When thoughtfully planted, trees will shade your home in summer. In winter, the sun will penetrate them and warm your home naturally. Some will provide fall color.
Ash
Autumn Purple Ash
Fraxinus americana ‘Junginger’
Height: 45′
Spread: 40′
Cimmaron Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Cimmzam’
Height: 50′
Spread: 30′
Flowering Ash
Fraxinus ornus
Height: 40-50′
Spread: 40-50′
Golden Desert Ash
Fraxinus excelsior ‘Aureafolia’
Height: 20′
Spread: 18′
Manchurian Ash
Fraxinus mandshurica
Height: 40′
Spread: 30′
Raywood Ash
Fraxinus oxycarpa ‘Raywood’
Height: 45′
Spread: 30′
Urbanite Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Urbanite’
Height: 50′
Spread: 40′
Birch
Cut Leaf Weeping Birch
Betula pendula ‘Dalecarlica’
Height: 40′
Spread: 20′
Duraheat Birch
Betula nigra ‘BNMTF’
Height: 40′
Spread: 30′
Heritage Birch
Betula nigra ‘Cully’
Height: 40′
Spread: 30′
Jacmonti Birch
Betula jacquemontii
Height: 25-60′
Spread: 15′
Japanese White Birch
Betula platyphylla
Height: 30-40′
Spread: 15-25′
Northern Tribute Birch
Betula nigra ‘Dickinson’
Height: 35′
Spread: 30′
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Height: 50′
Spread: 35′
Prairie Dream Birch
Betula papyrifera ‘Varen’
Height: 40′
Spread: 25′
Renaissance Oasis Birch
Betula papyrifera ‘Oenci’
Height: 50′
Spread: 30′
Renaissance Reflection Birch
Betula papyrifera ‘Renci’
Height: 50′
Spread: 25′
River Birch
Betula nigra
Height: 40′
Spread: 35′
Royal Frost Birch
Betula ‘Penci-2’
Height: 40′
Spread: 25′
Shiloh Splash Birch
Betula nigra ‘Shiloh Splash’
Height: 10′
Spread: 8′
White Satin Birch
Betula utilis ‘Madison’
Height: 35′
Spread: 20′
Whitespire Birch
Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire Sr.’
Height: 40′
Spread: 25′
Youngs Weeping Birch
Betula pendula ‘Youngii’
Height: 15′
Spread: 20′
Catalpa
Bungei (Umbrella) Catalpa
Catalpa bugnei
Height: 30′
Spread: 30′
Heartland Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa ‘Hiawatha 2’
Height: 50′
Spread: 25′
Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Height: 50′
Spread: 35′
Purple Catalpa
Catalpa × erubescens ‘Purpurea’
Height: 45′
Spread: 40′
Elm
Emerald Sunshine Elm
Ulmus propinqua ‘JFS-Bieberich’
Height: 35′
Spread: 25′
Frontier Elm
Ulmus ‘Frontier’
Height: 40′
Spread: 30′
Prospector Elm
Ulmus wilsoniana ‘Prospector’
Height: 40′
Spread: 30′
Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Height: 45′
Spread: 35′
Chicagoland Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis ‘Chicagoland’
Height: 40-60′
Spread: 30-40′
Magnifica Hackberry
Celtis ‘Magnifica’
Height: 50′
Spread: 40′
Prairie Sentinel Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis ‘JFS-KSU1’
Height: 45′
Spread: 12′
Honeylocust
Imperial Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Impcole’
Height: 35′
Spread: 35′
Northern Acclaim Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Harve’
Height: 45′
Spread: 35′
Shademaster Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Shademaster’
Height: 45′
Spread: 35′
Street Keeper Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Draves’
Height: 45′
Spread: 20′
Sunburst Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Suncole’
Height: 40′
Spread: 35′
Hornbeam
Frans Fontaine European Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus ‘Frans Fontaine’
Height: 35′
Spread: 15′
Native Flame American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana ‘JFS-KW6’
Height: 30′
Spread: 20′
Pyramidal European Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’
Height: 35′
Spread: 25′