Trees landscape 20. Multiple stems are upright and highly branched forming a dense shrub or if properly pruned a small tree. The golden rain tree tops out at 20 feet and it has an excellent resistance to insects and disease. During late june it produces large clusters of golden flowers that give the tree its name. Here are some of our editors favorite varieties.
Whether youre looking to plant a small tree next to your home or fill out a foundation garden there are plenty of options for the taking. If you do not care about growing edible fruit then crabapples will serve your purposes better. Many varieties are available all producing beautiful early spring blossoms. 2020 landscaping and tree service llc.
Apple trees usually grow up to 20 feet tall while dwarf varieties grow 8 ft. The fruit is a bonus. The tree is short lived has a rapid growth rate and can be used as a filler plant or an attraction for birds. If your chaste tree develops lots of twiggy growth and starts looking more shrub like prune it in late winter.
8 to 10 feet. Its rather slender though making it prone to storm damage. Planting a tree is a long term investment that if chosen wisely will provide a lifetime of added beauty to your midwest yard. By fall the flowers are replaced by conical fruit.
Is an experienced landscape design and lawn maintenance company serving pittsburgh pa and the allegheny county area. The small tree grows 15 to 25 feet tall and spreads 15 to 20 feet. Too often people plant what their neighbor has but thats not the best thing to do says andy schmitz director of horticulture at the brenton arboretum in dallas center iowa. Many crabapple malus spp cultivars such as prairifire with magenta flowers and snowdrift with white flowers grow between 10 and 20 feet tall.
Fall color is a spectacular redorange. With our combined experience and education in landscape design we can help you design the perfect landscape for your home and budget. It is about more than just fruit. In addition to shade producing leaves some small trees bear attractive flowers as well.
Serviceberries are great specimen plants that work well with almost any landscape. Remove all smaller twigs along five or six major trunks to create a tree looking plant. Brilliant white flowers in early to mid spring precede clusters of berries that birds love and can also be used in pies. Height 20 25 width 10 3.
Small trees can pack a big punch into your landscape. A type with rosy red flowers that reaches a height of 20 to 25 feet is malus x centzam or centurion which can be grown in zones 4 to 8. They grow well in usda zones 4 through 8. 6 to 8 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide.
We need to be diversifying our urban landscape by planting different tree.