Scientific name: Acer platanoides
Cultivars: Acer platanoides ‘Crimson King’ similar but RED fall colour***
Family: Sapindaceae
Common name: Norway Maple
Zone: 3 to 7
Form/Height/Spread: Upright tree, 40-50, 20-50.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Opposite. Yellow in fall.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Samara. Insignificant flowers.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Sun to part shade. Medium well drained soil but highly adaptable to a range of soil conditions. Shade, street tree. Overused and overrated tree. Needs more room.
Acer Platanoides
Crimson King Below
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Scientific name: Arbutus unedo
Common name: strawberry tree
Family: Ericaceae
Cultivar: ‘Compacta’ f rubra.
Zone: 7
Form/Height/Spread: rounded. 4-8m, 4-7m.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Evergreen.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: White small flowers. Round red textured fruit.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Full sun, well-drained soil. Needs protection from cold winters. Drought, heat tolerant but intolerant of poor drainage. Good specimen or accent tree.
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Scientific name: Betula nigra
Family: Betulaceae
Common name: river birch
Zone: 4
Form/Height/Spread: oval/round. 8-12m, 2-4m.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Yellow.
Flower/Cone/Fruit:
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Full sun to part shade, moist, well-drained soil. Best in colonies, stream banks and moist hillsides. Specimen or accent tree.
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Scientific name: Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’
Family: Betulaceae
Common name: Europoan hornbeam
Zone: 5
Form/Height/Spread: Rounded or Pyramidal. 6-12, 2-10m.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Yellow, sometimes orange.
Flower/Cone/Fruit:
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit):Full sun to shade, moist, well-drained soil. Tolerant of occasional flooding, various soil conditions, air pollutions and rough physical treatment. Specimen or accent shade tree.
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Scientific name: Clematis Armandii
Common name: Armand clematis
Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 7
Cultivar: ‘Snowdrift’
Form/Height/Spread: Climbing vine, 15, 40.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Opposite. Evergreen.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Big white flowers, fragrant.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Shade, protected shelter. Needs support. Climbs by tendrils.
Scientific name: Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-Marginata’
Common name: tatarian dogwood
Family Cornaceae
Zone: 3 to 7
Form/Height/Spread: Suckering/multi-stemmed/Thicket. .8-10, 5-10
Leaf/Fall Colour: Opposite
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Creamy white flowers, white attractive berries.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Full sun to part shade. Medium water use. Screen, hedge, border shrub. Attract winter red stems.
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Scientific name: Cotoneaster salicifolius
Common name: willowleaf cotoneaster
Family: Rosaceae
Cultivar: Autumn Fire
Zone: 6-8
Form/Height/Spread: Shrub, arching/spreading.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Evergreen.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Small white flowers. Red fruit.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Hedge, screen bank cover. Small Grouping. Focal point. Sun to shade, well drained soil.
Scientific name: Euonymus alatus
Common name: winged euonymus
Family: Celastriaceae
Zone: 3 to 8.
Form/Height/Spread: Mound. 15-20’
Leaf/Fall Colour: Opposite. Bright red.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Insignificant yellow green flowers. Red capsule fruit.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Unlimited use/border, hedge, specimen, screen, massing. Well drained soil, heavy shade.
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Scientific name: Hydrangea petiolaris
Common name: climbing hydrangea
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 4 to 7
Form/Height/Spread: Unlimited climbing vine. 60-80’
Leaf/Fall Colour: Opposite. Stay green in late fall.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Dull white, influeorence flowers. Unimportant fruit capsule.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Rich, well-drained soil. Sun or shade. Good climbing vine, needs texture to climb.
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Scientific name: Ilex crenata
Common name: Japanese holly
Zone: 5 to 7
Form/Height/Spread: Dense, shrub. 5 to 10’.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Evergreen. Alternate
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Dull green. Black berry drupe.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Excellent texture, mound, massing, hedging. ‘Overused and abused’. Light-well-drained soil, shade adapted.
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Scientific name: Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Common name: Boston ivy
Family: Vitaceae
Zone: 3 to 9
Form/Height/Spread: Climbing Vine. 30-50’
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Orange/Red.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Greenish white. Black berry-like drupes.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Tough, walls, trellis. Can rip off building. Intolerant of salt. Tolerant of city conditions, pollution. Sun or shade, well-drained soil but adaptable to many soil conditions.
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Scientific name: Phyllostachy aurea
Common name: golden bamboo
Zone: 6-10
Family: Poaceae
Form/Height/Spread: running bamboo.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Evergeen. Yellow/golden orange in Sun.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Insignificant.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Full sun to part shade, well drained soil. Needs to be contained and sheltered. Screening or headge. Attractive golden features.
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Scientific name: Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra”
Common name: cherry plum
Family name: Rosaceae
Zone: 3 to 8
Form/Height/Spread: Small, shrub tree. 15’ to 30’, 15-25’
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Insignificant.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Perfect, white. Reddish bloomy drupe.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Average to well-drained soil. Full sun, adaptable ph. levels. Can create dark spot. Good as specimen, grouping, foundation planting.
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Scientific name: Quercus frainetto
Common name: Hungarian oak
Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6
Form/Height/Spread: Oval.8-18, 8-12m.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Yellow/Brown.
Flower/Cone/Fruit:Acorns. Fruit attracts squirrels.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Full-sun, well drained soil. Heat, Drought tolerant. Intolerant of poor drainage. Specimen, street tree or shade tree.
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Scientific name: Quercus rubra
Common name: red oak
Family name: Fagaceae
Cultivar: Aurea
Zone: 3
Form/Height/Spread: Large, round, spreading. 10, 20m and 8-15 m.
Leaf/Fall Colour: Alternate. Yellow brown to bronze.
Flower/Cone/Fruit: Acorns.
Site (Soil, Light, Water, Limit): Specimen, street tree, shade. Needs space. Full sun and well-drained soil. Tolerates heat, drought wind and most urban conditions but not poor drainage. Can be dangerous as older branches fall/break.
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Scientific name: Rhododendron ‘PJM’
Common name: PJM Rhododendron
Family name: Ericaceae
Zone: 4
Form/Height/Spread: Small shrub, 3-5 feet.
Leaf/Fall: Whirl. Evergreen but coppery in winter.
Flower/Fruit/Cone: Lavender
Site: Sun to part shade, well-drained, acidic soil. Residential scale, small shrub, border.
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Family name: Salix scouleriana
Cultivar: Scouler’s Willow
Zone: 5
Form/Height/Spread: Round, shrub small tree. 2 to 7 m
Leaf/Fall: Alternate. Brown.
Flower/Fruit/Cone: Pussy willow like catkins. Reddish brown long capsules.
Site: Flood or avalanche areas. Invades quickly after logging and fires. Helps after forest disturbances.
Scientific name: Vaccinium corymbosum
Family Ericaceae
Common name: highbush blueberry
Zone: 3-7
Form/Height/Spread: Small thicket shrub. 6-12’, 8-12’
Leaf/Fall: Alternate. Red.
Flower/Fruit/Cone: White to pink flower. Blue Fruit.
Site: Acidic, sandy, swampy soils. Small bush, good for hedging, border or small pot.
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Scientific name: Zelkova serrata
Family name: Ulmaceae
Common name: Japanese zelkova
Zone: 5 to 8
Form/Height/Spread: Round tree. 50-80’, 50 to 80’.
Leaf/Fall: Alternate. Yellow orange.
Flower/Fruit/Cone: Insiginificant. Wingless drupes.
Site: Average to medium wet, well drained soils. Full sun. Tolerant of urban conditions. Tolerant of Dutch elm diseases. Likes rich loams. Shade, park tree or lawn,
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