Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 ‘Low Scape Mound’ | Black Chokeberry | A new low, mound-shaped cultivar from Proven Winners. Same great shiny foliage, red fall color and black fruit of the species and just as tough. |
12-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ARONIA melanocarpa ‘Viking’ | Black Chokeberry | Developed in eastern Europe for fruit production, this cultivar has large clusters of black fruit. High in vitamin C and antioxidants. Typical white flowers and glossy foliage turning gorgeous colors in the fall. Attracts bees, butterflies & birds |
6-8 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 ‘Convis’ | Pawpaw Tree | Producing large fruit with yellow flesh in late fall. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
10-12 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Davis’ | Pawpaw Tree | Produces an early crop of large sweet fruit. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-30 feet | Full 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. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
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. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Spilt Milk’ | Pawpaw | A variegated form of Pawpaw tree showing white splashes on the green leaves. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
12-15 feet | Full 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. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
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 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 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 | BUXUS sempervirens ‘Mont Bruno’ | Boxwood | Globe shaped with tiny dark green leaves. Great for mini gardens. |
3’ H x 3’ W | Full Sun/Part 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 floridilus ‘Simply Scentsational’ | Sweetshrub | Hints of pineapple and bubblegum combine in the powerful fragrance of the blooms of this North American native. The flowers are an intriguing deep maroon and appear in abundance through late spring and summer. Deer resistant Good cut flower |
5-6' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CALYCANTHUS floridus ‘Michael Lindsey’ | Sweetshrub | A more compact form with especially fragrant deep burgundy flowers in late spring to early summer. Shiny deep green foliage with pointed tips turn a nice golden-yellow in fall. Deer resistant |
6-8 feet | Full 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 carolineanus ‘Wisconsin Red’ | Musclewood | Amazing fall color of reds, oranges and yellow and a distinctive fluted, smooth grey trunk which appears to be layered with muscle once mature. It bursts into life with male and female catkins in early spring. Tolerant of less than ideal conditions |
15-20' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
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 japonica ‘Silver Lace’ | Japanese Hornbeam | An excellent ornamental specimen with a delicate cutleaf, fine textured form. Showy flowers & fruits that appear in late spring are showy, papery drooping clusters that are light green flushed with rosy pink. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CARYA ovata | Shagbark Hickory | A large-growing native tree with striking bark that peels in large strips. The nuts are edible and attractive to wildlife. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CATALPA bignonioides ‘Aurea’ | Golden Catalpa | Gold foliage form. Treat as a large shrub in our climate by coppicing each spring. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CATALPA bignonioides ‘Variegata’ | Catalpa Tree | Huge creamy-yellow leaves have a central splash of green on this upright and spreading tree also producing candelabras up to 8-12 inches of very showy flowers. |
20-25 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
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 | CERCIDIPHYLLUM japonicum ‘Red Fox’ | Katsura | New growth purple in spring and some color retained through the summer. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ | Redbud Tree | Brilliant scarlet-purple color on new foliage that matures to a rich maroon. Rosy-pink flowers are packed on bare branches. Attracts bees & butterflies Deer resistant Clay soil tolerant |
20-30' | Full sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Northern Herald’ | Redbud | Bright pink flowers blooms in masses accentuate the rounded form. Excellent landscape performance and extremely hardy. Attracts bees Deer resistant |
15-20' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
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 ‘Rising Sun’ | Eastern Redbud | A striking foliage selection with amber leaves in spring turning gold then lime-green then back to gold in the autumn. |
10-12 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 | 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 | CHIONANTHUS virginicus ‘Little Leslie’ | Dwarf Fringe Tree | A dwarf form with small leaves and lots of bloom. |
4-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLADASTRIS kentukea | Kentucky Yellowwood | Broad rounded crown on this medium sized tree. In spring a profusion of cascading fragrant flowers are produced resembling Wisteria. |
30-50' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 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 | CLERODENDRON trichotomum | Harlequin Glorybower | A somewhat unruly-growing shrub that is covered in very fragrant flowers in fall. Flowers are followed by clusters of deep blue fruit. When the leaves are crushed the fragrance is somewhat peanut butter-like. It can be pruned into a tree form which helps contain its exuberance. |
10-15 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Einstein’ | Summersweet | A floriferous compact form with flower racemes twice as long as the species. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistant. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | |||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ | Summersweet | Compact shrub bearing very fragrant flower spikes in summer. Slowly spreading in consistently moist soils to form a grove in partly sunny areas. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. |
24-48" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ | Summersweet | The deepest pink cultivar now available. Shiny deep green foliage on a suckering plant. Makes a fragrant hedge. Prefers consistently moist soil. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 |