Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’ is a small beautiful tree with even narrow pyramidal canopy shape. Fall is when this tree shows it’s splendor with deep reds and greenish-red colours.
Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred' Commonly called Autumn Blaze, this beautiful tree with ascending branching and a broad-oval crown turns a blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red in the autumn (true to it’s name).
Acer ginnala 'Flame' is an excellent small upright spreading tree with pleasant fragrance. Small blooms and scarlet red winged seeds compliment the landscape.
Acer ginnala 'Ruby Slippers' is a spectacular specimen with blazing red-orange fall colour. Showcasing scarlet winged fruit in summer contrasting dark green leaves.
Acer plantinoides 'Emerald Queen’ has dark green foliage with stunning lemon coloured flowers make this oval canopy tree an asset for any street. The leaves turn a beautiful yellow in autumn.
Acer tataricum ‘Hot Wings’ is an upright small tree for all seasons with brilliant red winged seeds complimenting the green leaves. A showy red leaf display in autumn is where this tree really stands out.
Acer truncatum x platanoides 'Urban Sunset Maple' is a compact upright hybrid cross is tough but flashy and transforms into a burgundy-red in the fall.
Amanogawa Cherry: Prunus serrulata ‘Amanogawa’. In April and May, the upright branches are covered in large, semi-double, pale pink flowers that are fragrant. Bronze-green foliage turns to mid-green and then bursts into orange and red autumn color. This narrow tree is ideal for limited space for lining street boulevards.
Black Tupelo: Nyssa sylvatica ‘Firestarter’ has a narrow growth habit and height justifies the use in a narrow boulevard. The most notable characteristic is the dark green leaves that turn intensively bright red color in the fall. The upright symmetrical form with upsweeping branches make this tree suitable for the urban environment.
Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Red Fox’ commonly called Katsura tree, this uncommon beauty is a real eye-catcher and asset to the landscape. Small heart-shaped leaves emit an odor like cotton candy and transform into a display of brilliant gold, orange and reds in the autumn.
Coblestone Oak: Quercus macrocarpa has unusual corky bark on the trunk and branches which is an attractive aesthetic feature, foliage is a deep green color in summer turning a bright yellow in the fall. The branches form a broadly oval shape upright pyramidal form, tree looks like a mature tree at a young age due to these features.
Cornus x Stellar Pink 'Rutgan' has beautiful soft pink ‘flowers’ on this dogwood tree make it a wonderful addition to the streetscape. Fall colour varies from red to scarlet red.
Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis has clustered white flowers and red fruit contrasting with green leaves that turn bronze-red-purple in autumn.
Crataegus x Lavallei 'Lavalle Hawthorn'is perfect for under powerlines and has clusters of white flowers in spring, bright glossy green foliage in summer to the bronze-green of fall, with smooth dark bark.
Crimson Spire Oak: Quercus robur x Q.alba is a large columnar tree with dark green, mildew resistant foliage. Dramatic red foliage in the fall.
Ginkgo Biloba 'Princeton Sentry' commonly called Maiderhair Tree, is an ancient species with its distinctive fan-shaped leaves transforming from emerald green to a brilliant yellow in the autumn (and watch for the synchronized leave drop).
Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Inermis’ is loosely spaced branching with compound oval leaves, which emerge as bright green in spring and transform a beautiful yellow in autumn. This narrow upright oval canopy is a stunning tree with an open canopy feel.
Gleditsia tricanthos inermis 'Shademaster Honeylocust' has an open canopy tree with slightly arched branches has rich, green, fern-like foliage that gives the perfect amount of shade. When autumn hits the canopy turns a perfect golden color.
Kentucky Coffee Tree 'Gymnocladus dioica 'Expresso' has a vase shaped canopy is composed of blue-green leaves that turn a gorgeous yellow color in the fall. All this complimented by rough, dark brown bark adding an interesting dimension to the landscape.
Hedge Maple 'Acer campestre' is widely adaptable, trouble-free small tree for smaller urban spaces. It has a lovely texture from its rounded, lobed leaves and grows well in tough urban sites. Bright yellow fall colour and ease of pruning place this tree on the list of trees to choose.
Japanese Snowbell 'Styrax japonica' is slightly fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers hang from strongly horizontal side branches with dark green foliage in early summer. A small tree appropriate for urban use. Foliage turns yellow to red in the fall. Deciduous.
Japanese Tree Lilac 'Syringa Reticulata' is a compact, sturdy tree that has showy, fragrant blooms, is resistant to most pests and diseases, transplants well and grows in a wide range of soil conditions.
Korean Dogwood: Cornus kousa is commonly called Kousa dogwood, is a small, deciduous flowering tree or multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 15-30’ tall, with a vase-shaped habit in the early years but eventually maturing to a more rounded form. Bloom occurs in late spring.
Lavelle Hawthorn: Crataegus x lavallei is a hardy tree featuring dark green leaves which remain on the tree well into winter. White clusters of flowers appear in late spring and develop into orange-red fruits that are also held through winter. It tolerates dry soil and urban conditions.
Liriodendron tulipifera has gorgeous tulip-shaped flowers in the upper canopy as they mature. When young smooth bark and interesting-shaped dark green leaves make this larger-growing tree a focal point in any community. Selective planting due to aphids ensures the tree is not placed in areas where this might be an issue.
Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’ is a form of this Persian ironwood is more upright and columnar. A durable tree that is beautiful in every season. Oval leaves emerge with burgundy edging in spring and mature into lush green during summer. Autumn leaf displays begin orange and transform into bronze-crimson colour. In late winter exfoliating tan grey bark and dotted with small red flowers make this an interesting visual tree.
Persian Ironwood: Parrotia persica ‘Inges Ruby Vase” produces red leaves at the tips of the upright branches in the spring that turn dark green in the summer. The flowers are showy red stamens that appear in early spring and the branching make it suitable as a street tree that can be planted under power lines.
Prunus serrulata 'Amanogawa' is commonly called Oriental Cherry, this low growing tree in perfect for under utilities. One of the best Japanese cherries, this is a narrow tree is covered in showy pink flowers in early spring, with stunning bronze bark and leaves that transform into a copper fall color.
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ is a vase shaped cherry tree produces double-pink flower displays worthy of any Cherry Tree Festival. New leaves emerge bronze-red before turning dark green in the summer. Fall leaf colours range from yellow to bronze-orange.
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas fir trees are majestic native conifers that dominated the North Shore. Young trees have a narrow pyramidal-shaped canopy, with branching to the ground. The canopy transforms into more cylindrical shape with age and the bark furrows to become a distinctive rough orange-brown.
Quercus conccinea is commonly called Scarlet Oak, this upright, broad tree has dark green leaves with deep cut, pointed lobes that turn bright wonderful scarlet color in the fall.
Quercus garryana is a magnetic arching tree with spreading canopies of dark green, classically-oak-lobed, leaves at maturity. This tree has attractive fissured gray bark and it a bird favorite for the acorns it produces. The deciduous leaves turn yellow-brown in fall.
Robinia Pseudoacacia 'Frisia' is a breathtaking upright growing golden locust showcases chartreuse foliage which emerges yellow in spring. The compound leaves, with small oval leaflets, compliment the hanging chains of white pea-colored flowers in spring giving the canopy a light-airy feel.
Street Keeper Gleditsia: Gleditisia triacanthos has lacy foliage yet durable and adaptable, tolerating a wide range of soil conditions as well as drought, and road salt, and has a lovely yellow fall color.
Styphnolobium japonicum The Japanese Pagodatree or Scholar tree has grey-brown bark. The compound leaves, which transform from green to golden-yellow in the fall, give the tree an airy-light appearance. The lightly-fragrant creamy white flowers and seed pods make this tree distinctive in the landscape.
Styrax japonicus ‘Snowcone’ snowbells are splendid smaller trees contrasting dark-green leaves with numerous white, bell-shaped flowers. They showcase their beauty during full bloom with abundant lightly-scented pale hanging flowers. The attractive dark green leaves turn an outstanding yellow in fall.
Ulmus Americana 'Brandon Elm' is an upright vase shaped tree with beautiful branching structure transforms from an attractive green to majestic gold color in the fall.
Zelkova serrata 'Green Vase' Commonly called Japanese Zelkova, this relative of the elm is an upright vase-shaped tree with gracefully arching branches. Showing interesting peeling bark and serrated pointy forest-green leaves that turn an outstanding coppery-bronze in the fall.