TREES & SHRUBS FOR SMALL SPACES

 

Deciduous Trees

 

Acer palmatum                                          Japanese Maple

Amelanchier canadensis                          Shadblow, Juneberry, or Serviceberry

Betula pendula                                          Weeping European Birch

Betula populifolia                                      Gray Birch

Cercis canadensis                                    Redbud

Chionanthus virginicus                              White Fringe Tree

Cornus florida                                            Flowering Dogwood

Cornus kousa                                            Kousa or Japanese Dogwood

Cornus mas                                               Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Crataegus phaenopyrum                          Washington Hawthorn

Magnolia stellata                                       Star Magnolia

Malus spp.                                                 Crabapples

Malus sargentii                                          Sargent Crabapple

Oxydendrum arboreum                              Sorrel Tree or Sourwood

Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula’                     Weeping Cherry

Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’                      Bradford Callery Pear

Stewartia koreana                                     Korean Stewartia

 

Deciduous Shrubs

 

Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’      Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry

Cotoneaster apiculatus                           Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Skogsholmen’     Skogsholm Bearberry Cotoneaster

Euonymus alata ‘Compacta’                     Compact Winged Euonymus

Forsythia viridissima ‘Bronxensis’            Bronx Forsythia

Fothergilla gardenii                                   Dwarf Fothergilla or Witch Alder

Potentilla fruticosa                                    Bush or Shrubby Cinquefoil or Potentilla

Rhododendron mucronulatum                 Korean Azalea

Spiraea japonica ‘Alpina’                          Daphne Spirea

Viburnum carlesii ‘Compactum’               Compact Korean Spice Viburnum
Viburnum opulus 'Compactum' or 'Nanum'       Compact or Dwarf Cranberrybush Viburnum

Evergreen Trees and Shrubs

 

Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera Golden Mop’           Dwarf Golden Thread False Cypress

Juniperus chinensis procumbens ‘Nana’          Dwarf Chinese Garden Juniper

Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’                            NestSpruce

Pinus strobus ‘Nana’                                 Dwarf White Pine

Taxus cuspidata ‘Nana’                             Dwarf Japanese Yew

Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Midget’              Hetz Midget Arborvitae

Tsuga canadensis ‘Bennett’ or ‘Coles Prostrate’       Dwarf or Weeping Hemlock

 

Broad-Leaved Evergreens

 

Buxus microphylla vars.                            Littleleaf Box

Buxus sempervirens ‘Vardar Balley’ or  ‘Green Gem’         Boxwood

Ilex  crenata ‘Helleri’                                  Hellers Japanese Holly

Ilex glabra ‘Compacta’                              Dwarf Inkberry

Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Nana’                Dwarf Drooping Leucothoe

Paxistima canbyi                                       Canby Paxistima

Pieris japonica ‘Compacta’                       Compact Japanese Andromeda

Rhododenron carolinianum                      Carolina Rhododendron

Rhododendron laetivirens                        Wilson Rhododendron

Rhododendron ‘Purple Gem’                            Purple Gem Rhododendron