Hort1 - Trees/Shrubs

Small deciduous specimen tree. Form is crooked. Flowers are actually bracts, white with brownish color on the tip of each bract.

• Bradford pear / Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'

• Flowering dogwood / Cornus florida

• Border forsythia / Forsythia x intermedia

Medium sized deciduous tree. White flowers in the spring. Reddish-purple leaf color in the fall. Form is symmetrical and doesn't require pruning to achieve this shape.

• Border forsythia / Forsythia x intermedia

• Bradford pear / Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'

• Flowering dogwood / Cornus florida

Large deciduous shrub with bright yellow flowers in the very early spring.

• Border forsythia / Forsythia x intermedia

• Bradford pear / Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'

• Flowering dogwood / Cornus florida

Medium sized deciduous tree that often has four trunks or stems. The bark is light colored and in thin sheets which peel off the trunk.

• River birch / Betula nigra

• Holly / Ilex sp.

• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus

Large evergreen tree with needles in bundles of 5 that are about 4 inches long.

• Eastern white pine / Pinus strobus

• Holly / Ilex sp.

• River birch / Betula nigra

Shrub that can grow 6-8 foot tall. Leaves are evergreen to deciduous. Flowers are large with colors depending on cultivar, but range from white, red, pink, purple, and orange.

• Azalea / Rhododendron obtusum

• River birch / Betula nigra

• Holly / Ilex sp.

Deciduous tree reaching 15-25 ft in height. Deeply lobed leaves are 2-5" and arranged oppositely on the stem. Leaf color depends on the cultivar. Flowers are hard to see from a distance as they are small. Excellent fall leaf color.

• Holly / Ilex sp.

• Azalea / Rhododendron obtusum

• Japanese maple / Acer palmatum

What is the genus for holly? Popular varieties include Dwarf yaupon, helleri holly, and dwarf burford holly. Note: not all hollies have spines on the leaves!

• Ilex

• Acer

• Pinus