LACEBARK ELM (Ulmus parvifolia)
Exposure: Full sun-Partial sun
Growth habit: Round-oval crown
Height/Spread: 40-50’ & 40-50’
Distinctive Features: Mottled bark, good fall color, resistant to Dutch Elm Disease
What makes the lacebark elm particularly interesting is the bark. The beautiful exfoliating light and gray bark patterns beckon all viewers. It has attractive fall color and can tolerate fairly heavy amounts of urban pollution (which is why you often see them as street trees). Be sure to prune this tree early on for good structural maintenance- if you don’t it can be susceptible to wind/ice load breakage.
KATSURA TREE (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
Exposure: Full sun-partial sun
Growth habit: Spreading pyramidal
Height/Spread: 40-60’ tall &wide
Distinctive Features: Fall color, heart shaped leaves, fall aroma
The Katsura Tree’s heart-shaped leaves go from a vibrant green to a stunning display of yellow to almost purple in the fall. The leaves during this time produce a sweet smell, which is how this tree got the nickname “caramel tree”. The inconspicuous flowers alert you to their sex- red for male and green for female.
SWISS STONE PINE (Pinus cembra)
Exposure: Full sun-partial sun
Growth habit: Dense, narrow, pyramidal
Height/Spread: 25-40’ Tall & 15-25’ Wide
Distinctive Features: Evergreen
Swiss stone pine is a dense, narrow, pyramidal evergreen tree that provides dark green color in the landscape. It is a picturesque evergreen that would work well as a specimen tree or a privacy screen.
EUROPEAN HORNBEAM (Carpinus betulus)
Exposure: Full sun- partial shade
Growth habit: Upright pyramidal
Height/Spread: 40-60’ feet tall & 30-40’ wide
Distinctive Features: slate-gray smooth or fluted bark, good fall color, dense texture foliage
The European Hornbeam’s ovate, sharply-toothed, dark green leaves are attractive throughout the season and have little susceptibility to disease. The foliage turns yellow to orange in the fall. Like the American hornbeam, the trunks have smooth gray bark that look like muscles flexing.
Amur Maackia (Maackia amurensis)
Exposure: Full sun
Growth habit: Compact Rounded
Height/Spread: 25-40’ feet tall & wide Distinctive Features: Mottled bark, summer flowers
Amur maackia is a compact, rounded tree suitable for many landscapes. The compound leaves emerge silvery-green in spring, changing to medium green in summer. White, spiky flowers appear in midsummer when little else is flowering. Mottled bark adds to its winter interest.
HINOKI CYPRESS (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
Exposure: Full sun- partial shade
Growth habit: Pyramidal Shape
Height/Spread: 50 to 75 feet tall & 10-25 feet wide
Distinctive Features: Evergreen
The Hinoki cypress is a tall, evergreen coniferous tree with spreading horizontal branches that droop at the tips. The cones are small and orange-brown. It is often used for privacy screens because it’s so tall and dense. Various cultivars range widely in size and also in color (going from a dark green to a vibrant yellow green).