Spring Blooming Deciduous Trees
Cornus mas
Common Name: Cornelian cherry dogwood
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 15.00 to 25.00 feet
Spread:15.00 to 20.00 feet
Leaf: ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4" long)
Form/Shape: upright in youth but spread to a broad arching form with age
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade; prefers moist, organically rich soils
Growth Rate: slow-growing
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Prunus mume
Common Name: Japanese apricot
Hardiness Zone: 6 to 9
Height: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
Spread: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
Leaf: 2 to 4 in. alternate, simple leaf
Form/Shape: rounded; dense, twiggy growth; variable with cultivar
Attributes: average, medium moisture, well-drained, acidic loams in full sun to part shade; best flowering is in full sun
Growth Rate: fast-growing
Pest Tolerance: potential insect pests include aphids, scale and borers; potential disease problems include bacterial canker and brown rot.
Amelanchier canadensis
Common Name: Serviceberry
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 25.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
Leaf: 1.5 to 2.5 in. alternate, simple leaves; yellow to orange fall color
Form/Shape: early-flowering, large shrub or small tree
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade; tolerant of a somewhat wide range of soils.
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: rust, leaf spot, blight and powdery mildew are sometime disease problems, and sawfly, leaf miner, borers and scale are sometime insect pests.
Cercis canadensis
Common Name: Eastern redbud
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 20.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 25.00 to 35.00 feet
Leaf: 3-5 in. alternate, simple, cordate leaf
Form/Shape: dense; flat topped to rounded crown
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: slow to moderate
Pest Tolerance: canker, verticillium wilt, dieback, leaf spots, mildew and blights; Japanese beetles, tree hoppers, leaf hoppers, caterpillars, borers, webworms and scale
Cornus florida
Common Name: Flowering dogwood
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 15.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 15.00 to 30.00 feet
Leaf: 3-6 in. opposite, simple leaf; red to reddish-purple fall color
Form/Shape: semi-rounded top; horizontal low branches creating a layered look
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade; prefers moist, organically rich, acidic soils in part shade
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Pest Tolerance: powdery mildew, leaf spot, canker, root rot and leaf and twig blight
Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'
Common Name: Japanese flowering cherry
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 25.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 25.00 to 30.00 feet
Leaf: ovate, serrate, dark green leaves (to 5” long)
Form/Shape: vase shape, ascending branching and a spreading-rounded crown
Attributes: moist, fertile, well-drained, sandy or clay loams in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: slow to moderate
Pest Tolerance: susceptible to a large number of insect and disease pests
Magnolia x soulangiana
Common Name: Saucer magnolia
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 9
Height: 20.00 to 25.00 feet
Spread: 20.00 to 25.00 feet
Leaf: 3-6 in. alternate, simple leaves; variable fall color
Form/Shape: upright in youth; often multi-stemmed; low, wide spreading branches; rounded at maturity
Attributes: moist, organically rich, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Davidia involucrata
Common Name: Dove tree
Hardiness Zone: 6 to 8
Height: 20.00 to 40.00 feet
Spread: 20.00 to 40.00 feet
Leaf: 2-5.5 in. alternate, simple leaf; insignificant fall color
Form/Shape: pyramidal in youth; rounded; dense branching
Attributes: organically rich, consistently moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Halesia spp.
Common Name: Silverbell
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 30.00 to 40.00 feet
Spread: 20.00 to 35.00 feet
Leaf: dull, finely toothed, dark yellowish-green, ovate-oblong leaves (2-5" long)
Form/Shape: multi-trunk tree; rounded; open; irregular
Attributes: average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Asimina triloba
Common Name: Pawpaw
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 15.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 15.00 to 30.00 feet
Leaf: 6-12 in., alternate, simple leaves
Form/Shape: multi-stemmed with short trunk and spreading branches
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Aesculus hippocastanum
Common Name: Horse chestnut
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 50.00 to 75.00 feet
Spread: 40.00 to 65.00 feet
Leaf: 7 lobes; non-showy, yellow fall color
Form/Shape: upright; oval to rounded crown
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade; prefers moist, fertile soils
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: leaf blotch can be a significant problem; powdery mildew and anthracnose
Stewartia monadelpha
Common Name: Japanese stewartia
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
Height: 12.00 to 40.00 feet
Spread: 8.00 to 25.00 feet
Leaf: 2 to 3.5 in. alternate, simple leaves; brilliant fall color
Form/Shape: pyramidal to oval; open ascending habit
Attributes: moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: slow
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Prunus subhirtella var. pendula
Common Name: Weeping Higan cherry
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 20.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 15.00 to 25.00 feet
Leaf: ovate to lanceolate green leaves (to 3” long)
Form/Shape:
Attributes: moist, fertile, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. Best flowering in full sun
Growth Rate: slow to moderate
Pest Tolerance: leaf spot, die back, leaf curl, powdery mildew, root rot and fireblight
Malus spp.
Common Name: Flowering Crabapple
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
Height: 15.00 to 25.00 feet
Spread: 10.00 to 15.00 feet
Leaf: alternate, simple leaf
Form/Shape: rounded, vase-shape, oval, pendulous, narrow upright
Attributes: average to dry, acidic, Well drained; full sun
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: fire blight, scab, rust, and powdery mildew; Japanese beetles feed on leaves and will significantly affect tree health
Prunus sargentii
Common Name: Sargent cherry
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7
Height: 20.00 to 30.00 feet
Spread: 20.00 to 30.00 feet
Leaf: 2 to 5 in. alternate, simple, shiny dark green leaves
Form/Shape: upright; spreading to rounded
Attributes: verage, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade; best in full sun
Growth Rate: fast
Pest Tolerance: leaf spot, die back, leaf curl, powdery mildew, root rot and fireblight
Chionanthus retusus
Common Name: Chinese fringe tree
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 10.00 to 20.00 feet
Spread: 10.00 to 20.00 feet
Leaf: 3-8 in. opposite, leathery, lustrous leaves
Form/Shape: spreading, rounded; multistemmed
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems