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Ornamental tree Plant Profiles

Browse 36 ornamental tree profiles with Plant by ZIP hardiness, light, soil, water, spacing, timing, and source notes. Open a profile for photos, quantitative ranges, and pairing notes.

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Autumn Brilliance serviceberry

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifefour-season native treeedible fruit
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Standing Ovation serviceberry

Zones 2a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colornarrow native serviceberrybird-friendly fruit
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American holly

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifenative holly treesongbird food
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American hornbeam

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colornative understory treetolerates shade
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Eastern hop hornbeam

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifetough native understory treelong-lived
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Eastern red cedar

Zones 2a-9a / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifenative juniperdrought-tolerant
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Bald cypress

Zones 4a-10a / High water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative deciduous coniferwet-soil tolerant
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Black gum

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative shade treeoutstanding fall color
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Bur oak

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative prairie oaktolerates heavy soil and drought
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Cherokee Princess dogwood

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative flowering dogwood selectionreliable bloomer
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Eastern redbud

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative understory treeheart-shaped leaves
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Foster holly

Zones 6a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifenarrow upright hollysongbird value
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Heritage river birch

Zones 4a-9a / High water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative river birchtolerates wet and clay soils
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October Glory red maple

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative red maple selectionreliable fall color
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Pin oak

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative red oakpyramidal young habit
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Shoal Creek chaste tree

Zones 6a-9a / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifedrought-tolerant small treepollinator favorite
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Shumard oak

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative red oakfaster-growing native shade tree
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Sugar maple

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative shade treeclassic fall color
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Sweetbay magnolia

Zones 5a-10a / High water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative magnolia for wet soilssmaller scale than southern magnolia
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Taylor juniper

Zones 3a-9a / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorupright native juniper selectiondrought tolerant
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White oak

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative keystone oaksupports hundreds of insect species
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American Pillar arborvitae

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorvery narrow arborvitaefast vertical screening
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Ann magnolia

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecompact spring magnolialate bloom avoids most frosts
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Forest Pansy redbud

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecolored-leaf redbudstriking foliage all season
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Green Giant arborvitae

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorrapid-growth screening evergreendeer-resistant
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Jane magnolia

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecompact spring magnoliareliable late bloom
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Little Gem southern magnolia

Zones 7a-10b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPrivacy & screeningcompact southern magnoliacolumnar form
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Natchez crape myrtle

Zones 7a-9b / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifeexfoliating barkheat-tolerant tree
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Nellie Stevens holly

Zones 6a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorfast-growing hollypyramidal habit
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Skyrocket juniper

Zones 4a-9a / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorvery narrow habitlow-water screen
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Stellar Pink dogwood

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifehybrid dogwoodanthracnose resistance
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Techny arborvitae

Zones 3a-7a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorbroad pyramidal arborvitaecold-hardy
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Tuscarora crape myrtle

Zones 7a-9b / Low water / Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifemildew-resistant crape myrtlevivid color
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Yoshino cryptomeria

Zones 6a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorJapanese cedarfine-textured needles
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Bloodgood Japanese maple

Zones 5a-8b / Medium water / Partial sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorcompact shade treefine-textured leaves
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Crimson Queen Japanese maple

Zones 5b-8b / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 2-5 yrs

Curb appeal & colorweeping laceleaf Japanese maplemound habit