• 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
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