Chinkapin oak: Quercus muehlenbergii

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Chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, sensitive
  to soil compaction, difficult to transplant,
  plant in spring, tolerates higher pH
• Moisture tolerant to dry soil
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance prune ALL oaks during dormant season
  ONLY, acorns make a litter mess, very sensitive
  to construction injury and compaction!
• Pests oak wilt, gypsy moth, two-lined chestnut
  borer
• Hardiness zone 4b

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Pin oak Quercus palustris
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Pin oak Quercus palustris
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Pin oak Quercus palustris
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Pin oak Quercus palustris
Iron Chlorosis pH too high
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Pin oak Quercus palustris

• Soil tolerates clay soil but must be acidic,
  gets chlorotic at high pH, sensitive to soil
  compaction, easy to transplant, but still plant
  in spring
• Moisture tolerant to wet soil
• Salt none
• Maintenance prune ALL oaks during dormant season
  ONLY, acorns make a litter mess, thin bark easily
  damaged when young, very sensitive to
  construction injury and compaction!
• Pests very susceptible to oak wilt, gypsy moth,
  two-lined chestnut borer, leaf galls
• Hardiness zone 4b

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English oak Quercus robur
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English oak Quercus robur
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Skymaster oak Quercus robur Pyramich
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English oak Quercus robur

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, sensitive
  to soil compaction, difficult to transplant,
  plant in spring
• Moisture Sensitive to poor drainage
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance prune ALL oaks during dormant season
  ONLY, acorns make a litter mess, very sensitive
  to construction injury and compaction!
• Pests oak wilt, gypsy moth, anthracnose,
  susceptible to powdery mildew, scale, spider
  mites, two-lined chestnut borer, basal canker
• Hardiness zone 5a

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Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
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Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
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Baldcypress Taxodium distichum

• Soil adaptable to most soils, slightly acid to
  neutral pH, gets chlorotic at very high pH, easy
  to transplant
• Moisture very tolerant to wet soil, drought
  tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance low maintenance tree, can shear into
  formal hedge, when young, it tends to grow bushy
  for several years, very wind tolerant
• Pests can get spider mites, tussock moth, twig
  blight, galls, bagworms, canker, but is usually
  pest free
• Hardiness zone 4b (use northern seed/plant
  source)

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Lindens Tilia spp.
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American linden Tilia americana
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American linden Tilia americana
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American linden Tilia americana
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American linden Tilia americana

• Soil prefers a deep, fertile soil, pH adaptable,
  easy to transplant
• Moisture tolerant to wet soils, sensitive to
  drought
• Salt none
• Maintenance naturally suckers at base so remove
  suckers, can break in ice storms, prone to
  included bark, girdling roots if planted too
  deep, does not tolerate air pollution
• Pests Japanese beetle, anthracnose, linden
  borer, gypsy moth, basal rot, stem rot, and
  girdling roots due to deep planting, sunscald on
  trunk of young trees, verticillium wilt, spider
  mites, aphids, leaf scorch during drought
• Hardiness zone 3a

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Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata
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Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata
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Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata
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Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata
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Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata

• Soil prefers a deep, fertile soil, pH adaptable,
  easy to transplant
• Moisture moist, but not wet
• Salt sensitive to salt
• Maintenance suckers at base so remove suckers,
  can break in ice storms, prone to included bark
  and narrow branch crotch angles, tolerant to air
  pollution
• Pests Japanese beetle, anthracnose, linden
  borer, gypsy moth, basal rot, stem rot, and
  girdling roots due to deep planting, sunscald on
  trunk of young trees, verticillium wilt, spider
  mites, aphids, leaf scorch during drought
• Hardiness zone 3b

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Redmond linden Tilia Redmond
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Redmond linden Tilia Redmond
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Redmond linden Tilia Redmond

• Soil prefers a deep, fertile soil, pH adaptable,
  easy to transplant
• Moisture moist, but not wet
• Salt sensitive to salt
• Maintenance suckers at base so remove suckers,
  can break in ice storms, prone to included bark,
  terminal leader often flops over when tree is
  young
• Pests Japanese beetle, anthracnose, linden
  borer, gypsy moth, basal rot, stem rot, and
  girdling roots due to deep planting, sunscald on
  trunk of young trees, verticillium wilt, spider
  mites, aphids, leaf scorch during drought
• Hardiness zone 4a

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Silver linden Tilia tomentosa
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Silver linden Tilia tomentosa
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Silver linden Tilia tomentosa

• Soil prefers a deep, fertile soil, pH adaptable,
  easy to transplant
• Moisture more drought tolerant than other Tilia
  spp.
• Salt sensitive to salt
• Maintenance suckers at base so remove suckers,
  can break in ice storms, prone to included bark
  and narrow branch crotch angles
• Pests more resistant to Japanese beetle and
  gypsy moth, but can get them, anthracnose, linden
  borer, basal rot, stem rot, and girdling roots
  due to deep planting, sunscald on trunk of young
  trees, verticillium wilt, spider mites, aphids
• Hardiness zone 4b

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Elms Ulmus spp.
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American elm Ulmus americana
DED resistant cultivars American Liberty New
Harmony Princeton Valley Forge
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American elm Ulmus americana
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American elm Ulmus americana
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American elm Ulmus americana

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  dry, compacted, heavy clay soil, easy to
  transplant
• Moisture drought tolerant, tolerant to periodic
  flooding
• Salt salt tolerant
• Maintenance prune ONLY in dormant season, fruit
  can make a litter mess in spring, pollution
  tolerant, choose only DED resistant clones, but
  not immune!
• Pests can get verticillium wilt, elm leaf minor,
  elm leaf beetle, bacterial wetwood on bark,
  cankerworms, Japanese beetle, gypsy moth
• Hardiness zone 3a

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Hybrid elms Ulmus hybrids
Morton Accolade
Morton Glossy Triumph
Homestead
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Hybrid elms Ulmus hybrids
New Horizon
Pioneer
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Hybrid elms Ulmus hybrids
Ulmus wilsoniana Prospector
Frontier
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Hybrid elms Ulmus hybrids

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  compacted, heavy clay soil
• Moisture moist, but not wet, some cultivars are
  very drought tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance some cultivars (Regal) prone to
  developing double leaders and included bark,
  hence will need training pruning when young
• Pests suppose to be resistant to DED and phloem
  necrosis, but not immune, tussock moth, Japanese
  beetle, elm leaf beetle
• Hardiness zone 3-5 (varies with cultivar)

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Lacebark elm, Chinese elm Ulmus parvifolia
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Lacebark elm, Chinese elm Ulmus parvifolia

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  compacted, heavy clay soil, easy to transplant
• Moisture moist, but not wet
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance marginally hardy and needs
  protection, may develop included bark so training
  needed when young, tolerant to air pollution
• Pests resistant to DED and phloem necrosis, can
  get Japanese beetle, elm leaf beetle, marginally
  hardy and may have winter dieback and cankers
• Hardiness zone 5b

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Smaller Ornamental Trees
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Tatarian maple Acer tataricum
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Tatarian maple Acer tataricum
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Tatarian maple Acer tataricum

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Moisture tolerates drought
• Salt yes
• Maintenance thin bark easily damaged, prune for
  clearance, fruit litter, air pollution tolerant
• Pests susceptible to verticillium wilt, cankers,
  not reported to be invasive, but is related to
  Amur maple, which is highly invasive
• Hardiness zone 3a

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Shantung maple or purpleblow maple Acer truncatum
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Shantung maple or purpleblow maple Acer truncatum
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Shantung maple or purpleblow maple Acer truncatum

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH
• Moisture drought tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance thin bark easily damaged, develops
  multiple leaders, low branching, tolerates air
  pollution
• Pests verticillium wilt
• Hardiness zone 3b

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Hawthorns Crataegus spp.
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Thornless cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli
var. inermis
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Thornless cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli
var. inermis
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Crataegus crus-galli cockspur hawthorn
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Thornless cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli
var. inermis

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  poor soils, difficult to transplant, plant in
  spring
• Moisture drought tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance very sharp, long thorns on straight
  species, fruit makes tremendously slippery litter
  mess so keep away from sidewalks, tolerant to air
  pollution
• Pests susceptible to cedar quince rust (on
  fruit), cedar hawthorn rust (on leaves),
  fireblight, leaf blotch miner, leaf spot, leaf
  blight, powdery mildew, wooly aphids, lace bugs,
  borer
• Hardiness zone 4a

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Washington hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum
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Washington hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum
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Washington hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum
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Washington hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum
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Washington hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  poor, sandy soils, difficult to transplant, plant
  in spring
• Moisture drought tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance very sharp, long thorns, fruit is
  persistent so no litter mess, narrow crotch
  angles subject to breakage
• Pests susceptible to cedar quince rust (on
  fruit), cedar hawthorn rust (on leaves),
  fireblight, leaf blotch miner, leaf spot, leaf
  blight, powdery mildew, wooly aphids, lace bugs,
  borer
• Hardiness zone 4b

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Winter King hawthorn Crataegus viridis Winter
King
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Winter King hawthorn Crataegus viridis Winter
King
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Winter King hawthorn Crataegus viridis Winter
King
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Winter King hawthorn Crataegus viridis Winter
King
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Winter King hawthorn Crataegus viridis Winter
King

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  poor soils, difficult to transplant, plant in
  spring
• Moisture drought tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance few, if any thorns, fruit is
  persistent so no litter mess
• Pests less susceptible to cedar hawthorn rust on
  leaves but can get cedar quince rust on fruit,
  fireblight, leaf blotch miner, leaf spot, leaf
  blight, powdery mildew, wooly aphids, lace bugs,
  borer, but usually is less susceptible
• Hardiness zone 4b

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Amur maackia Maackia amurensis
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Amur maackia Maackia amurensis
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Amur maackia Maackia amurensis
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Amur maackia Maackia amurensis

• Soil pH adaptable, tolerant of poor, infertile
  soils, roots fix atmospheric N, easy to
  transplant
• Moisture well-drained soil, can leaf scorch
  during drought
• Salt unknown
• Maintenance prone to included bark formation,
  needs corrective pruning when tree is young,
  often multi-stemmed
• Pests none serious, but prone to included bark,
  leaf margins turn brown during drought
• Hardiness zone 4a

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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, do not
  overfertilize with N (increases chances of foliar
  disease and low flower production)
• Moisture drought tolerant
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance low branches, can sucker from
  rootstock or form watersprouts on stems, needs
  yearly corrective pruning
• Pests some cultivars/species are very
  susceptible to apple scab (defoliates tree),
  frog-eye leaf spot, fireblight, cedar apple rust,
  and powdery mildew, susceptible to Japanese
  beetle, can get spider mites, eastern tent
  caterpillar, aphids, leaf roller, borers, fall
  webworm, cankers
• Hardiness zone 4a

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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
Best Cultivars/Trademarks White Flowers/Red
Fruit Adirondack narrow, upright form M.
baccata Jackii Guinzam Guinevere
(8) Jewelcole Red Jewel Kinarzam King
Arthur M. sargentii Select A. Firebird (5)
M. sargentii Tina Sutyzam Sugar Tyme M.
? zumi var. calocarpa
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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
Best Cultivars/Trademarks White Flowers/Yellow
Fruit Bob White Cinzam Cinderella
(6) Excazam Excalibur (10) Lanzam
Lancelot Ormiston Roy Spring Snow no
fruit, but gets scab!
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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
Best Cultivars/Trademarks Pink or Red
Flowers/Red to Purple Fruit Camzam Camelot
(10) M. sargentii Candymint Canterzam
Canterbury (10) Cardinal JFS-KW5 Royal
Raindrops Orange Crush Parrsi Pink
Princess Prairifire Prairie Maid Purple
Prince
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Flowering crabapple Malus spp.
Best Cultivars/Trademarks Weeping to
Semi-Weeping Form Coral Cascade pinkish-white
flowers, orange fruit Louisa graceful weeper,
pink flowers, yellow fruit Luwick pink
flowers, red fruit Manbeck Weeper Anne E.
white flowers, red fruit Molazam Molten Lava
white flowers, orange fruit
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Sargent cherry Prunus sargentii
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Accolade cherry Prunus Accolade
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Sargent cherry Prunus sargentii

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, does not
  tolerate compacted soil, keep roots cool, plant
  in spring
• Moisture drainage is very important with all
  Prunus species, wont tolerate compacted, heavy
  clay soil, more tolerant to dry soils
• Salt moderate
• Maintenance prone to included bark formation and
  girdling roots, thin bark is easily damaged
• Pests more resistant to black knot, eastern tent
  caterpillar compared to other Prunus, can get
  Japanese beetle, borers if stressed, scale,
  canker, prone to rodent damage at base of tree
• Hardiness zone 4b

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Autumn Blaze callery pear Pyrus calleryana
Autumn Blaze
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Autumn Blaze callery pear Pyrus calleryana
Autumn Blaze
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Autumn Blaze callery pear Pyrus calleryana
Autumn Blaze
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Autumn Blaze callery pear Pyrus calleryana
Autumn Blaze

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH
• Moisture drought tolerant
• Salt salt tolerant
• Maintenance much wider branch crotch angles than
  other callery pear cultivars, so not prone to
  included bark and less likely to break in storms,
  tolerant to air pollution
• Pests susceptible to fireblight, can get leaf
  spot, but usually clean
• Hardiness zone 4b

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China Snow Peking lilac Syringa pekinensis
Morton
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China Snow Peking lilac Syringa pekinensis
Morton
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China Snow Peking lilac Syringa pekinensis
Morton

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Moisture does not tolerate wet soils
• Salt salt tolerant
• Maintenance straight species is multi-stemmed,
  this cultivar is single-stemmed, tends to have a
  wild looking form and will need pruning
• Pests resistant to powdery mildew, but can get
  verticillium wilt, can get lilac borer if very
  stressed
• Hardiness zone 4a

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Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac Syringa
reticulata Ivory Silk
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Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac Syringa
reticulata Ivory Silk
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Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac Syringa
reticulata Ivory Silk

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Moisture drought tolerant, does not tolerate wet
  soils
• Salt salt tolerant
• Maintenance little pruning required, straight
  species is multi-stemmed, this cultivar is
  single-stemmed and has better form over the
  species
• Pests resistant to powdery mildew, but can get
  verticillium wilt, can get lilac borer if very
  stressed
• Hardiness zone 3a

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