Generally not used as shade trees, ornamental trees add variety and interest to the landscape by providing spring flowers, attractive fruit, various fall colors, and unique structure. Some of these trees will work well in a small space, others grow large to become a landscape specimen.
Bald Cypress
Green Whisper Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum ‘JFS-SGPN’
Height: 55′
Spread: 30′
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum ‘Mickelson’
Height: 55′
Spread: 20′
Peve Minaret
Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’
Beech
Dawyck Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’
Height: 40′
Spread: 12′
Fernleaf Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’
Height: 50′
Spread: 40′
Purple Fountain Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’
Height: 25′
Spread: 12′
Purple Weeping Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Pendula’
Height: 10′
Spread: 15′
Red Obelisk Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Red Obelisk’
Height: 25′
Spread: 10′
Tricolor Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Roseomarginata’
Height: 30′
Spread: 20′
Birch
Shiloh Splash Birch
Betula nigra ‘Shiloh Splash’
Height: 10′
Spread: 8′
Young’s Weeping Birch
Betula pendula ‘Youngii’
Height: 15′
Spread: 20′
Dawn Redwood
Gold Rush Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’
Height: 50′
Spread: 20′
Jade Prince Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘JFS-PN3Legacy’
Height: 70′
Spread: 25′
Hydrangea – Tree Form
Limelight Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Height: 6-8′
Spread: 6-8′
Phantom Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’
Height: 6-8′
Spread: 6-8′
Pinky Winky Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Height: 6-8′
Spread: 6-8′
Quickfire Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Height: 6-8′
Spread: 6-8′
Vine Maple
Burgundy Jewel
Acer circinatum ‘Burgundy Jewel’
Monroe
Acer circinatum ‘Monroe’
Pacific Fire
Acer circinatum
Height: 15′
Spread: 10′
Weeping Mulberry
Morus alba ‘Chaparral’
Height: 12′
Spread: 16′