Best Shade Trees for the Landscape
Tree |
Exposure |
Soil |
Height |
Flower |
Bloom Time |
Fall Color |
| Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Red Sunset Maple |
Sun | Typical, Native | 45’- 50’ | Red | Early Spring | Orange-red |
| Acer saccharum Sugar Maple ‘Fall Fiesta’ |
Sun | Typical, Native | 60’- 75’ | Green | Spring | Yellow-orange |
| Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Autumn Blaze Maple |
Sun | Typical | 50’ | Red | Spring | Orange-red |
| Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye |
Sun | Typical, Native | 60’- 75’ | Yellow | Spring | Orange |
| Betula nigra River Birch |
Sun | Moist, Native | 40’- 70’ | Not Showy | Yellow | |
| Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsura Tree |
Sun | Organic | 40’- 60’ | Not Showy | Yellow-apricot | |
| Ginko biloba Ginko (Female Only) |
Sun | Typical | 50’- 80’ | Not Showy | Yellow | |
| Gleditsea tricanthos Shademaster / Skyline Honeylocust |
Sun | Typical | 35’- 45’ | Not Showy | Yellow | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum |
Sun | Typical | 40’- 50’ | Not Showy | Yellow, Purple, Red | |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood |
Sun | Organic | 50’- 80’ | Not Showy | Brown | |
| Nyssa syvatica Black Gum / Tupelo |
Sun | Organic | 70’- 100’ | Not Showy | Orange, Purple, Red | |
| Plantanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’ Bloodgood London Planetree |
Sun | Typical | 70’- 100’ | Not Showy | Yellow-brown | |
| Quercus alba White Oak |
Sun | Typical | 50’- 80’ | Not Showy | Brown-red | |
| Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak |
Sun | Typical | 70’- 80’ | Not Showy | Yellow-brown | |
| Quercus muhlenbergia Chinkapin Oak |
Sun | Typical | 40’- 50’ | Not Showy | Orange-brown | |
| Quercus Rubra Red Oak |
Sun | Organic | 60’- 75’ | Not Showy | Red | |
| Quercus palustris Pin Oak |
Sun | Organic | 60’- 70’ | Not Showy | Bronze-red | |
| Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak |
Sun | Typical | 70’- 75’ | Not Showy | Scarlet | |
| Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak |
Sun | Typical | 50’- 60’ | Not Showy | Yellow-brown, Russet | |
| Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak |
Sun | Typical | 40’- 60’ | Yellow | Summer | Bronze-red |
| Sophora japonica Japanese Pagodatree |
Sun | Typical | 50’- 75’ | White | Not Showy | Yellow |
| Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress |
Sun | Moist | 50’- 70’ | Not Showy | Orange-brown | |
| Tilia Americana American Linden |
Sun | Typical | 60’- 80’ | Not Showy | Yellow-green | |
| Ulmus parvifolia Chinese Elm |
Sun | Typical | 40’- 50’ | Not Showy | Yellow, Red-Purple | |
| Ulmus x ‘Morton’ Morton / Accolade Elm |
Sun | Typical | 40’- 50’ | Not Showy | Yellow | |
| Ulmus x ‘Liberty’ Liberty Elm |
Sun | Typical | 60’- 80’ | Not Showy | Yellow | |
| Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata |
Sun | Typical | 50’- 80’ | Not Showy | Orange-brown |