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| Plant Name |
Habit |
Zone |
Character |
Color |
Description |
| Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Morioka Weeping' |
Weeping |
4 |
Medium Tree |
Green |
This rare weeping form differs from 'Pendula' in that it has larger, puckered leaves and an informal habit. Spring leaves emerge with a reddish-purple cast that softens to blue-green in summer. Great fall color includes bright yellow with hints of orange and apricot. The tree grows vertically when young and matures to a more strongly weeping form with age. Best color and growth in full sun. Formerly thought to be a selection of C. magnificum. From Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland. |
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Upright Broad |
4 |
Small Tree |
Green |
This superior selection of Cornus kousa offers elegance, beauty and reliable good health during every season of the year. In early summer, masses of rich greenish-white, 4" flowers (really bracts) burst into bloom and produce a show that lasts several weeks. When the bracts fade, dramatic red, knobby fruits remain and carry on the show until cool weather changes the leaves to rich red-purple and scarlet. After the leaves drop, mottled gray and brown exfoliating bark and strong horizontal branching provide a striking winter presence. Use this beautiful small tree as a focal point in full sun with well-drained soil. |
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Upright Broad |
4 |
Small Tree |
Green |
A highly regarded, new introduction with huge flowers in shades of pink to red. Disease resistant Cornus kousa selections are preferable to Cornus florida, and 'Satomi' is the most highly prized of all kousa selections. Named by famed nurseryman Akira Shibamichi for his daughter. |
| Davidia involucrata 'Sonoma' |
Upright Broad |
5 |
Medium Tree |
Green |
This exciting new cultivar of the Dove Tree is noteworthy for blooming reliably at an early age: even young, rooted cuttings will bloom. Extra-large, white bracts create a beautiful spectacle on the broadly pyramidal tree in spring. It prefers moist, acidic soil. |
| Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck' |
Upright Narrow |
5 |
Large Tree |
Green |
This vigorous, columnar European Beech grows quickly, up to 3 feet per year when young, but it stays narrow enough to be useful even where space is at a premium. It provides a full, green, leafy canopy during the growing season, and a brilliant red-orange display in fall. |
| Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple' |
Upright Narrow |
5 |
Large Tree |
Red |
This vigorous, columnar European Beech was selected from the first recorded seed crop of mature, green Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck' specimens. The tree develops the same lush, leafy canopy as its green parent, but its leaves are striking purple instead. Selected from seedlings produced at the Trompenburg Arboretum in Holland. |
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Weeping |
5 |
Large Tree |
Red |
Unlike its parent, this seedling selection of 'Purpurea Pendula' has an upright habit, so it grows tall and narrow without training. Weeping secondary branches and reddish-brown leaves create an outstanding specimen. |
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Weeping |
5 |
Small Tree |
Red |
Developed in Germany about 1865, this strictly weeping cultivar is a real beauty. Its flexible branches adapt well to training, or if left to grow naturally, the weeping branches arch and sprawl to create an impressive, purple-black mound. |
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Upright Narrow |
5 |
Large Tree |
Red |
Another fantastic selection from the Trompenburg Arboretum in Holland, this dark purple, columnar seedling has strong, reliable growth, but a more refined, compact habit compared to Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'. Use the dramatic purple column as a striking accent plant. |
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Dwarf |
4 |
Small |
Green |
This compact, bushy selection was discovered in 1995, a witch’s broom growing in a Ginkgo tree in the Netherlands. It has proven an excellent find, descended with the unique history of the species, with the same fan-shaped green leaves that turn bright yellow in fall. But ‘Mariken’ stays very small, its thick, spreading branches loaded with a dense arrangement of foliage. The slow-growing, deciduous conifer makes a high-interest architectural feature, a flat, rounded, form, for either small garden or container. |
| Ginkgo biloba 'Korinek' |
Upright broad |
4 |
Large tree |
Green |
This unique ginkgo, descended from an ancient tree genus, grows leaves in assorted shapes. They might be the familiar fan shape or they might be strap- or filament-shaped. All are bright green in summer and change to gorgeous yellow in fall. Grow it as a large tree, or shear it as a shrub to keep the cool foliage at eye level. Adaptable and durable, it tolerates salt and drought and resists pests well, but prefers full sun and good soil. |
| Parrotia persica |
Upright Broad |
5 |
Medium Tree |
Green |
For year-round interest from a small, deciduous tree, you can’t do much better than Parrotia persica. This underutilized tree is a gem that contributes delicate spring flowers, gorgeous, glossy-green summer leaves and a riot of fall color to the garden. With age, the smooth, gray bark begins to flake off in beautiful plates of buff pink and creamy yellow too. The tree’s slow growth and low-domed habit make it an excellent choice for small urban and suburban spaces. |
| Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’ |
Upright Narrow |
5 |
Medium Tree |
Green |
This durable and adaptable deciduous tree boasts the same outstanding features as the species, including glossy green leaves, an outstanding fall display and colorful, flaking bark. It has a narrow, upright form, rather than the typical wide, spreading habit. Since it grows slowly and stays moderately small, it makes an excellent choice for tight spaces. |
| Salix caprea 'Pendula' |
Weeping |
3 |
Small Tree |
Green |
The Kilmarnock Willow forms an appealing garden accent for sites with good moisture, conditions in which all willows thrive. Staked, it grows into an umbrella-like, small tree with pendulous branches that display a great show of silvery catkins in spring. |
| Stewartia koreana |
Upright Broad |
5 |
Medium Tree |
Green |
This extraordinary Stewartia shares the renowned beauty and ornamental features of the more familiar Stewartia pseudocamellia: habit, leaf, and silvery winter bark that exfoliates with maturity. In addition, it boasts a more vigorous habit and glossier leaves that turn brilliant red in fall, producing exquisite four-season interest. |
| Stewartia serrata |
Upright Broad |
5 |
Medium Tree |
Green |
The creme de la creme of small garden trees, this gorgeous Stewartia combines the beautiful form and habit of others of the genus with fine features of its own. It flowers early and produces large (2 to 2 ½ inches), creamy-white blooms, each with a red blush at the base. Deep-red seed pods and scarlet-purple to orange fall color follow and give the tree additional character. An exquisite candidate for the collector, it was formerly listed as Stewartia (Pink). |
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Upright |
6 |
Small Tree |
Green |
This broadleaf, evergreen tree has tiered, horizontal branches and changing seasonal bark colors. Leaves are held so the inner bark shows, and it glows with chartreuse in spring and summer, then mellows to yellow in winter. New glossy, leathery leaves emerge rich-green, later take on bronze highlights and go light-green in winter. Unassuming, petal-less flowers on erect racemes radiate like the spokes of a wheel and account for the common name, Wheel Tree. This rare, small, slow-growing tree needs fertile, moisture-retentive soil. Originally from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. |
