Recommended Small Deciduous Trees

Hamilton County Master Gardeners Association of Indiana Recommended Small Deciduous Trees

Common Name(s) Mature Mature Bloom Notes / Designated Street Tree in (C)armel, Botanical Name Bloom Sun Water Maintenance Shape Growth Fall Color Cultivars' Height Spread Color (N)oblesville, (F)ishers, (W)estfield Small Trees / Shrubs: Suitable for small yards and tree lawns at least 5 feet wide and under utility wires: Showy Prefer well drained acidic soils. Somewhat sensitive to Multi stemmed or as white Full sun to Showy orange, drought, soil compaction & salt. Late spring fruit Amelanchier arborea Downy serviceberry 15-30' 15-25' Apr-May Medium Low single trunked small Moderate drooping part shade red or yellow attracts 40+ species of birds. Thin, easily damaged tree clusters bark. CFN Showy Prefer well drained acidic soils. Somewhat sensitive to Multi stemmed or as white Full sun to Showy orange, drought, soil compaction & salt. Late spring fruit Amelanchier canadensis Shadblow serviceberry 15-30' 15-25' Apr-May Medium Low single trunked small Moderate drooping part shade red or yellow attracts 40+ species of birds. Thin, easily damaged tree clusters bark. Showy Prefer well drained acidic soils. Somewhat sensitive to Autumn brilliance Multi stemmed or as Amelanchier x white Full sun to Showy orange, drought, soil compaction & salt. Late spring fruit serviceberry, Apple 15-30' 15-25' Apr-May Medium Low single trunked small Moderate grandiflora drooping part shade red or yellow attracts 40+ species of birds. Thin, easily damaged serviceberry tree clusters bark. Showy Prefer well drained acidic soils. Somewhat sensitive to Multi stemmed or as white Full sun to Showy orange, drought, soil compaction & salt. Late spring fruit Amelanchier laevis Allegheny serviceberry 15-30' 15-25' Apr-May Medium Low single trunked small Moderate drooping part shade red or yellow attracts 40+ species of birds. Thin, easily damaged tree clusters bark. CFN Often spreads by suckers to form thickets. Nutritious fruit attracts wildlife. Good as shrub border or Exotic Full sun to Medium to Multi stemmed Bright yellow or woodland margin. Difficult to transplant - especially Asimina triloba Pawpaw, Indiana banana 15-30' 15-30' Apr-May looking Low Fast part shade wet pyrmidal red from the wild so purchase young small plant. maroon Relatively problem free. Sensitive to drought, heat & salt spray. April before Upright or multi Purplish leaves Full sun to stemmed with Attrracts butterflies, doesn't grow well in boggy soil. Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud 20-30' 25-35' pink & Medium Low Moderate Yellow appear - 1st part shade graceful ascending CF showy sign of branches spring Showy Tolerates wide range of soil pH. Suitable for small yellowish Full sun to Yellowish with area of front lawn. Attracts 93+ species of birds & Cornus alternifolia Pagoda dogwood 10-15' 12-20' May-June white Medium Low Low branched Moderate part shade reddish purple butterflies, showy green & white leaves. Fruit is fragrant inedible. CF clusters April - May Short trunk with Prefers orgaincally rich well drained acidic soil. Uniform scarlet before White Full sun to widely spreading Attractive scaly bark on older trees. Susceptible to Cornus florida Flowering dogwood 15-30' 15-30' Medium Medium Slow red with red leaves bracts part shade irregular rounded powdery mildew and anthracnose. Flowers & berries berries appear crown attracts bees, butterflies, birds, rabbits & raccoons. Fruit eaten by birds, more disease resistant than Flowering dogwood but harder to find in tree form. Prefers well drained acidic soil high in organic matter. Kousa Dogwood, May-June, White to Full sun to Provide wide mulch bed as it is sensitive to drought, Cornus kousa Japanese Dogwood 15-30' 15-30' lasts 6 pinkish Medium Low Broadlay ovate Moderate Purple to scarlet part shade salt spray & heat. If stressed susceptible to (non-native) weeks bracts anthracnose. Best in groupings, specimen, patio & natural areas. Fruit edible but tough skin and very seedy. C Tiny star Upright or multi Prefers rich well drained soil. Can be trained as a tree Corneliancherry like yellow Full sun to stemmed with Unremarkable by removal of suckers & lower branches. Best as Cornus mas Dogwood/'Golden 15-25' 15-20' March flowers Medium Low Moderate part shade graceful ascending dull purple tinged hedge, screen or specimen. Attracts songbirds. Fruit is Glory' borne in branches edible. F umbels Male - Multi stemmed, Good in naturalized setting or as shrub. Edible nuts if American hazelnut, March - brown Full sun to Attractive orange, Corylus americana 10-16' 8-13' Medium Low leggy, wide Moderate you can get to them before squirrels, chipmunks, jays, American filbert April female - part shade red, yellow spreading deer , grouse, quail and pheasants. red Yellowish Upright with Showy red, Adaptable to many types of soils & pH's. Best as Cotinus obovatus American smoketree 20-30' 20-30' May - June Full sun Medium Medium Moderate green rounded crown orange & yellow shrub border, groupings or single specimen. C

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Attrracts 39+ species of birds & butterflies. Showy Fragrant Low branching with Attractive orange fruit, has thorns, good resistance to cedar apple rust. Crataegus phaenopyrum Washington hawthorn 25-30' 25-30' June white Full sun Medium Medium Moderate rounded crown & red Tolerates light shade. Good as screen border or clusters specimen tree. Its red berries are edible.

Attrracts bees and 39+ species of birds & butterflies. Showy fruit, has thorns, tolerant of urban pollution. Profuse Dry to Rounded & wide Exfoliating silvery bark. Some susceptibility to cedar Crataegus viridis Hawthorn 'Winter King' 25-35' 25-35' May white & Full sun Low Slow Purplish red medium spreading hawthorn rust if eastern red cedar trees are present. showy Fruit persists through winter as it is less tasty to birds. Commonly sold by nurseries. Best grown in rich moist organic soils. Intolerant of Fragrant Rounded to urban pollution. Attractive smooth silvery bark. Saucer magnolia (non- stunning Full sun to irregular, may be Somewhat susceptible to limb breakage. Late frost Magnolia x soulangiana 20-25' 20-25' March Medium Medium Moderate Yellow brown native) white & part shade multi-trunked, may may damage flower buds. Flowers at young age but purple live 80 years susceptible to magnolia scale, sooty mold, and ice damage.

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Common Name(s) Mature Mature Bloom Notes / Designated Street Tree in (C)armel, Botanical Name Bloom Sun Water Maintenance Shape Growth Fall Color Cultivars' Height Spread Color (N)oblesville, (F)ishers, (W)estfield Small Trees / Shrubs: Suitable for small yards and tree lawns at least 5 feet wide and under utility wires: Snowy Accent tree with Yellow & white with Medium, a little Malus species Crabapple: "Ann E' 8-10' 10-12' April Full sun Medium artistically weeping Moderate contrasts with red crimson messy habit fruit edge Showy Medium, a little Spreading, good Yellow & yellow Malus species Crabapple: 'Bob White' 16-20' 20-25' April Full sun Medium Moderate white messy accent tree fruit Upright culumnar Malus species Crabapple 'Centurion' 20-25' 15-20' April Rose red Full sun Medium Low when young Moderate Good orange red spreading with age Crabapple 'Harvest Showy Malus species 20' 15' April Full sun Medium Low Upright spreading Moderate Yellow Gold' white Blanketed Densely & low in snow Malus species Crabapple: 'Jewelberry' 7-8' 10-12' April-May Full sun Medium Low branched spreading Moderate Yellow white dwarf tree or shrub flowers Green-yellow- Notes for all Crabapples: These selected cultivars are Malus species Crabapple: 'Louisa' 12-15' 12-15' April Pink Full sun Medium Low Ovate, low branched Moderate orange all resistant to apple scab, Japanese beetle & fire clusters of Rounded with strong blight. Crabapples prefer loamy acidic soils but are fragrant central leader & somewhat adaptive. Remove inward growing rubbing Malus species Crabapple 'Molten Lava' 15' 12' April Full sun Medium Medium Moderate Yellow white graceful weeping branches & suckers. Attracts 29+ species of birds, flowers branches butterflies & bees. April Pink buds, Purdue researchers do not recommend wide scale Crabapple: 'Orniston before fragrant Medium, a little Rounded & crown, Yellow with planting of the following varieites in Indiana as Malus species 16-20' 16-20' Full sun Medium Moderate Roy' leaves white messy good accent tree orange furit pesticides may be required to prevent defoliation: appear flowers Adams, Baskatong, Brandywine, Candied Apple, Showy orangish Donald Wyman, Doubloons, Indiana Magic, Liset, Deep Malus species Crabapple; 'Prairifire' 15-20' 15-20' April - May Full sun Medium Low Upright Moderate with purplish red Madonna, Mary Potter, Prairie Maid, Profusion, pinkish red fruit Robinson, Selkirk, Sentinel, Snowdrift, Sugar Tyme, Fragrant Refined pyrmidal Velvet Pillar, White Cascade, and White Candle. Malus x zumi 'Calocarpa' Crabapple: 'Redbud' 12-20' 12-20' May white Full sun Medium Medium Moderate Yellow form This group is susceptible to apple scab or Japanese clusters beetles or both. Silver Moon is not recommended as Stunning Yellow & it is susceptible to fire blight. Crabapple: 'Red Jewel' fragrant Medium, a little Malus species 12-15' 10-12' April Full sun Medium Compact, upright Moderate contrasts with red also called Roseybloom white messy fruit clusters April - Pink buds, heavy Dense spreading Yellow & white Malus species Crabapple: 'Sargent' 6-8' 9-15' blooms in Full sun Medium Low horizontally Moderate contrasts with fragrant alternate branched shrub cherry red fruit flowers years white, Upright with semi- Brilliant orange Malus species Crabapple: 'Sinai Fire' 10-12' 10-12' April Full sun Medium Low Moderate showy weeping branches red fruit April often Pink buds, Crabapple: 'White before Malus species 16-20' 16-20' white Full sun Medium Low Upright Moderate red fruit Angel' leaves flower apear Stunning Multi stemmed with Easily grown in well drained soils. Attracts birds. Has fragrant Full sun to Dry to Prunus americana American plum 15-25' 15-25' March Low ground hugging Moderate Showy yellow thorrns. Juicy, sour but edible fruit good for jams. white part shade medium habit Good specimen or if allowed to sucker as group. clusters Huge Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Good creamy Moderate, resistance to powdery mildew. Tolerant or urban soils Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Ivory silk Japanese tree showy Full sun to Upright, spreading can live 40 and pollution but needs good air circulation. Smooth 20-25' 15-20' May-June Medium Low Unremarkable silk' lilac (non-native) fragrant part shade and rounded years or reddish dark bark provides winter interst. Cut off old white more flower heads. Attracts cardinal, chickadee & finches. panicles CFNW

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