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)

• Eastern White Pine 'Blue Shag' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Dwarf Siberian Pine 'Glauca' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Tempelhof' Full Sun7–10 ft (210–310 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Miyajima' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Hagoromo Seedling' Full Sun8–10 in (20–25 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Glauca' Full Sun35–50 ft (1070–1520 cm)
• Bosnian Pine 'Smidtii' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Bosnian Pine 'Malink' Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• Bosnian Pine 'Compact Gem' Full Sun10–12 ft (310–370 cm)
• Japanese Red Pine 'Low Glow' Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Austrian Pine 'Helga' Full Sun7–8 ft (210–240 cm)
• Scotch Pine Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Scotch Pine 'Glauca' Full Sun8–30 ft (240–910 cm)
• Austrian Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Austrian Pine 'Green Tower' Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Austrian Pine 'Komet' Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Dwarf Siberian Pine Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Scotch Pine 'Beuvronensis' Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Japanese White Pine 'Goldylocks' Full Sun7–8 ft (210–240 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Slowmound' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Ophir' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Mops' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Humpy' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Gnom' Full Sun1–8 ft (30–240 cm)
• Dwarf Mountain Pine 'Carstens' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Korean Pine Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Swiss Stone Pine Full Sun30–40 ft (910–1220 cm)
• Afghan Pine Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Singleleaf Pinyon Full Sun10–50 ft (310–1520 cm)
• Mexican Pinyon Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Table Mountain Pine Full Sun20–40 ft (610–1220 cm)
• Lodgepole Pine 'Chief Joseph' Full Sun6–20 ft (180–610 cm)
• Virginia Pine Full Sun15–40 ft (460–1220 cm)
• Loblolly Pine Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Pitch Pine Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Slash Pine Full Sun70–100 ft (2130–3050 cm)
• Sitka Spruce Full Sun50–160 ft (1520–4880 cm)
• Black Spruce Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Engelmann Spruce Full Sun70–100 ft (2130–3050 cm)
• Black Spruce 'Nana' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Red Spruce Full Sun70–100 ft (2130–3050 cm)
• Norway Spruce Full Sun40–60 ft (1220–1830 cm)
• Serbian Spruce 'Peve Tijn' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Serbian Spruce 'Pendula Bruns' Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Serbian Spruce 'Aurea' Full Sun25–30 ft (760–910 cm)
• White Spruce 'Sander’s Blue' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• White Spruce 'J.W. Daisy's White' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• White Spruce 'Conica' Full Sun3–13 ft (90–400 cm)
• White Spruce 'Alberta Globe' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• White Spruce 'Pendula' Full Sun12–40 ft (370–1220 cm)
• White Spruce 'Echiniformis' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Witches' Brood' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Wills Zwerg' Full Sun2–10 ft (60–310 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Tompa' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Sherwoodii' Full Sun5–15 ft (150–460 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Pumila' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Nidiformis' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Little Gem' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Inversa' Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)