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Rate

Flower

Color Foliage Fruit Height Width

SMALL TREES

Amur Maple / Acer ginnala x x med I (FC-Y-R) B-R 15-20' 15-20'

Tatarian Maple / Acer tataricum x x med I (FC-Y) B-R 18-30' 15-25'

Siberian Crabapple / Malus baccata x x med W (FC-Y) R-O 15-25' 15-25'

Jack Crabapple / Malus baccata 'Jackii' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 20-25' 20-25'

Rosthern Crabapple / Malus baccata

'Rosthern' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 20-25' 20-25'

Apple, Common / Malus pumila x x x med W (FC-Br-Y) Y-R 15-25' 10-25'

Flowering Crabapple / Malus hybrids x x x med W-Pk-R (FC-Y-R) Y-Pr 10-25' 15-25'

Beverly Crabapple / Malus x 'Beverly' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 20-25' 20-25'

Dolgo Crabapple / Malus x 'Dolgo' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 25-30' 25-30'

Manchurian Apricot / Prunus armeniaca

var. mandshurica x x med W (FC-Y-O) O 10-15' 12-18'

Amur Chokecherry / Prunus maackii x x med W (FC-Y) R 15-25' 15-25'

Pin Cherry / Prunus pensylvanica x x x med W (SP) (FC-R) R 30' 18'

Ussurian Pear / Pyrus ussuriensis cvs:

'PrairieGem,' 'McDermond' x x med W (FC-O-Y) G-Y 15-30' 15-20'

Japanese Tree Lilac / Syringa reticulata x x med W (FC-Br) 20-25' 15-25'

TALL TREES

Ohio Buckeye / Aesculus glabra cvs

'Autumn Splendor', 'Homestead' x x x slow Y (FC-Y-R) 20-40' 20-35'

Hackberry / Celtis occidentalis x x x x med I (FC-Y) Br-Bl 40-60' 25-45'

Manchurian Ash / Fraxinus mandshurica x x med I (FC-Y) G-Y 30-55' 25-35'

Green Ash / Fraxinus pennsylvanica x x x x med I (FC-Y) G-Y 35-65' 30-40'

Bur Oak / Quercus macrocarpa x x x slow I (FC-Y-Br) Br 40-70' 35-60'

Cathedral Elm / Ulmus x 'Cathedral' x x x x med-fast I (FC-Y) G-Br 45-65' 30-50'

Japanese Elm / Ulmus davidiana var.

japonica x x x med I (FC-Y) G-Br 35-55' 25-35'

Sun Requirements Water Requirements Plant Size (Maturity)

Xeriscape Plant Guide - Trees

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Plant Name Sun

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Shade Shade Low Mod High

Growth

Rate

Flower

Color Foliage Fruit Height Width

CONIFER TREES

Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus

scopulorum 'Medora' x x x slow G-P Bl-Gr G-Bl 20-40' 12-20'

Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana x x x x slow G-BR Gr Bk-Bl 30-45' 15-30'

Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca var

densata x x x med Y Bl-Gr Y-Br 30-60' 15-25'

Colorado Spruce Picea pungens x x med Y Bl-Gr Y-Br 30-65' 15-25'

Mugo Pine Pinus mugo x x slow Y Gr Br 3-20' 5-30'

Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa x x med Y Gr Br 50-70' 25-30'

Scotch Pine Pinus sylvestris x x med Y Gr G-Br 25-50' 20-35'

American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis x x x x med Gr 30' 6-15'

Xeriscape Plant Guide - TreesSun Requirements Water Requirements Plant Size (Maturity)