ORNAMENTAL TREES

Below you will find a few examples of ornamental trees that we use in our designs and installations. This compilation is not comprehensive, rather, it is a broad sampling meant to familiarize our clients with the diversity that ornamental trees encompass.


ACer palmatum 

ACER PALMATUM 'BLOODGOOD' - Red Japanese Maple

Common Name: Japanese maple

Zone: 5 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Aceraceae

Range: None

Height: 15 to 20 feet

Spread: 15 to 20 feet

Bloom Color: Red

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

acer triflorum

ACER TRIFLORUM - Three Flowered Maple

Common Name: Three-flowered maple

Zone: 4 to 7

Habit: Tree

Family: Aceraceae

Range: Northern China, Manchuria, Korea

Height: 25 to 30 feet

Spread: 25 to 30 feet

Bloom Color: Greenish yellow

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

amlanchier laevis

AMELANCHIER LAEVIS - Serviceberry

Common Name: Allegheny serviceberry

Zone: 4 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Rosaceae

Range: Southeastern Canada, Eastern United States

Height: 15 to 40 feet

Spread: 15 to 40 feet

Bloom Color: White

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

cercis canadesis

CERCIS CANADENSIS - Eastern Redbud

Common Name: Redbud

Zone: 4 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Fabaceae

Range: Eastern United States , northern Mexico

Height: 20 to 30 feet

Spread: 25 to 35 feet

Bloom Color: Pink

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

cornus florida

CORNUS FLORIDA - White Flowering Dogwood

Common Name: Flowering dogwood

Zone: 5 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Cornaceae

Range: Eastern North America

Height: 15 to 30 feet

Spread: 15 to 30 feet

Bloom Color: White (bracts)

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Medium

cornus kousa

CORNUS KOUSA - Kousa Dogwood

Common Name: Kousa dogwood

Zone: 5 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Cornaceae

Range: Japan, Korea, China

Height: 15 to 30 feet

Spread: 15 to 30 feet

Bloom Color: White to pinkish (bracts)

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

crataegus viridis

CRATAEGUS VIRIDIS 'Winter King' - Green Hawthorn

Common Name: Green hawthorn

Zone: 4 to 7

Habit: Tree

Family: Rosaceae

Range: None

Height: 25 to 35 feet

Spread: 25 to 35 feet

Bloom Color: White

Sun: Full sun

Water: Dry to medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

magnolia denudata

MAGNOLIA DENUDATA - Yulan Magnolia

Common Name: Yulan magnolia

Zone: 6 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Magnoliaceae

Range: China

Height: 30 to 40 feet

Spread: 30 to 40 feet

Bloom Color: White

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Medium

magnolia x soulangiana

MAGNOLIA x SOULANGIANA - Saucer Magnolia

Common Name: Saucer magnolia

Zone: 4 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Magnoliaceae

Range: None

Height: 20 to 25 feet

Spread: 20 to 25 feet

Bloom Color: White flushed with purple

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Medium

picea abies

PICEA ABIES - Norway Spruce

Common Name: Norway spruce

Zone: 2 to 7

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: Northern & Central Europe

Height: 40 to 60 feet

Spread: 25 to 30 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

picea omorika

PICEA OMORIKA - Serbian Spruce

Common Name: Serbian spruce

Zone: 4 to 7

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: Balkans

Height: 40 to 60 feet

Spread: 15 to 20 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

picea pungens glauca

PICEA PUNGENS GLAUCA - Colorado Blue Spruce

Common Name: Colorado spruce

Zone: 2 to 7

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: None

Height: 30 to 60 feet

Spread: 10 to 20 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

pinus cembra

PINUS CEMBRA - Swiss Stone Pine

Common Name: Swiss stone pine

Zone: 4 to 7

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: Central Europe

Height: 30 to 40 feet

Spread: 15 to 20 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

pinus flexilis

PINUS FLEXILIS - Limber Pine

Common Name: Limber pine

Zone: 4 to 7

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: Rocky Mountains

Height: 40 to 60 feet

Spread: 25 to 40 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

pinus strobus

PINUS STROBUS - Eastern White Pine

Common Name: Eastern white pine

Zone: 3 to 8

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: Southeastern Canada, eastern United States

Height: 50 to 80 feet

Spread: 20 to 40 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

pinus strobus 'nana'

PINUS STROBUS 'NANA' - Dwarf Eastern White Pine

Common Name: Eastern white pine

Zone: 3 to 8

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Pinaceae

Range: None

Height: 2 to 7 feet

Spread: 3 to 10 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low


styrax obassia

STYRAX OBASSIA - Fragrant Snowbell

Common Name: Fragrant snowbell

Zone: 5 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Styracaceae

Range: Japan

Height: 20 to 30 feet

Spread: 15 to 25 feet

Bloom Color: White

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Medium


thuja occidentalis

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS 'SMARAGD' - American Arborvitae

Common Name: American arborvitae

Zone: 2 to 7

Habit: Needled evergreen

Family: Cupressaceae

Range: None

Height: 12 to 14 feet

Spread: 3 to 4 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low