Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 4 – 9

Height: Parent tree is presently 75 tall

Spread: 18 across

Habit: Narrow pyramidal

Light: Best in sunny locations

Soil: Best growth in deep, fine, sandy loams with plenty of moisture and moderately good drainage; acid soil preferable

Flowers: Cones: male cone spherical in 4 – 5 long panicles; has pistillate cones in March – April

Fruit: short, stalked cones about 1 in diameter, green to purple when young and brown at maturity

Landscape use: Excellent street tree and single specimen possibilities

History: Native range is Delaware to Florida, west to southern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana; introduced 1640

Pests\Problems: Pests: twig blight, cypress moth, spider mites, gall forming mites; Problems: wood decay

Significant Features: Attractive reddish brown, fibrous bark; strongly buttressed trunk in wet areas; “cypress knees” only occur when grown in fluctuating water

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 5 – 8

Height: 15 – 20

Spread: equal to or greater than height

Habit: Small, round-headed tree

Light: Part shade

Soil: Well-drained, moist soil with high organic matter

Flowers: small, red to purple; May to June

Fruit: 1/2 to 3/4 inch long red, winged fruit

Landscape use: Beautiful tree for small gardens and terraces, gives an artistic touch to small landscape areas; many varieties useful as specimens or accent plants in borders and rock gardens

History: Native range of Japanese Maple is Japan, China, and Korea; introduced to England in 1820; long cultivated by the Japanese

Pests\Problems: Very few; botrytis in high humidity

Significant Features: Best for deep reddish purple leaf color retention; excellent red fall color and beautiful red fruits; slow growth rate

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 7 - 9

Height: 23 to 33

Spread: about 20

Habit: Upright, multi-stemmed, small tree

Light: Best in full sun

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil preferable

Flowers: 6-petaled (crinkled), in pure white clusters, 6 – 12 long by 4 – 7 1/2 wide (July – September)

Fruit: 6 valved capsule, 1/2 wide persisting through winter

Landscape use: Handsome specimen shrub or tree; may be used in groups and underplanted with ground covers to accent bark; may also be used for hedges, screens, and masses

History: Native range is China and Korea; introduced in 1747

Pests\Problems: Pests: aphid, Florida wax scale; Problems: black spot, sooty mold, tip blight, leaf spot, root rot

Significant Features: Dark green foliage turning orange to russet in autumn; chestnut brown, exfoliating cinnamon brown bark; mildew resistant

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 7 – 9

Height: about 16

Spread: about 8 1/2

Habit: Upright, multi-stemmed, small tree

Light: Best in full sun

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil preferable

Flowers: 6-petaled (crinkled), dark pink clusters, 5­1/2 – 9 1/2 long by 4 – 9 1/2 wide (July – September)

Fruit: 6 valved capsule, 1/2 wide persisting through winter

Landscape use: Handsome specimen shrub or tree; may be used in groups and underplanted with ground covers to accent bark; may also be used for hedges, screens, and masses

History: Native range is China and Korea; introduced in 1747

Pests\Problems: Pests: aphid, Florida wax scale; Problems: black spot, sooty mold, tip blight, leaf spot, root rot

Significant Features: Dark green foliage turning orange to russet in autumn; chestnut brown, exfoliating cinnamon brown bark; mildew resistant

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 7-9

Height: about 16

Spread: about 8 1/2

Habit: Strongly upright form resembling 'Hasse' magnolia in outline

Light: Best is sun or partial shade

Soil: Rich, porous, acidic and well-drained soil

Flowers: creamy white, beautifully fragrant, 8 – 12 in diameter, flowering period is from May to June

Fruit: cone-like with exposed red seeds

Landscape use: Excellent screen or lawn tree

History: Seedling of ‘Hasse’; parent tree is 21 in height by 8 wide; introduced by Tree Introductions, Inc., Athens, GA

Pests\Problems: Essentially problem free

Significant Features: Low-lying branches; flower size and fragrance; lustrous, dark green, lanceolate leaves

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 5 – 8

Height: 20 – 25

Spread: 18 – 22

Habit: Upright with numerous small, twig-like stems

Light: Part shade

Soil: Well-drained, moist soil with high organic matter

Flowers: small red-tinged to purple; May to June

Fruit: 1/2 to 3/4 inch long red winged fruit

Landscape use: Beautiful tree for small gardens and terraces, gives an artistic touch to small landscape areas

History: Common cultivar; Japanese maple’s native range is Japan, China, and Korea; introduced to England in 1820; long cultivated by the Japanese

Pests\Problems: few; botrytis in high humidity

Significant Features: Brilliant coral fall and winter color of young stems; color is lost as branches mature; new leaves are reddish tinged, become light green in summer and yellow-gold with red overtones in fall

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 7 – 9

Height: 6 – 10 with a maximum of 30

Spread: same as height

Habit: Irregularly rounded evergreen shrub; upright vase shape in maturity

Light: Full sun to shade

Soil: Moist, well-drained, acidic soil high in organic matter

Flowers: fragrant, cream to white 4-petaled flowers in groups of 3 – 6

Fruit: woody, ovoid, nut-like capsule

Landscape use: Excellent for borders, screens, foundations; good as specimen tree or in groupings

History: Native range is China and Japan; introduced in 1880

Pests\Problems: None serious

Significant Features: Fragrant flowers; lustrous, dark green leaves

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 7 – 8

Height: around 50

Spread: around 30

Habit: Pyramidal

Light: Best in sun or partial shade

Soil: Well-drained, somewhat dry, moderately fertile soil

Flowers: Cones: male – finger shaped cones very densely set, more numerous on lower portion of tree; female – stout, erect cones initially purple in color and found in upper portion of tree

Fruit: seeds in 4 long upright cones found on upper side of branches, green while developing, finally brown

Landscape use: Excellent specimen evergreen because of graceful and pendulous habit; use as specimen tree or screen in large scale areas

History: Native range of deodar cedar is the Himalayan Mountains from east Afghanistan to Garwhal; introduced in 1831

Pests\Problems: Pests: borers; Problems: top dieback due to canker and/or cold

Significant Features: Rapid growth rate; lower limbs may touch ground; striking bluish-green color captures attention

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 7 – 9

Height: 20

Spread: 3/4 height

Habit: Broad, densely pyramidal to oval

Light: Best in full to partial sun

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil

Flowers: small, creamy-yellow

Fruit: green berry-like drupes turning red in winter

Landscape use: Good for barriers or as a specimen holly; not recommended for small spaces

History: Introduced by Mr. Don Shadow, Winchester, TN

Pests\Problems: Pests: scale; Problems: requires more nitrogen than other hollies due to heavy fruiting, leaf spots, cankers, die backs

Significant Features: Beautiful red berry-like drupes in winter; prickly leaves

Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 5 – 9

Height: 60 – 100

Spread: 50 – 75

Habit: Upright and semi-conical

Light: Best in sun or partial shade

Soil: Deep, moist, slightly acidic soil preferable

Flowers: inconspicuous

Fruit: 1 diameter, round and prickly

Landscape use: Excellent lawn, park, or street tree but needs larger area for root development; most useful for shade, framing, or background in large areas

History: Native range is Connecticut, south to New York to Florida, southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, to Texas and Mexico; introduced 1681

Pests\Problems: Pests: sweetgum webworm, caterpillars, cottony-cushion scale, sweetgum scale, walnut scale; Problems: leaf spot, iron chlorosis in high pH soils

Significant Features: Attractive all year; fruit causes troublesome litter in fall and winter; twigs frequently winged with cork