• Prefers a sunny location but will tolerate shade
• Slow growth rate
• Does well in open areas
• Well-drained soils
• More resilient to drought and disease than the native dogwood
• Cold hardy

Height at maturity 20-30 ft

• Native deciduous tree with attractive tulip-like flowers
• Grow in full sun
• A favorite nesting site for birds, and the flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds
• Moist, well-drained soils,
• Is sensitive to heat and drought and has a low compaction tolerance

Height at maturity: 90-120 ft

• Prefers full-sun to partial shade
• Soils with good drainage, moist, occasionally wet
• Attracts pollinators and provides food for wildlife
• Shallow root, keep a layer of mulch around the tree
• Fruits can be used for pies, jellies, and jams

Height at maturity

20-25 ft the

• Tolerates occasional wet or moist conditions but prefers good drainage
• Purplish-brown flowers mature before the leaves emerge
• Late summer to early fall, pawpaw produces an edible fruit
• Attracts butterflies, pollinators, small mammals, and songbirds

Height at maturity

15-30 ft

• Full sun to partial shade
• well-drained soil
• It can be grown as a large multi-trunked shrub or trained into a small understory tree
• Blooms will occur from when it is very young (a few years) to the end of its life
• Prefers moist soil and is very sensitive to drought, so it will need supplemental irrigation

Height at maturity

30-40 ft

• Full sun to partial shade
• Good draining, moist, and occasionally dry
• Persimmons are dioecious, meaning there are separate male and female trees, and you need both in order to get fruit
• Fruits are very sweet when ripe and are a food source for many birds and mammals
• Will tolerate hot, dry conditions, poor soils, urban conditions, and wind.

Height at maturity

30-80 ft

• Broadleaf evergreen
• Grows in full sun to partial shade
• It will tolerate occasionally wet or dry soil, but not flooding
• Place in a location with afternoon shade but away from the house
• Beautiful color and interest in a winter garden

Height at maturity 40-60 ft

• Slender deciduous tree in the birch family
• Prefers deep shade or partial shade, but tolerates full sun
• Easy to grow and succeeds in most soils, and in urban settings
• Nutlets are eaten by songbirds, wild turkeys, quail, and small mammals
• Slow growing

Height at maturity

20-40ft

• Full sun to partial shade
• Soil should be moist, acidic, organically rich, and well-draining, intolerant of drought
• Leaves are an attractive yellow color in the fall
• Fruit is eaten by small mammals and birds.
• Late fall to late winter with cheery yellow spider-like blooms

Height at maturity

15-20 ft

• Deciduous tree in the birch family native to the Eastern US
• Found growing in moist soils
• Does well in heavy shade
• Leaves turn orange-red in fall
• Yellow-green flowers in the spring
• Wildlife-friendly tree

Height at maturity

20-30 ft

• Native deciduous tree with red fall foliage
• Easy to grow in full sun to partial shade
• Grow in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil
• Cold hardy with tolerance for urban conditions
• Bees use nectar, tree supports pollinators and other wildlife

Height at maturity

40-70 ft

• Native deciduous white oak tree with chestnut like leaves
• Grow in full sun
• Host plant for many moth and butterfly species and attracts wildlife
• Prefers moist to well drained alkaline soils, but adapts to many soil tyes
• Yellow and red. fall foliage

• Native deciduous tree with red fall foliage
• Grow in full sun
• Host plant for many moth and butterfly species and attracts wildlife
• Tolerant of urban conditions like drought, dry soil, and air pollution
• Fast growing

Height at maturity

50-70 ft