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Acer buergeranium |
Trident Maple |
6-8 |
25' |
Good specimen tree or screen for small landscapes. |
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Brilliant orange-red fall color. Broad spreading crown |
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unless trained for street tree planting.Requires acidic, |
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well drained soils. Tolerates drought |
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Acer campestre |
Hedge Maple |
5-8 |
25'+ |
Small tree suitable for planting as a street tree under |
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utility lines, or as a hedge or specimen planting. Tolerant |
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of urban sites.Requires good soil drainage but tolerates |
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alkaline pH. Low branching habit and broad crown |
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require training for street tree planting. |
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Cultivars: |
'Queen Elizabeth' |
6-8 |
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Upright branching habit |
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Acer ginnala |
Amur Maple |
3-8 |
20' |
Use as a specimen planting, low hedge street tree or as a |
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container planting. Generally multi-stemmed unless pruned |
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to a single trunk.Yellow, orange fall color. |
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Tolerates poor soil drainage and alakaline pH. |
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Cultivars: |
'Flame' |
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Red fruit |
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'Embers' |
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Red fruit and brilliant red fall color |
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Acer tatarian |
Tatarian Maple |
3-6 |
15+ |
Small tree for specimen or street tree (if pruned). Broad |
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spreading crown. Showy flowers and fruit. Tolerates |
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adverse environmental conditions including alkaline soils. |
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Cercis reniformis |
Texas Redbud |
5-8 |
20' |
Specimen tree, can be used as residential street tree in sun |
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or shade. Flowers in early spring. Thick, glossy leaves, |
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resist scorch. More tolerant of urban landscapes than |
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Eastern redbud. Species show wide diversity of |
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characteristics so use cultivars. |
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Cultivars: |
'Oklahoma' |
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Deep, purple blooms |
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'Texas White' |
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White blooms |
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Lagerstromeia indica |
Crapemyrtle |
5-8 |
15-25' |
Specimen plant, group planting, street tree. Generally |
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multi-stemmed plant but can be pruned into single stem. |
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Showy flowers in summer. Smooth to exfoliating bark. |
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Tolerant of wide range of soil conditions and |
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environmental stress. Needs full sun. Susceptible to |
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aphids and mildew. |
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Cultivars: |
'Byers Red' |
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25' |
Red flowers; mildew resistant |
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'Natchez' |
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25' |
White flowers, mildew and aphid resistant, showy bark |
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'Seminole' |
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25' |
Pink flowers, mildew resistant |
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'Tuskegee' |
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25' |
Dark pink flowers, mildew resistant |
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Malus sp. |
Crabapple |
varies |
varies |
Small tree for street or specimen planting. Showy flowers |
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(early spring) and fruit (fall). Flower color, form and fruit |
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characteristics depends on cultivar. Tolerates adverse |
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environments and diverse soil conditions. Sensitive to a |
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variety of insects and disease pests. Select resistant |
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variety. Hardiness and size depends on variety. |
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Cultivars/Species: |
Over 30 species and 200 cultivars have been named. |
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A listing of some desirable disease resistant varieties are listed as follows: |
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Species/Cultivar |
Flowers |
Fruit |
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Malus floribunda |
Pink-White |
Yellow |
Broad-rounded |
Slightly susceptible to scab and |
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fireblight. Easy to find in nurseries |
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M. sargentii |
Red-white |
Red |
Mounded, wide |
Slightly susceptible to scab and |
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spreading fireblight. Dwarf seldom |
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exceeds 10'. Good for containers. |
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`Adams' |
Pink |
Red |
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Slightly susceptible to fireblight |
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and scab. |
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`Adirondack' |
White-red |
Red |
Columnar |
Disease resistent. Narrow crown |
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`Calloway' |
White |
Red |
Rounded |
Slightly susceptible to fireblight |
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and rust. |
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`Donald Wyman' |
White |
Red |
Large, spreading |
Disease resistent |
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Indian Summer |
Red |
Red |
Rounded |
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Disease resistent. Good fall color. |
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`Kathrine' |
Double |
Yellow |
Loose, open |
Disease resistent |
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Pink-white |
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`Louisa' |
Pink |
Yellow |
Weeping |
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Best weeping tree. Disease resistent |
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`Narragansett' |
White-pink |
Red |
Broad, spreading |
Disease resistent |
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`Prairiefire' |
Red-pink |
Dark Red |
Upright, rounded |
Disease resistent |
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`Sugar Tyme' |
Pink-white |
Red |
Upright, oval |
Disease resistent |
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Prunus mume |
Japanese Apricot |
6-8 |
20' |
Specimen plant or residential street tree. Pink blooms in |
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winter. Interesting green, smooth stems. Oval growth habit. |
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Requires full sun; acid, well-drained soil |
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Cultivars: |
'Alba Piena' |
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Double white flowers |
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'Dawn' |
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double pink flowers. |
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'W.B. Clarke' |
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Weeping double pink flowers |
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Prunus virginiana 'Schubert' |
Schubert Cherry |
2-6 |
25' |
Specimen or street tree. Upright pyramidal habit. White |
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flowers in early spring. Red fruit in summer. Leaves |
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emerge green turning dark purple at maturity. Tolerant of |
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wide range of soils. This cultivar also is sold as `Canada |
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Red'. |
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Syringa reticulata |
Japanese Tree Lilac |
3-7 |
25' |
Use as specimen or street tree. Interesting cherry-like |
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bark. Showy white blooms in summer. Tolerates urban |
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conditions rather well. Tolerates alkaline soil pH. |
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Requires good soil drainage and full sun. Affected by few |
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pests that bother most lilacs. |
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Cultivars: |
'Ivory Silk' |
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Compact, rounded form. Heavy bloom |
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'Regent' |
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Upright form, good for streets with minimal space |
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'Summer Snow' |
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Profuse bloom, compact form |
