| Deciduous
(Leaf-Dropping) Trees |
Evergreen
Trees |
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Small Trees (Less than
20' high)
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Red Laceleaf Japanese
Maple
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Green Laceleaf Japanese
Maple
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Bloodgood Japanese Maple
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Oshi Beni Japanese Maple
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Weeping Birch
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White Fringetree
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White, Pink, or Japanese
Dogwood
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Saucer, Star & Sweet
Bay Magnolia
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Thundercloud Plum
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Weeping & Snow
Fountain Cherry
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Redbud
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Crabapple
Medium Trees (20-30'
high)
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Amelancher
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Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
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Franklinia
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Southern Magnolia
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Crabapple
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Sourwood
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Mt. Fuji &
Autumnalis
Tall Trees (More than 30'
high)
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Ash White & Red
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Sargent, or Kwanzan
Cherry
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Yoshino Cherry
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Red or Pin Oak
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Weeping Willow
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Chinese Scholar Tree
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Greenspire Linden
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Village Green Zelkova
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Sweetgum
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Norway, Sugar, Red &
Crimson King Maple
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White Birch, Heritage,
Jacquemonti & White Spire Birch
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Katsura Tree
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European or Weeping
Beech Fernleaf, & Weeping Purple Beech
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Honeylocust
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Small Trees (Less than
20' high)
Tall Trees (more than 20'
high)
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Fraser Fir
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Blue Atlas Cedar
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Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
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Weeping Alaskan Cypress
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Cryptomeria
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Norway Spruce
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Weeping Norway Spruce
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Colorado Blue Spruce
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Hoopsi Spruce
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Moerheim Spruce
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Serbian Spruce
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Bristlecone Pine
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Swiss Stone Pine
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White Pine
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Columnar White Pine
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Douglas Fir
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Canadian Hemlock
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Tall
Shrubs (Mature size of 10-15 feet) |
Medium
Size Shrubs (Mature size of 3-10') |
- American Boxwood
- Burning Bush
- Ilex - San Jose or Dragon Lady Holly
- Ilex - Dr. Kassab, Cherokee Holly,
Blue Boy/Girl, Blue Maid Blue Prince, Princess, Blue Stallion, or
American Holly
- Foxtail Spruce
- Tanyosho Pine
- Japanese White Pine
- Pyrancantha
- Tallhedge Buckhorn
- Native Rhododendron
- Purple or White Liliac
- Cap Yew
- Gold Arbovitae
- Pyramidalis, Emerald Green or Nigra
Arborvitae
- Dentatum, or Prunifolium Viburnum
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- Abelia
- Azaleas
- Exbury Azalea
- English Boxwood
- Clethra
- Red Twig Dogwood
- Var. Red Twig Dogwood
- Gold Thread Cypress
- Scotch Broom
- Duetzia
- Enkianthus
- Dwarf Burning Bush
- Gold, Gold Spot, Silver King, &
Manhatten Euonymus
- Forsythia
- Fothergillia
- Witchhazel
- Hibiscus - Ardens, Jeanned d'Arc, Lucy
- Hydrangea
- Ilex - 8 varieties
- Winterberry Holly
- Junipers - 4 Varieties
- Leucothoe - 2 varieties
- Mountain Laurel
- Oregon Grape Holly
- Northern Bayberry
- Mockorange
- Pumila Spruce
- Dwarf Blue Spruce - 2 varieties
- Montgomery Blue Spruce
- Andromeda
- Mugo Pine
- Dwarf White Pine
- Dwarf Scotch Pine
- Spirea
- Cherry Laurel or Skip Laurel
- Sand Cherry
- Flowering Almond
- Rhododendron - 18 varieties
- Red & Dwarf Lilac
- Brown, Densiforma, Hicksii, Hatfieldi,
or Wardii Yew
- Globe, Golden Biota or Rheingold
Arborvite
- Weeping Hemlock
- Burkwoodi, Juddi, Opulus, Carlessi,
Doublefile, Leatherleaf, Pragenese, or Viburnum
- Weigela & Var. Weigela
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| Small
Shrubs (Mature size of less than 3') |
Plants
For Heavy Clay Soils |
- Bog Andromeda
- Azaleas
- Barberry
- Boxwood Winter Gem, and Green Beauty
- Cotoneaster
- Dwarf Hinoki Cypress
- Euonymus
- Dwarf Forsythia
- Hydrangea
- Junipers
- Luecothoe Lovita
- Liriope
- Microbiota
- Birdsnest Spruce
- Potentillia
- Skimmia
- Spirea
- English & Dwarf Yew
- Dwarf Arborvite
- Dwarf Hemlock
- Bright Edge, Gold Sword, Adams Needle
or Weeping Yucca
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- Chamaecyparis filifera aurea
- Cercis - Redbud
- Doublefile Viburnum
- Burkwood Viburnum
- Korean Spice Viburnum
- Buxus microphylla - Korean Boxwood
- Forsythia
- Spirea napponica 'vanhouttei'
- Spirea bumaldo 'Anthony Waterer'
- Quercus palustris - Pin Oak
- Wisteria sinensis
- Berberis thunbergii
- Picea omorika
- Magnolia soulangiana
- Cornus alba 'elegantissima' -
Variegated Reg Twig Dogwood
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| Plants
That Attract Birds & Butterflies |
Salt
Tolerant Plants
(These
plants work well in oceanside areas where aerial salt rather than soil
salt is the primary concern)
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Trees
- Amelanchier - Shadblow
- Chionanthus - White Fringetree
- Cornus - Dogwood
- Malus - Crabapple
- Prunus - Cherry, Plum, Laurel
- Quercus - Oak
Shrubs
- Ilex - Holly
- Rosa - Rose
- Viburnum
Perennials
- Allium - Ornamental Onion
- Budlea - Butterfly Bush
- Dianthus
- Echinacea - Coneflower
- Lavandula - Lavender
- Lychnis - Catchfly
- Lythrum - Loosestrife
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- Amelancher canadensis - Shadblow
- Chamaecyparis pisifera - Goldthread
Cypress
- Clethra Alnifolia - Summersweet
- Cotoneaster salicifolius - Willowleaf
Cotoneaster
- Fraxinus americana - White Ash
- Hydrangea arborescens &
macrophylla - all varieties
- Ilex Glabra - Inkberry Holly
- Juniperus - chinensis, conferta,
virginiana all varieties
- Myrica pennsylvanica - Northern
Bayberry
- Pinus parviflora - Japanese White Pine
- Potentilla fruticosa
- Pyracantha coccinea
- Saphora Japonica - Japanese Scholar
Tree
- Spirea x bumalda 'Anthony Waterer' -
Dwarf Red Spirea
- Spirea x vanhouttei - Bridalwreath
Spirea
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| Quick
Growing Privacy Screens |
For
A Wet Location |
Trees
- Acer platanoides
- Amelanchier canadenis
- Salix
- Tsuga canadensis
- Pinus strobus
- Picea abies
- Thuja occidentalis nigra
Shrubs
- Abelia grandiflora
- Forsythia intermedia
- Ilex opaca
- Ligustrum ovalifolium
- Lonicera
- Pyracantha
- Viburnum
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Trees
- Acer rubrum
- Amelanchier canadensis
- Ilex opaca
Shrubs
- Andromeda prolifolia
- Salix
- Calluna vulgaris
- Clethra alnifolia
- Ilex glabra
- Ilex verticillata
- Kalmia latofolia
- Viburnum dentatum
- Viburnum opulus
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| For
A Formal Clipped Hedge |
For
A Dry Location |
Trees
- Pinus strobus
- Thuja occidentalis nigra
- Taxus capitata
- Tsuga canadensis
Shrubs
- Abelia
- Berberis thunbergi
- Buxus sempervirens
- Buxus suffruticosa
- Ilex crenata varieties
- Ilex opaca
- Ligustrum ibolium
- Lonicera tatarica
- Pyracantha coccinea
- Spirea van houtei
- Taxus in variety
- Thuja in variety
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Trees
- Pinus sylvestris
- Gleditsia varieties
- Pinus strobus
- Sophora japonica Regent
Shrubs
- Juniperus chin sargenti
- Juniperus conferta
- Juniperus horiz. varieties
- Ligustrum in variety
- Lonciera tatarica
- Myrica pennsylvania
- Rosa rugosa
- Yucca filamentoso
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| For
Partially Shaded Locations |
Deer-Resistant |
Trees
- Amelanchier canadensis
- Cornus florida and rubra
- Ilex opaca (Evergreen)
- Magnolia virginiana
- Oxydendrum arboreum
- Tsuga canadensis
Shrubs
- Abelia grandiflora
- Cercis canadensis
- Clethra alnifolia
- Cornus mas
- Euonymus fortunei varieties
- Hamamelis*
- Hedera helix*
- Hex crenata varieties
- Hex glabra & compacta
- Hydrangea quercifolia
- Kalmia*
- Mahonia aquifolium*
- Pachysandra terminalis*
- Pieris japonica
- Pyracantha coccinea
- Rhododendron max*
- Rhododendron hybrids*
- Taxus baccata
- Taxus cuspidata
- Taxus densformis
- Vinca minor
* Tolerates dense shade |
Ornamental
Plants - Common Names
- Boxwood
- Cotoneasters
- Fir
- Scotch Broom
- Liliac
- Magnolia
- Pieris
- Periwinkle
- Pines
- Redbud
- Rhododendron
- Smoke Tree
- Spruces
- Yucca
- Leucothoe
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| For
Colorful Autumn Foliage |
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Red
- Acer palmatum
- Acer rubrum + cvs.
- Acer saccharum
- Berberis
- Cornus
- Cotoneaster horizontalis
- Euonymous alata
- Oxydendrum arboreum
Purple
- Acer platanoides 'Crimson King'
- Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'
- Ginkgo biloba
Yellow
- Acer platanoides
- Acer saccharum
Bronze to Gold
- Abelia grandiflora
- Cryptomeria japonica
- Fagus sp.
- Gleditsia sp.
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