HO-61 Trees, Shrubs, Ground Covers, & Vines Suitable for Kentucky Landscapes M.L. Witt, L.J. Nash, W.M. Fountain, R.E. McNiel University of Kentucky Horticulture Department he following lists should serve as a start if Flint, Harrison L., Landscape Plants for Eastern you are interested in growing plants in North America. John Wiley & Sons. T Kentucky. This publication does not at- 1983. tempt to single out plants for wet vs. dry areas, Frederick, W. H., 100 Great Garden Plants. sunny vs. shady areas, drought resistance, pest Timber Press, Portland, OR. 1986. resistance or even cold resistance. This publication’s purpose is simply to list plants that Krussmann, Gerd (Translated by Michael Epp), perform adequately in Kentucky. No plant is Manual of Cultivated Broadleaved perfect in every respect. In fact, most plants Trees and Shrubs (three volumes) and have some undesirable characteristics. Only the Manual of Cultivated Conifers. Timber names of plant materials are given. Consult Press, Portland, OR. 1977. books available in libraries and bookstores for Odenwald, N.G., and J.R. Turner, Plants for the more information about how to grow and identify South: A Guide for Landscape Design. these plants. Claitor’s Pub. Div., Baton Rouge. These plant lists are by no means exhaus- Phillips, Roger, A Photographic Guide to More tive; other equally fine trees and shrubs are on Than 500 Trees of North America and the market. Your local nursery owner or garden Europe. Random House, NY. 1978. center operator is an excellent resource person for new plants as well as tried-and-true plants. Poor, Janet, Plants That Merit Attention. Timber Frequently the same plant is known by Press, Portland, OR. 1984. different common names, or entirely different Taylor, Norman, Taylor’s Guide to Ground Cov- plants are known by the same common name. ers, Vines and Grasses. Houghton When possible, it will be beneficial to specify Mifflin Co. 1987. plants by the scientific or Latin name. This will Taylor, Norman, Taylor’s Guide to Shrubs. help to ensure that you get exactly what you Houghton Mifflin Co. 1987. want. Some excellent woody plant material books Taylor, Norman, Taylor’s Guide to Trees. are: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1988. Bridwell, Ferrell M. Landscape Plants, Their Wharton, Mary E. and Roger W. Barbour, Trees Identification, Culture and Use. Delmar and Shrubs of Kentucky. The University Pub. Co., NY. 1994. Press of Kentucky. 1973. Dirr, Michael, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants. Stipes Publishing Co., 4th edition. 1990. W.L. Mesner — Photographer Linda Kiesel — Editor Jeffrey Hines — Graphic Artist 2 Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Gleditsia triacanthos Tall ‘Bonfire’ (Honeylocust) ‘Caddo’ ‘Green Glory’ ‘Commemoration’ ‘lmperial’ Deciduous ‘Columnare’ ‘Majestic’ ‘Green Mountain’ ‘Moraine’ Trees ‘Legacy’ ‘Shademaster’ ‘Steeple’TM ‘Skyline’ (over 50 ft high when ‘Sweet Shadow’ ‘Sunburst’ mature) Acer saccharum sub. sp. nigrum Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky (*Plants which are fine for western (Black Maple) Coffee Tree) (use male trees only) and southern Kentucky but not central, eastern and northern parts of Aesculus flava (Yellow Buckeye) Larix decidua (European Larch) the state.) Alnus glutinosa (Black or Euro- Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch) pean Alder) Liquidambar styraciflua Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Lacinata’ (Sweetgum) Acer x freemanii (Hybrid Maple) Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Festival’ ‘Autumn Blaze’ (Katsura Tree) ‘Rotundiloba’ ‘Celebration’ Corylus colurna (Turkish Filbert) Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree, ‘Marmo’ Eucommia ulmoides (Hardy Tulip Poplar) ‘Morgan’ Rubber Tree) Magnolia acuminata ‘Scarlet Sentinel’ Fagus sylvatica (European Beech) (Cucumbertree Magnolia) Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) ‘Asplenifolia’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Cleveland’ ‘Atropurpurea’ (Dawn Redwood) ‘Columnare’ ‘Atropurpurea Pendula’ ‘National’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Laciniata’ ‘Deborah’ Nyssa sylvatica (Tupelo, Black ‘Pendula’ ‘Emerald Luster’ Gum) ‘Riversii’ ‘Emerald Queen’ ‘Rohanii’ Platanus x acerifolia (London ‘Parkway’ ‘Roseo-Marginata’ Planetree) ‘Royal Red’ ‘Tricolor’ ‘Bloodgood’ ‘Schwedleri’ ‘Columbia’ ‘Summershade’ Fraxinus americana (White Ash) ‘Liberty’ ‘Superform’ ‘Autumn Purple’ ‘Yarwood’ ‘Autumn Applause’ Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore ‘Champaign County’ Quercus acutissima (Sawtooth Maple) ‘Rosehill’ Oak) Acer rubrum (Red Maple) ‘Skyline’ Quercus alba (White Oak) ‘Armstrong’ Fraxinus excelsior (European Ash) Quercus bicolor (Swamp White ‘Autumn Flame’ ‘Hessei’ Oak) ‘Bowhall’ ‘Columnare’ Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak) ‘Edna Davis’ Ash) Quercus dentata (Nuttall Oak, ‘Gerling’ ‘Bergeson’ Swamp Oak) ‘Emerald’ ‘Karpick’ Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak) ‘Northwood’ ‘Marshall's Seedless’ ‘October Glory’ ‘Newport’ Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) ‘Red Skin’ ‘Patmore’ Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinqua- ‘Red Sunset’ ‘Summit’ pin Oak) ‘Urbanite’ *Quercus nigra (Water Oak) Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo) Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) ‘Autumn Gold’ ‘Crown Rite’ ‘Fastigiata’ ‘Sovereign’ ‘Sentry’ Quercus phellos (Willow Oak) 3 Quercus prinus (Chestnut Oak) Ulmus x (Hybrid Elms) (replace- Picea abies (Norway Spruce) Quercus robur (English Oak) ment for American elm) Picea glauca (Black Hills Spruce) ‘Attention’ ‘Urban Elm’ ‘Densata’ ‘Patriot’ ‘Concordia’ Picea omorika (Serbian Spruce) ‘Fastigiata’ ‘Pioneer’ ‘Skymaster’ ‘Homestead’ Picea orientalis (Oriental Spruce) ‘Skyrocket’ ‘Prospector’ Picea pungens (Colorado Spruce) ‘Westminster Globe’ Zelkova serrata (Japanese ‘Glauca’ Quercus rubra (Red Oak) Zelkova) ‘Hoopsii’ ‘Green Vase’ ‘Thompsonii’ Quercus shumardii (Shumard Oak) ‘Halka’ ‘Moerheimii’ Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) ‘Spring Grove’ ‘Kosteri’ *Sophora japonica (Japanese ‘Village Green’ ‘Fat Albert’ Pagoda Tree) Some pagoda trees Pinus densiflora (Japanese Red are hardier than others. Keep well Pine) watered and keep other stresses to a Pinus flexilis (Limber Pine) minimum to maximize hardiness potential. Tall Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine) ‘Regent’ Pinus resinosa (Red Pine) ‘Princeton Upright’ Evergreen Pinus strobus (White Pine) Taxodium ascendens (Pond *Pinus thunbergiana (Japanese Cypress) Trees Black Pine) ‘Prairie Sentinel’ (over 50 feet high when Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Taxodium distichum (Bald mature) Fir) ‘Glauca’ Cypress) (*Plants which are fine for western ‘Monarch of Illinois’ and southern Kentucky but not Thuja occidentalis (American ‘Shawnee Brave’ central, eastern and northern parts of Arborvitae, White Cedar) Tilia cordata (European Linden) the state.) ‘Emerald’ ‘Chancellor’ ‘Nigra’ ‘Glenleven’ Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Techney’ ‘Greenspire’ Abies nordmanniana (Nordmann Thuja plicata (Giant Arborvitae) ‘June Bride’ Fir) ‘Atrovirens’ ‘Rancho’ Cedrus deodora Tsuga canadensis (Canadian Tilia x euchlora (Crimean Linden) ‘Shalimar’ Hemlock) ‘Redmond’ Cedrus libani (Hardy Cedar of Tilia tomentosa (Silver Linden) Lebanon) Ulmus americana (American Elm) var. stenocoma ‘Princeton’ (Resistant to Dutch Elm Disease) Ulmus carpinifolia (Smooth leaf elm) Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese Elm) (species is excellent) ‘Burgundy’ ‘Dynasty’ ‘Emerald Isle’ ‘Emerald Vase’ ‘Gold Globe’ ‘Millikan’ ‘Ohio’ Chinese Elm 4 Betula maximowicziana (Monarch Maclura pomifera Medium Birch) ‘Cottonwood’ Betula nigra (River Birch) ‘Colmar’ ‘Heritage’ ‘Sioux’ Deciduous ‘Park’ Betula platyphylla (Asian White ‘Wichita’ Birch) ‘White Shield’ Trees ‘Japonica’ (25-50 ft high when ‘Whitespire’ Magnolia kobus (Kobus Magnolia) mature) Betula populifolia (Gray Birch) Magnolia virginiana (Sweet Bay) ‘Milton’ (*Plants which are fine for western Carpinus betulus (European and southern Kentucky but not Hornbeam) Morus alba (White Mulberry) central, eastern and northern parts of ‘Columnaris’ ‘Fan San’ the state.) ‘Fastigiata’ ‘Stribling’ Carpinus caroliniana (American Ostrya virginiana (Hop Hornbeam) Scientific Name (Common Name) Hornbeam, Musclewood) Oxydendrum arboreum (Sour- Acer buergeranum (Trident Maple) Castanea mollissima (Chinese wood) Acer campestre (Hedge Maple) Chestnut) Parrotia persica (Persian Parrotia) ‘Queen Elizabeth’ (spiny fruit and foul odor of flowers) Phellodendron amurense (Cork Acer cissifolium (Ivy-leaved Maple) Catalpa bungei Tree) Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple) Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry) ‘Macho’ Acer miyabei (Miyabe Maple) ‘Prairie Pride’ Prunus (Okame Cherry) Acer tataricum (Tatarian Maple) Cercidiphyllum magnificum (Weep- ‘Okame’ ‘Sarah’ ing Katsura) Prunus sargentii (Sargent Cherry) Aesculus x carnea (Red Horse ‘Pendulum’ ‘Columnaris’ Chestnut) Cladrastis kentukea (American Prunus serrulata (Kwanzan Japa- ‘Briotii’ Yellowwood) nese Cherry) ‘O’Neill’ ‘Rosea’ ‘Kwanzan’ Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye) Corylus colurna (Turkish Filbert) Prunus x yedoensis (Yoshino Alnus glutinosa (Black Alder) Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin Cherry) ‘Pyramidalis’ Tree) ‘Akebono’ ‘Fastigiata’ Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash) Pyrus calleryana (Callery Pear) Amelanchier arborea (Downy ‘Aristocrat’ Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ‘Cleveland Select’ Serviceberry) Ash) ‘Autumn Sunset’ ‘Autumn Blaze’ ‘Leprechaun’ ‘Redspire’ Amelanchier canadensis Halesia caroliniana (Carolina ‘Chanticleer’ (Shadblow Serviceberry) Silverbell) ‘Whitehouse’ Amelanchier grandiflora (Apple Halesia diptera magniflora (Two- ‘Capitol’ Serviceberry) winged silverbell) Pyrus fauriei (Korean Pear) ‘Cumulus’ Halesia monticola (Mountain ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Silverbell) ‘Princess Diana’ Locust) Hovenia dulcis (Japanese ‘Frisia’ Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny Raisintree) ‘Umbraculifera’