0000004/22/2013 ABCDE 1 Recommended List of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs 2 Notes: Heights and Widths Vary from Tree to Tree 3 Potential Canopy or 4 Common Name Botanical Name Mature Height Spread Notes 5 Incensecedar Calocedrus decurrens 30‐50 ft high 8‐10 ft wide Columnar form; grow 6 wild 7 Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara 40‐70 ft high 30‐40 ft wide Heat & drought toler Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani var. 40‐60 ft high 50‐70 ft wide Grows larger in the w stenocoma; var. brevifola; 8 var. libani Arizona Cypress (Smooth Cupressa arizonica, var. 40‐50 ft high 25‐30 ft wide Bluish green foliage; 9 Cypress) glabra 'Blue Ice' Leyland Cypress x Cupressocyparis leylandii 60‐70 ft high 6 ‐ 12 ft wide Columnar form; blue fast growth (up to 3 f 10 several cultivars avai American Holly Ilex opaca 15‐40 ft high Varied widths Pyramid form; need m to produce berries; s 11 12 Foster’s Holly Ilex x attenuata ‘Foster #2’ 15‐25+ ft high 12‐15 ft wide Pyramid/upright form Sky Pencil Holly Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' 8‐12 ft high 12‐18 inches wide Narrow, upright form 13 black fruit; can grow 14 Dwarf Burford Holly Ilex cornuta "Burford: Nana' 5‐6 ft high 6 ft wide Dark green foliage; n Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria 3‐20 ft high 3‐20 ft wide Dwarf sizes to small t planted where protec 15 sun; many cultivars a 16 Chinese Juniper, upright Juniperus chinesis NTE 30 ft high < 10 ft wide Good landscape tree Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinesis, NTE 30 ft high < 10 ft wide Bagworm resistant 17 ‘Keteleeri’ Page 1 of 2 0000004/22/2013 ABCDE Potential Canopy or 4 Common Name Botanical Name Mature Height Spread Notes 18 Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinesis ‘Spartan’ NTE 30 ft high < 10 ft wide Bagworm resistant Eastern Red Cedar (Red Juniperus virginiana 30‐40 ft high; higher Varied widths Slow grower 19 Juniper) in forests Eastern Red Cedar (Red Juniperus virginiana ‘ Blue 30‐40 ft high; higher Narrow, upright Slow grower 20 Juniper) Arrow’ in forests form; Varied widths Eastern Red Cedar (Red Juniperus virginiana 30‐40 ft high; higher Varied widths Slow grower 21 Juniper) ‘Canaertii’ in forests Eastern Red Cedar (Red Juniperus virginiana ‘Prairie 30‐40 ft high; higher Varied widths Slow grower 22 Juniper) Pillar’ in forests Eastern Red Cedar (Red Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’ 30‐40 ft high; higher Narrow, upright Slow grower 23 Juniper) in forests form; Varied widths 24 Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 60‐80 ft high 30‐50 ft wide Tolerates some shade Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora ‘Edith 60‐80 ft high 30‐50 ft wide Columnar‐pyramid fo 25 Bogue’ Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 60‐80 ft high 30‐50 ft wide Columnar‐pyramid fo 26 ‘Brackens Grown Beauty’ 27 Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca ‘Densata’ 30‐40 ft high 15‐20 ft wide Needs large planting 28 Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda 60‐90 ft high Varied widths Fast grower; gets larg Short Leaf Pine (Yellow Pinus echinata 80‐100 ft high Varied widths Drops its lower branc 29 Pine) 30 Pinyon Pine Pinus edulis 20 ft or higher 10‐15 ft wide Needs large planting Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa 50‐100 ft high 25‐30 ft wide Needs large planting 31 to keep small Oriental Arborvitae Thuja orientalis (aka 18‐25 ft high 10‐15 ft wide Grown as small shrub 32 Platycladus orientalis) cultivars available, go 33 Green Giant Arborvitae Thuja plicata 'Green Giant' 25‐50 ft high 10‐15 ft wide Good ornamental or Page 2 of 2.