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)

• Norway Spruce 'Gold Drift' Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Cupressina' Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Norway Spruce 'Acrocona' Full Sun12–15 ft (370–460 cm)
• Colorado Blue Spruce Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Colorado Blue Spruce Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Colorado Spruce 'Thuem' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Colorado Spruce 'The Blues' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Colorado Spruce 'Regal Chub' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Colorado Spruce 'Mrs. Cesarini' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Colorado Spruce 'Hoopsii' Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Colorado Spruce 'Koster' Full Sun15 ft (460 cm)
• New Caledonian Pine Full Sun160–200 ft (4880–6100 cm)
• Monkey Puzzle Full Sun50–80 ft (1520–2440 cm)
• Dunkeld Larch Full Sun100 ft (3050 cm)
• American Larch Full Sun40–80 ft (1220–2440 cm)
• Japanese Larch Full Sun70–80 ft (2130–2440 cm)
• English Yew 'Dovastoniana' Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Irish Yew 'Fastigiata Aurea' Full Sun4–30 ft (120–910 cm)
• English Yew 'David' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• English Yew 'Repens Aurea' Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• English Yew 'Repandens' Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Anglo-Japanese Yew 'Hicksii' Full Sun12–20 ft (370–610 cm)
• Anglo-Japanese Yew 'Densiformis' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Canada Yew Partial Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Sawara Cypress Soft Serve® Gold Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Sawara Cypress Soft Serve® Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Lawson Cypress Pinpoint® Blue Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Lawson Cypress Pinpoint® Blue & Gold Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Sawara Cypress 'Filifera Aurea' Full Sun6–20 ft (180–610 cm)
• Sawara Cypress 'Curly Tops' Full Sun1–5 ft (30–150 cm)
• Hinoki Cypress 'Pygmaea' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Hinoki Cypress 'Kamarachiba' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Hinoki Cypress 'Fernspray Gold' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Lawson Cypress 'Silver Threads' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Lawson Cypress 'Pembury Blue' Full Sun8–10 ft (240–310 cm)
• Lawson Cypress 'Minima Glauca' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Lawson Cypress 'Minima Aurea' Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Sawara Cypress 'Golden Mop' Full Sun1–5 ft (30–150 cm)
• Shore Juniper 'Schlager' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Shore Juniper 'All Gold' Full Sun6 in (15 cm)
• Flaky Juniper 'Blue Star' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Garden Juniper 'Nana' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Flaky Juniper 'Blue Carpet' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Flaky Juniper 'Dream Joy' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Creeping Juniper 'Blue Chip' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Creeping Juniper 'Golden Carpet' Full Sun3–4 in (8–10 cm)
• Silver Eastern Red Cedar 'Glauca' Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Eastern Red Cedar 'Grey Owl' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Cedar Oil Tree 'Canaertii' Full Sun20–35 ft (610–1070 cm)
• Common Juniper 'Gold Cone' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Common Juniper 'Repanda' Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Common Juniper 'Green Carpet' Full Sun4–6 in (10–15 cm)
• Spartan Juniper Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Wichita Blue Juniper Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Irish Juniper 'Hibernica' Full Sun5–15 ft (150–460 cm)
• Chinese Juniper 'Stricta' Full Sun5–6 ft (150–180 cm)
• Swedish Juniper 'Suecica Aurea' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Creeping Juniper 'Limeglow' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Shore Juniper 'Blue Pacific' Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Savin Juniper Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)