastern and Southeastern United States
Height: 20 to 50 feet
Spread: 10 to 25 feet
Bloom Time: June - July
Bloom Color: White
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

Common Name: Yoshino Cherry

Zone: 5 to 8
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Rosaceae
Native Range: Japan
Height: 30 to 40 feet
Spread: 30 to 40 feet
Bloom Time: March - April
Bloom Color: White, sometimes tinged pink
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: High

Common Name: Japanese Flowering Cherry

Zone: 5 to 9
Plant Type: Tree
Family: Rosaceae
Native Range: None
Height: 25 to 30 feet
Spread: 25 to 30 feet
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Color: Deep pink (double)
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium

Common Name: Umbrella Pine

Zone: 5 to 8
Plant Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Taxodiaceae
Native Range: Japan
Height: 25 to 30 feet
Spread: 15 to 20 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

Common Name: American Arborvitae

Zone: 2 to 7
Plant Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Cupressaceae
Native Range: Eastern North America
Height: 20 to 40 feet
Spread: 10 to 15 feet
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low