Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | ACER sieboldianum ‘Seki no kegon’ | Siebold's Maple | A low-growing Japanese maple with pendulous habit. Green leaves turn orange-yellow in the fall. Some listing hardiness as Zone 4! |
3-4 feet tall by 6-7’ wide | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ACER sieboldianum ‘Shoryu no tsume’ | Siebold's Maple | ‘Claw of the Dragon’ maple named for its foliage with very narrow elongated lobes. Fall color is a brilliant red. Listed as hardy to Zone 4! |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ACTINIDIA arguta ‘Issai’ | Hardy Kiwi | A self-fertile clone of hardy kiwi requiring no pollinator. Fruit is smooth-skinned and 1” in size. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ACTINIDIA kolomitka ‘Arctic Beauty’ | Hardy Arctic Kiwi | A fast-growing vine with new growth tipped in pink and white. This is a male cultivar and won’t produce fruit. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | ACTINIDIA kolomitka ‘Red Beauty’ | Hardy Arctic Kiwi | Fruit-bearing selection of Arctic Kiwi. Fruit is small and smooth-skinned like a large grape. It does not have the dramatic spring variegation of A. ‘Arctic Beauty’ which is its pollinator. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | AESCULUS carnea ‘Briotii’ | Red Horse Chestnut | A hybrid with large panicles of deep red flowers in spring. Habit is oval to rounded and compound palmate foliage is dark green. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | AESCULUS carnea ‘Marginata’ | Red Horse Chestnut | Dark green palmate leaves are irregularly edged in yellow. Large showy panicles of deep red flowers in spring. Habit is oval and rounded. |
30-40 feet | 5 | |||
Tree/Shrub | AESCULUS neglecta ‘Erythroblastus’ | Horse Chestnut | Magnificent silvery cream spring foliage turns lime green by midsummer. Slow-growing southeast native. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | AMELANCHIER ‘Autumn Brilliance’ | Serviceberry | A large multi-stem shrub or small tree with white flowers in very early spring. Foliage is blue-green turning red in the autumn. Red berries in summer mature to purple and are edible. Excellent native for groves or border. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ARONIA melanocarpa ‘Ground Hog’ | Tough native shrub that grows as a ground cover. Beautiful as a low maintenance cover for tricky sites. clusters of white flowers in spring give way to dark purple berries coveted by birds. In fall the glossy green foliage turns brilliant shades of red and orange. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
Tree/Shrub | ARONIA melanocarpa ‘Iroquois Beauty’ | Black Chokeberry | A compact habit with fragrant flowers in spring, purple berries in summer and deep red fall foliage. Deer and drought resistant |
24-36 | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ARONIA melanocarpa ‘Lo Scape Hedger’ | Black Chokeberry | A short columnar habit covered in clusters of white flowers in spring that turn into berries of bright red and orange. this is such an important source of nutrition of the birds. In fall the glossy green foliage turns brilliant red and gold. Deer and drought tolerant. Attracts birds. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba | Paw Paw | An eastern native with large tropical leaves and custardy, banana-flavored fruits. A beautiful and exotic tree that has been hardy for us! All Paw-Paws produce best when planted near another cultivar. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Ford Amend’ | Paw Paw | An earlier fruiting selection, with mid-spring flowers developing into fall fruits. Fall foliage is golden yellow. Some reports of hardiness to zone 4. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Prolific’ | Paw Paw | Can start producing fruits within 2 years of planting. Medium-large, sweet, early-ripening fruit in fall. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Susquehanna’ | Paw Paw | An eastern native with large tropical leaves and custardy, banana-flavored fruits. A beautiful and exotic tree that has been hardy for us! This cultivar with large, sweet yellow fruit later than A. ‘Shenandoah’. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Sweet Alice’ | Paw Paw | More compact habit than other selections; large yellow-orange fruit in Sept/Oct. |
15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Tollgate’ | Paw Paw | Large yellow-fleshed fruit in Oct. Some reports of hardiness to zone 4. |
15-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BETULA alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch, Swamp Birch | The largest growing of the birch, this native had beautiful exfoliating amber bark. Fall color is gold. Grows best in cool moist conditions. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BETULA nigra ‘Shilo Splash’ | River Birch | Cultivar with striking cream to white margins on the leaves. Typical exfoliating bark. Slower growing than the species. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BETULA papyrifera ‘Renaissance Reflection’ | Paper Birch | Borer resistant cultivar of the native paper birch with brilliant white bark and distinctive pyramidal habit. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BETULA platyphylla ‘Parkland Pillar’ | Asian White Birch | A selection of B. ‘Dakota Pinnacle’ discovered at Parkland Nursery in Alberta even more narrow, dense and upright. Tolerant of tough urban sites. |
40’ tall by 7’ wide | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BETULA platyphylla ‘Royal Frost’ | Birch | A cross between Crimson Frost Birch and Whitespire Birch with a better upright habit. Purple leaves all summer and exfoliating white bark. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BETULA utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Forest Blush’ | Himalayan Birch | Smooth white bark with a hint of pink; some variation, and coloration can take a few years to develop. Slender growth habit. Green leaves appear in spring accompanied by long, yellowish-brown catkins. Moist,well-drained sites. |
40-50 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BUXUS ‘Green Mountain’ | Boxwood | A Sheridan Nursery selection growing to 5′ with a natural pyramidal shape. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | BUXUS ‘Green Velvet’ | Boxwood | A vigorous Sheridan Nursery selection that’s great for low hedges. It holds its green color well in winter. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CALLICARPA dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’ | Beautyberry | Attractive rounded shrub grown primarily for the showy, late season striking amethyst purple fruit. On this cultivar, the fruit ripens earlier than on the species. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CALYCANTHUS ‘Hartlage Wine’ | Sweetshrub | An beautiful new cultivar with wine-colored, magnolia-like blossoms in early summer. The large foliage is a dark glossy green. From a cross with Sinocalycanthus. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS betulus ‘Columnaris Nana’ | Dwarf Hornbeam | A dwarf columnar form of dense habit. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS betulus ‘Fastigiata’ | European Hornbeam | An upright, dense, and narrow cultivar that eventually becomes oval. The dark green, ovate , sharply toothed leaves are disease-resistant and attractive through the season. |
25 to 35 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS caroliniana | American Hornbeam or Musclewood | Small tree with smooth gray “muscled” bark for winter interest.Bright gold fall color. Very hardy VT native. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS caroliniana ‘Firespire’ | American Hornbeam or Musclewood | A new selection with red fall color and narrow habit! Introduced by Johnson Nursery in Wisconsin. |
20 feet tall by 10 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CEANOTHUS americanus | New Jersey Tea | A great native shrub that will thrive in a sunny, well-drained location. Four inch long, deep green leaves with hairy, gray reverse tightly pack this branching plant to form a dense, compact, spreading plant that pushes flower stalks from leaf bases on the upper ends of branches in late May filling the garden with sweet […] |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis ‘Crimson Comets’ | Buttonbush | Round heads of white flowers in August. Shiny green foliage changing to brilliant red in fall. Native to wet areas. Attracts birds, bees and butterflies. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis ‘Fiber Optics’ | Compact Buttonbush | Half the size of the species, this is a great plant for low areas in the landscape, tolerating flooding and wet spring soil, or along streams and pond banks. Fragrant globular white flowers in summer followed by showy fruits. Attracts butterflies/hummingbirds; fruits good for wildlife. |
5-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis ‘Sputnik’ | Buttonbush | A larger-flowered, long-blooming selection. Round heads of pinkish white flowers in August. Shiny foliage. Native to wet areas. Attracts bees and butterflies. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CERCIDIPHYLLUM japonicum | Katsura | Heart-shaped leaves emerge red, then turn green. Fall color gold. Very fast-growing to 30′ then growth slows. Becomes quite large in old age. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Northern Strain’ | Eastern Redbud | Showy pink flowers before the heart-shaped leaves in early spring. Selected in Minnesota. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Pink Heartbreaker’ | Eastern Redbud | A weeping form with a stronger central leader than other pendulous varieties. New growth emerges red and foliage is smaller than the species. Lavender-pink flowers before the foliage in early spring. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ | Eastern Redbud | Lavender-pink flowers before the large maroon purple foliage on a weeping plant! |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CHAENOMELES ‘Double Take Orange Storm’ | Flowering Quince | Double bright orange blooms with contrasting yellow stamens. Compact. Drought and heat tolerant once established. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CHAENOMELES ‘Double Take Scarlet Storm’ | Flowering Quince | Double bright scarlet blooms with contrasting yellow stamens in early spring. Compact. Drought tolerant once established. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CHAENOMELES ‘Orange Delight’ | Flowering Quince | A low-growing variety with bright orange flowers in early spring. Drought tolerant |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CHAMAECYPARIS pisifera ‘Sungold’ | Dwarf Threadleaf False Cypress | Similar to C. ‘Gold Mops’, perhaps a bit more compact and a bit more lime green in the summer. Hardy and sun tolerant. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CHIONANTHUS virginicus | Fringe Tree | Fragrant, white flowers hang in lacy clusters in late spring before the leaves appear. Multi-branched and slow-growing to 25′. Very attractive. Native. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CHIONANTHUS virginicus ‘Emerald Knight’ | Fringe Tree | A heavy blooming male selection on a vigorous plant. Form is more tree-like than the species. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLADRASTIS kentukea | Yellowwood | Wonderful tree with gray smooth bark, ash-like foliage, and 12-15″ drooping panicles of intensely fragrant pinkish-white flowers in June. May only bloom profusely every 2-3 years (once mature). Yellow fall color. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLERODENDRUM trichotomum | Harlequin Glorybower | An open, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with large, heart-shaped leaves and fragrant blooms in autumn followed by stunning blue berries. |
6-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Anne Bidwell’ | Summersweet | This selection has showy large, fragrant white flowers spikes. Shiny green foliage turns bright yellow in fall. site in a spot that doesn’t dry out. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Compacta’ | Dwarf Summersweet | The most compact of the summersweets. Fragrant white flower spikes and shiny deep green foliage. Prefers consistently moist soil. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. |
36-42 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 |