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Shade Trees

Shade Trees

Photo Plant Name Plant Size Sun Type

Kentucky Coffeetree

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Size: 50 to 60' HT - 40-50' SPREAD

Spring Colors: inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow foliage

Seeds: Females seed pods - males seedless

Growth Rate: Slow to moderate

Salt tolerant tree. One of last trees to leaf out in spring; large, bluish-green compound leaves turn yellow fall color; thick seed pods of female trees offer winter interest; male trees are seedless; native to Midwest

Kentucky Coffeetree

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50 to 60' HT - 40-50' SPREAD

Accolade Elm

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Size: 40 to 60' HT - 35-40' SPREAD

Spring Colors: inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Golden yellow foliage

Seeds: Nearly seedless

Growth Rate: Fast

Graceful vase-shaped habit vigorous growth rate with green foliage in summer. It creates an excellent shade tree for larger yards or street plantings. The Accolade Elm has an excellent disease and pest resistance, and drought tolerance.

Accolade Elm

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40 to 60' HT - 35-40' SPREAD

Triumph Elm

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Size: 50 to 60' HT - 40-50' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow foliage

Seeds: Nearly seedless

Growth Rate: Fast

Large, lustrous, dark green foliage in summer; yellow fall color; branches begin to arch as the tree matures. Excellent disease and insect resistance; resistant to Dutch elm disease and elm yellows

Triumph Elm

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50 to 60' HT - 40-50' SPREAD

American Hornbeam

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Size: 20 to 30' HT & SPREAD

Spring Colors: inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Scarlet foliage

Seeds: nuts

Growth Rate: Slow

This shade tree will provide cool, dense shade in the summer because of its many leaves giving a dense appearance. In late autumn the leaves turn deep scarlet and orange providing good fall color tree.

American Hornbeam

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20 to 30' HT & SPREAD

Skyline Honeylocust

Size: 40 to 70ft HT - 30-70ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: none

Foliage: golden yellow foliage

Seeds: Seedless

Growth Rate: Fast

Distinctive and refined pyramidal form valued for its delicate ferny appearance

Skyline Honeylocust 40 to 70ft HT - 30-70ft SPREAD

Greenspire Linden

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Size: 40 to 50' HT - 30-35' SPREAD

Spring Colors: inconspicuous pale yellow flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: Brown nut-like fruit

Growth Rate: Moderate

Very suitable for street planting, and has a very straight trunk, rich foliage and fragrant, pale yellow flowers in early summer. Greenspire Linden tree has broad pyramidal form. The impressive symmetrical shape makes it a good accent tree all year round.

Greenspire Linden

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40 to 50' HT - 30-35' SPREAD

Autumn Blaze Maple

Size: 50 to 55ft HT - 40ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: orange to red foliage

Seeds: Nearly Seedless

Growth Rate: Fast

Hybrid cross between red and silver maple, tree has the vigor and adaptability of a silver maple and the beauty and strength as a red maple

Autumn Blaze Maple 50 to 55ft HT - 40ft SPREAD

Cleveland Maple

Size: 40 to 60' HT - 30-45' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: yellow foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds)

Growth Rate: Moderate

Columnar form when young that develops into a dense shapely tree.

Cleveland Maple 40 to 60' HT - 30-45' SPREAD

Norway Maple

Size: 40 to 60ft HT - 30-45ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: yellow/bronze foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds) that mature in late summer

Growth Rate: Moderate

Large deciduous tree with a broad rounded crown

Norway Maple 40 to 60ft HT - 30-45ft SPREAD

Pacific Sunset Maple

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Size: 30ft HT - 40ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellowish/orange/red foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds)

Growth Rate: Moderate

The Pacific Sunset Maple is a bybrid between a Norway and a Shantung Maple with a spreading and rounded form and a fine leaf texture. This variety has fall color that will vary from yellow-orange to an almost burgundy red color.

Pacific Sunset Maple

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30ft HT - 40ft SPREAD

Red Sunset Maple

Size: 45 to 50ft - 35-40ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: early showy orange to red foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds) that mature in early summer

Growth Rate: Fast

Pyramidal shape when young that develops into dense shapely tree with a rounded crown

Red Sunset Maple 45 to 50ft - 35-40ft SPREAD

Royal Red Maple

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Size: 35 to 40ft HT - 20-25ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers - red maroon foliage all season

Foliage: Red foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds)

Growth Rate: Moderate

A dense shade tree, it has a straight trunk with a well-shaped canopy, and it has a crown which is originally conical before becoming broadly round. Royal Red's glossy foliage is an excellent maroon red all season.

Royal Red Maple

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35 to 40ft HT - 20-25ft SPREAD

Sienna Glen Maple

Size: 40 to 60ft HT - 35-40ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Varies/changes from yellow/orange/red foliage

Seeds: Nearly Seedless

Growth Rate: Fast

Hybrid cross between red and silver maple, tree has the vigor and adaptability of a silver maple and the beauty and strength of a red maple

Sienna Glen Maple 40 to 60ft HT - 35-40ft SPREAD

Bur Oak

Size: 70 to 80' HT & SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: Acorns

Growth Rate: slow

The Bur Oak is a tall, fairly slow-growing, long-lived tree, highly desirable for windbreaks and ornamental use. It has an impressive crown with a massive trunk, which makes it a picturesque specimen. Bur Oak trees adapt to various soils where other oaks may fail.

Bur Oak 70 to 80' HT & SPREAD

Red Oak

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Size: 60 to 80' HT - 60-75' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Russet-red to bright red foliage

Seeds: Acorns

Growth Rate: Moderate

Nuts attract a variety of wildlife. Leaves are pinkish to reddish when unfolding, lustrous dark green in summer changing to russet-red to bright red in fall; native to Midwest.

Red Oak

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60 to 80' HT - 60-75' SPREAD

Shingle Oak

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Size: 40 to 60' HT & SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow/rust foliage

Seeds: Acorns

Growth Rate: Slow

Native to the US. Nuts attract a variety of wildlife. Stately tree with equal spread broad, strong branches with a rounded canopy. Leaves start out with a red to yellow cast, deepen to a rich green through the summer, then turn shades of yellow and rust in the fall.

Shingle Oak

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40 to 60' HT & SPREAD

Swamp White Oak

Size: 50 to 60ft HT - 35-45ft SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow Bronze foliage

Seeds: Acorns

Growth Rate: Moderate

Native to the US. Nuts attract a variety of wildlife. The name bicolor refers to the two-colored leaf shining dark green above and velvety white pubescence below turning golden in the fall.

Swamp White Oak 50 to 60ft HT - 35-45ft SPREAD

Chanticleer Pear

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Size: 40 TO 60' HT -15-20' SPREAD

Spring Colors: white flowers

Foliage: Reddish/purple foliage

Seeds: small berries

Growth Rate: Fast

The tree is a tight, narrow, pyramidal, thorn less, ornamental pear tree. Some specimens appear almost columnar in habit. Oval, glossy green leaves turn an attractive reddish purple in autumn. The growth habit is dense, narrowly pyramidal, and evenly branched with crisp glossy green foliage.

Chanticleer Pear

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40 TO 60' HT -15-20' SPREAD

Weeping Willow

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Size: 30 to 40' HT - 35' SPREAD

Spring Colors: inconspicuous pale yellow flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: small brown fruit

Growth Rate: Fast

Graceful and refined, easily recognized by its open crown of ground-sweeping branches. Leaves are light green above, grayish-green beneath. This willow grows especially well near water.

Weeping Willow

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30 to 40' HT - 35' SPREAD

Honeycrisp Apple

Size: 14 to 18' HT - 12-15' SPREAD

Spring Colors: fragrant white flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: apples

Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate

Developed at the University of Minnesota, this apple is hardy and quick to bear. Ripens in early September. Although surpassed by Pixie Crunch in flavor and texture, Honeycrisp is still a popular choice for eating fresh.

Honeycrisp Apple 14 to 18' HT - 12-15' SPREAD

Red Delicious Apple

Size: 12 to 16' HT - 10-14' SPREAD

Spring Colors: fragrant white flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: apples

Growth Rate: Moderate

America's favorite red apple is tender, crisp, juicy, and has mild flavor for fresh eating. Fruit trees need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunlight daily, and need water.

Red Delicious Apple 12 to 16' HT - 10-14' SPREAD

Yellow Delicious Apple

Size: 12 to 16' HT - 10-14' SPREAD

Spring Colors: fragrant white flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: apples

Growth Rate: Moderate

Late Ripening Large Golden Apple, Taste described as fine sweet flavor, Need minimum of 6-8 hours of sunlight

Yellow Delicious Apple 12 to 16' HT - 10-14' SPREAD

Burgundy Bell Red Maple

Size: 45' HT - 15' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Orange to Red then Burgundy foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds)

Growth Rate: Moderate

Specimen plant develops a compact, rounded canopy. Summer foliage is a medium, dark green that can tolerate harsh conditions. Late September foliage turns red or orange, then burgundy in October

Burgundy Bell Red Maple 45' HT - 15' SPREAD

Celebration Maple

Size: 45 to 50' HT - 20' to 25' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Red to gold foliage

Seeds: Nearly Seedless

Growth Rate: Moderate

Hybrid cross between red and silver maple, tree has the vigor and adaptability of a silver maple and the beauty and strength as a red maple. Very much like Autumn Blaze Maple, grows more compact and upright. Great fall color of red turning to gold.

Celebration Maple 45 to 50' HT - 20' to 25' SPREAD

State Street Maple

Size: 40 to 50' HT - 30' to 35' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds) that mature in late summer

Growth Rate: Moderate

Handsome corky bark develops vertical scales. The thick, 5-lobed, attractive medium to dark green leaves remain long into fall, then rapidly change to a pale golden yellow fall color.

State Street Maple 40 to 50' HT - 30' to 35' SPREAD

Fairview Maple

Size: 40 to 50' HT - 30 to 40' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers/reddish purple foliage

Foliage: Yellow Foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged seeds) that mature in late summer

Growth Rate: Slow

Fairview' is a hardy, deciduous, tree with broad crown and dense foliage. The leaves open dark red and turn dark green in the summer.

Fairview Maple 40 to 50' HT - 30 to 40' SPREAD

Sugar Maple

Size: 60 to 75' HT - 40-50' SPREAD

Spring Colors: Inconspicuous flowers

Foliage: Yellow/orange/red foliage

Seeds: Large Double Samaras (winged Seeds)

Growth Rate: Slow

The Sugar Maple tree is one of our most majestic deciduous trees. It is excellent for large shade or lawn locations. The Sugar Maple has a dense crown with glossy dark green, heavily waxed leaves. It is one of our best trees for fall color when leaves turn brilliant red or yellow-orange.

Sugar Maple 60 to 75' HT - 40-50' SPREAD

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