Scientific Name: Cercis canadensis

Common Name: eastern redbud

Native Range: Eastern North America

Zone: 4 to 8

Plant type & Form: Tree; often multi-trunked understory tree with a rounded crown that typically matures to 20-30’ tall with a slightly larger spread

Height: 20.00 to 30.00 feet

Spread: 25.00 to 35.00 feet

Bloom Time: April

Bloom Description: stunning pea-like rose-purple flowers which bloom profusely on bare branches in early spring (March-April) before the foliage emerges

Bark: can be reddish

Fruit: Flowers are followed by flattened leguminous bean-like dry seedpods (to 2-4” long) that mature to brown in summer. Each pod has 6-12 seeds. Pods may remain on the tree into winter

Leaf: Alternate, simple, cordate, broadly ovate to nearly orbicular, dull green to blue-green leaves (3-5” across) have a papery texture and are short pointed at the tip

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium

Soil type & pH: average, medium moisture, well-drained soils

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Street Tree, Flowering Tree, Naturalize

Tolerates: Deer, Clay Soil, Black Walnut

Identification notes: Look for hear shaped leaves and small brown pods

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Scientific Name: Quercus alba

Common Name: white oak

Native Range: Eastern United States

Zone: 3 to 9

Plant type & Form: Tree; Pyramidal when young, but matures into a substantial tree with a wide-spreading, rounded crown.

Height: 50.00 to 80.00 feet

Spread: 50.00 to 80.00 feet

Bloom Time: May

Bloom Description: Yellowish-green

Bark: whiteish plating

Fruit: Fruits are oval acorns (to 3/4″ long) with warty-scaled cups.

Leaf: 4-9″ long; have 7 to 9 deep rounded lobes. Leaves emerge pinkish in spring, but mature to dark green.

Sun: Full sun

Water: Dry to medium

Soil type & pH: rich, moist, acidic, well-drained

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Shade Tree, Street Tree

Tolerates: Drought, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil, Black Walnut

Identification notes: Loove for round lobe leaves and white, plating bark

Scientific Name: Acer platanoides

Common Name: Norway maple

Native Range: Northeastern Europe to Caucauses

Zone: 3 to 7

Plant type & Form: Tree with dense, symmetrical, rounded crown

Height: 40.00 to 50.00 feet

Spread: 30.00 to 50.00 feet

Bloom Time: March to April

Bloom Description: Yellow

Bark: grey and smooth when young. The bark is dark grey with shallow, intersecting ridges in a regular, often diamond-shaped pattern.

Fruit: Small yellow flowers in erect clusters (corymbs) appear in spring before the foliage. Flowers give way to paired seeds with horizontally spreading wings (samaras to 2” long).

Leaf: five sharply pointed lobes and resemble those of sugar maple. Leaf stems exude a milky sap when cut. Fall color is usually an unremarkable yellow

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium

Soil type & pH:

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Shade Tree, Street Tree

Tolerates: Drought, Air Pollution

Notes: Trees have escaped cultivation and naturalized in many areas of the northeastern and upper midwestern U.S.

Identification notes: Look for dark green leaves and regular bark