Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | ENKIANTHUS campanulatus ‘Showy Lantern’ | Redvein Enkianthus | A deciduous relative of rhododendron with small red, bell-shaped flowers in the spring. Excellent fall color. |
8-10 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ENKIANTHUS campanulatus ‘Summer Hill’ | Redvein Enkianthus | A deciduous relative of rhododendron with small creamy, bell-shaped, red-veined flowers in the spring and red foliage in the autumn. This upright selection from Summer Hill has large leaves, red stems and a bit more red in the flowers. |
8-10 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ENKIANTHUS campanulatus ‘Very Red’ | Redvein Enkianthus | A smaller, more compact form with clusters of small, dark red bells in the spring. Good red fall color. |
5-6 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS grandifolia ‘Cameron Weeping’ | American Beech | Weeping form of our native Beech. More spreading than pendulous. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Albomarginata’ | European Beech | Slow growing. Irregularly variegated green with white-to-yellow margins leaves . The soft bark is smooth and grey; foliage may be scorched when exposed to open sun. |
30-40 feet | Part Shade | 5b | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ | Weeping European Beech | Much sought after yellow-leafed weeping form. Habit is graceful and narrow. Provide some shade to prevent leaf scorch. |
8-10 feet | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Beth’s Dwarf’ | Dwarf European Beech | Compact Beech; springtime coppery red foliage turns glossy dark green-purple in summer, then reddish-brown in fall, often remaining on the tree until spring. |
15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ | Weeping European Beech | Dark purple leaves on a narrow weeping plant. Descending and ascending branches give this cultivar an interesting profile. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Cochleata’ | Dwarf European Beech | A very slow-growing cultivar with dense twiggy branching and a globose habit. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Cockleshell’ | European Beech | A slow-growing columnar form with bright green rounded foliage. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’ | Columnar European Beech | Columnar form with purple foliage. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Felderbach’ | European Beech | Leathery, dark green, thumb-sized leaves on a dwarf, columnar form. Slow-growing. |
10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Franken’ | Dwarf European Beech | A very slow-growing form with foliage heavily variegated with white on mature plants. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Fruticosa’ | Dwarf European Beech | A dwarf, often multi-stemmed form with typical green foliage and rounded habit. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Marmor Star’ | European Beech | Striking white variegated foliage on an upright tree. Best color on the new growth. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Nicole’ | European Beech | Creamy white mottling most prominent on the new growth of this cultivar. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purpurea Nana’ | Dwarf European Beech | This dwarf version of the purple beech is an excellent choice for the smaller garden. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purpurea Pendula’ | Dwarf Weeping Beech | A slow-growing dwarf weeping form with purple foliage and wide, mounding habit. |
6-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Red Obelisk’ | Columnar European Beech | A narrow-growing form with handsome burgundy foliage. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Riversii’ | Copper Beech | Large broad crown with persistent purple leaves. One of the best. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Rohan Red Weeping’ | Weeping European Beech | Small, slow growing, weeping beech with bronze-red to rich-purple wavy leaves. |
10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | Fagus sylvatica ‘Rohanii’ -boxed hedge form | European Beech | We have a unique 7′ box with multiple trunks intertwining to form a privacy-screen hedge. Needs pruning to maintain. Oak-like leaves with shallow rounded teeth and wavy margins emerge bronze-purple in spring. |
40-60- feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Roseomarginata’ | Tricolor Beech | Possibly the same as F. ‘Tricolor’, but having a slightly different variegation. Deep purple leaves edged in pink. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Spa’ | Dwarf European Beech | Not a lot of info on this cultivar — an upright, dwarf that forms a narrow pyramid and leaves with creamy yellow variegation. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Tortuosa’ | Tabletop Beech | Stems and branches twisted, leaves normal. Horizontally growing to 12′. Fantastic winter silhouette. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Tortuosa Purpurea’ | Purple Tabletop Beech | Dwarf, flat-topped plant with purple leaves. Spreads horizontally. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Tyler’ | Dwarf European Beech | A dense dwarf pyramid from Handy Nursury with pointed, notched leaves. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | Fanciful Gardens | A colorful and interesting mix of conifers and other ornamental plants available in 4″ pots! A great way to get started with Bonsai, rock gardens and mini gardens. |
Varied | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |||
Tree/Shrub | FORSYTHIA koreana ‘Suwan Gold’ | Korean Forsythia | Gold foliage form with an arching habit. Excellent for partial shade. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FORSYTHIA ‘Northern Sun’ | Forsythia Hybrid | This Canadian introduction is one of the best Forsythia for northern climates. It’s extremely hardy, adapts to just about any location with well-drained soil, and requires only occasional pruning to shape or remove dead twigs. Branches are covered with yellow flowers in early spring. An easy to grow, low-maintenance deciduous shrub. |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii | Dwarf Fothergilla | Dense and compact with creamy white, fragrant, bottlebrush like flowers in May. Striking red, yellow and orange fall foliage. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Elf’ | Dwarf Fothergilla | Not much information to be found on this unusual selection, but it is a cross between ‘Blue Mist’ and ‘Harold Epstein’, both dwarf varieties. Fragrant, white, bottle-brush-like flowers in early spring; orange fall foliage color. |
2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Harold Epstein’ | Dwarf Witch Alder | Honey scented, small, white bottlebrush flowers appear before the leaves in May. Fall color is orange-red. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA intermedia ‘Legend of the Fall’ | Witch Alder | Upright and mounding bearing deep green shiny foliage and fragrant creamy-white bottlebrush flowers in spring. the foliage turns brilliants reds, yellows and orange in the fall. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA major ‘Blue Shadow’ | Large Fothergilla | A sport of F. ‘Mt. Airy’ with beautiful powder blue foliage. Excellent vigor and typical round flower cluster in spring. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA major ‘Mt. Airy’ | Large Fothergilla | A vigorous Michael Dirr selection with upright habit and large flowers. Consistent fall color. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA intermedia ‘Legend of the Small’ | Bottlebrush | Flowering abundantly in the spring with fragrant white, bottlebrush flower heads. Provides early pollinators a reliable source of nectar early in spring. In summer, its foliage is a cooling shade of bluish-green until it erupts into fantastic hot fall color. Deer resistant |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | FRAXINUS excelsior ‘Crispa’ | Dwarf European Ash | A very slow-growing cultivar with short branches and shiny green twisted foliage. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Anny’s Zebra’ | Ginkgo | Unique foliage on a slow-growing plant. Large leaves are lobed and distinctly veined. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ | Ginkgo | Popular male clone with upright, oval habit and magnificent gold fall color. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Beijing Gold’ | Ginkgo | Leaves emerge golden-yellow, gradually darkening later in the year to a variegated gold and green. In autumn the leaves turn butter-yellow. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Buddy’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Dwarf cultivar with large, prominent buds. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Chase Manhattan’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | The smallest leaves of the upright male ginkgos. Bright yellow in fall. Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit. |
3-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Chi Chi’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | A dwarf rounded multi-stemmed cultivar that develops protuberances on the trunk as it matures. An interesting silhouette. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Everton Broom’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | A dwarf, densely branched globose selection. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Fan Dancer’ | Ginkgo | Very rare selection, so some information is yet to be confirmed. Not dwarf. Hardy to at least zone 5, perhaps more. Horizontal to slightly pendant branches with an upright terminal leader. Leaves are irregularly variegated with bold, rich yellow and noted for not reverting. |
TBD | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Folkert’s Select’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Small leaves on upward angled branches. Narrow habit. Excellent yellow fall foliage. |
15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Grindstone’ | Ginkgo | A very narrow columnar form found at at a roadside rest stop. |
25 feet tall by 5 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Dainty jade-green leaves are lobed in such a way that they resemble butterflies. Vase-shaped semi-dwarf. |
10-12 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Jagged Jade’ | Ginkgo | A sport of Jade Butterflies, this rare selection has dark green, very ruffed leaf edges, and irregular habit, and bright yellow fall color. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 |