Recommended Trees and Shrubs for Urban Plantings. Compiled by. Woodstock Tree Board June 2012

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1 Recommended s and Shrubs for Urban Plantings Compiled by Woodsck Board June 2012 Introduction The following list has been prepa by the Board of the Town of Woodsck help guide you in selecting trees that are chosen for our area for hardiness, adaptability and disease/pest resistance. They have proven themselves in landscapes as solid performers and are readily available from your local garden center or other Virginia nurseries. We have organized the list by mature tree size, providing characteristics, such as fall color, aid in your selection. It is still recommended that you consult with a local nurseryman or arborist select the right tree for the right site. Hardiness All plants selected for this list are adapted this area of Virginia according the most recent USDA Plant Zone Hardiness Map. This refers cold hardiness, the ability of the tree survive within a range of cold temperatures in the winter. Adaptability All plants selected for this list possess the ability adapt the growing conditions in our area of Virginia. This includes facrs such as soil type and drought resistance, for example. This will assure that the tree will grow at a normal rate with a better chance of survival. Disease/Pest Resistance All plants selected for this list possess excellent disease and pest resistance compa other varieties and cultivars of the species. Foliar leaf spots and insect infestations can still occur with the right environmental conditions, although it is a less common occurrence with the trees listed.

2 Recommended s and Shrubs for Urban Plantings Compiled by Woodsck Board June 2012 Low Zones Plantings Under Utility Lines s that usually do not exceed in height Amur ginnala -1 Both - Serviceberry Serviceberry Chinese fringetree fringetree Pagoda dogwood Stellar Dogwood Cornelian Cherry palmatum Bloodgood Amelanchier arborea Amelanchier candensis & grandiflora Autumn Brilliance Robin Hill Chioanthus retusus Chioanthus virgininicus Cornus alterniflora Cornus floridaxkousa Constellation Stellar Pink Cornus mas Spring Glow - Both - Both - Both - N - Both Round Red Round Red oval Orange Red/ orange Round ellow Round ellow round Maroon Pamidal Red soft Round Red/ Purple ellow

3 Little gem Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora Edith Bogue - Pamidal upright Evergreen Star magnolia Crabapple Crabapple Crabapple plum plum plum Magnolia stellata Malus spp. Adirondack Malus spp. Prairie fire Malus spp. Snow Drift cerasifera Thundercloud cerasifera Krauter Vesuvius cerasifera Newport 6 - Both N - N - N - N - N - N Blackishpurple - round ellow ellow orange Rounded Orange Deep Rounded Dull yellow Purple Vaselike round Pink Purple pale

4 Low Zones Plantings Under Utility Lines Shrubs that usually do not exceed in height Crape mtle Chastetree Lagerstroemia Indica Vitus agnuscastus Vaseshaped Round Redorangpurple Pink- Brown Purple Medium Zones Plantings Near Utility Lines s that generally exceed in height Trident Hedge Flame American hornbeam Redbud Kousa dogwood Crimson cloud hawthorne buergeranum campestre ginnala Carpinus caroliniana Cercis Canadensis Texas Cornus kousa Crataegus laevigata Crimson cloud - N -35 N - N N N Red/yellow oval ellow Round Red Red ing flat-p rounded ellow Rounded Red/ orange Pamidal Brown Dark / white center

5 Winter King hawthorne Carolina silverbell Goldenraintree crab apple Sourwood Persian parrotia Chinese pistache oshino cherry Mt. Fuji Cherry Kwanzan cherry stewartia snowbell tree lilac Crataegus viridis Winter King Halesia dipteral Koelreuteria Paniculata Malus sp. Robinson Oxydendron Arboretum Parrotia persica Pistacia chinensis x yedoensis serrulata Shirotae serrulata Kwanzan Stewartia pseudocamellia Stax japonicas Singa reticulate Ivory Silk -22 N -40 N -40 Both N -40 N - N N -40 N N -30 Both N -35 N - N ing Red ing Lt. ellow Column round Golden ellow ellow Deep Irregular Red Red/ Red oval orange Orange ellow Pink ellow elloworange Double Pimidal Red/ oval purple Broad ellow Rounded Poor fall color Offwhite

6 Medium Zones Plantings Near Utility Lines Tall trees - greater than 30 - narrow crowns, can be used near utility lines Red Sugar River Birch European hornbeam rubrum Armstrong Bowhall Red Sunset Sun Valley saccharum Legacy Majesty Betula Nigra Duraheat Carpinus betulus Fastigiata N N N Ginko Ginko biloba N Callery N 6- pear English oak Pus calleryana Capital Cleveland select Spring Show Quercus Robur Fastigiata N 6-13 / Broadly columnar Red/yellow Orange/ Pamidal ellow Gold ellow oval Columnar Dark Columnar Light yellow

7 Tall Zones Plantings in Open ards Away From Utility Lines Tall trees - greater than 35 Honey locust Sweet gum London Planetree Swamp Oak Scarlet oak Gleditsia triacanthos Shademaster Skyline Sunburst Liriodendron staficlua Moraine Ward Platanusxacerifolia Bloodgood N N N Quercus bicolor N Quercus coccinea N Lacebark elm Zelkova Ulmus parvifolia Lacebark Zelkova serrata Green vase Village Green N N Pin oak Quercus palustris N English Quercus robur N oak Rounded ellow Pamidal Pamidal Broadrounded rounded gumdrop Round broad Roundedoval Vase rounded Orange/ Poor fall color yellow Copper Russet scarlet Russet Leaves drop green or turn brown ellow Brown