Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | ABELIA mosanensis | Fragrant Abelia | A deciduous Abelia with fragrant white flowers opening from pink buds in spring. Fall foliage is attractive also! |
4-6 feet | Sun | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ABELIOPHYLLUM distichum | White Forsythia | Fragrant, early spring-blooming shrub with blush-white forsythia-like flowers. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER campestre ‘Carnival’ | Variegated Hedge Maple | A variegated hedge maple with pink and white foliage. Plant in a protected site to avoid burning on the leaves. Great small specimen tree. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER campestre ‘Nana’ | Dwarf Hedge Maple | Compact, multistemmed cultivar with attractive dark foliage. Excellent choice for a low hedge. |
2-4 feet | |||
Tree/Shrub | ACER griseum | Paper Bark Maple | Beautiful, exfoliating cinnamon bark and good fall color. Needs a protected site in Vermont. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER griseum x maximowiczianum ‘Cinnamon Flake’ | Cinnamon Flake Hybrid Maple | Vigorous hybrid with a rounded canopy and striking cinnamon-colored flaking bark. Trifoliate leaves turn beautiful shades of red and orange in the fall. |
20-25 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’ | Full Moon Maple | Unique monkshood-like leaves with beautiful seed pods in spring and wonderful reddish purple foliage in fall. Forms a small, spreading tree. |
8-10 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Ao Jutan’ | Full Moon Maple | A low, wide-spreading form with deeply dissected green foliage brightly colored in the autumn. |
2 feet tall by 5 feet wide | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Emmett’s Pumpkin’ | Full Moon Maple | Large, rounded foliage is tinted with orange in the spring, matures to green and then turns a lovely pumpkin orange in the fall. Habit is open and bushy. |
6-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Green Cascade’ | Full Moon Maple | Deeply dissected leaves and pendulous habit. Wonderful fall color. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Oregon Fern’ | Full Moon Maple | A small, upright tree with deeply dissected foliage and broad canopy. Turns deep red to purple in the fall. |
8-10 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Rising Sun’ | Full Moon Maple | Very large, lobed leaves turn brilliant colors in the fall. Forms a small, upright tree. |
12-15 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Ruby’ | Full Moon Maple | Olive green foliage is overlaid with burgundy and turns red in the autumn. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Taki No Gawa’ | Full Moon Maple | Large orbicular leaves turn fantastic flaming shades in the fall. Forms a broad-crowned upright tree. |
12-15 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Vitifolium’ | Full Moon Maple | A cultivar with lobed, grape-leaf -like foliage that emerges bronze, matures to green and turns back to beautiful sunset shades in the fall. |
10-15 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Yama Kagi’ | Full Moon Maple | Vigorous grower with large, rounded crown and large, lobed foliage that turns brilliant shades in the fall. |
15-20 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Amber Ghost’ | Japanese Maple | Pink to amber spring foliage is highlighted by darker veins. The leaves mature to deeper amber then turn fiery red and gold in the fall. A Buchholz Nursery intro. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Bihou’ | Japanese Maple | Beautiful bark and beautiful foliage make this plant a stunner. New growth chartreuse flushed pink maturing to green then back to yellow and orange in the fall. Branches yellow-orange as well. This cultivar is listed as Zone 5b or 6 so should be sited very carefully. |
8-10 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ | Japanese Maple | Bright red new growth and purple-red foliage all season. One of the hardiest Japanese Maples. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Butterfly’ | Japanese Maple | Green with white margined leaves maturing to gray-green with cream and rose variegation. Leaves turn red-purple in the fall. Growth habit is upright and vase shaped. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Chuguji’ | Japanese Maple | Yellow foliage is tipped with red in the spring. Quite striking. Small, dense-growing habit. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Crimson Queen’ | Japanese Maple | One of the most popular lace leaf Japanese maples with excellent burgundy foliage and attractive mounding habit. Grows wider than tall. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Emperor 1’ | Japanese Maple | Purple foliage similar to A. ‘Bloodgood’, but leafs out later in the season, helping it to avoid spring frosts. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Inabe Shidare’ | Japanese Maple | A lace-leaf Japanese maple with deep purple spring foliage, turning more red in summer then to fiery red in fall. |
5-6 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Koto No Ito’ | Japanese Maple | Japanese for “harp strings” this cultivar has very narrow dissected bright green foliage turning yellow to red in the autumn. Habit is vase-shaped. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Manyo no sato’ | Japanese Maple | Dissected green foliage is irregularly splashed with purple. Fall color is orange and purple. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ | Japanese Maple | Bright yellow spring foliage is edged in orange. Summer color is yellow-green becoming gold in the autumn. Best with afternoon shade. |
6-8 feet | Part Shade | 6 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Orangeola’ | Japanese Maple | A cultivar with a mounding habit and dissected orange-red foliage in the spring. Fall color is also a fiery orange to red. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Red Dragon’ | Japanese Maple | An excellent lace leaf cultivar with outstanding burgundy foliage and mounding habit. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Red Emperor’ | Japanese Maple | Similar to A. ‘Bloodgood’, but leafs out later in the season, helping it to avoid spring frosts. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Ruby Stars’ | Japanese Maple | Star-like ruby red leaves in the spring mature to green followed by a second flush of red leaves late in the season. Forms a dwarf, upright tree. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Shaina’ | Japanese Maple | An upright, dwarf tree or shrub with rich maroon foliage through the season. |
4-6 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Spring Delight’ | Japanese Maple | A mounding dissectum form with light green foliage edged in red. Turns orange shades in the fall. |
2-3 feet tall by 4-5 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Summer Gold’ | Japanese Maple | Bright gold foliage matures to light green. Can be grown in full sun without burning. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Tamukeyama’ | Japanese Maple | Dissected, red leafed form with crimson fall color. Habit is mounding, wider than tall. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Tsuma gaki’ | Japanese Maple | Spring foliage is a soft yellow-green tipped in red. Matures to green and colors to gold and orange in the fall. |
6-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Viridis’ | Japanese Maple | Lacy green foliage on a mounding small tree. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Waterfall’ | Japanese Maple | A cascading form with vivid green dissected leaves and gold fall color. |
12-15 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Yama Nishiki’ | Snow Peak Japanese Maple | Strong white variegation on the leaf margins make this a striking plant. Grows into a small upright tree. Keep out of afternoon sun for best coloration. |
8-10 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Yatsubusa Kiyohime’ | Japanese Maple | Forms a low growing shrub with small leaves that are flushed red in spring. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER pseudoplatanus ‘Eskimo Sunset’ | Sycamore Maple | Small tree with fabulous pink-splashed foliage. Best in some shade. |
20-25 feet | Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER x pseudosieboldianum ‘Arctic Jade’ | Jack Frost Korean Maple | An Iseli introduction from their Jack Frost series — crosses between the Japanese maple and the hardier Korean Maple. This cultivar with large dissected green foliage turning shades of orange and red in the fall. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER x pseudosieboldianum ‘Final Flame’ | Pacific Rim Maple | Similar to Iseli Nursery’s intro A. ‘First Flame’, but even more brilliant, longer-lasting fall color. |
15-20 feet | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER x pseudosieboldianum ‘First Flame’ | Pacific Rim Maple | From Iseli’s Pacific Rim collection, this hybrid has colorful yellow to red spring foliage that matures to green tipped with red. Orange to burgundy colors return in the fall. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER x pseudosieboldianum ‘Ice Dragon’ | Jack Frost Korean Maple | From Iseli Nursery’s Jack Frost hybrids, this cultivar has a more cascading habit and finely dissected foliage. Leaves emerge orange-red before turning green then color up again in the fall. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER x pseudosieboldianum ‘North Wind’ | Jack Frost Korean Maple | From Iseli Nursery’s Jack Frost hybrids, this cultivar has new growth emerging red, maturing green then back to brilliant scarlet-orange in the autumn. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER saccharum ‘Apollo’ | Columnar Sugar Maple | A semi-dwarf, narrow-growing cultivar with all the branches growing upward. |
30 feet tall by 10 feet wide | Sun | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER saccharum ‘Monumentale’ | Columnar Sugar Maple | A VERY narrow growing cultivar with all the branches growing upward. When 12 feet tall its only 1 foot wide! |
12-15 feet | Sun | 4 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER shirasawanum ‘Aureum’ | Full Moon Maple | Beautifully rounded leaves of soft gold. Best in light shade. |
9-10 feet | Part Shade | 5 | |
Tree/Shrub | ACER shirasawanum ‘Autumn Moon’ | Full Moon Maple | Rusty colored leaves radiate in an almost circular pattern. A medium-sized shrubby tree. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 |