Douglas-fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Douglas-fir

The Rocky Mountain variety of Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca is more commonly planted in the Eastern United States than the coastal variety from the temperate rain forest of the... more

Sugar maple

Acer saccharum

Sugar maple

Renowned for its autumn color, sugar maples are perhaps the most magnificent shade trees in northeastern Ohio. Sugar maple interbreeds with black maple which shares much of its native range.... more

Serbian Spruce

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

American Beech

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

Canada Hemlock

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

Ash

Fraxinus spp.

Ash

White ash (F. americana) and green ash (F. pennsylvanica) can be found across most of the Eastern USA, from Southern Canada, Nova Scotia down to Northern Florida, and to the... more

Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ (Freeman maple)

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

Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)

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

Korean stewartia

Stewartia koreana ‘Milk and Honey’

Korean stewartia

Stewartias are prized garden plants across the world. White, camellia-like summer flowers. Exceptional fall color. Fascinating bark. A small tree for all seasons.  Bark should be more subtle than ‘Ballet’ but fine nonetheless. Grown in... more

Japanese stewartia

Stewartia pseudocamellia ‘Ballet’

Japanese stewartia

Stewartias are prized garden plants across the world. White, camellia-like summer flowers. Exceptional fall color. Fascinating bark. A small tree for all seasons. Grown in full sun they stay squat. In shade... more

Shumard oak

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’

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

Weeping redbud

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

Yellow buckeye

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

Freeman’s Maple

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

American elm

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

American yellowwood

Cladrastis kentukea

American yellowwood

Cladrastis (klad-RAS-tis) kentukea is a very uncommon yet beautiful tree first discovered in the Cumberland region of Tennessee by French botanist André Michaux in 1796. It may still be found... more

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