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Trees to Plant This Fall



Here are twenty-two good trees to plant this fall. It will take years, probably your lifetime, for most of them to reach their ultimate height and spread as given here. Even so, most properties smaller than 100 x 150 feet will be overpowered ten to fifteen years after planting if more than two large-growing and three to five small-growing trees are set out.

Name Height Spread Shape
Japanese Maple 15-20′ 10-15′ round
Downy Shadblow 20-30′ 10-15′ round
Gray Birch 30-40′ 10-15′ oval
Redbud 25-50′ 30-40′ angular
Cornelian Cherry 20-25′ 15-18′ oval
Cockspur Thorn 20-40′ 20-30′ flat-topped
Russian-Olive 15-20′ 35-40′ irregular
Goldenrain tree 20-30′ 15-20′ irregular
Scheidecker Crab 15-20′ 15-20′ round
Mountain-ash 20-40′ 15-30′ oval


Large Trees

Name Height Spread Shape
Crimson King Maple 40-60′ 30-40′ round
Sugar Maple 40-120′ 60-80′ dense oval
White Birch 40-50′ 20-25′ oval
Silver Beech 80-100′ 50-70′ oval
Maidenhair tree 60-80′ 30-40′ pyramidal
Moraine Locust 80-100′ 30-40′ vaselike
Sunburst Locust 50-60′ 25-30′ round
Sweet Gum 60-140′ 30-70′ irregular
White Oak 60-100′ 50-90′ round
Scarlet Oak to 80′ to 50′ round
Littleleaf Linden 80-100′ 40-50′ oval
Augustine Ascending Elm 80-90′ 20-35′ columnar

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