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Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
• Habit: Deciduous• Growth Rate: Rapid• Height: 20 to 40' • Width:20 to 30‘• Leaf: 1.5 to 3" alternate,
simple glossy dark green leaves; yellow, scarlet, purple fall color
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
• Flower/Fruit: White, flowers in March; unpleasant odor; .5" rounded brown fruit
• Comments: Upright, weak crotches that break with age; easy to transplant; tolerates drought, air pollution, heat; may have thorns
Quercus palustris
• Habit: Deciduous • Growth Rate: Rapid• Height: 60 to 80' • Width: 40 to 50‘• Leaf: 3 to 6" alternate,
simple leaves; 5 to 7 deeply cut lobes; russet, bronze, red fall color
Quercus palustris
• Flower/Fruit: .5" acorn • Comments: Young trees
and lower branches of older trees hold leaves throughout winter; fibrous root system; transplants well
Quercus phellos
• Habit: Deciduous • Growth Rate: Moderate
to rapid• Height: 60 to 80' • Width: 30 to 40‘• Leaf: 2 to 5.5" alternate,
narrow, simple leaves; slightly wavy; yellow to yellow brown fall color
Quercus phellos• Flower/Fruit: .5" acorn; often alternate years
of heavy bearing; not as messy as some oaks Comments: Native; fibrous root system; easy to transplant; good street tree; tolerant of heat, drought, air pollution and standing water; acorns eaten by birds and squirrels; small leaves are easy to clean up in fall
Japanese Barberry: Berberis thunbergii
• Deciduous shrub, except it is red in color.
• Leaf: alternate, ovate, entire margin, less than ½” wide and long
• Sun, 3-5’ tall/wide• Yellow spring flower• ½” long spines
Euonymous alata
• Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; range of soil types except wet
• Height: 15 to 20 feet • Width: 15 to 20 feet• Flower/Fruit: Non-showy
yellow-green flowers; 0.5 to 0.3" red fruit in fall
Euonymous alata
• Foliage: Opposite to sub-opposite, simple leaves; 1 to 3" long; finely serrated; corky winged branches; excellent red fall color
• Comments: Drought tolerant; fruit attracts birds; can be severely pruned
Border Forsythia: Forsythia x intermedia
• Deciduous shrub• Leaf: opposite, serrated,
elliptical, pinnate, 3-5”long,1 ½” wide
• 8-10’tall/wide• Sun• Yellow flower in late
winter, early spring.• Green pod for fruit.• Stem is 4-sided, has
noticeable lenticels
Glossy Abelia: Abelia x grandiflora
• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: opposite,
elliptical, serrated, pinnate, simple
• Pink flower, funnel/tube shaped.
• Twigs are reddish-brown with streaks
Aucuba japonica
• Height: 6 to 10 feet • Width: 4 to 6 feet• Evergreen• Flower/Fruit: Grown for
foliage rather than flowers; purple male flowers; 0.5" scarlet fruit matures in fall and persists till spring; often hidden by foliage
Aucuba japonica
• Foliage: Opposite, simple, lustrous, leathery le• Comments: Drought tolerant; young leaves
exposed to sun will blacken; easy to transplant; remains dense even in heavy shade; male and female plants aves; 3 to 8" long; rounded green stems