SHADE TREES

Below, you will find some of our favorite shade trees.  This represents only a sampling of the cultivars available.


ACer negundo

ACER NEGUNDO - Box Elder Maple

Common Name: Box elder

Zone: 2 to 10

Habit: Tree

Family: Aceraceae

Range: Central and North America

Height: 30 to 50 feet

Spread: 30 to 50 feet

Bloom Color: Greenish-yellow

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low


acer rubrum 'red sunset'

ACER RUBRUM 'RED SUNSET'

Common Name: Red maple

Zone: 3 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Aceraceae

Range: None

Height: 40 to 50 feet

Spread: 30 to 40 feet

Bloom Color: Red (male flower yellowish)

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

acer saccarum

ACER SACCHARUM - Sugar Maple

Common Name: Sugar maple

Zone: 3 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Aceraceae

Range: Alaska and Canada to southeastern United States

Height: 40 to 80 feet

Spread: 30 to 60 feet

Bloom Color: Greenish

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Medium

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

amelanchier 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

betula nigra

BETULA NIGRA - River Birch

Common Name: River birch

Zone: 4 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Betulaceae

Range: Eastern United States

Height: 40 to 70 feet

Spread: 40 to 60 feet

Bloom Color: Brown (male) green (female)

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

liquidambar styraciflue

LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUE 'ROTUNDILOBA'

Common Name: Sweet gum

Zone: 5 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Hamamelidaceae

Range: None

Height: 60 to 70 feet

Spread: 20 to 30 feet

Bloom Color: Greenish

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low


liriodendron tulipifera

LIRODENDRON TULIPIFERA - Tulip Tree

Common Name: Tulip tree

Zone: 4 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Magnoliaceae

Range: Eastern North America

Height: 60 to 90 feet

Spread: 30 to 50 feet

Bloom Color: Yellow with orange band at petal bases

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low


magnolia acuminata

MAGNOLIA ACUMINATA - Cucumbertree Magnolia

Common Name: Cucumber tree

Zone: 3 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Magnoliaceae

Range: Eastern North America

Height: 40 to 70 feet

Spread: 20 to 35 feet

Bloom Color: Greenish yellow

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

magnolia x soilangiana

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

metasequoia glyptostroboides

METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES - Dawn Redwood

Common Name: Dawn redwood

Zone: 4 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Taxodiaceae

Range: Western China

Height: 70 to 100 feet

Spread: 15 to 25 feet

Bloom Color: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

platanus acerifolia

PLATANUS ACERIFOLIA - London Planetree

Common Name: London planetree

Zone: 4 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Platanaceae

Range: None

Height: 75 to 100 feet

Spread: 60 to 75 feet

Bloom Color: Yellow (male) and red (female)

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: High

quercus coccinea

QUERCUS COCCINEA - Scarlet Oak

Common Name: Scarlet oak

Zone: 4 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Fagaceae

Range: Eastern United States, southern Canada

Height: 50 to 70 feet

Spread: 40 to 50 feet

Bloom Color: Yellowish-green

Sun: Full sun

Water: Dry to medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

quercus palustris

QUERCUS PALUSTRIS

Common Name: Pin oak

Zone: 4 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Fagaceae

Range: Eastern North America

Height: 50 to 70 feet

Spread: 40 to 60 feet

Bloom Color: Yellowish-green

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Medium

tilia cordata

TILIA CORDATA 'GREENSPIRE' - Littleleaf Linden

Common Name: Littleleaf linden

Zone: 3 to 7

Habit: Tree

Family: Tiliaceae

Range: Europe

Height: 50 to 70 feet

Spread: 35 to 50 feet

Bloom Color: Pale yellow

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low

ulmus americana

ULMUS AMERICANA - American Elm

Common Name: American Elm

Zone: 2 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Ulmaceae

Range: United States, Canada

Height: 60 to 80 feet

Spread: 30 to 50 feet

Bloom Color: Green

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low


ulmus parviflora

ULMUS PARVIFLORA - Chinese Elm

Common Name: Chinese or Lacebark Elm

Zone: 5 to 9

Habit: Tree

Family: Ulmaceae

Range: China, Korea and Japan

Height: 40 to 50 feet

Spread: 40 to 50 feet

Bloom Color: Green

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low


zelkova serrata

ZELKOVA SERRATA - Japanese Zelkova

Common Name: Japanese zelkova

Zone: 5 to 8

Habit: Tree

Family: Ulmaceae

Range: Japan, Korea and Taiwan

Height: 50 to 80 feet

Spread: 50 to 80 feet

Bloom Color: Green

Sun: Full sun

Water: Medium moisture

Maintenance: Low