Tall Shrubs/Small Trees

A small tree with white spring flowers and edible fruit, American plum is a good replacement for the wildly invasive callery pear.  Plums vary in s...

A.k.a. southern arrowwood. A viburnum with distinct, prominently veined and coarsely toothed leaves. Fairly adaptable and tolerant, it provides lat...

A hardy, adaptable viburnum perfect for woodland edges, visual screens, and thicket plantings. White spring flowers attract a variety of small inse...

Excellent for shady borders and layering, bottlebrush buckeye had conspicuous blooms and retains its fall leaves longer than other buckeyes. Genera...

Wildlife value packed into a compact plant! With showy flowers, berries, and host insects paired with adaptability make chokeberry an easy way to a...

A delicate tree that grows slowly. It has a shelving habit in the shade but develops faster and fuller in sun. Produces large, sweet fleshed fruit ...

A.k.a. winterbloom. As the name implies, this small tree blooms from fall to early winter with distinctive, spidery yellow blooms. Generally adapta...

An adaptable flowering tree excellent for wildlife support! Has an aesthetically pleasing natural form, but is susceptible to leaf blights that mak...

 A native relative of the infamous, wildly invasive ‘burning bush’ (Euonymus alatus), eastern wahoo boasts similar fall color and showier flowers a...

A.k.a. winged sumac, dwarf sumac, and shining sumac. A generally smaller sumac that may runner less prolifically than other species and reliably tu...

The wild type of the common cultivar- boasts the same showy spring flowers and bright red fruits while supporting wildlife and blending in with nat...

A.k.a. snow flower tree and flowering ash. A fairly adaptable small tree or large shrub with unique and conspicuous late spring blooms! Late summer...

A small, hardy dogwood perfect for landscaping- it maxes out at 15’ but generally stays between 4’-8’ and can be trained as a bush! Suckering habit...

A.k.a. wafer ash. There are not very many plants that could be described as ‘bulletproof’, but this one is a contender. A pretty, small tree best k...

A dogwood often planted as an ornamental- even young plants bloom well, and mature plants bloom densely and have a natural “shelving” form. Valuabl...

A.k.a. Iowa crabapple and western crabapple. This is another species of high value to wildlife that is on the decline due to development. The late ...

Perhaps the showiest of native tree flowers, the fast growing venerable redbud adds more than a splash of pink to spring, and shade in the summer! ...

These trees can grow tall when allowed, and offer fall color and winter interest! Colonial habit makes them ideal for habitat restoration- to fill ...

A manageable native magnolia with large, fragrant white flowers! Hosts the caterpillars of eastern tiger and spicebush swallowtail butterflies. Wel...

A magnolia with distinctive large flowers and large leaves arranged in clumps. A showy and unique addition to the right spot! Prefers loamy, mildly...

A.k.a. Hortulan plum or hog plum. Little data available for wildtype (non-cultivar) plants. Like other wild plums, it is likely fairly hardy, hosts...