Maple (Trident)
Scientific Name: Acer buergerianum
Small to medium size
Tolerant of difficult growing sites
Glossy dark green foliage and pleasant shade
Attractive branching and exfoliating bark
Red and orange fall color
Maple, (Rock, Sugar, Hard)
Scientific Name: Acer saccharum
If the cultural requirements can be met, this is the one of the best large shade trees available. Soft, light green flowers in the spring, rich green summer foliage in the summer and the gre...
Maple, (Shantung)
Scientific Name: Acer truncatum
A tough, medium-sizes beauty that tolerates urban conditions quite well. Shantung Maple can have a burst of Reddish new growth accented by the green older growth. This trait, however, is var...
Maple, (Sugar)
Scientific Name: Acer saccharum
If the cultural requirements can be met, this is the one of the best large shade trees available. Soft, light green flowers in the spring, rich green summer foliage in the summer and the gre...
Maple, Manchurian
Scientific Name: Acer mandshuricum
A small tree that's little known and rarely used.
Manchurian Maple is a trifoliate maple, closely related to the Paperbark Maple. Manchurian Maple has pleasing bark. The Paperbark even more...
Maple, Paperbark
Scientific Name: Acer pennsylvanicum
Snakebark Maple is an under-story native that is rarely used in the landscape. It is a somewhat picky performer, doing best in moist well-drained soils and light shade. If the proper conditi...
Maple, Red 'Sun Valley'
Scientific Name: Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'
Red spring flowers. Nice shade. Exceptional fall color. The Red Maple is a great tree that tolerates urban conditions better than the Sugar Maple. The red Maple as a species is an ornamental...
Maple, Red 'Sun Valley'
Scientific Name: Acer rubrum 'Sun Valley'
Red spring flowers. Nice shade. Exceptional fall color. The Red Maple is a great tree that tolerates urban conditions better than the Sugar Maple. The red Maple as a species is an ornamental...
Mountain Ash (Korean)
Mountain Ash are beautiful trees but most do not perform well in the landscape. In fact, they usually do not perform at all. Korean Mountain Ash, however, is more pest resistant than most me...
Oak (Black)
Scientific Name: Quercus velutina
A common tree in the Appalachian forests, Black Oak is a rare find in nurseries and unfortunately, seldom planted. With its rich, glossy foliage, it is possibly the best shade tree in the Re...