Plant forms

Trees

Trees usually hold one main trunk and a canopy. This list mixes small garden trees and large shade trees. A patio tree and a street tree are not the same plant.

Open a profile for mature height and spread. Planting a tree for a courtyard means reading those numbers first.

When a tree is the right form

1. You need height and shade, or a single woody specimen, not a multi-stem shrub.
2. Check mature size on the profile before the hole goes in.
3. Some trees flower; the profile still carries mature size and site.

Plants for Trees (306)

• Leyland cypress Full Sun60–70 ft (1830–2130 cm)
• Eastern Hemlock Full Sun40–70 ft (1220–2130 cm)
• Golden Chain Tree Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Burmese Fishtail Palm Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Nyman's Hybrid Eucryphia 'Nymansay' Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
• Tamarind Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• West Indian Mahogany Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Umbrella Pine Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• Ground Rattan Partial Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Douglas Fir Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Chinese Podocarpus Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Chinese Podocarpus Mood Ring® Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• African Fern Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Princess Tree Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Money Tree Full Sun6–30 ft (180–910 cm)
• Nutmeg Partial Sun10–60 ft (310–1830 cm)
• Moringa Full Sun8–40 ft (240–1220 cm)
• Russian Arborvitae Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Amur Maackia Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Forster Sentry Palm Partial Sun5–40 ft (150–1220 cm)
• Coffeetree Full Sun60–80 ft (1830–2440 cm)
• Açaí palm Full Sun50–100 ft (1520–3050 cm)
• Rudraksha Tree Full Sun50–200 ft (1520–6100 cm)
• Lantern Tree Partial Sun5–10 ft (150–310 cm)
• Coconut Full Sun50–100 ft (1520–3050 cm)
• Kentucky Yellowwood Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Atlantic White Cedar Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Katsura Tree Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Bastard Teak Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Australian Bottle Tree Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Pawpaw Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Japanese Cedar 'Sekkan-sugi' Full Sun10–30 ft (310–910 cm)
• Japanese Cedar 'Globosa Nana' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Nootka Cypress 'Pendula' Full Sun20–35 ft (610–1070 cm)
• Nootka Cypress 'Green Arrow' Full Sun18–35 ft (550–1070 cm)
• Nootka Cypress 'Glauca' Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Nootka Cypress 'Aurea' Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Prostrate Japanese Plum Yew Partial Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Cycad Partial Sun3–10 ft (90–310 cm)
• Bhutan Pine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Red Pine Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• Ponderosa Pine Full Sun60–100 ft (1830–3050 cm)
• Limber Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Lacebark Pine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Whitebark Pine Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Contorta' Full Sun15–40 ft (460–1220 cm)
• Japanese Black Pine Full Sun20–60 ft (610–1830 cm)
• Southwestern White Pine Full Sun80–100 ft (2440–3050 cm)
• Italian Stone Pine Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Longleaf Pine Full Sun80–100 ft (2440–3050 cm)
• Sugar Pine Full Sun100–200 ft (3050–6100 cm)
• Japanese Red Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Lodgepole Pine Full Sun20–35 ft (610–1070 cm)
• Jack Pine Full Sun35–50 ft (1070–1520 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Tiny Kurls' Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Pendula' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Nana' Full Sun2–7 ft (60–210 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Louie' Full Sun18–20 ft (550–610 cm)
• Eastern White Pine 'Densa' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)