Best Shade Trees for the Landscape

Tree

Exposure

Soil

Height

Flower

Bloom Time

Fall Color

Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’
Red Sunset Maple
SunTypical, Native45’- 50’RedEarly SpringOrange-red
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple ‘Fall Fiesta’
SunTypical, Native60’- 75’GreenSpringYellow-orange
Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’
Autumn Blaze Maple
SunTypical50’RedSpringOrange-red
Aesculus flava
Yellow Buckeye
SunTypical, Native60’- 75’YellowSpringOrange
Betula nigra
River Birch
SunMoist, Native40’- 70’Not ShowyYellow
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Katsura Tree
SunOrganic40’- 60’Not ShowyYellow-apricot
Ginko biloba
Ginko (Female Only)
SunTypical50’- 80’Not ShowyYellow
Gleditsea tricanthos
Shademaster / Skyline Honeylocust
SunTypical35’- 45’Not ShowyYellow
Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum
SunTypical40’- 50’Not ShowyYellow, Purple, Red
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood
SunOrganic50’- 80’Not ShowyBrown
Nyssa syvatica
Black Gum / Tupelo
SunOrganic70’- 100’Not ShowyOrange, Purple, Red
Plantanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’
Bloodgood London Planetree
SunTypical70’- 100’Not ShowyYellow-brown
Quercus alba
White Oak
SunTypical50’- 80’Not ShowyBrown-red
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak
SunTypical70’- 80’Not ShowyYellow-brown
Quercus muhlenbergia
Chinkapin Oak
SunTypical40’- 50’Not ShowyOrange-brown
Quercus Rubra
Red Oak
SunOrganic60’- 75’Not ShowyRed
Quercus palustris
Pin Oak
SunOrganic60’- 70’Not ShowyBronze-red
Quercus coccinea
Scarlet Oak
SunTypical70’- 75’Not ShowyScarlet
Quercus imbricaria
Shingle Oak
SunTypical50’- 60’Not ShowyYellow-brown, Russet
Quercus shumardii
Shumard Oak
SunTypical40’- 60’YellowSummerBronze-red
Sophora japonica
Japanese Pagodatree
SunTypical50’- 75’WhiteNot ShowyYellow
Taxodium distichum
Bald Cypress
SunMoist50’- 70’Not ShowyOrange-brown
Tilia Americana
American Linden
SunTypical60’- 80’Not ShowyYellow-green
Ulmus parvifolia

Chinese Elm
SunTypical40’- 50’Not ShowyYellow, Red-Purple
Ulmus x ‘Morton’

Morton / Accolade Elm
SunTypical40’- 50’Not ShowyYellow
Ulmus x ‘Liberty’

Liberty Elm
SunTypical60’- 80’Not ShowyYellow
Zelkova serrata

Zelkova serrata
SunTypical50’- 80’Not ShowyOrange-brown

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Sunday10:00 AM — 5:00 PM

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Tuesday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
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Garden Centre

Office / Landscape

Hours

Garden Centre

Monday8:30 AM — 6:00 PM
Tuesday8:30 AM — 6:00 PM
Wednesday8:30 AM — 6:00 PM
Thursday8:30 AM — 6:00 PM
Friday8:30 AM — 6:00 PM
Saturday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Sunday10:00 AM — 5:00 PM

Office / Landscape

Monday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Tuesday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Wednesday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Thursday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Friday8:30 AM — 5:00 PM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed