• Cercidiphyllum ‘Amazing Grace’ Amazing Grace Katsura is ornamental tree. It has blue-green foliage in the summer with a graceful weeping habit. The yellow leaves in the fall smell like cotton candy before dropping.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • American Beech is a native shade tree. It is a low-branched tree with smooth bark that resembles an elephant’s skin. The leaves turn golden bronze in the fall and stay on the tree all winter. The fruit ripen in the fall and are edible.
    HEIGHT: 50′ WIDTH: 50′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Bronze
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • The Apollo Maple is a native shade tree. It is a tightly branched sugar maple with a dwarf growth habit, growing tall and narrow. The leaves turn shades of yellow, orange, and red in the fall.
    HEIGHT: 30′ WIDTH: 10′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to part shade FALL COLOR: Yellow-orange to red
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Cercis ‘Appalachian Red’

    Appalachian Red Redbud is a native ornamental tree, Native to North America. It is an understory tree with heart shaped leaves. It blooms in early spring with bright pink, pea-like flowers. The fall color is yellow.
    HEIGHT: 15′ WIDTH: 15′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow FLOWER COLOR: Pink BLOOM TIME: April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Amelanchier ‘Autumn Brillance’ Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is a native ornamental tree. The flowers are white in May and then turn into blue and red edible fruits in June. The June berries are similar to blueberries in taste and attract birds. The fall color is made up of shades of bright red and orange.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 20′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Red and Orange FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Autumn Gold Ginkgo is a shade tree and the only surviving member of a group of ancient plants dating back to 150 million years ago. It is an all-male cultivar of the ginkgo tree. The leaves are fan shaped with a bright yellow fall color.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FALL COLOR: Yellow
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Aesculus ‘Autumn Splendor’ Autumn Splendor Horsechestnut is a hybrid of Ohio, Yellow and Red Buckeye. It has glossy, dark green, palmate leaves that turn maroon red in the fall. It has pale yellow flowers that emerge in the spring and attract pollinators including hummingbirds.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 20′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FALL COLOR: Purple-red FLOWER COLOR: Yellow BLOOM TIME: May-June, July-August
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Bald Cypress is a deciduous conifer, shade tree. The leaves are soft, bright green needles that turn rusty-brown in the fall. When grown near water, the Bald Cypress can produce ‘knees.’ This occurs when woody growths are pushed above the ground or water.
    HEIGHT: 50′ WIDTH: 20′ EXPOSURE: Full sun
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Magnolia macrophylla

    Big Leaf Magnolia is a native ornamental tree, native to North America. The leaves are very large and tropical-looking. The flowers are white with purple centers. The fruits have seeds that turn bright red in the late summer.
    HEIGHT: 30′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: May
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Black Gum is a native shade tree. The leaves are dark green and glossy with a bright red fall foliage. It handles wet soils well. The flowers on female trees are excellent for pollinators. The fruit produced on female trees attracts birds.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Red
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Black Maple is a native shade tree. It is similar to a Sugar Maple. It has droopy, three-lobed leaves that turn yellow in the fall. It has dark gray and deeply furrowed bark. HEIGHT: 60′ WIDTH: 40′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Acer plam. ‘Bloodgood’ Bloodgood Japanese Maple is a small ornamental tree. It has five or seven pointed, spiny maroon leaves. In the fall, the leaves turn yellow, red-purple, and bronze.
    HEIGHT: 15′ WIDTH: 15′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow, red-purple, and bronze
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Magnolia ‘Braken’s Brown Beauty’

    Bracken’s Brown Magnolia is a broadleaf evergreen, ornamental tree with glossy, dark green leaves. The underside of the thick leaves are a rusty brown color. Bracken’s Brown is a more winter-hardy cultivar than the straight species. Large, showy white flowers bloom in the early summer and are fragrant.
    HEIGHT: 60′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: May-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Bur Oak is a native shade tree. The leaves are dark green and have rounded lobes. The tree produces large, frilled acorns which are enjoyed by wildlife. It is a good native tree for large areas.
    HEIGHT: 60′ WIDTH: 60′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FALL COLOR: Yellow-brown
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Magnolia ‘Butterflies’

    Butterflies Magnolia is a ornamental tree. It’s flowers in the spring are a pale yellow and bloom for a week or so. The leaves are dark green and do not have a showy fall color.
    HEIGHT: 15′ WIDTH: 10′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow FLOWER COLOR: Yellow BLOOM TIME: April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Canadian Hemlock evergreen trees have needles that are short and soft to the touch with white undersides. Cones are very small. An evergreen that thrives in the shade. HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 25′ EXPOSURE: Part shade to full shade Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Cornus ‘Cloud 9’ Cloud 9 Dogwood is a native ornamental tree, native to North America. It is a very showy bloomer in spring with yellow flowers surrounded by showy white bracts. It branches horizontally. The red fruits attract birds. Fall color is various shades of red and purple.
    HEIGHT: 15′ WIDTH: 15′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Red and Purple FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: April-May
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Cucumber Magnolia is a native shade tree, native to North America. It produces fragrant, pale green to yellow flowers and seed pods containing bright red seeds. This magnolia has brighter and more beautiful fall color than most deciduous magnolias (yellow).
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 20′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow FLOWER COLOR: Yellow to green BLOOM TIME: April-May
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Degroot’s Spire Arborvitae evergreen trees are very narrow, slow growing evergreens. Foliage is dark green and scale like. HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 4′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Magnolia ‘Dr. Merril’

    Dr. Merril Magnolia is an ornamental tree and a very heavy bloomer. The flowers are star-like and fragrant. The fruits appear on some trees after the flowers with bright red seeds.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: March-April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud is a native ornamental tree. It is an understory tree with heart shaped leaves. It blooms in early spring with bright pink, pea-like flowers. The fall color is yellow.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 25′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow FLOWER COLOR: Pink BLOOM TIME: April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Eastern Redcedar is a native evergreen tree. The shape can be variable. The needles are typically dark green. The fruit on the female trees is pale blue and enjoyed by birds. HEIGHT: 30′ WIDTH: 8′ EXPOSURE: Full sun Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Eastern White Pine evergreen trees have needles that are short, pointy and dark green. Growth is very slow. The brown cones are pendulous. HEIGHT: 60′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’ Elizabeth Magnolia is an ornamental tree with large, pale yellow flowers appear in spring. No showy fall color.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 12′ EXPOSURE: Yellow FALL COLOR: March-April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Emerald Arborvitae evergreen trees are very narrow evergreens. Foliage is emerald green and scale like. Deer browse is common. HEIGHT: 12′ WIDTH: 3′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Carpinus betulus

    European Hornbeam is an ornamental, low branching tree with attractive samaras. Can be used for hedging. Fall color is made up of yellows and oranges.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow to Orange
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Exclamation Planetree is a shade tree very uniform tree with a pyramidal growth habit. The leaves are large with coarse teeth. The brown bark peels to reveal white and tan bark underneath. It is tolerant of urban conditions and grows quickly.
    HEIGHT: 50′ WIDTH: 40′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’

    Forest Pansy Redbud is a native ornamental tree. It is an understory tree with maroon colored, heart shaped leaves. It blooms in early spring with bright pink, pea-like flowers. The fall color is yellow-green.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 25′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow FLOWER COLOR: Pink BLOOM TIME: April
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Chionanthus virginicus

    Fringetree is a native ornamental tree, native to North America. Female trees have white, pendulous flowers in early summer followed buy blue fruit that is enjoyed by wildlife. Male trees have showier flowers. Fall color is yellow.
    HEIGHT: 12′ WIDTH: 12′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: May-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Acer ‘Aconitifolium’ Full Moon Japanese Maple is a small dwarf  ornamental tree with deeply toothed light green leaves which turn yellow and red in the fall. It often grows in a multi-trunk form.
    HEIGHT: 8′ WIDTH: 8′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow and Red
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Acer ‘Gingerbark’ Gingerbread Paperbark Maple is an ornamental tree that with branches that have an upright growth habit and attractive exfoliating bark that looks great in a winter landscape. The fall color is red-orange.
    HEIGHT: 30′ WIDTH: 20′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Red
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Acer ‘Girard’s Hybrid’

    Girard’s Hybrid Paperbark Maple is an ornamental tree that has an upright growth habit and attractive rust-colored exfoliating bark that looks great in a winter landscape. It has beautiful fall color with shades of orange and red.
    HEIGHT: 30′ WIDTH: 20′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Orange and red
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Syringa ‘Great Wall’

    Great Wall Peking Lilac is a small ornamental tree with upright branching. The bark is an exfoliating rusty brown color. The white flowers appear in June. It has yellow fall color
    HEIGHT: 15′ WIDTH: 10′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FALL COLOR: White FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: May-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Green Giant Arborvitae are very fast growing evergreen trees. It is perfect for quick screening. The dark green foliage is scale-like and soft to the touch. HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 12′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Green Vase Zelkova is shade tree. It has an upright and narrow branching habit makes this zelkova an appropriate street or parking lot tree. In the fall, the leaves change from yellow to orange to red.
    HEIGHT: 60′ WIDTH: 40′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FALL COLOR: Yellow-orange to red-brown
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • The Hardy Rubber tree is a shade trees with attractive glossy green foliage. It is resistant to disease and pests. The sap of the tree can be used to produce rubber. When the glossy dark green leaves are torn, a stringy latex can be seen.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
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