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The Facts Height: 35′ – 50′ Spread: 4′ Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Sweetgums have long been an American favorite. These Liquidambar styraciflua, or ‘Slender Silhouettes’, even more so for their columnar growth habit and brilliant fall color. They are deciduous and require occasional waterings once a solid root system has been established. The start-shaped foliage and columnar habit make it the perfect choice for

The Facts Height: 40′ – 60′ Spread: 30′ – 40′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Dry to Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast This oak is long lived and respected in the horticulture community. Luscious green foliage lines strees and graces homes through spring and summer, giving way to the gorgeous fall color is is also loved for. Shumard oak is a medium sized, deciduous tree of the red oak group. Pyramidal in youth but spreads to a braod open crown with age. Shiny, dark

The Facts Height: 50′ – 75′ Spread: 15′ – 20′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium to Wet Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Taxodium distichum, commonly known as bald cypress, is a long-lived, pyramidal conifer. It is native to saturated soils, seasonally flooded areas, swamps and stream banks on the coastal plain. Although it looks like a needled evergreen, it is in fact deciduous (“bald” as the common name suggests). Flat, linear needles are yellow-green in spr

The Facts Height: 40′ – 60′ Spread: 40′ – 60′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Any Growth Rate: Medium to Fast The Sawtooth Oak was first arrived in America in 1862 from its native regions Japan, China, Korea and the Himalayas. It is mostly selected for its relatively low maintenance and wide adaptability. This oak is a an attractive and sturdy shade tree. Its name derives from its saw tooth cut leaves which open golden yellow in the spring, giving way to a lustrous d

The Facts Height: 60′ – 80′ Spread: 30′ – 40′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast These true American elms are nothing but grace and beauty with their upright vase-shaped growth habit. The shape of this tree is very fluid as it matures. (See picture stages above.) It grows quickly at 4 to 6 feet per year. The foliage features large leathery dark green in summer and a beautiful yellow in fall; great variation in intensity of fall coloration. This

The Facts Height: 15′ – 20′ Spread: 15′ – 24′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast Cercis canadensis, var. texensis commonly called Oklahoma redbud, is a deciduous, often multi-trunked understory tree with a rounded crown. It is particularly noted for its stunning pea-like rose-purple flowers which bloom profusely on bare branches in early spring (Mar-Apr) before the foliage emerges. This tree is native to eastern and central North Ame

The Facts Height: 25′ Spread: 15′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani) is native to the eastern Mediterranean region, including Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria. It is more widely planted as a highly regarded ornamental. This irregular, upright Lebanon Cedar produces a graceful, vertical form with long, pendulous branches covered with long, stiff and dark green needles. The slow-growing tree develops an impressiv

The Facts Height: 30′ Spread: 3′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate Taylor Junipers, similarly to Spartans, are coveted for their low maintenance and narrow growth habit. Semi-soft, blue-green foliage and narrow columnar form provides a refined, elegant look. This handsome selection maintains a more dense, upright form than other similar plants. ‘Taylor’ is an upright narrow columnar eastern red cedar. Silvery blue-green foliage is

The Facts Height: 15′ – 20′ Spread: 4′ – 5′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate Spartan Junipers are widely revered for their narrow growth habit and tall stature, but can appear in shorter, more shrubby forms. This juniper is native to several regions in China, Japan, Mongolia and the Himalayas. Spartans grow into a narrow cone or columnar shape and remain thick as if it had been sheared. It displays vibrant green foliage that gives a very