Striped Maple
Zones 3-7
Wonderful underutilized small tree or large shrub (25-40') native to eastern US. It normally grows as a forest understory companion to beech and maple. It has striped bark, large leaves, and bright yellow fall color. Young twigs are greenish brown with long white stripes. Plants require some shade and are best grown in acidic, well-drained, organic rich soil.
Medium sized, fast growing tree with an oval to round crown. Its dark green foliage turns an excellent scarlet-red color in fall. Turns a little later than most Red Maples.
This fast growing, medium sized tree is one of the best and most popular of the Red Maple cutivars. 'October Glory' Red Maple trees are excellent for intense metallic-red and orange fall color and have a medium to fast growth rate. In the spring; red flowers in dense clusters form before the leaves.
One of the best trees for early fall color. A large deciduous tree that has a pyramidal form when young, becoming rounded with age. Glossy green leaves turn brilliant orange-scarlet, extremely showy. Full Sun.
Somerset Maple glow with long-lasting, bright red fall color. It branches very well as a young tree while developing an uniform, symmetrical and upright oval form at maturity. The result of controlled crosses between 'October Glory' and 'Autumn Flame' Maples, this seedless male clone exhibits significant resistance to potato leaf hopper and has proven adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions. Trials have shown it to color well as far south as Georgia.
Zone 4
Cross between 'Autumn Flame' and 'Red Sunset'
A male tree that turns bright red in the fall. Outstanding, consistently red fall foliage, peaking in late October. Symmetrical, ovate crown, smooth light gray bark darkens with age. Seedless selection. Best growth in moist, slightly acidic soils. Leafhopper resistant.
Sugar Maple
Zone 4-8
A classic shade tree native to the eastern and midwestern US with a common value for wood and syrup. Often thought of as one of the finest native maple species. Develops spectacular fall color in all shades of yellow, red, and orange. Slow to medium in growth rate with excellent hardiness. Flowers are greenish yellow in drooping clusters. Large tree (75')
Yellow Buckeye
Zones 4-8
A deciduous shade tree with an upright-oval to slightly spreading crown often reaches 60-75' in height. Its dark green palmately compound leaves turn a pumpkin color in the fall. In May, yellow flowers are borne. The bark is a rather curious combination of gray and brown with large, flat, smooth plates and scales.
Ohio Buckeye
Zones 4-7
One of the first trees to leaf out (often late March), its palmately compound leaves turn a yellow, orange-red to reddish brown in the fall. The perfect, greenish yellow flowers occur with foliage and are handsome when viewed close-up. The only American buckeye with a prickly fruit. Large tree (75+ feet)
Red Buckeye
Zones 4-8
A small clump-forming, round topped shrub or small tree reaching 10-20' in height (30' in the wild). Handsome small tree with dark green foliage and red flowers.
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Zones 4-9
The selection made by J.C. McDaniel of the University of Illinios flowers later than the species and variety. Large shrub
Amelanchier laevis
Alleghany Serviceberry
Zone 4
Small upright tree with clusters of white flowers in the spring. The fruit is blue and tasty. New growth is purple. Multi-stem tree
Coles Select Juneberry
Zone 4
This upright tree features a profusion of white blooms in early spring followed by tasty fruits and orange and red fall color.
Zone 4-9
It features pink buds, white flowers and purple-black fruit. Its fall color is yellow and red.
Red Chokeberry
Zones 4-9
A superior native shrub selection. The dark green leaves turn brilliant red in the fall. White flowers appear mid April with bright red berries appearing in September and lasting through the winter.
Zones 3-8
In autumn, this plant and berries provide a magical display of red and purple fall color. Dark green, waxy summer foliage and white flowers add to the magic.
Zone 3
Attractive dark glossy leaves and superb red autumn hues make Viking a winner. Flower display appears earlier than other selections. The large, attractive black fruit persists until spring and is said to be high in vitamins for wildlife.
Pawpaw
Zones 5-8
Multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with short trunk and spreading branches. Its summer foliage tends to droop and presents the tree with an overall sleepy (lazy) appearance; easily recognizable by this feature. Has yellow, yellow-green fall foliage and lurid purple spring flowers. Fruit when ripe has the sweet taste of banana-pineapple and the texture of custard.
Yellow Birch
Zone 3-7
Plants develop a vase-shaped habit and offer dark green foliage that transforms to a clear and uniform yellow color in the fall. Bark flakes and peels off golden brown adding interest to the dormant winter garden. Plants are resistant to bronze birch borer and birch leaf minor. Grows to 35-40' (can reach 75') in moist, well drained soils often found in rich woodlands.
Sweet Birch
Zone 4-7
Its non peeling bark is dark brown-red and its dark glossy green leaves turn yellow in fall.
Birch
Zones 3-9
River Birch is an exceptionally wind firm, disease and insect free species that develops a very broad, somewhat pendulous crown with size. This plant has glossy dark green leaves and yellow foliage.
Weeping Birch
Zones 4-9
An exciting new, weeping cultivar that has begun to make its way through horticulture circles. Creates a wonderfully unique, disease resistant specimen plant.
Gray Birch
Zones 3-7
Its decorated bark is thin, smooth, reddish brown on young trunks becoming chalky white with prominent, triangular black patches below the bases of branches; loses color quickly, becoming dirty gray. Has yellowish spring flowers and yellow fall foliage. Tree 30'