Ornamental Tree

Gardening Guide

Ornamental Tree

Green Banana

Musa basjoo
A cold hardy, clump-forming selection with large, bold leaves to 2′ wide and 6′ long. Ideal for adding a tropical feel to any landscape. Fast growing. Nice in groups or as a single specimen. Cut back in winter.

15' tall x 10' wide

Full sun

Zone 8 / Hardy to 20ºF

Feelin’ Blue Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara ‘Feelin’ Blue’
A low-growing, dwarf cedar with bluish-green foliage. Branches grow in a random pattern. Great selection for smaller space gardens, rock gardens and large containers. A really unique specimen.

4-6' tall x 5-6' wide

Full sun

Zone 6 / Hardy to 0ºF

Feelin’ Sunny® Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara ‘MonKinn’ PP23886
A low-growing, dwarf cedar with bright yellow foliage. Branches grow in a random pattern. Great selection for smaller space gardens, rock gardens and large containers. A really unique specimen. May be trained into an upright tree form.

4-8' tall x 6-8' wide

Full sun

Zone 7 / Hardy to 10ºF

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry

Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
Hardy, vase-shaped deciduous tree. Rosy-pink double flowers bloom in spring. New leaves are reddish-copper, maturing to dark green and then turning bronze-orange in fall. Makes a good specimen tree.

30' tall x 20' wide

Full sun

Zone 5 / Hardy to -10ºF

Morning Cloud Chitalpa

X Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Morning Cloud’
Small, multi-stemmed deciduous tree with ascending branches. Long, narrow, bright green leaves. Large clusters of trumpet-shaped white flowers with purple throats bloom in summer. Heat and drought tolerant.

20-30' tall x 20-30' wide

Full sun

Zone 6 / Hardy to 0ºF

Falling Waters Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum ‘Falling Waters’
A unique, smaller, weeping form with bright green needles. It is a deciduous conifer and provides the winter landscape with an interesting form. Grows well in wet or dry conditions and requires little maintenance to keep its nice shape.

10-15' tall x 10-15' wide

Full sun

Zone 6 / Hardy to 0ºF

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis ‘Bubba’
Lovely burgundy and lavender, two-tone, trumpet-shaped fragrant flowers appear late spring through summer. A graceful open canopy of narrow, willow-like leaves. Heat and drought tolerant.

15-20' tall x 15-20' wide

Full sun

Zone 7 / Hardy to 10ºF

Gnome Dwarf Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba ‘Gnome’
A rare dwarf Ginkgo with rich, curvy green leaves that are packed tight on the stems. The leaves turn a brilliant gold color in fall. A unique plant for the rock garden or in other areas of the landscape where space is limited.

5-8' tall x 5-6' wide

Full sun

Zone 4 / Hardy to -20ºF

Goldspire Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba ‘Blagon’
A wonderful new form that features a dense, narrow pyramidal form. Rich green foliage turns bright gold in fall. A non-fruiting type. Excellent for smaller landscape areas or anywhere a vertical focal point is needed.

12-15' tall x 6-8' wide

Full sun

Zone 4 / Hardy to -20ºF

Troll Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba ‘Troll’
Another great dwarf Ginkgo that grows as a bushy mound of green foliage. In fall, the leaves turn yellow. Nice addition to the shrub border or can be grown in a container.

2-3' tall x 2-3' wide

Full sun

Zone 4 / Hardy to -20ºF