Trees
Form
Picea omorika
Serbian Spruce
The Serbian spruce is an elegant tree for northeast Ohio landscapes. Mature specimens are tall and slender, with gracefully drooping secondary branches and ascending primary branches that become bowed with... more
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor is an excellent tree for the heavy, seasonally wet soils of northeast Ohio. Although pin oak, Q. palustris is much more common in our landscapes, the ruggedly handsome... more
Fagus grandifolia
American Beech
American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a tree native to eastern North American. The geographic range of American beech extends to Nova Scotia, southern Quebec and Ontario in the north; to... more
Tsuga canadensis
Canada Hemlock
The geographic range of Canada hemlock in North America extends from southern Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia down the Appalachian Mountains into northern Georgia and over to Michigan in... more
Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ (Freeman maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Being a Freeman maple, the ‘Autumn Fantasy’ is a hybrid of Acer rubrum and A. saccharinum resulting in A. rubrum’s strong branch structure and A. saccharinum’s fast growth. The ‘Autumn Fantasy’ really takes this to heart with an improved... more
Quercus alba
Quercus alba (white oak)
Pyramidal when young, upright rounded to broad-rounded habit with wide-spreading branches at maturity. Foliage is dark green changing in fall from brown to reddish-purple. Majestic native tree for large areas. Prefers... more
Carya cordiformis
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
According to Klyn Nursery, “This Ohio native is one of the faster-growing hickories. It will eventually become a slender tree with an irregular, cylindrical crown of stiff ascending branches. The interesting bark is gray to brown and shallowly-furrowed. The tree is salt tolerant, and... more
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (red maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “A columnar red maple! Narrower when young, this tree becomes a broad column at maturity with a spread ranging from 18–25’. Green foliage turns yellow-orange to reddish-orange in fall. ‘Bowhall’ can be used as a shade... more
Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’
Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’ (red maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum, the ‘Brandywine’ is a selection from the native species Acer rubrum. It forms an upright, oval crown as it matures but does not... more
Viburnum prunifolium ‘Dark Tower’
Viburnum prunifolium ‘Dark Tower’ (blackhaw viburnum)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Viburnum prunifolium Dark Tower™ is a truly unique blackhaw viburnum with thick dark green glossy foliage covering the pyramidal form of this small, under the wire tree. It readily forms a central leader... more
Quercus shumardii
Shumard oak
Shumard oak is a medium sized, deciduous tree in the red oak group. It performs well in full sun, average soil and tolerates a variety of moisture conditions. Pyramidal in youth but spreads to a... more
Magnolia ‘Galaxy’
Magnolia ‘Galaxy’
Magnolia ‘Galaxy’ is easily grown in humus-rich, neutral to slightly acidic, average to well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It will perform best if planted in a location protected... more
Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’
Weeping redbud
According to Missouri Botanical Garden “’Covey’ is a very small weeping cultivar noted for its absence of an upright leader and for its dense umbrella-shaped crown with contorted stems and... more
Aesculus flava
Yellow buckeye
Yellow buckeye is the largest of the buckeyes. It has an irregular to upright-oval crown and is considered a canopy tree. If left to achieve its natural form, the sturdy branches will commonly sweep the ground. The bark often exfoliates with... more
Acer x freemanii ‘Celebration’
Freeman’s Maple
The selection has a contoured, upright, uniform branching structure with a good central leader and rarely requires pruning to maintain its naturally symmetrical form. It’s known for being disease resistant, tolerant of urban pollution... more
Ulmus americana
American elm
American elm is native from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia south to Texas and Florida. It was the first tree planted at the Holden Arboretum in 1931. That tree, a scion... more
Pinus strobus
Eastern white pine
Pinus strobus is The Holden Arboretum’s most majestic evergreen. The white pines on Little Mountain can be seen three miles away from Holden’s Conifer Collection at the intersection of Kirtland-Chardon... more
Carya ovata
Shagbark hickory
Carya ovata, a ruggedly handsome tree, is native to eastern North America from Iowa to Quebec, south to Texas and Georgia. Disjunct populations occur in the mountains of northeastern Mexico.... more
