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Large Columnar Trees Min Fall Mature Under Spread Strip Flower Color Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Comments (ft) Width Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Acer nigrum ‘Green Column’ 50 10 No 6 N/A Good close to buildings Green Column Black Sugar Maple Ginko biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’ 40 15 No 6 N/A Very narrow growth. Princeton Sentry Ginkgo Nyssa sylvatica 60 20 No 6 N/A Handsome chunky bark – Great Plant Pick Tupelo Quercus ‘Crimschmidt’ 45 15 No 6 N/A Hard to find in the nursery trade Crimson Spire Oak Quercus frainetto 50 30 No 6 N/A Drought resistant – beautiful green, glossy leaves in summer. Italian Oak Great Plant Pick Quercus robur ‘fastigiata’ 40 15 No 6 N/A Columnar variety of oak Skyrocket Oak Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' 55 20 No 6 N/A Deciduous conifer - tolerates city conditions Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress Large Trees Mature Under Fall Spread Min Strip Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Color Comments (ft) Width (ft) Color (ft) Covenants Acer saccharum ‘Bonfire’ 50 40 No 6 N/A Fastest growing sugar maple Bonfire Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 'Commemoration' 50 35 No 6 N/A Resistant to leaf tatter. Great Plant Pick Commemoration Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain' 45 35 No 6 N/A Reliable fall color. Great Plant Pick Green Mountain Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 'Legacy' 50 35 No 5 N/A Limited use - where sugar maple is desired in limited planting Legacy Sugar Maple strip area. Great Plant Pick Aesculus flava 60 40 No 6 Least susceptible to leaf blotch – large fruit – fall color is Yellow Buckeye varied, but quite beautiful Cercidiphyllum japonicum 40 40 No 6 N/A Needs lots of water when young – can produce large surface Katsura Tree roots. Great Plant Pick
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Large Trees - continued Mature Under Fall Spread Min Strip Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Color Comments (ft) Width (ft) Color (ft) Covenants Fagus sylvatica 50 40 No 6 N/A Silvery-grey bark Green Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia' 60 50 No 6 N/A Beautiful cut leaf. Great Plant Pick Fernleaf Beech Ginkgo biloba 'Magyar' 50 25 No 6 N/A more upright and narrow than 'Autumn Gold’ Magyar Ginkgo Gymnocladus dioicus 'Espresso' 50 35 No 6 N/A Very coarse branches - extremely large bi-pinnately Espresso Kentucky Coffee compound leaves Liriodendron tulipifera 60 30 No 8 N/A Fast-growing tree – can get very large in open conditions Tulip Tree Metasequoia glyptostroboides 50 25 No 6 N/A Fast growing deciduous conifer. Great Plant Pick Dawn Redwood Quercus bicolor 60 45 No 8 N/A Interesting shaggy peeling bark Swamp White Oak Quercus coccinea 60 40 No 6 N/A Best oak for fall color Scarlet Oak Quercus garryana 50 40 No 8 N/A Native to Pacific Northwest. Great Plant Pick Oregon Oak Quercus imbricaria 60 50 No 6 N/A Nice summer foliage - leaves can persist throughout the Shingle Oak winter Quercus muhlenbergii 60 50 No 6 N/A coarsely toothed leaf Chestnut Oak Quercus robur 60 40 No 8 N/A Large, sturdy tree. Acorns do not need dormant cold English Oak period to germinate, so can be invasive. Quercus rubra 60 45 No 8 N/A Fast growing oak – large tree that needs space Red Oak Quercus velutina 60 50 No 8 N/A More drought tolerant than red oak Black Oak Taxodium distichum 55 35 No 8 N/A A deciduous conifer, broadly spreading when mature – Bald Cypress columnar when young. Great Plant Pick Ulmus ‘Homestead’ 60 35 No 6 N/A Complex hybrid - close in form to American elm - Resistant Homestead Elm to Dutch elm disease
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Large Trees – continued Mature Under Fall Spread Min Strip Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Color Comments (ft) Width (ft) Color (ft) Covenants Ulmus ‘Frontier’ Resistant to Dutch elm disease Frontier Elm 50 35 No 6 N/A Attractive exfoliating bark provides Winter appeal. Dark Zelkova serrata ‘Greenvase’ green leaves turn orange-red and purple in Fall. Great Green Vase Zelkova 45 40 No 6 N/A Plant Pick Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’ 40 40 No 6 N/A Green Vase, Mussichino and Halka are improved forms. Village Green Zelkova Great Plant Pick Medium / Large Trees Mature Under Fall Spread Min Strip Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Color Comments (ft) Width (ft) Color (ft) Covenants Acer campestre 50 30 No 5 N/A Contrary to its name, this is not a small tree – nice overall Hedge Maple shape and structure Acer campestre ‘Evelyn’ 40 30 No 5 N/A More upright branching than the species. Queen Elizabeth Hedge Maple Acer freemanii 'Autumn Blaze' 50 40 No 6 N/A Cross between red and silver maple – fast growing with Autumn Blaze Maple good fall color Acer miyabei 'Morton' 40 30 No 6 N/A Similar to, but faster growing and larger than Hedge maple State Street Maple Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Atropurpureum’ 40 30 No 5 N/A Leaves green on top purple underneath. Spaethii Maple Aesculus x carnea ‘Briottii’ 30 35 No 6 Resists heat and drought better than other horsechestnuts Red Horsechestnut Betula jacquemontii 40 30 No 5 N/A White bark makes for good winter interest – best for aphid Jacquemontii Birch resistance, but does have issues with Bronze Birch Borer Ginko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ 45 35 No 6 N/A Narrow when young Autumn Gold Ginkgo
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Medium / Large Trees - continued Mature Under Fall Spread Min Strip Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Color Comments (ft) Width (ft) Color (ft) Covenants Nothofagus antarctica 50 35 No 5 N/A Rugged twisted branching and petite foliage – difficult to Antarctic Beech find in the nursery trade Tilia americana ‘Redmond’ 50 30 No 8 N/A Pyramidal, needs extra water when young Redmond Linden Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’ Symmetrical, pyramidal form – sometimes has structural 40 30 No 6 N/A Greenspire Linden issues due to tight branch attachements Ulmus parvifolia ‘Emer II’ 45 35 No 5 N/A Exfoliating bark and nice fall color – Resistant to Dutch Elm Allee Elm Disease Medium Columnar Trees Mature Under Fall Spread Min Strip Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Color Comments (ft) Width (ft) Color (ft) Covenants Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ 40 15 No 5 N/A Broadens when older. Great Plant Pick Pyramidal European Hornbeam Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’ 40 12 No 6 N/A Purple foliage. Dawyck Purple Beech Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiatum' 40 10 No 6 Good next to buildings – can have problems with tight Columnar Tulip Tree branch angles. Great Plant Pick Malus ‘Tschonoskii’ 30 15 Yes 5 Sparse green fruit, pyramidal Tschonoskii Crabapple Oxydendron arboreum 35 12 No 5 Consistent and brilliant fall color. Great Plant Pick Sourwood Narrow tree with better branch angles and form than the Pyrus calleryana ‘Cambridge'’ species – brittle limbs may be a problem with ice or wet Cambridge Pear 40 15 No 5 snow
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Medium Trees Min Fall Mature Under Spread Strip Flower Color Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Comments (ft) Width Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Acer grandidentatum ‘Schmidt’ 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Intense red fall color - Limited availability in nursery trade Rocky Mt. Glow Maple Acer truncatum x A. platanoides ‘Keithsform 35 25 No 5 N/A Reliable fall color - nice reddish orange Norwegian Sunset Maple Acer truncatum x A. platanoides 'Warrensred‘ 30 25 Yes 5 N/A Limited use under higher wires Pacific Sunset Maple Betula albosinenesis var septentrionalis 40 35 No 5 N/A White and pink peeling bark. Great Plant Pick Chinese Red Birch Carpinus caroliniana 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Outstanding fall color (variable – yellow, orange, red) – nice American Hornbeam little tree. Great Plant Pick Cladrastis kentukea 40 40 No 5 White flowers in spring, resembling wisteria flower – blooms Yellowwood profusely only every 2 to 4 years – yellow/gold fall color Frothy, 6-inch clusters of white flowers in June – Great Plant Cornus controversa 'June Snow' 40 30 No 5 Giant Dogwood Pick Crataegus crus-galli ‘Inermis’ 25 30 Yes 5 Red persistent fruit Thornless Cockspur Hawthorne Cornus 'Eddie's White Wonder' 30 20 Yes 5 A hybrid of C. florida and C. nuttalii Eddie's White Wonder Dogwood Crataegus x lavalii 25 20 Yes 5 Thorns on younger trees. Great Plant Pick Lavalle Hawthorne Davidia involucrata 40 30 No 5 N/A Large, unique flowers in May. Great Plant Pick Dove Tree Eucommia ulmoides Dark green, very shiny leaves – insignificant fall color Hardy Rubber Tree 50 40 No 6 N/A N/A Fagus sylvatica 'Rohanii' Attractive purple leaves with wavy margins. Great Plant Purple Oak Leaf Beech 50 30 No 6 N/A N/A Pick Halesia monticola 45 25 No 5 Attractive small white flower Mountain Silverbell Halesia tetraptera 35 30 No 5 Attractive bark for seasonal interest Carolina Silverbell Koelreuteria paniculata 30 30 Yes 5 Midsummer blooming – slow growing. Great Plant Pick Goldenrain Tree Magnolia denudata 40 40 No 5 N/A 6” inch fragrant white flowers in spring. Great Plant Pick Yulan Magnolia
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Medium Trees - continued Mature Under Min Strip Fall Spread Flower Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Width Color Comments (ft) Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Magnolia grandiflora ‘Victoria’ 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Evergreen magnolia – can be damaged in years with wet, Victoria Evergreen Magnolia heavy snow. Great Plant Pick Magnolia kobus ‘Wada's Memory’ 30 20 Yes 5 Does not flower well when young. Great Plant Pick Wada's Memory Magnolia’ Ostrya virginiana 40 25 No 5 N/A Hop like fruit – slow growing Ironwood Phellodendron amurense 'Macho' 40 40 No 5 N/A This variety is fruitless – fall color can be varied. High Macho Cork Tree drought tolerance Prunus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’ 30 20 Yes 5 N/A Burgundy colored leaves – tree best used as an accent rather Vesuvius Flowering Plum than in mass plantings Pterostyrax hispida 40 30 No 5 Pendulous creamy white flowers – fragrant – difficult to find in Fragrant Epaulette Tree the nursery trade Quercus Ilex Evergreen oak - Underside of leaf is silvery-white. Often has Holly Oak 40 30 No 5 N/A N/A a prominent umbrella form Rhamnus purshiana 30 20 Yes 5 N/A Native tree – fall color depends on exposure – purplish fruit Cascara feeds many native birds Robinia x ambigua 35 25 No 5 Fragrant flowers. Sterile variety. Drought tolerant. Some Pink Idaho Locust varieties will sucker profusely. Sorbus x hybridia 30 20 Yes 5 It has leaves which are similar to English oak, and interesting Oakleaf Royal Mt. Ash bark for seasonal features. Styrax japonica 25 25 Yes 5 Reliable and easy to grow, it has plentiful, green ½” inch Japanese Snowbell seeds. Flowers similar to lily in the valley. Great Plant Pick Tilia cordata ‘De Groot’ 30 20 Yes 5 N/A One of the smaller stature littleleaf lindens. De Groot Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata ‘Chancole’ 35 20 No 6 N/A Pyramidal when young. Fragrant flowers that attract bees. Chancelor Linden Ulmus parvifolia 'Emer I' 30 35 No 5 N/A High resistance to Dutch Elm Disease. Drought resistant. Athena Classic Elm Cinnamon colored exfoliating bark for seasonal interest.
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Small Columnar Trees Min Fall Mature Under Spread Strip Flower Color Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Comments (ft) Width Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Maackia amurensis 30 20 Yes 5 N/A Interesting exfoliating bark – flowering in June or July - varies Amur Maackia in intensity from year to year Malus ‘Adirondack’ 20 10 Yes 5 Very resistant to apple scab – one of the narrowest Adirondack Crabapple crabapples – persistant reddish ¼” fruit. Great Plant Pick Malus ‘Red Barron’ 20 10 Yes 5 Deep pink blossom and persistent red berries for seasonal Red Barron Crabapple interest Prunus serrulata ‘Amanogawa’ 20 8 Yes 6 Pinkish flower bud, changing to white flower. Amanogawa Flowering Cherry Sorbus americana ‘Dwarfcrown’ 20 10 Yes 5 Nice winter form - Red berries persistent in clusters Red Cascade Mountain Ash Small Trees Min Fall Mature Under Spread Strip Flower Color Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Comments (ft) Width Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Acer buegerianum 30 30 Yes 5 N/A Somewhat shrub-like – must train to a single stem – Trident Maple interesting bark. Great Plant Pick Acer circinatum 25 25 Yes 5 N/A Native tree. Avoid using on harsh sites. Great Plant Pick Vine Maple Acer ginnala ‘Flame’ 25 20 Yes 5 Clusters of small cream colored flowers in spring – very Flame Amur Maple fragrant. Nice fall color. Informal branch structure. Peeling cinnamon colored bark for seasonal interest. Great Acer griseum 30 20 Yes 5 N/A Paperbark Maple Plant Pick Acer palmatum 20 25 Yes 5 N/A Many varieties available – select larger varieties for street Japanese Maple planting Acer triflorum 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Multi seasonal interest with tan, exfoliating bark and red, Three-Flower Maple orange/red fall color. Great Plant Pick Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Princess Diana’ 20 15 Yes 4 Good for narrower planting strips Princess Diana Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance 20 15 Yes 4 Good for narrower planting strips – reliable bloom and fall Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry color
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Small Trees - continued Min Fall Mature Under Spread Strip Flower Color Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Comments (ft) Width Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Arbutus unedo ‘Marina’ 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Substitute for Pacific madrone – can suffer severe damage Strawberry Tree or death due to cold weather - evergreen Carpinus japonica 20 25 Yes 5 N/A Wide spreading, slow growing – fall color is not outstanding. Japanese Hornbeam Great Plant Pick Cercis canadensis 25 30 Yes 5 Deep pink flowers on bare twigs in spring Eastern Redbud Cercis siliquastrum 25 30 Yes 5 Deep pink flowers on bare twigs in spring – drought resistant Judas Tree Cornus alternifolia 25 25 Yes 5 Small white flowers in flat clusters – fall color is varied. Great Pagoda Dogwood Plant Pick Cornus kousa ‘Chinensis’ 20 20 Yes 4 Does not do well on harsh, dry sites. Great Plant Pick Kousa Dogwood Cotinus obovatus 25 25 Yes 4 Showy pinkish panicles of flowers in the spring – reddish American Smoke Tree purple leaves on some varieties. Great Plant Pick Lagerstroemia 'tuscarora' 20 20 Yes 4 Light cinnamon brown bark lends year round interest – Tuscarora Hybrid Crape Myrtle drought resistant – likes a warm site Magnolia 'Elizabeth' 30 20 Yes 5 N/A Yellowish to cream colored flower in spring. Great Plant Pick Elizabeth Magnolia Magnolia 'Galaxy' 25 25 Yes 5 Showy pink flowers. Great Plant Pick Galaxy Magnolia Magnolia x loebneri 20 20 Yes 5 Flower is ‘star’ shaped rather than tulip like – white to pinkish Loebner Magnolia white in March or April. Great Plant Pick Malus ‘Golden Raindrops’ 20 20 Yes 5 Disease resistant – persistent yellow fruit in fall and winter. Golden Raindrops Crabapple Great Plant Pick Malus 'Donald Wyman' 25 25 Yes 5 Large white blossom – nice green foliage in summer Donald Wyman Crabapple Malus 'Lancelot' ('Lanzam') 15 15 Yes 4 Red flower buds, blooming white – red persistent fruit Lancelot Crabapple Parrotia persica Blooms before it leafs out – drought tolerant - Varied fall 30 20 No 5 Persian Parrotia color - reds, oranges and yellows. Great Plant Pick Prunus ‘Frankthrees’ 20 20 Yes 5 N/A Burgundy colored leaves – tree best used as an accent rather Mt. St. Helens Plum than in mass plantings
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Small Trees - continued Min Fall Mature Under Spread Strip Flower Color Scientific & Common Name Height Wires/View Comments (ft) Width Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Prunus ‘Newport’ 20 20 Yes 5 N/A Burgundy colored leaves – tree best used as an accent rather Newport Plum than in mass plantings Prunus ‘Snowgoose’ 20 20 Yes 5 This selection sports abundant white flowers and healthy Snow Goose Cherry green, disease-resistant foliage Prunus x yedoensis ‘Akebono’ 25 25 Yes 6 Has masses of large, semi-double, pink flowers – most widely Akebono Flowering Cherry planted cherry in Pacific Northwest Sorbus alnifolia 35 30 No 5 Simple leaves and beautiful pink/red fruit. Great Plant Pick Korean Mountain Ash Stewartia monodelpha 30 20 Yes 5 Extraordinary cinnamon colored bark – avoid hot, dry sites. Orange Bark Stewartia Great Plant Pick Stewartia psuedocamellia 25 15 Yes 5 Patchwork bark, white flower in spring. Great Plant Pick Japanese Stewartia Smooth gray bark and fragrant white flowers. Great Plant Styrax obassia 25 20 Yes 5 Fragrant Styrax Pick
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